Cashew nuts, in shell

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Classification mapping

CPC 3.0:01372 · exact

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1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR guides a foreground data package for cashew nuts produced in managed perennial orchards and transferred as cashew nuts in shell at a declared farm, primary-conditioning, or storage gate. It covers orchard establishment and replacement, immature and productive orchard management, harvest and collection, separation from the cashew apple, drying, cleaning, in-shell quality sorting, storage, and the declared gate hand-off.

The canonical reference-flow identity follows the platform record Cashew nuts, in shell, classified as CPC 3.0 01372, with the platform qualifier Production mix, at farm gate; Fresh, unprocessed produce. A dataset must disclose whether its declared gate is the fresh farm-gate reference state or an extended post-harvest state after drying, cleaning, grading, or storage. These states must not be silently mixed.

This PCR applies to conventional, integrated, organic, rain-fed, and irrigated routes when the cultivar or cultivar group, geography, orchard age, crop year, harvest practice, drying route, moisture basis, quality state, and gate are disclosed. It excludes nursery production, cashew-kernel shelling, roasting, steaming, peeling, CNSL recovery, kernel grading, edible-nut processing, retail packaging, consumer use, and transport or storage after the declared gate. It does not select an “other” or n.e.c. product category.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	`pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.cashew-nuts-in-shell`
classification_refs	CPC 3.0 `01372`, Cashew nuts, in shell; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	Cashew nuts with the hard shell retained, including fresh collected nuts at the farm gate and dried, cleaned, graded, or stored in-shell lots when the extended gate is declared
excluded_products	Cashew kernels and shelled cashews; roasted, steamed, peeled, salted, milled, oiled, confectionery, beverage, and other downstream cashew products; nursery inputs and post-gate logistics
representative_product	Accepted cashew nuts in shell, with the cashew apple separated, shell retained, moisture and quality state declared, and transferred at the declared gate
production_route	Perennial cashew orchard establishment and management, harvest and collection, apple separation, primary drying and cleaning, in-shell grading, optional storage, and declared hand-off
market_state	Fresh farm-gate or dried/conditioned in-shell cashew lot with cultivar or cultivar group, size or grade, shell and kernel quality, moisture basis, crop year, geography, accepted and rejected mass, and gate declared

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Cashew nuts in shell at the declared gate, with the shell retained and the cashew apple separated
How much	1,000 kg net cashew nuts in shell
How well	Cultivar or cultivar group; production country, region, and climate; orchard age and productive status; crop year; fresh or dried state; moisture basis; shell and kernel quality; size or grade; accepted, downgraded, and rejected mass; cashew-apple fate; and gate
How long or cycle	One declared crop year within the perennial orchard productive life; establishment, immature years, replacement, and removal are allocated over the declared orchard-life and accepted-output basis
reference_flow_link	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Field	Value
Reference amount	1000
Reference product flow	Cashew nuts, in shell
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; orchard block and geography; establishment year, orchard age, productive status, and replacement events; soil and climate; irrigation status and water source; crop year or averaging period; harvest maturity and apple-separation practice; fresh or dried state; moisture basis; shell condition; size or grade; accepted, downgraded, rejected, and loss mass; cashew-apple destination; storage duration and condition; and gate

The required qualifiers must be declared in dataset metadata, process notes, the reference-flow comment, product description, or an equivalent data-package field. Net product mass excludes container tare. The platform identity is the fresh farm-gate product flow; a dried or stored lot is an extended gate state and must retain that qualifier rather than being represented as a new product category. A shelled kernel must not be used as the reference product for this PCR.

