Apricots

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers fresh, unprocessed apricots produced in managed perennial orchards and transferred at a declared farm-gate hand-off. It includes orchard establishment and replacement trees, immature and productive orchard management, harvest, and optional washing, sorting, grading, packing, or short farm-gate holding when those activities occur before the declared hand-off. It applies to rainfed and irrigated production and to fruit sold for fresh consumption or subsequent processing without changing the farm-gate product identity. It excludes nursery production, dried or canned apricots, juice, purée, preserves, off-farm transport and storage, retail, consumer use, and packaging end-of-life. The data package shall state whether primary handling and packing are included.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.apricots
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 01343 Apricots; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	fresh, unprocessed apricot fruit transferred at the declared farm-gate condition
excluded_products	nursery planting-stock production; dried, canned, frozen, juiced, puréed, or preserved apricots; off-farm logistics and downstream use
representative_product	harvested fresh apricots at farm gate
production_route	perennial orchard establishment, orchard management, harvest, and conditional farm-gate primary handling
market_state	fresh fruit with cultivar, maturity, quality grade, accepted/rejected basis, and handling status disclosed

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	fresh, unprocessed apricot fruit at the farm gate
How much	1,000 kg as-received accepted apricot fruit
How well	fruit meeting the declared cultivar or cultivar group, maturity, quality grade, defect basis, moisture convention, and hand-off condition; no transformation into a processed apricot product
How long or cycle	one declared production year within the orchard productive life, with establishment and replacement inputs allocated over the declared orchard life
reference_flow_link	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Field	Value
Reference amount	1000
Reference product flow	Fresh apricot fruit at farm gate
Reference flow property	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66
Reference unit group	Units of mass 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	cultivar or cultivar group; production country, region, and climate; orchard age and productive status; crop year; orchard area; irrigation status and water source; maturity and quality convention; accepted and rejected fruit basis; primary handling included or excluded

When constructing a foreground data package, the items listed in Required qualifiers must be declared in dataset metadata, process notes, reference flow comment, product description, or an equivalent data package field. Missing required qualifiers make the reference flow definition incomplete for that data package.

Each foreground dataset must explicitly select one actual route, declared gate, product state and output row. Reconcile the selected terminal route with reference_product_at_declared_handoff; normalize that handoff output to the reference quantity and retain preceding-stage outputs as measured transfers. Raw weighing, mass reconciliation and lot traceability requirements continue to apply.

The sole reference output is reference_product_at_declared_handoff, receiving the selected actual route product at the declared gate. Existing route-output ids identify the source and physical state; they are no longer individually fixed to the reference quantity.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_mass_as_received	accepted apricot output	Mass	kg	Report accepted fruit on the declared as-received farm-gate basis. Retain measured maturity, moisture, and defect adjustments before normalization.
orchard_life_allocation_basis	establishment, replacement, and immature-orchard inputs	area, time, or mass activity property	ha, orchard-year, or kg fruit	Allocate perennial establishment and replacement inputs across the declared orchard life and productive output basis; disclose orchard replacement, abandonment, and non-bearing years.
area_to_reference_conversion	area-based orchard inputs and emissions	activity-specific property	activity-specific unit	Divide orchard-year totals by accepted farm-gate fruit mass from the same orchard-year or declared multi-year average before scaling to 1,000 kg.
nutrient_product_and_basis	fertilizer and soil-amendment input	product mass and nutrient mass	kg product; kg N, kg P2O5, or kg K2O	Give every actual fertilizer or amendment product its own card, retaining physical product mass, formulation, nutrient composition and application records. Nutrient quantities are not additional inputs of the same product; collection or group identifiers cannot substitute for a concrete flow identity.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	orchard site before or at establishment, with planting material and purchased management inputs crossing the foreground boundary; prior land condition and existing orchard history are disclosed
starting_condition_role	start of managed perennial apricot production and orchard asset accounting
product_classification_scope	fresh apricot fruit corresponding to CPC 3.0 code 01343
recursive_input_rule	apricot planting material and retained fruit are upstream inputs only when crossing the boundary; they must not be recursively represented as the same farm-gate apricot output
upstream_dataset_requirement	compatible upstream datasets for planting material, nutrient and soil-amendment products, crop protection, energy, irrigation supply, machinery services, packaging used before hand-off, and applicable waste treatment
disclosure	cultivar, orchard age, establishment year, productive life, replacement trees, orchard area, previous land use, soil and climate context, irrigation, nutrient basis, crop protection, yield, harvest losses, handling, co-products, and residue or waste destination

