Beans, green

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR guides a foreground data package for fresh, whole, and unprocessed green beans, including snap beans and other immature edible bean pods classified as green beans. The default route runs from preparation of the declared field or protected cultivation unit through direct seeding or planting, crop management, repeated harvests, optional sorting, washing, cooling, primary packing, and the declared farm-gate or pack-house hand-off. Both open-field and protected cultivation are covered when the route, crop cycle, and gate are disclosed.

Dry beans, mature seed beans, bean seed production, sprouts, processed, canned, frozen, pickled, fermented, dried, cooked, cut, prepared, retail, consumer storage and use are outside the default scope. Nursery production, durable irrigation or protected-cultivation infrastructure, machinery manufacture, land-use change, and post-gate transport are excluded unless separately attributed and disclosed. Field residues, culls, rejected pods, packaging waste, and wash-water or treatment outputs remain in the foreground until their declared fate or hand-off is recorded.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.beans-green
classification_refs	CPC 3.0 01241, Beans, green; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	Fresh whole green beans, including snap beans and other immature edible bean pods, from open-field or protected cultivation in the declared maturity, size, colour, grade, washing, cooling, and packaging state
excluded_products	Dry or mature beans, bean seed, sprouts, processed, canned, frozen, pickled, fermented, dried, cooked, cut, prepared, retail, and consumer products; capital goods; land-use change; and post-gate services
representative_product	Marketable fresh green bean pods meeting the declared variety group, maturity, pod size, colour, tenderness, defect tolerance, and grade
production_route	Direct-seeded or otherwise declared green-bean cultivation, bed preparation, irrigation, nutrient and crop-protection management, repeated immature-pod harvests, sorting, optional washing and cooling, and primary packing
market_state	Fresh, whole, unprocessed green beans at the declared farm-gate or pack-house gate, loose or in declared primary packaging

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Marketable fresh whole green beans at the declared farm-gate or pack-house hand-off
How much	1,000 kg
How well	Fresh, whole, immature edible pods with declared variety group, maturity, pod size, colour, tenderness, cleanliness, grade, defect tolerance, moisture state, and packaging state
How long or cycle	One declared crop cycle and complete harvest campaign; all picking rounds attributable to the same planting are reconciled before normalization
reference_flow_link	marketable_green_bean_output

Field	Value
Reference amount	1000
Reference product flow	Beans, green ddf54bf7-5413-49f1-bf1c-2f3cc2724695
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	variety or cultivar group; production geography; open-field or protected route; direct-seeded or other planting route; planting date; harvest dates and picking rounds; pod maturity, size, colour, tenderness, grade, and defect criteria; irrigated or rain-fed status; nutrient product and nutrient basis; crop-protection program; washing and cooling state; packaging state; residue, cull, and reject fate; and declared gate

The reference product flow is platform-verified for CPC 3.0:01241 and retained without a dataset version. The mass flow property and mass unit group are the stable support objects for this reference flow.

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.

This reference UUID denotes the fresh, unprocessed farm-gate product. Verify actual species, product state and handoff before applying the binding. An independent pack-house, further-processed or otherwise incompatible output requires separately verified identity and must not inherit this UUID. Identity verification does not change the actual system boundary or quantity-normalization requirements of this PCR.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_green_bean_mass	marketable pods, downgraded pods, rejects, residues, and losses	Mass	kg	Weigh marketable, downgraded, rejected, field-loss, handling-loss, and residue streams separately and reconcile them before conversion to the 1,000 kg reference output.
crop_cycle_normalization	field and protected-cultivation records	Area and mass	ha and kg	Record inputs and picking rounds by field, bed, or protected unit and normalize them to marketable output attributed to the same declared crop cycle.
nutrient_product_and_n_basis	mineral and organic nutrient inputs	Product and nutrient mass	kg product, kg N, kg P2O5, kg K2O	Record formulated product mass and documented nutrient concentration separately. Convert nutrient equivalents only from a supplier specification, nutrient plan, or laboratory result. A compound product may supply more than one nutrient role and must not be double counted.
water_delivery_basis	irrigation, fertigation, washing, and source withdrawal	Volume	m3	Record crop irrigation, fertigation carrier water, post-harvest washing water, and natural-resource withdrawal as distinct quantities and disclose the meter or water-balance basis.
area_time_basis	open-field beds and protected units	Area-time	ha*a	Record occupied production area and crop occupation period; durable structures and equipment require separate attribution if included.
harvest_grade_reconciliation	repeated picking, grading, and packing	Mass and declared grade	kg and declared fraction	Retain each picking round, gross harvested mass, accepted mass, downgraded pods, rejects, and losses so the declared grade and marketable output are reproducible.
postharvest_mass_change	washing, cooling, grading, and packing	Mass and moisture	kg and declared fraction	Retain measured soil removal, water uptake, cooling loss, tare, and packing loss separately from harvested crop mass and disclose the mass reconciliation.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Prepared field bed or protected cultivation unit receiving green-bean seed or planting material, with prior land use and excluded infrastructure work disclosed
starting_condition_role	Start of the declared green-bean crop cycle and foreground input accounting
product_classification_scope	CPC 3.0 01241, Beans, green, through the declared farm-gate or pack-house hand-off
recursive_input_rule	Green-bean seed or other planting material is recorded at its received hand-off state and linked to an upstream dataset; its own production is not recreated inside this PCR.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Use upstream datasets for planting material, nutrient products, crop-protection products, supplied water, fuels, electricity, packaging, purchased transport, and waste-treatment services when those inputs cross the boundary.
disclosure	Declare variety group, geography, route, planting density, crop-cycle dates, irrigation source and method, nutrient product and nutrient basis, crop-protection program, picking rounds, marketable yield, downgraded and rejected pods, residues, washing and cooling, packaging, fate of wastes, and declared gate.