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`	accepted reference product	Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66`	kg	Express the reference as net accepted cashew nuts in shell at the declared gate and exclude container tare.
`fresh_or_conditioned_gate`	reference and gate outputs	Mass and declared product state	kg and declared state	Keep fresh farm-gate, dried/conditioned, and stored gate states separate. Do not use a post-drying amount as a fresh-gate amount without a measured moisture and mass conversion.
`yield_and_output_basis`	orchard, harvest, conditioning, and storage outputs	Mass and area	kg and ha	Record harvested nuts, accepted grades, cashew apples, rejects, foreign material, storage losses, and unexplained losses for the same orchard-year, lot, or reporting period before normalization.
`moisture_basis`	harvested, dried, stored, and accepted nuts	Mass and moisture fraction	kg and declared fraction	Preserve as-received mass and moisture. Convert between fresh and dried states only with measured moisture and a transparent water-mass or dry-matter equation.
`shell_and_kernel_quality`	accepted in-shell product	declared quality properties	declared unit	Retain shell integrity, shell staining, blanks, insect or mold damage, kernel defect basis, foreign material, size or grade, and well-dried status as attributes; do not substitute a universal grade default.
`orchard_life_allocation_basis`	establishment, replacement, and immature-orchard inputs	area, time, or mass activity property	ha, orchard-year, or kg product	Allocate perennial establishment, immature years, replacement trees, and removal over the declared orchard life and accepted output basis; disclose non-bearing years and replacement events.
`nutrient_product_and_n_basis`	nutrient and soil-amendment inputs	product and nutrient mass	kg product and kg N, P2O5, or K2O	Record formulated product mass and documented nutrient content separately. Nitrogen emission calculations use declared kg N.
`water_basis`	irrigation and wet handling	volume or mass	m3 or kg	Distinguish delivered irrigation water, natural-resource withdrawal, drainage or consumption indicators, and optional wet-cleaning water. A dry route records a justified zero for wet-cleaning water.
`energy_inventory`	orchard, harvest, drying, grading, and storage	mass, volume, or energy	kg, L, MJ, or kWh	Preserve carrier, unit, operation, equipment, period, and conversion basis. Keep fuel, electricity, and thermal drying energy distinguishable.
`packaging_quantity`	optional in-scope storage packaging	mass or item count	kg, g, or item	Record packaging material mass or item count with package capacity, reuse status, and lot assignment when packaging crosses the declared gate boundary.

5. System Boundary

The default foreground boundary runs from the declared orchard starting condition through perennial orchard management, harvest and collection, separation from the cashew apple, and the fresh farm-gate hand-off of accepted cashew nuts in shell. An extended conditioning route additionally includes sun or mechanical drying, cleaning, in-shell quality sorting, storage, and the declared post-harvest gate. Upstream production of planting material, fertilizers, crop-protection products, supplied irrigation water, energy carriers, machinery services, and packaging uses representative background datasets. Shelling, CNSL recovery, kernel processing, retail, post-gate transport, and post-gate storage are outside the default 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 use and existing orchard history are disclosed
starting_condition_role	start of managed perennial cashew production and orchard asset accounting
product_classification_scope	CPC 3.0 `01372`, Cashew nuts, in shell; shelled cashews and downstream cashew products are outside this PCR
recursive_input_rule	Same-category planting material or retained in-shell nuts crossing the boundary are recorded as upstream inputs and are not recursively expanded into another in-shell product output. Internal hand-offs between orchard, harvest, conditioning, and storage are process links and are not additional market outputs.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Use representative upstream datasets for nursery material, nutrient products, crop protection, irrigation supply, fuel, electricity, drying energy, packaging, machinery services, and waste treatment when these inputs cross the boundary.
disclosure	cultivar and orchard block; geography, soil, climate, and land history; establishment year, orchard age, productive life, and replacement; irrigation source and quality; nutrient and crop-protection records; harvest maturity and apple fate; fresh or dried state; drying method and moisture; shell and kernel quality; grade, reject, and storage records; gate; and any intended cashew-apple co-product hand-off

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
`boundary_orchard_to_farm_gate`	all conforming datasets	Include perennial orchard establishment, immature years, productive management, harvest, collection, cashew-apple separation, and the declared fresh farm-gate hand-off.	`fao-cashew-india-production-1998`; `iso-14044-2006`
`boundary_conditioning_extension`	extended post-harvest route	Include drying, cleaning, in-shell grading, and storage only when the declared dataset gate extends beyond the fresh farm gate. Report the extended gate and do not relabel it as the platform fresh/unprocessed state.	`fao-cashew-postharvest-2020`; `fao-cashew-minor-oil-crops`
`boundary_perennial_orchard_disclosure`	establishment and replacement	Allocate establishment, immature years, replacement trees, and removal over the declared orchard-life and accepted-output basis; disclose life, non-bearing years, and replacement events.	`fao-cashew-india-production-1998`; `iso-14044-2006`
`boundary_no_shelling`	in-shell product	Retain the hard shell in the product boundary. Exclude shelling, CNSL recovery, kernel separation, roasting, steaming, peeling, and kernel grading because they produce downstream shelled-kernel routes.	`fda-cashew-nut-methods`; `fao-cashew-minor-oil-crops`
`boundary_quality_and_fate`	all outputs	Separate accepted in-shell nuts, cashew apples, downgraded lots, rejected nuts, foreign material, dust, water loss, and unexplained loss by measured mass and declared fate.	`fao-cashew-postharvest-2020`; `fda-cashew-nut-methods`; `mass-balance-identity`

6. Process Inventory Structure

The foreground route is batch-based. Each harvest round, conditioning batch, grade lot, and storage receipt receives a batch or campaign identifier with a declared start, end, input set, output set, cleaning or changeover event, and reporting period. Shared equipment and shared-run burdens are assigned once to the relevant batch or campaign.