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_establishment_to_farm_gate	all conforming datasets	Include site preparation, planting, orchard establishment, immature years, productive orchard management, harvest, and primary handling performed before the declared farm-gate hand-off.	fao-gap-framework-2003
boundary_perennial_orchard_disclosure	establishment and replacement trees	Include establishment and replacement-tree inputs only after assigning them to the declared orchard life or accepted fruit output basis; disclose the allocation horizon and non-bearing years. Include the attributable historical establishment, immature-phase and renewal contribution for the represented stand even when no new event occurs this year. The stated attribution records are required evidence, not a condition allowing omission: missing amounts, age/lifetime or output history remain an explicit completeness gap, never zero or an automatic exclusion. Retain the original events and apply the declared period/output method once; preserve any separately justified study exclusion.	fao-gap-framework-2003; iso-14067
boundary_direct_field_emissions	managed soil, crop residues, and nutrient application	Include direct and indirect nutrient- and residue-related emissions using a geographically applicable method and the same activity data used for nutrient and residue accounting.	ipcc-2019-refinement; emep-eea-2023-guidebook
boundary_farm_gate_handling	optional primary handling	Include washing, sorting, grading, packing, or short holding only when performed before hand-off and not already embedded in the harvest record; identify rejected fruit and its destination.	fao-gap-framework-2003
boundary_post_farm_gate_exclusion	downstream activities	Exclude off-farm transport, storage, distribution, retail, consumer use, processing, and packaging end-of-life unless the study explicitly extends beyond this PCR.	iso-14044

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management	Apricot orchard establishment and management	required	always; include establishment, replacement, immature years, and productive-year management with declared orchard-life allocation	managed perennial biological production and orchard asset formation	orchard area, orchard-years, establishment period, and annual accepted fruit output
apricot_harvest_and_farm_gate_handling	Apricot harvest and farm-gate handling	required	always	harvest capture, field handling, and farm-gate transfer	harvested, accepted, downgraded, and lost fruit mass for one production year
apricot_primary_handling	Apricot primary handling	conditional	washing, sorting, grading, packing, or short farm holding occurs before hand-off and is not included in the harvest record	prepare fruit for the declared hand-off condition	incoming fruit mass and accepted handled fruit mass
declared_reference_handoff	Product Measurement at Declared Handoff	required		foreground	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Process: Apricot orchard establishment and management (apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management)

Inputs

Product flows

Apricot planting material (apricot_planting_material_input)

Record nursery trees, grafted plants, or other planting material crossing into orchard establishment. State origin and allocation when material is self-propagated or retained.

• Selected flow: Apricot planting material for orchard establishment

• Flow property / unit: Item count or mass / item or kg

• Amount rule: measured planting-material quantity by orchard block and establishment year; retain any count-to-mass conversion

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per orchard-year and converted to 1,000 kg accepted fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_establishment_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Urea fertilizer (apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea)

Collection scope and applicability for apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs. The following concrete identities have separate cards and apply only when use or generation is evidenced inside the original process scope. They are not mandatory inputs or a default recipe. Document non-use; missing records are not zero. Add a separate concrete card for any other actual material instead of substituting one of these names or UUIDs. Preserve attribution and boundaries and avoid double counting components included in outsourced services.

Collect each fertilizer product separately. Preserve each actual product identity, quantity, formulation, nutrient composition, application event, and allocation; do not count a compound product more than once. Raw activity or stage basis: per orchard-year and converted to 1,000 kg accepted fruit.

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Urea 3f8850c0-f718-4c4b-8fcb-8fd42e03aa8e
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_orchard_management_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_orchard_management_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-fertilizer-identities

Use this product identity only when the actual formulation and grade are compatible. Retain supplier composition and mass records; do not substitute nutrient mass, dilute solution mass or service activity for the product mass. The UUID alone supplies neither a dose nor an emission factor.

Ammonium sulfate fertilizer (apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_ammonium_sulfate)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Ammonium sulfate 8c6f0cbb-16d7-4dc9-8d55-e8dea17d7faf
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_orchard_management_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_orchard_management_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-fertilizer-identities

Use this product identity only when the actual formulation and grade are compatible. Retain supplier composition and mass records; do not substitute nutrient mass, dilute solution mass or service activity for the product mass. The UUID alone supplies neither a dose nor an emission factor.