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_crop_cycle	establishment and cultivation	Include bed preparation attributable to the declared crop cycle, planting, crop management, irrigation, nutrient and crop protection, and direct crop emissions; disclose prior land use and exclude unrelated infrastructure construction.	fao-good-agricultural-practices
boundary_repeated_picking	harvest rounds	Attribute every picking round from one planting to the same crop cycle and reconcile marketable pods, downgraded pods, rejects, field losses, and residues before normalization.	usda-snap-bean-standard; mass-balance-identity
boundary_gate_conditioning	sorting, washing, cooling, and packing	End the default foreground boundary at the declared farm-gate or pack-house gate. Include sorting, washing, cooling, primary packaging, and pre-gate transport only when they occur before that gate.	usda-snap-bean-standard; codex-fresh-produce-hygiene
boundary_residue_fate	crop residues, pod culls, and packaging waste	Record field return, composting, feed use, treatment, transport, or disposal for each residue stream. Do not assign a co-product credit without a documented recipient, intended use, quality, and hand-off.	iso-14044-2006; mass-balance-identity

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
crop_establishment	Green-bean crop establishment	required	every represented sowing, planting, bed, or protected-cultivation unit	foreground crop establishment	planted area, planting material, and crop-cycle dates
crop_management	Green-bean crop management	required	each represented crop cycle	foreground managed biological production	managed area, irrigation, nutrient and protection applications, and complete picking campaign
harvest_and_gate_preparation	Green-bean harvest and gate preparation	required	each represented harvest campaign and declared pre-gate handling route	foreground harvest, grading, conditioning, packing, and hand-off	1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output

Process: Green-bean crop establishment (crop_establishment)

Inputs

Product flows

Seed or planting material (planting_material_input)

Record green-bean seed or other planting material entering each declared field bed or protected unit, distinguishing purchased seed from any other planting route and preserving the supplier lot and planting date.

• Selected flow: Green-bean seed or planting material

• Flow property / unit: Mass or viable count / kg, seed, or plant

• Amount rule: Record supplier lot quantity and planted viable seed or planting-material quantity by field, bed, or protected unit.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_establishment_records

• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices

• Range: Planting-material screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0.1
  • Upper: 20
  • Unit: kg seed or declared planting material per 1,000 kg output
  • Basis: declared planted area and crop-cycle output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Establishment irrigation water (establishment_irrigation_water)

Record water applied for bed preparation, seed emergence, or establishment by source and production unit, excluding rainfall unless a water-balance method explicitly includes it.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water supplied to the crop

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Sum metered or documented water-balance deliveries during establishment and retain the source and application method.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_irrigation_records

• Sources: fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56

• Range: Establishment irrigation screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 300
  • Unit: m3/ha
  • Basis: establishment period from planting to uniform stand
  • Basis kind: crop_cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Occupied green-bean production area (crop_land_occupation)

Record the production area and time occupied by the field bed or protected cultivation unit for the declared planting campaign.