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management`	Cashew orchard establishment and management	required		foreground	orchard-year inputs and accepted output basis
`cashew_harvest_and_collection`	Cashew harvest, apple separation, and collection	required		foreground	harvested cashew nuts before optional conditioning
`cashew_primary_drying_cleaning_and_grading`	Cashew primary drying, cleaning, and in-shell grading	conditional	include when the declared gate is beyond the fresh farm gate or when these operations are part of the foreground package	primary conditioning and stabilization	received lot and grade outputs
`cashew_storage_and_gate_handoff`	Cashew storage and gate hand-off	conditional	include when storage or a post-harvest gate is part of the declared foreground boundary	storage and delivery hand-off	1,000 kg declared gate output
declared_reference_handoff	Product Measurement at Declared Handoff	required		foreground	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Process: Cashew Orchard Establishment and Management (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management`)

Inputs

Product flows

Cashew planting and replacement material (`cashew_planting_material`)

Record nursery trees, grafted planting material, replacement trees, stakes, and attributable orchard-establishment materials by block and event. Annualize the material over the declared orchard life and accepted in-shell output.

Selected flow: cashew nursery trees and replacement planting material
Flow property / unit: Item count or mass / item or kg
Amount rule: measured quantity by orchard block and establishment or replacement event, annualized over accepted output
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted cashew nuts in shell.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_orchard_lifecycle_records
Range: Provisional planting-material screening estimate
- Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
- Lower: 0.1
- Upper: 150
- Unit: kg or planting units per 1,000 kg reference product
- Basis: broad first-pass orchard establishment and replacement estimate
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Urea fertilizer (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea`)

Collection scope and applicability for cashew_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 1,000 kg accepted cashew nuts in shell.

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_cashew_orchard_input_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_cashew_orchard_input_records
Sources: ipcc-2019-afolu; 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 (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_ammonium_sulfate`)

Selected flow: Ammonium sulfate 8c6f0cbb-16d7-4dc9-8d55-e8dea17d7faf
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_cashew_orchard_input_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_cashew_orchard_input_records
Sources: ipcc-2019-afolu; fao-fertilizer-identities

Triple superphosphate fertilizer (`cashew_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_cashew_orchard_input_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_cashew_orchard_input_records
Sources: ipcc-2019-afolu; fao-fertilizer-identities

Potassium chloride fertilizer (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride`)

Selected flow: Potassium chloride fertilizer
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_cashew_orchard_input_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_cashew_orchard_input_records
Sources: ipcc-2019-afolu; fao-fertilizer-identities

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure`)

Selected flow: Cattle manure applied as fertilizer
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_cashew_orchard_input_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_cashew_orchard_input_records
Sources: ipcc-2019-afolu; fao-organic-nutrients

Composted plant residues applied to soil (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_plant_compost`)

Selected flow: Composted plant residues applied to soil
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_cashew_orchard_input_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_cashew_orchard_input_records
Sources: ipcc-2019-afolu; fao-organic-nutrients

Irrigation water supplied (`cashew_irrigation_water`)

Record delivered irrigation by source, block, and crop year. A verified rain-fed route records a justified zero with water-balance evidence.

Selected flow: irrigation water supplied to the cashew orchard
Flow property / unit: Volume or mass / m3 or kg
Amount rule: metered or evidenced delivered irrigation by source, 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 cashew nuts in shell.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_irrigation_records
Range: Provisional irrigation screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 2,500
- Unit: m3 per 1,000 kg reference product
- Basis: broad rain-fed to irrigated orchard water-use interval
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Diesel fuel (`cashew_orchard_energy_diesel`)

Actual diesel machinery for orchard-floor management and crop care; confirm irrigation-pump supply independently rather than assigning it the tractor fuel.

Activate only when equipment and purchase records identify this fuel at this node. Record grade, formulation, supplier and actual mass; convert volume using documented density, not a default. The UUID identifies a fuel product, not a combustion service or emission factor. Account for actual foreground combustion separately without duplicating an inclusive upstream service.

Selected flow: Diesel fuel 9d258d75-6792-4f1c-9856-81602ed8f816
Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
Amount rule: Collect only this carrier quantity attributable to this node under cp_cashew_energy_records. Reconcile inclusive services and shared use once; scale the attributed quantity by the declared reference amount divided by matched accepted final output quantity in the same product unit. Preserve process-native throughput records; do not renormalize a final-reference amount.
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_cashew_energy_records
Sources: route-energy-fao

Apply cashew_orchard_energy_identification in Section 8. No numerical range or default is inherited from the former aggregate card.