Triple superphosphate fertilizer (apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_triple_superphosphate)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Triple superphosphate fertilizer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_orchard_management_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_orchard_management_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-fertilizer-identities

Potassium chloride fertilizer (apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Potassium chloride fertilizer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_orchard_management_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_orchard_management_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-fertilizer-identities

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Cattle manure applied as fertilizer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_orchard_management_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_orchard_management_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-organic-nutrients

Composted plant residues applied to soil (apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_plant_compost)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Composted plant residues applied to soil
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_orchard_management_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_orchard_management_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-organic-nutrients

Irrigation water supplied (irrigation_water_input)

Record irrigation only when water is applied to the orchard. Rainfed production records zero applied irrigation with a documented water-balance or management basis.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water supply

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: metered or calculated irrigation volume by orchard block and production year

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per orchard-year and converted to 1,000 kg accepted fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_irrigation_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Diesel fuel (farm_energy_input_diesel)

Only for documented diesel-powered machinery within this operation. Retain fuel grade and formulation; convert recorded volume with measured or supplier-supported density. Other powertrains require their actual carrier, not a diesel equivalent. Apply farm_energy_input_specific_input; this example is not mandatory. Do not double count inclusive machinery services or a purchased-electricity supply for electricity transferred internally from an on-site generator. Actual fuel combustion and generator emissions remain separately accountable.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel 9d258d75-6792-4f1c-9856-81602ed8f816
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: Collect this carrier under cp_apricot_energy_records for apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management. Attribute shared use once; scale attributed raw quantity by the declared reference amount divided by matched accepted final output quantity in the same product unit, retaining measured stage throughput and original allocation rules. Do not normalize an already normalized amount again.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_energy_records
• Sources: route-energy-fao

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Managed orchard land occupation (orchard_land_occupation)

Record the land occupation associated with the declared orchard area and reporting period. Retain prior land use and any transformation event separately.

• Selected flow: Managed agricultural land occupation

• Flow property / unit: Area-time / m2*a

• Amount rule: declared orchard area multiplied by the time occupied in the reporting period

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per orchard-year and converted to 1,000 kg accepted fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_land_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; iso-14067

Outputs

Product flows

Orchard production hand-off (orchard_production_output)

This internal product hand-off carries the managed orchard output into harvest and handling. It is measured as harvested fruit before final acceptance or rejection.

• Selected flow: Apricot fruit from managed orchard

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured harvested fruit mass by orchard block and crop year

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_harvest_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Elementary flows

Waste flows

Orchard pruning and replacement residues (orchard_residue_output)

Record prunings, removed trees, and other orchard residues leaving the managed orchard. The destination determines whether the material is retained, composted, burned, or treated as waste.

• Selected flow: Orchard pruning and replacement residues

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg dry or as-received material

• Amount rule: measured or calculated residue mass by orchard block and year, with moisture basis and destination

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per orchard-year and converted to 1,000 kg accepted fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_residue_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; ipcc-2019-refinement

Process: Apricot harvest and farm-gate handling (apricot_harvest_and_farm_gate_handling)

Inputs

Product flows

Harvested apricot fruit received (harvested_apricot_input)

Record harvested fruit entering harvest accounting before sorting, grading, or other optional primary handling.

• Selected flow: Apricot fruit from managed orchard

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: reconcile orchard output with harvest tickets and receiving records

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_harvest_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Waste flows

Outputs

Product flows

Fresh apricots at farm gate (fresh_apricot_farm_gate_output)

Record accepted, fresh, unprocessed apricots transferred at the declared farm-gate hand-off. This is the PCR reference output when primary handling is excluded.

• Selected flow: Fresh apricot fruit at farm gate

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: weighed accepted fruit at the declared hand-off, reconciled to harvested input and rejected fruit

• Amount rule: measured net transfer mass, retaining lot, actual product state and moisture basis; reconcile to the final reference output at the declared handoff

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_harvest_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Waste flows

Harvest and field losses (harvest_loss_output)

Record fruit left unharvested, damaged, or discarded during harvest, keeping the destination and treatment route explicit.

• Selected flow: Apricot harvest and field losses

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: harvested-mass reconciliation: received fruit plus documented losses minus transfers to other declared outputs

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_harvest_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Rejected or downgraded apricot fruit (rejected_apricot_output)

Record fruit rejected at farm gate or downgraded from the reference quality, including compost, animal feed, processing, or disposal destination.

• Selected flow: Rejected or downgraded apricot fruit

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured rejected mass by grade and destination

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_harvest_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Process: Apricot primary handling (apricot_primary_handling)

Inputs

Product flows

Primary handling water (primary_handling_water_input)

Record water that crosses the boundary for washing or other primary handling when the activity is included in the declared farm-gate condition.