• Selected flow: Agricultural land occupation

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

• Amount rule: Multiply declared production area by crop occupation time and state whether protected structures are excluded or separately attributed.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_area_cycle_records

• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices

• Range: Area-output screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0.01
  • Upper: 0.8
  • Unit: ha per 1,000 kg output
  • Basis: declared crop area and marketable crop-cycle output
  • Basis kind: process_output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Process: Green-bean crop management (crop_management)

Inputs

Product flows

Production irrigation water (production_irrigation_water)

Record irrigation and fertigation water delivered to the green-bean crop after establishment, separating source, application method, and any recirculated carrier water.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water supplied to the crop

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Sum field, bed, or protected-unit meter readings and documented water-balance estimates from establishment through final picking.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_irrigation_records

• Sources: fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56

• Range: Crop irrigation screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 4,000
  • Unit: m3/ha
  • Basis: complete green-bean crop cycle
  • Basis kind: crop_cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Urea fertilizer (crop_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea)

Collection scope and applicability for crop_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 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

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_nutrient_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_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices; 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 (crop_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_nutrient_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_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices; 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 (crop_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_nutrient_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_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices; fao-fertilizer-identities

Potassium chloride fertilizer (crop_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_nutrient_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_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices; fao-fertilizer-identities

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (crop_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_nutrient_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_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices; fao-organic-nutrients

Composted plant residues applied to soil (crop_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_nutrient_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_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices; fao-organic-nutrients

Diesel fuel (mobile_machinery_fuel_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 mobile_machinery_fuel_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_energy_records for crop_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_energy_records
• Sources: route-energy-fao

Electricity for irrigation and crop management (management_electricity_input)

Record electricity used for pumping, fertigation, protected-unit operation, lighting, and other crop-management equipment when it occurs before the declared gate.

• Selected flow: Electricity supply

• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh

• Amount rule: Sum equipment meter or invoice records and allocate shared services by area-time, operating time, water delivered, or another declared physical basis.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_energy_records

• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices

• Range: Management-electricity screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 300
  • Unit: kWh per 1,000 kg output
  • Basis: irrigation pumping and in-scope crop-management equipment
  • Basis kind: reference_flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Water resource withdrawal (water_resource_withdrawal)

Record natural-resource water withdrawn for irrigation or fertigation separately from supplied irrigation water and report the source and return or consumption basis.

• Selected flow: Water resource withdrawal

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Reconcile source-meter or permit records to water delivered to the crop and disclose any return flow or consumption calculation.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_irrigation_records

• Sources: fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56

• Range: Water-withdrawal screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 6,000
  • Unit: m3/ha
  • Basis: crop-cycle natural-resource withdrawal
  • Basis kind: crop_cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Crop residues returned or removed (crop_residue_output)

Record leaves, stems, roots, pods left after final picking, and other crop residues leaving the crop-cycle process, with separate quantities and fates for field return, composting, feed use, treatment, or disposal.

• Selected flow: Green-bean crop residues

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet residue

• Amount rule: Weigh or calculate residues by field or protected unit and document the receiving fate; retain uncollected field residue as a declared residue or loss stream.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_residue_fate_records

• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices

• Range: Crop-residue screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 500
  • Upper: 10,000
  • Unit: kg wet residue/ha
  • Basis: crop-cycle residue mass before declared fate
  • Basis kind: crop_cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Nitrous oxide to air (nitrous_oxide_emission)

Record or calculate direct and indirect nitrous oxide emissions attributable to managed nitrogen input and relevant crop residues; retain the declared calculation method and receiving medium.

• Selected flow: Nitrous oxide emission to ambient air

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg N2O

• Amount rule: Apply one declared emissions method to documented nitrogen input, residue fate, and relevant environmental factors without double counting.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records

• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o

• Range: Nitrous-oxide screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 35
  • Unit: kg N2O/ha
  • Basis: nitrogen-managed green-bean crop cycle
  • Basis kind: crop_cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Ammonia to air (ammonia_emission)

Record or calculate ammonia emissions from nitrogen applications when the declared method and application records support the pathway.

• Selected flow: Ammonia emission to ambient air

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg NH3

• Amount rule: Apply the declared nitrogen-emission method to documented nitrogen forms, application timing, and environmental conditions.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records

• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o

• Range: Ammonia screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 40
  • Unit: kg NH3/ha
  • Basis: nitrogen-managed green-bean crop cycle
  • Basis kind: crop_cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Nitrate to water (nitrate_to_water)

Record or calculate nitrate loss to water when nutrient, soil, drainage, and receiving-medium information supports the pathway.

• Selected flow: Nitrate emission to water

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg nitrate

• Amount rule: Apply the declared nitrogen-loss method to recorded nutrient input, drainage or leaching evidence, and the receiving medium.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records

• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o

• Range: Nitrate-loss screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 100
  • Unit: kg nitrate/ha
  • Basis: nitrogen-managed crop cycle and documented drainage pathway
  • Basis kind: crop_cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Phosphate to water (phosphate_to_water)

Record or calculate phosphate loss to water when nutrient application, runoff or drainage, soil conditions, and receiving-medium information support the pathway.

• Selected flow: Phosphate emission to water

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg phosphate

• Amount rule: Apply the declared phosphorus-loss method to recorded nutrient input and documented runoff, drainage, or erosion pathway without assigning an unsupported default emission.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records

• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices

• Range: Phosphate-loss screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 25
  • Unit: kg phosphate/ha
  • Basis: phosphorus-managed crop cycle and documented runoff or drainage pathway
  • Basis kind: crop_cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Green-bean harvest and gate preparation (harvest_and_gate_preparation)

Inputs

Product flows

Washing water (washing_water_input)

Record water used to remove soil and foreign material when washing occurs before the declared gate; keep it separate from irrigation and source withdrawal.

• Selected flow: Process water for washing

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Sum wash-water meter or batch records and disclose recirculation, treatment, and discharge handling.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_postharvest_records

• Sources: codex-fresh-produce-hygiene; fao-fresh-produce-handling

• Range: Washing-water screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 8
  • Unit: m3 per 1,000 kg output
  • Basis: pre-gate washing of fresh whole green beans
  • Basis kind: reference_flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity for cooling, sorting, and packing (postharvest_electricity_input)

Record electricity for forced-air cooling, cold rooms, sorting lines, lighting, and packing equipment when those activities occur before the declared gate.

• Selected flow: Electricity supply

• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh

• Amount rule: Sum equipment meter or invoice records and allocate shared services by mass, operating time, or another declared basis.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_energy_records

• Sources: fao-fresh-produce-handling

• Range: Post-harvest electricity screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 300
  • Unit: kWh per 1,000 kg output
  • Basis: pre-gate cooling, sorting, and packing
  • Basis kind: reference_flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Pre-gate road freight (pre_gate_road_transport)

Record purchased transport from field to pack-house or another declared pre-gate hand-off when it occurs within the foreground boundary.

• Selected flow: Road freight transport service

• Flow property / unit: Transport service / t*km

• Amount rule: Calculate transported mass times documented distance and state whether return or empty-leg burden is included.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_transport_records

• Sources: fao-good-agricultural-practices

• Range: Pre-gate transport screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 250
  • Unit: t*km per 1,000 kg output
  • Basis: declared field-to-pack-house or pre-gate route
  • Basis kind: reference_flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Marketable fresh green-bean output (marketable_green_bean_output)

Record the accepted fresh whole green-bean pods delivered at the declared farm-gate or pack-house hand-off. The reference amount is normalized to 1,000 kg after all picking rounds and grade decisions are reconciled.

• Selected flow: Beans, green ddf54bf7-5413-49f1-bf1c-2f3cc2724695

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Sum accepted marketable pods across all picking rounds and normalize the accepted output to the declared 1,000 kg reference flow.

• Amount rule: 1000 kg

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_grade_records

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; usda-snap-bean-standard

• Range: Marketable-yield screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 500
  • Upper: 20,000
  • Unit: kg marketable pods/ha
  • Basis: complete green-bean crop cycle and harvest campaign
  • Basis kind: crop_cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Downgraded green-bean pods for a declared secondary use (downgraded_green_bean_output)

Record edible or potentially usable pods that fail the declared primary grade but leave the process for a documented secondary use. Keep the recipient, quality, intended use, and hand-off distinct from waste or field loss.

• Selected flow: Downgraded green-bean pods for documented secondary use

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Weigh downgraded pods by picking or grading batch and record the recipient and intended use before assigning any co-product treatment.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_grade_records

• Sources: usda-snap-bean-standard; mass-balance-identity

• Range: Downgraded-pod screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 500
  • Unit: kg downgraded pods per 1,000 kg marketable output
  • Basis: picking and grade reconciliation
  • Basis kind: reference_flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Sorting rejects and trimmings (sorting_rejects_output)

Record pods rejected during sorting, trimming, or quality inspection when they do not leave as a documented secondary product. Record their treatment, feed, compost, disposal, or other fate.

• Selected flow: Green-bean sorting rejects and trimmings

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet waste

• Amount rule: Weigh or calculate rejects by batch and retain the treatment or recipient record.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh green-bean output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_grade_records

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; usda-snap-bean-standard

• Range: Sorting-reject screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 400
  • Unit: kg wet waste per 1,000 kg output
  • Basis: harvest and pack-house grade reconciliation
  • Basis kind: reference_flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Green-bean washing wastewater (wash_water_wastewater_output)

Only for the actual aqueous washing discharge or treatment hand-off; record its composition and destination. Suspended solids remaining in this stream belong to this wastewater, not a separate solids exchange. Keep the specific UUID unresolved until a compatible waste identity and receiving route are verified.