• Selected flow: Process water for apricot primary handling

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: meter or batch record for water entering the handling operation

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg handled fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_handling_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Electricity at the equipment supply point (primary_handling_energy_input_electricity)

Collection scope and applicability for primary_handling_energy_input. The following concrete identities have separate cards and apply only when use or generation is evidenced inside the original process scope. They are not mandatory inputs or a default recipe. Document non-use; missing records are not zero. Add a separate concrete card for any other actual material instead of substituting one of these names or UUIDs. Preserve attribution and boundaries and avoid double counting components included in outsourced services.

Record electricity or fuel used for washing, sorting, grading, packing, or short holding included before farm-gate hand-off. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg handled fruit.

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 455f0ef5-6118-4f2b-a3f5-1f75e0afe3ca
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_handling_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_handling_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-agricultural-energy

This binding is alternating current at the use point with supply technology, voltage and provider unspecified. Confirm actual AC supply; DC requires a different identity. The database reference is 1 MJ: preserve meter kWh and convert once using 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ when linking reference quantities. Internal generation links to its foreground generator, without an additional purchased-electricity burden.

Diesel fuel supplied to equipment (primary_handling_energy_input_diesel)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel 9d258d75-6792-4f1c-9856-81602ed8f816
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_handling_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_handling_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-agricultural-energy

Wooden crate (packing_material_input_wood_crate)

Collection scope and applicability for packing_material_input. The following concrete identities have separate cards and apply only when use or generation is evidenced inside the original process scope. They are not mandatory inputs or a default recipe. Document non-use; missing records are not zero. Add a separate concrete card for any other actual material instead of substituting one of these names or UUIDs. Preserve attribution and boundaries and avoid double counting components included in outsourced services.

Record packing material only when packing is part of the declared farm-gate hand-off, retaining material type, mass, reuse cycles, and loss. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted handled fruit.

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Record composition, net mass, reuse cycles and return losses; attribute reusable items by actual use and separate packaging from product mass. Keep distinct treatment destinations separate without assuming recycling credits.

• Selected flow: Wooden crate
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_handling_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_handling_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-package-identities

Corrugated fibreboard box (packing_material_input_corrugated_box)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Record composition, net mass, reuse cycles and return losses; attribute reusable items by actual use and separate packaging from product mass. Keep distinct treatment destinations separate without assuming recycling credits.

• Selected flow: Corrugated fibreboard box
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_handling_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_handling_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-package-identities

Polyethylene wrapping film (packing_material_input_pe_film)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Record composition, net mass, reuse cycles and return losses; attribute reusable items by actual use and separate packaging from product mass. Keep distinct treatment destinations separate without assuming recycling credits.

• Selected flow: Polyethylene wrapping film
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_apricot_handling_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_handling_records
• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003; fao-package-identities

Waste flows

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted handled apricots (handled_apricot_output)

Record fresh apricots after the included washing, sorting, grading, packing, or short holding step at the declared farm-gate hand-off.

• Selected flow: Fresh apricot fruit at farm gate after primary handling

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: weighed accepted handled fruit output by batch and quality grade

• Amount rule: measured net transfer mass, retaining lot, actual product state and moisture basis; reconcile to the final reference output at the declared handoff

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted handled fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_handling_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Waste flows

Handling rejects and wash residues (handling_reject_output)

Record rejected fruit, sediment, and other residues leaving primary handling, with destination and treatment route.

• Selected flow: Primary handling rejects and residues

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: batch mass balance for incoming fruit, accepted fruit, rejects, and residues

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted handled fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_apricot_handling_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Process: Product Measurement at the Declared Handoff (declared_reference_handoff)

This node records the actual product handoff at the existing system boundary for reconciliation and reference-quantity normalization. It adds no physical processing and does not presume drying, cooling, storage, packaging or transport. Each data package declares one actual route, one terminal product state, moisture or dry-matter basis, and gate. Feed only the accepted product delivered by that route at that gate into this node; do not add other routes as extra inputs. Record co-products separately and apply Section 7. Count preceding inputs, losses and emissions once. Normalize using the measured accepted net mass at the handoff; this measurement node changes neither mass, yield nor allocation.

Inputs

Product flows

Actual route product at handoff (actual_route_product_for_handoff)

Record the accepted product delivered by the actual terminal route and reconcile it with handoff weighing and lot records.