• Selected flow: Green-bean washing wastewater
• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
• Amount rule: Measure this separate stream under cp_postharvest_records. Reconcile supplied water, recirculation, evaporation, water retained in products and removed solids, and actual discharge, keeping mass and volume balances dimensionally separate. Convert volume to mass only using a supported stream-specific density. Normalize the attributed stream quantity by matched accepted final output and multiply by the declared reference quantity in the same product unit; retain measured stage-to-final output ratios. Do not normalize twice or invent a solids split. Retain separate treatment responsibility without double counting.
• 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_postharvest_records
• Sources: codex-fresh-produce-hygiene; mass-balance-identity

Separated green-bean washing solids (wash_water_wastewater_output_separated_solids)

Only when a physically separate solids stream is removed and transferred; record wet mass and moisture content. Do not count solids still suspended in wastewater again. Keep the specific UUID unresolved until a compatible waste identity and receiving route are verified.

• Selected flow: Separated green-bean washing solids
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure this separate stream under cp_postharvest_records. Reconcile supplied water, recirculation, evaporation, water retained in products and removed solids, and actual discharge, keeping mass and volume balances dimensionally separate. Convert volume to mass only using a supported stream-specific density. Normalize the attributed stream quantity by matched accepted final output and multiply by the declared reference quantity in the same product unit; retain measured stage-to-final output ratios. Do not normalize twice or invent a solids split. Retain separate treatment responsibility without double counting.
• 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_postharvest_records
• Sources: codex-fresh-produce-hygiene; mass-balance-identity

Elementary flows

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_shared_crop_inputs	multiple crops or products sharing a field, bed, meter, facility, or transport	Allocate shared inputs using measured crop-specific records where available. If a shared record cannot be separated, use a documented physical basis such as area-time, operating time, water delivered, or mass, and disclose the basis.	iso-14044-2006
allocation_downgraded_pods	downgraded pods and other secondary outputs	Treat downgraded pods as waste or residue unless a recipient, intended use, quality, and hand-off are documented. Apply co-product allocation only when the secondary output has a defined function and the allocation basis is stated.	iso-14044-2006; mass-balance-identity

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
crop_protection_input_specific_input	cp_crop_protection_records	Operation crop_management: Record each crop-protection product applied to the represented green-bean crop, retaining product name, active ingredient, formulation, rate, application method, date, and treated area. Use integrated pest management records to show when a treatment was unnecessary or omitted. Original quantity method: Reconcile application logs, product labels, stock movement, and treated area for the complete crop cycle.
mobile_machinery_fuel_specific_input	cp_energy_records	Operation crop_management: Record diesel, gasoline, or another fuel used by tractors and mobile machinery for bed preparation, cultivation, spraying, irrigation support, and harvest operations. Original quantity method: Sum fuel receipts, tank records, or machine-hour calculations assigned to the represented crop cycle.
flexible_packaging_input_specific_input	cp_packaging_transport_records	Operation harvest_and_gate_preparation: Record flexible bags, films, liners, or other flexible primary packaging that crosses the foreground boundary before the declared gate, including material, tare, reuse, and loss information. Original quantity method: Record package mass or item count, capacity, tare, reuse cycles, and loss rate for the represented harvest campaign.
carton_packaging_input_specific_input	cp_packaging_transport_records	Operation harvest_and_gate_preparation: Record carton, box, tray, or other paper-based primary packaging that crosses the foreground boundary before the declared gate, including material grade, tare, reuse, and loss information. Original quantity method: Record package mass or item count, capacity, tare, reuse cycles, and loss rate for the represented harvest campaign.
crate_pallet_packaging_input_specific_input	cp_packaging_transport_records	Operation harvest_and_gate_preparation: Record reusable crates, pallets, bins, or other rigid handling packaging used before the declared gate, including material, tare, number of uses, return route, and loss rate. Original quantity method: Record package mass or item count, capacity, tare, reuse cycles, return route, and loss rate for the represented campaign.

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_establishment_records	crop_establishment	planting material	supplier lot and planting log	lot, seed or planting-material form, quantity, variety, date, field or bed	transcribe invoices and planting logs; verify lot against planting record; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum planted viable quantity by crop-cycle unit	kg, seed, or plant	each planting event	complete crop cycle	each represented field, bed, or protected unit	per declared reference flow	lot invoice, planting log, and supervisor check
cp_area_cycle_records	crop_establishment	land occupation	field or facility register	area, unit, crop dates, protected status, prior use	map or register production unit and verify start and end dates; Raw aggregation and attribution: multiply area by declared occupation period	ha and date	each crop cycle	full crop occupation period	each field, bed, or protected unit	per declared reference flow	field map, lease or facility record, date record
cp_irrigation_records	crop_management	irrigation and withdrawal	meter, permit, or water-balance record	source, meter, application, date, volume, return flow	read meter or reconstruct documented water balance; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by crop cycle and separate source withdrawal from delivery	m3	each application or daily total	establishment to final picking	each water source and crop unit	per declared reference flow	meter calibration, permit, or water-balance check
cp_nutrient_records	crop_management	nutrient inputs and soil emissions	invoice, label, nutrient plan, and application log	product, mass, nutrient fraction, date, method, area, residue fate	reconcile purchases to application records and calculate nutrient equivalents; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum applications assigned to the crop cycle	kg product and kg nutrient	each application	full crop cycle	each crop unit	per declared reference flow	supplier label, nutrient plan, laboratory, or log review
cp_crop_protection_records	crop_management	crop-protection products	spray and stock record	product, active ingredient, dose, date, area, method	reconcile spray logs with invoices and stock movement; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by product and active ingredient crop_protection_input_specific_input: Operation crop_management: Record each crop-protection product applied to the represented green-bean crop, retaining product name, active ingredient, formulation, rate, application method, date, and treated area. Use integrated pest management records to show when a treatment was unnecessary or omitted. Original quantity method: Reconcile application logs, product labels, stock movement, and treated area for the complete crop cycle. 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 product or active ingredient	each application	full crop cycle	each crop unit	per declared reference flow	product label, application log, trained-operator check
cp_energy_records	crop_management	field and post-harvest energy	meter, fuel, or invoice record	carrier, quantity, operation, equipment, date, crop or batch assignment	read meter or reconcile fuel receipts and operating records; Raw aggregation and attribution: allocate shared use by declared physical basis mobile_machinery_fuel_specific_input: Operation crop_management: Record diesel, gasoline, or another fuel used by tractors and mobile machinery for bed preparation, cultivation, spraying, irrigation support, and harvest operations. Original quantity method: Sum fuel receipts, tank records, or machine-hour calculations assigned to the represented crop cycle. 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.	kWh, MJ, L, or kg	each operation or billing period	full crop cycle and pre-gate handling	field, facility, and shared equipment	per declared reference flow	meter, receipt, machine-hour, or allocation record
cp_residue_fate_records	crop_management	crop residues	residue and recipient record	stream, wet mass, fate, recipient, date, field	weigh or estimate residue and retain fate evidence; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by residue stream and fate	kg wet residue	each removal or crop-cycle close	crop-cycle close and post-harvest cleanup	each crop unit	per declared reference flow	weigh ticket, recipient record, or treatment receipt
cp_harvest_grade_records	harvest_and_gate_preparation	marketable output, downgraded pods, and rejects	harvest and grading record	date, picking round, gross harvest, accepted mass, downgraded mass, rejects, grade, gate	weigh each picking round and reconcile grade outcomes; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by crop cycle and declared gate	kg	each picking round	entire harvest campaign	each field, bed, or campaign	per declared reference flow	scale record, grade sheet, and mass-balance check
cp_postharvest_records	harvest_and_gate_preparation	washing, cooling, and wastewater	batch, meter, or equipment record	batch, water, recirculation, cooling time, loss, solids, discharge	read batch or meter record and link to harvest lot; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate by accepted output batch	m3, kWh, kg, and h	each batch	all pre-gate handling	pack-house or declared handling site	per declared reference flow	batch sheet, meter, sanitation, and treatment record
cp_packaging_transport_records	harvest_and_gate_preparation	packaging, packaging waste, and pre-gate transport	packaging issue and dispatch record	material, tare, reuse, item count, mass, distance, vehicle, load	reconcile packaging and dispatch records to accepted harvest lots; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum packaging and transport by declared gate output flexible_packaging_input_specific_input: Operation harvest_and_gate_preparation: Record flexible bags, films, liners, or other flexible primary packaging that crosses the foreground boundary before the declared gate, including material, tare, reuse, and loss information. Original quantity method: Record package mass or item count, capacity, tare, reuse cycles, and loss rate for the represented harvest campaign. 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. carton_packaging_input_specific_input: Operation harvest_and_gate_preparation: Record carton, box, tray, or other paper-based primary packaging that crosses the foreground boundary before the declared gate, including material grade, tare, reuse, and loss information. Original quantity method: Record package mass or item count, capacity, tare, reuse cycles, and loss rate for the represented harvest campaign. 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. crate_pallet_packaging_input_specific_input: Operation harvest_and_gate_preparation: Record reusable crates, pallets, bins, or other rigid handling packaging used before the declared gate, including material, tare, number of uses, return route, and loss rate. Original quantity method: Record package mass or item count, capacity, tare, reuse cycles, return route, and loss rate for the represented campaign. 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. packaging_waste_output_specific_output: Record damaged, discarded, or unrecovered packaging generated before the declared gate, separating reusable packaging returned to service from packaging that becomes waste. Reconcile packaging issued, returned, reused, and discarded for the represented campaign. This is a mandatory specific-output collection requirement, not a selected exchange. Preserve every actual waste, residue, reject and co-product from this operation. Create separate cards for physically distinct streams with actual material, composition/state, quantity, receiving route and Product/Waste role before dataset completeness; verify a compatible UUID or explicitly retain its unresolved identity. A genuinely mixed stream may remain one physically defined mixture supported by composition records; never invent separation or count its components again. Keep liquid and solid treatment quantities separate. Preserve original period, output balance, reference normalization and allocation rules; missing records do not establish zero or exclusion. mass-balance-identity; codex-fresh-produce-hygiene	kg, item, km, or t*km	each campaign or dispatch	all in-scope pre-gate movements	field, pack-house, and route	per declared reference flow	package specification, dispatch note, route record