• Selected flow: Fresh apricot fruit at farm gate
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured accepted net product mass at the actual handoff, normalized to the reference quantity; do not sum preceding-stage quantities, other routes or co-products
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_declared_reference_handoff
• Range: Handoff quantity normalization identity
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg net handoff mass of the same state
  • Basis: normalization of the measured net mass of the same handoff state; not a physical-operation yield
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: declared-handoff-measurement-definition

Waste flows

This measurement node adds no waste inputs.

Elementary flows

This measurement node adds no resource inputs.

Outputs

Product flows

Reference product at declared handoff (reference_product_at_declared_handoff)

• Selected flow: Fresh apricot fruit at farm gate
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: 1000 kg
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_declared_reference_handoff Confirm the product UUID independently for the actual state. Until confirmed, retain unresolved identity instead of inheriting a UUID from a preceding stage or another route.
• Range: Handoff quantity normalization identity
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg net handoff mass of the same state
  • Basis: normalization of the measured net mass of the same handoff state; not a physical-operation yield
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: declared-handoff-measurement-definition

Waste flows

Record actual losses at the operation where they occur; do not duplicate them here.

Elementary flows

Record actual emissions at the operation where they occur; do not duplicate them here.

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

Allocate orchard establishment, replacement trees, shared machinery, irrigation infrastructure, and other multi-period inputs across the declared orchard life and reporting periods using orchard area, productive years, and accepted fruit output. Do not silently annualize non-bearing years; disclose the selected productive-life horizon and replacement events. Where apricot fruit is split among fresh, processing, feed, compost, or disposal destinations, retain separate masses. Use physical mass allocation when products have comparable moisture and function; otherwise use a documented economic or quality-based allocation and report the selected basis. Avoid allocation by treating rejected fruit as a co-product unless it has a declared market or service; otherwise record it as a waste or residue flow with its destination. Do not double count orchard inputs embedded in an upstream planting-material dataset.

Allocation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_orchard_life_and_period	establishment, replacement, and shared orchard assets	Allocate multi-period inputs to the declared orchard-year and accepted fruit output using the declared orchard life, productive years, area, and yield records.	fao-gap-framework-2003; iso-14067
allocation_apricot_destinations	fresh, processing, feed, compost, and disposal destinations	Keep destination masses separate; use documented physical or economic allocation only when more than one declared product or service shares a process.	iso-14044
allocation_rejects_and_residues	rejected fruit and orchard residues	Treat material without a declared product or service as waste or residue and model its destination; do not grant a co-product credit solely because it has a possible downstream use.	iso-14044; ipcc-2019-refinement

Concrete cards do not inherit numerical ranges from the former aggregate card. Determine quantities from original records, stock/meter reconciliation and the declared reference flow; no default quantity or numeric screen is supplied without evidence matching the identity, unit, period and boundary. Missing range evidence is a quality disclosure, not zero use or proof of completeness.

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_residual_precedence	remaining common burden with no specified primary branch	Resolve any study-specific joint-product instruction in this PCR that has no specified primary branch using this precedence; retain an already explicitly prescribed category-specific primary method. First directly assign separable output-specific activities. For the remaining common burden B, use a physical driver d_i only when measured operation or biological-service records demonstrate the causal consumption represented by that driver. A product being weighable, valuable or lower grade alone is insufficient; do not switch arbitrarily between area, time, mass and revenue. For comparable grades receiving the same common handling, measured processed mass is applicable only with the same service demand, state and moisture basis demonstrated. Share a_i=d_i/sum(d_j); B_i=Ba_i. If no defensible causal physical driver exists for that common operation, use gate- and period-matched economic shares a_i=(q_ip_i)/sum(q_j*p_j), with the complete independently intended output set, compatible quantity/price units, currency, representative prices and values before output-specific downstream processing. Missing price or denominator evidence makes the allocated result incomplete, not a zero-priced product or a single-output system. Report shares summing to one and sensitivity to a material alternative; an alternative is not an interchangeable primary result. Waste, retained residues and internal transfers receive no co-product share, while their attributable production/handling burdens remain with the producing saleable route. Retain unallocated physical quantities and mass balances separately. This branch gives no automatic substitution credit; any separately scoped substitution analysis retains the gross inventory and its actual displaced-function evidence.	ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Specific input identification before dataset completion

Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.