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_area_occupation	crop establishment	area-time = declared production area × crop occupation period; keep protected structures separate when separately attributed	area, start date, end date, protected status	ha*a or declared area-time	fao-good-agricultural-practices
calc_nutrient_equivalents	nutrient inputs	nutrient mass = formulated product mass × documented nutrient fraction; retain product and nutrient bases separately and de-duplicate compound products	product mass, label or plan concentration	kg N, kg P2O5, and kg K2O	fao-good-agricultural-practices
calc_managed_soil_emissions	nitrogen-related elementary outputs	apply one declared nitrogen-emission method to nutrient inputs, crop residues, and environmental factors; do not duplicate pathways	nutrient input, residue fate, method factors	declared nitrogen emission flows	ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
calc_water_balance	irrigation, withdrawal, washing, and wastewater	reconcile source withdrawal, delivered water, recirculation, evaporation, retained solids, and discharged water; keep irrigation and washing systems separate	meter readings, batch records, return flow, and solids	water-delivery and wastewater values	fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56; mass-balance-identity
calc_transport_service	pre-gate road freight	transport service = transported mass (t) × documented distance (km); state whether return or empty-leg burden is included	mass, distance, load, and route record	t*km	fao-good-agricultural-practices
calc_reference_normalization	all inventory rows	normalized value = crop-cycle quantity × 1,000 kg / accepted marketable output at the declared gate	crop-cycle quantity and accepted output mass	quantity per 1,000 kg reference flow	mass-balance-identity
calc_mass_reconciliation	harvest, downgraded pods, rejects, residues, losses, and packaging	gross harvested mass = accepted output + downgraded pods + rejects + field or handling losses + declared residue streams, with measured moisture and tare treatment disclosed	picking, grade, residue, packaging, and loss records	reconciled crop-cycle mass balance	mass-balance-identity
chemical_species_mass_accounting	elementary_nutrient_emissions	Final elementary exchanges use the mass of the identified substance and one actual receiving compartment. Keep nutrient/activity ledgers separate: species-specific N2O-N × 44/28 gives N2O, NH3-N × 17/14 gives NH3, nitrate-N × 62/14 gives nitrate, and phosphate-P × 95/31 gives phosphate. If the selected flow is elemental phosphorus instead, report kg P and convert phosphate mass by 31/95 only when that species basis is evidenced. Apply a conversion exactly once only when the method output is on the elemental basis; measured compound mass is not reconverted. Total nutrient losses cannot be assigned to a single species without a supported split, and residual/retained soil nutrient is not an emission. Keep direct/indirect pathway ledgers and avoid repeating a pathway already included in the chosen method or upstream inventory. Factor uncertainty ranges screen factors on their stated basis, not final compound amounts or admissible site emissions. Normalize the attributable compound mass once using the accepted reference quantity and the matched measured output. Unknown activity, identity or compartment remains an evidence gap and blocks a completeness claim.	cp_nutrient_records; species-specific activity ledger, method pathway and factor basis, matched accepted output	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity	all flows and product qualifiers	Record semantic identity, physical state, direction, process role, and evidence gap or verified status for every flow; resolve the reference identity before final dataset publication.	flow description, qualifier record, and foreground review
dq_measurement	quantities and conversions	Use calibrated scales, meters, invoices, logs, or transparent calculations; retain raw values and conversion factors with units.	measurement record and calculation worksheet
dq_temporal	crop cycle and harvest campaign	Cover the complete declared planting-to-gate period and identify missing picking rounds, exceptional weather, or substituted records.	planting, application, picking, and gate dates
dq_completeness	boundary inputs and outputs	Provide a value, justified zero, or documented exclusion for planting material, land, water, nutrients, protection, energy, emissions, yield, downgraded pods, rejects, residues, packaging, wastewater, and pre-gate transport when applicable.	completeness checklist and mass-balance review
dq_allocation	shared meters, fields, facilities, packaging, or transport	State the allocation basis and test its effect when records serve multiple crops, products, or campaigns.	allocation record and sensitivity note
dq_disclosure	final dataset metadata	Declare variety group, geography, route, planting and picking dates, crop cycle, gate, yield and grade, irrigation and nutrient bases, crop protection, residue and reject fates, packaging, washing, wastewater, pre-gate transport, and any identity evidence gap.	dataset metadata and reference-flow comment