requirement_id	collection_protocol_id	Preserved collection scope
farm_energy_input_specific_input	cp_apricot_energy_records	Operation apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management: Record diesel, electricity, or contracted machinery service used for tillage, mowing, spraying, pruning, and orchard maintenance when it crosses the foreground boundary. Original quantity method: fuel invoices, equipment logs, or supplier service records allocated to the orchard block and reporting year
crop_protection_input_specific_input	cp_apricot_crop_protection_records	Operation apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management: Record the actual crop-protection products and application quantities used for orchard protection, retaining active ingredient, product formulation, and application event where available. Original quantity method: measured product amount per application event and orchard block; preserve active-ingredient information

Retain raw site, lot, cycle and stage quantities and denominators in each collection protocol. Reconcile stocks, losses, moisture and co-product attribution first, then normalize: normalized exchange = attributable raw exchange × declared reference quantity / accepted hand-off product quantity on the same boundary and measurement basis. Apply perennial-establishment and shared-operation attribution before this normalization. Never set an internal-transfer quantity equal to the final reference quantity. Per declared reference flow means the amount, unit and product state in section 3; the data package must declare its actual route and gate.

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_apricot_establishment_records	apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management	planting material	nursery invoices, planting maps, and establishment logs	block; cultivar; tree count; material type; establishment year; source	invoice review and block reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate by block and orchard-year	item, kg	each establishment or replacement event	full orchard establishment and replacement period	each orchard block	per declared reference flow	invoice, planting map, and supervisor sign-off
cp_apricot_orchard_management_records	apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management	nutrient, amendment, and field-emission activity	input invoices, application logs, soil records, and method inputs	product; amount; nutrient analysis; date; block; soil/climate method inputs	invoice, application-log, and method-data reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by product, nutrient, block, and year field_emissions_output_specific_emission: Record direct and indirect soil or air emissions calculated from the actual nutrient and residue activity data and the selected geographic method. calculate emissions from declared nutrient, residue, climate, and soil activity data using the selected method This is a mandatory emission-identification requirement, not an aggregate elementary exchange. Identify every applicable substance and actual receiving compartment separately, with compatible units, measured activity or justified calculation method, parameter applicability and uncertainty. Preserve the original operation, period, allocation and final-reference normalization. Reconcile direct and indirect pathways and upstream coverage once; do not substitute total nitrogen, total combustion emissions or a generic pollutant for a named compound. Separately document actual environmental returns, with their material and destination, if relevant. Before dataset completeness create each required specific exchange, confirm a compatible UUID or explicitly retain its unresolved identity. Missing records do not establish zero or inapplicability. ipcc-2019-refinement; emep-eea-2023-guidebook	kg product; kg nutrient	each application; annual roll-up	crop year and declared orchard life	each orchard block	per declared reference flow	invoice, application record, and agronomist review
cp_apricot_irrigation_records	apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management	irrigation water	meter records or irrigation schedules	block; source; volume; date; meter basis; rainfed flag	meter read or documented calculation; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by block and crop year	m3	each irrigation event or monthly	crop year	each irrigated block	per declared reference flow	meter calibration, water bill, or water-balance check
cp_apricot_energy_records	apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management	machinery and handling energy	fuel invoices, equipment logs, electricity bills	equipment; fuel or electricity; amount; date; block; task	invoice and log reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: allocate to orchard block or handled batch by activity record farm_energy_input_specific_input: Operation apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management: Record diesel, electricity, or contracted machinery service used for tillage, mowing, spraying, pruning, and orchard maintenance when it crosses the foreground boundary. Original quantity method: fuel invoices, equipment logs, or supplier service records allocated to the orchard block and reporting year Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.	L, kg, kWh, or MJ	each delivery or operating period	crop year	orchard and handling facility	per declared reference flow	invoice, meter, or equipment log
cp_apricot_crop_protection_records	apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management	crop protection	application records and product labels	product; formulation; active ingredient; amount; date; block; application purpose	application-log and label review; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by product and active ingredient crop_protection_input_specific_input: Operation apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management: Record the actual crop-protection products and application quantities used for orchard protection, retaining active ingredient, product formulation, and application event where available. Original quantity method: measured product amount per application event and orchard block; preserve active-ingredient information Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.	kg or L product	each application	crop year	each orchard block	per declared reference flow	signed application record and label
cp_apricot_land_records	apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management	land occupation and transformation	cadastral, GIS, and orchard maps	block area; prior land use; establishment date; replacement date	map and record reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate area-time by block and period	ha or m2	establishment and annual update	orchard life and crop year	each orchard block	per declared reference flow	map, lease, and land-history evidence
cp_apricot_residue_records	apricot_orchard_establishment_and_management	pruning and replacement residues	residue logs and destination receipts	residue type; mass; moisture; date; block; destination	weighing or documented estimation; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by residue type and destination	kg	each removal or annual roll-up	crop year	each orchard block	per declared reference flow	scale ticket, receipt, or supervisor estimate
cp_apricot_harvest_records	apricot_harvest_and_farm_gate_handling	harvested, accepted, rejected, and lost fruit	harvest tickets, weighbridge records, and grade records	block; cultivar; date; harvested mass; accepted mass; rejected mass; destination	batch weighing and mass-balance reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate by block, grade, and destination	kg	each harvest batch	crop year	each orchard block and receiving point	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale, ticket, and grade record
cp_apricot_handling_records	apricot_primary_handling	water, energy, packing, rejects, and accepted output	facility meters, invoices, batch records, and packing logs	batch; incoming mass; water; energy; material; accepted mass; rejects; destination	batch mass balance and utility allocation; Raw aggregation and attribution: allocate shared utilities and materials by handled mass	kg, m3, kWh, or MJ	each batch or operating period	handling period within crop year	declared handling facility	per declared reference flow	meter, invoice, batch record, and scale ticket
cp_declared_reference_handoff	declared_reference_handoff	reference_product_at_declared_handoff	handoff weighing and acceptance records	route, terminal_output_row_id, product_state, gate, lot, net_mass_kg, moisture_basis, acceptance, tare	Use calibrated scales or traceable weighing records; reconcile the actual terminal-operation handoff lot, accepted net mass, product state and moisture; exclude packaging tare and do not sum preceding-stage quantities.	kg	each handoff lot	declared reporting period	declared handoff gate	per declared reference flow	calibration or weighing tickets, acceptance and lot traceability

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_apricot_reference_normalization	all process outputs	normalized amount = declared flow amount / accepted farm-gate fruit mass × 1,000 kg	flow amount; accepted fruit mass	amount per 1,000 kg accepted fruit	iso-14067
calc_apricot_orchard_life_allocation	establishment and replacement inputs	allocated orchard-year amount = total declared asset input × reporting orchard-year share over declared orchard life	asset input; orchard life; reporting period	orchard-year input	fao-gap-framework-2003; iso-14067
calc_apricot_nutrient_basis	nutrient and amendment card	nutrient mass = product mass × declared nutrient fraction; retain product mass and nutrient basis separately	product mass; label or analysis fraction	kg product and kg nutrient	fao-gap-framework-2003
calc_apricot_mass_balance	harvest and primary handling	incoming mass = accepted output + rejected output + measured loss, with unexplained residual investigated	incoming, accepted, rejected, and loss records	reconciled batch flows	fao-gap-framework-2003
calc_apricot_field_emissions	soil and residue emissions	apply the selected geographic method to collected nutrient, residue, soil, and climate inputs; do not reuse a default factor without recording its applicability	nutrient, residue, soil, climate, and method inputs	elementary emission flows	ipcc-2019-refinement; emep-eea-2023-guidebook

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dqr_apricot_identity	all product and input rows	Declare cultivar, product state, source, destination, and whether primary handling is includeds remain explicit until verified.	product records, invoices, labels, and dataset metadata
dqr_apricot_measurement	mass, water, energy, and area rows	Use calibrated weighing or metering where available; document conversion, moisture basis, and estimation method otherwise.	scale, meter, invoice, map, or signed estimate
dqr_apricot_temporal_coverage	orchard and crop-year rows	Cover the complete crop year and declare orchard establishment, replacement, productive status, and reporting period.	orchard register, crop calendar, and annual records
dqr_apricot_completeness	all process inputs and outputs	Reconcile orchard inputs, harvested fruit, accepted output, rejects, residues, and losses; investigate unexplained residuals.	batch and annual mass balance
dqr_apricot_transparency	allocation, factors, and boundaries	Disclose allocation basis, primary handling inclusion, upstream dataset links, emission method, and identity evidence gap or evidence gaps.	review record and dataset disclosure

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validation_apricot_reference_definition	reference flow	Require 1,000 kg accepted fresh apricot fruit, declared hand-off condition, required qualifiers, and later-resolved reference identity before publication.	iso-14067
validation_apricot_orchard_periods	establishment and management	Check that orchard establishment, non-bearing periods, replacement events, productive years, and annualization basis are declared and not double counted.	fao-gap-framework-2003; iso-14067
validation_apricot_mass_balance	harvest and primary handling	Check incoming fruit = accepted fruit + rejects + measured losses within the declared tolerance and trace every rejected destination.	fao-gap-framework-2003
validation_apricot_flow_bindings	all flow cards	Verify each actual exchange against its concrete flow UUID, physical state, property and unit; preserve explicit unresolved identities when confirmation is unavailable.	iso-14044
validation_apricot_evidence	all constrained ranges and factors	Require source-backed evidence or a declared foreground collection protocol for constrained values; mark provisional guardrails as replaceable estimates.	iso-14044