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validation_reference_definition	reference flow	Confirm the 1,000 kg functional unit, all required qualifiers, and the verified reference product, mass property, and unit-group identities before foreground generation.	mass-balance-identity
validation_flow_identity_binding	parameterized product inputs	Verify each actual exchange against its concrete flow UUID, physical state, property and unit; preserve explicit unresolved identities when confirmation is unavailable.
validation_mass_reconciliation	harvest and gate preparation	Check accepted output, downgraded pods, rejects, residues, field losses, handling losses, wastewater, and packaging waste against the declared mass and water bases, with container tare and moisture treatment explicit.	mass-balance-identity
validation_boundary_disclosure	system boundary	Reject a dataset that omits the declared gate, crop cycle, route, irrigation source, nutrient basis, residue and reject fate, or pre-gate handling included by the scope.	fao-good-agricultural-practices; codex-fresh-produce-hygiene
validation_soil_emissions	managed nutrients and residues	Verify that one declared emissions method is used and that direct and indirect nitrogen pathways are not double counted.	ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
validation_data_quality	all foreground records	Report identity, measurement, temporal coverage, completeness, allocation, and disclosure findings separately; inconclusive or error findings fail validation by default.	iso-14044-2006

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground primary dataset for fresh whole green-bean production at the declared farm-gate or pack-house gate; usable downstream as secondary_dataset after review
downstream_use	Build process and lifecycle-model foreground inventories for fresh green beans and compare declared crop-cycle routes with disclosed qualifiers
allowed_use	Product-category studies that preserve the declared crop cycle, route, gate, maturity and grade state, input bases, emission method, and mass and water reconciliation
excluded_use	Direct substitution for dry beans, seed or sprout production, processed green beans, retail or consumer stages, undisclosed protected infrastructure, or crops with materially different product and gate conditions
required_metadata	PCR id and version; variety group; geography; route; planting and picking dates; crop cycle; declared gate; yield and grade; irrigation and nutrient basis; crop protection; residue, downgraded, and reject fates; washing and wastewater; packaging; pre-gate transport; reference product qualifiers
required_quality_disclosure	Measurement sources, missing or estimated fields, allocation basis, crop-cycle completeness, mass-balance result, water balance, emission method, concrete flow identity verification, and identity evidence gap findings
update_trigger	New cultivation or protected-production route, material change in gate conditioning or packaging, revised emission method, changed product qualifiers, or evidence that alters the default collection and validation rules

11. Data Sources

source_id	type	reference	used_for
fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56	official_guidance	FAO Irrigation and drainage paper 56, Crop evapotranspiration — https://www.fao.org/4/X0490E/X0490E00.htm	irrigation scheduling, water-balance context, and water-withdrawal records
fao-good-agricultural-practices	official_guidance	FAO, Production practices to increase yield, quality and safety of fruits and vegetables — https://www.fao.org/family-farming/detail/en/c/1682483/	crop-cycle decomposition, nutrient and crop-protection records, field operations, and boundary context
fao-fresh-produce-handling	official_guidance	FAO, Manual for the preparation and sale of fruits and vegetables — https://www.fao.org/4/y4893e/y4893e0a.htm	agricultural water, harvest, handling, sanitation, and post-harvest process context
usda-snap-bean-standard	official_guidance	USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Snap Beans for Processing Grades and Standards — https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/snap-beans-processing-grades-and-standards	green-bean product identity, maturity, tenderness, defect, grade, and harvest-quality qualifiers
codex-fresh-produce-hygiene	standard	Codex Alimentarius, Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (CXC 53-2003) — https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/sh-proxy/en/?lnk=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkspace.fao.org%2Fsites%2Fcodex%2FStandards%2FCXC+53-2003%2FCXC_053e.pdf	water quality, washing, packing, hygiene, and pre-gate handling requirements
ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o	method_factor	2019 IPCC Refinement, Chapter 11: N2O Emissions from Managed Soils, and CO2 Emissions from Lime and Urea Application — https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/pdf/4_Volume4/19R_V4_Ch11_Soils_N2O_CO2.pdf	managed-soil nitrogen-emission calculation and validation
iso-14044-2006	standard	ISO 14044, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines — https://www.iso.org/standard/38498.html	allocation and data-quality validation rules
mass-balance-identity	method_factor	Declared crop-cycle, grade, water, residue, and packaging mass-balance reconciliation method	normalization, loss, cull, reject, residue, wastewater, and packaging checks
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
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.