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	secondary_dataset; background_dataset when the completed dataset has compatible identity, geography, time, and quality metadata
downstream_use	foreground data package construction for fresh apricots at farm gate and background substitution where the published profile permits
allowed_use	attributional agricultural LCA, farm-gate footprinting, crop-year comparison, and documented scenario analysis within the declared orchard and handling boundary
excluded_use	direct substitution for processed apricot products, universal regional averages without disclosed representativeness, consequential claims without additional system modelling, and downstream logistics or retail claims outside the boundary
required_metadata	cultivar; geography; crop year; orchard age and status; area; yield; irrigation; nutrient basis; crop protection; energy; harvest and reject basis; handling inclusion; allocation; flow identity; and coverage finding
required_quality_disclosure	measurement sources, estimation and conversion rules, temporal and geographic coverage, completeness checks, allocation basis, method factors, uncertainty or guardrails, and identity evidence gaps
update_trigger	new crop year, cultivar or production-route change, orchard replacement or land-history change, material handling change, revised emission method, or verified identity and evidence resolution

Evidence applicability: cited general farm-record and postharvest frameworks do not supply crop-specific yields, lifetimes, gate cutoffs or LCA allocation defaults. Those are this PCR methodology decisions; qualify them by the actual species, route and period and obtain compatible agronomic evidence before asserting completeness. Provisional author ranges are screening aids, not empirical acceptance limits or substituted measurements.

11. Data Sources

source_id	type	Reference	Use in this PCR
ipcc-2019-refinement	method_factor	2019 IPCC Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines	managed-soil, residue, and agricultural emission calculation method
emep-eea-2023-guidebook	method_factor	EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook	applicable air-emission method and reporting distinctions
iso-14044	standard	ISO 14044 environmental management—life cycle assessment—requirements and guidelines	allocation, boundary, and evidence rules
iso-14067	standard	ISO 14067 greenhouse gases—carbon footprint of products	reference mass, normalization, orchard-life allocation, and disclosure rules

source_id	type	reference	used_for
declared-handoff-measurement-definition	method_factor	This PCR, Sections 3, 6 and 8: measured net mass at the same state and gate is its own normalization denominator, giving a mass ratio of 1; handoff measurement adds no physical processing.	Same-stage and handoff measurement identities; a definition, not an observed yield, empirical default or external publication.
fao-gap-framework-2003	official_guidance	FAO Committee on Agriculture, COAG/2003/6, Development of a Framework for Good Agricultural Practices, section IV paragraphs 24–26 and Annex, https://www.fao.org/4/y8704e/y8704e.htm	Generic monitoring and farm-record context only; crop-specific routes, lifetimes, quantitative ranges and LCA allocation are PCR choices requiring separate applicable evidence.
fao-fertilizer-identities	official_guidance	FAO Fertilizer Specifications, https://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/theme/spi/plantnutrition/fertspecs/en/	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
fao-organic-nutrients	official_guidance	FAO How to Make and Use Compost, https://www.fao.org/4/i2230e/i2230e.pdf	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
fao-agricultural-energy	official_guidance	FAO Energy demand and consumption in African agriculture, Annex C case-study results, https://www.fao.org/4/v9766e/v9766e08.htm	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
fao-package-identities	official_guidance	FAO Packaging for fruits, vegetables and root crops, section 4, https://www.fao.org/4/x5016e/X5016E04.htm	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
route-energy-fao	official_guidance	FAO, Energy-smart food for people and climate (2011), Annex 2; and Energy use in agriculture and industry, Annex IV. https://www.fao.org/4/i2454e/i2454e00.pdf ; https://www.fao.org/4/Q1085e/q1085e0d.htm	Equipment/carrier possibilities only; site records govern applicability. No intensity, fuel share or default recipe is adopted.
ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011	standard	WRI/WBCSD, Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard (2011), Chapter 9, https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/Product-Life-Cycle-Accounting-Reporting-Standard_041613.pdf	General allocation hierarchy and comparable-gate economic basis. Applicability conditions and the explicit residual branch are this PCR's method convention; no product-specific causal coefficient, price or output quantity is prescribed by this source.