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Cashew orchard land occupation (`cashew_land_occupation`)

Record planted area and orchard occupation for each block and crop year. Land transformation is separate and is not inferred from occupation.

Selected flow: agricultural land occupation for the cashew orchard
Flow property / unit: Area-time / ha·orchard year
Amount rule: measured orchard area and declared crop-year occupation, annualized over accepted output
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted cashew nuts in shell.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_orchard_lifecycle_records
Range: Provisional land-occupation screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0.1
- Upper: 6
- Unit: ha·orchard year per 1,000 kg reference product
- Basis: broad orchard-area interval for a perennial nut crop
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Elementary flows

Waste flows

Orchard pruning and replacement residues (`cashew_orchard_residue`)

Record pruning, removed-tree, and replacement residues by mass, moisture, block, period, and destination. Do not treat residue as a co-product without an evidenced intended hand-off.

Selected flow: cashew orchard biomass residue
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg dry matter or as received
Amount rule: weighed or transparently estimated residue by destination
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted cashew nuts in shell.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_orchard_lifecycle_records
Range: Provisional orchard-residue screening estimate
- Range role: Typical range (typical_range)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 1,500
- Unit: kg as-received residue per 1,000 kg reference product
- Basis: broad pruning, replacement, and orchard-floor residue interval
- Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Cashew Harvest, Apple Separation, and Collection (`cashew_harvest_and_collection`)

Inputs

Product flows

In-shell cashew crop available for harvest (`cashew_crop_available_for_harvest`)

Record the crop available for the harvest operation by block and collection round. The platform reference identity is reused only with the fresh, farm-gate, in-shell qualifier; it is not a claim that the lot has been dried or shelled.

Selected flow: Cashew nuts, in shell 755b25eb-7579-4041-a5b1-69d12e4a3246
Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
Amount rule: measured or transparently estimated crop mass available to each harvest round
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_harvest_lot_records

No fixed numerical screening bound is prescribed for this row. Derive any lot-specific consistency bound from measured incoming quantities, moisture, stocks, losses and uncertainty on the stated basis. Conservation alone supplies no universal yield, water-use or measurement-tolerance interval. Until compatible evidence is available, report quantitative range screening as unavailable; do not clip measurements or substitute an assumed value.

Waste flows

Outputs

Waste flows

Harvest and collection residues (`cashew_harvest_residue`)

Record leaves, stems, soil, stones, and other material removed during collection, together with whether the material remains on the orchard floor, is composted, or leaves the foreground boundary.

Selected flow: harvest and collection residue
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg as received
Amount rule: weighed or transparently estimated residue by destination
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_harvest_lot_records
Range: Harvest-residue screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 150
- Unit: kg per 1,000 kg reference product
- Basis: collected debris and incidental material fraction
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Cashew apple residue or intended co-product (`cashew_apple_destination`)

The intended output set is the accepted in-shell grade lots plus a cashew-apple co-product when the apple is deliberately collected. Each intended output requires a declared hand-off. When apples are deliberately collected and transferred to a declared user, record them as an intended co-product with a measured destination. When apples are not collected as a product, record their mass and fate as residue rather than assigning a market credit.

Selected flow: cashew apple collected for a declared destination or cashew apple residue
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg as received
Amount rule: measured apple mass and destination by harvest lot; zero is allowed only with a route-specific explanation
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_co_output_destination_records
Range: Cashew-apple destination screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 2,000
- Unit: kg as-received apple per 1,000 kg reference product
- Basis: broad apple-to-nut mass interval; replace with measured lot records
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Uncollected or field-damaged cashew nuts (`cashew_field_loss`)

Record mature nuts that remain in the orchard, are damaged before collection, or are excluded from the collected lot, with the fate and moisture basis declared.

Selected flow: field-lost or field-damaged cashew nuts in shell
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured or calculated difference between harvest-available mass and collected mass
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_harvest_lot_records
Range: Field-loss screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 20
- Unit: % of harvest-available in-shell nut mass
- Basis: field collection and maturity-loss fraction
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Cashew Primary Drying, Cleaning, and In-shell Grading (`cashew_primary_drying_cleaning_and_grading`)

This process is conditional. It is included when the declared gate is beyond the platform fresh farm gate or when drying, cleaning, and quality sorting are part of the foreground package. It is an independent material-treatment node with a received in-shell lot, a conditioned and graded output state, and a declared hand-off. It does not shell the nut and does not create a shelled-kernel product.

Inputs

Product flows

Fresh collected cashew lot (`cashew_conditioning_input`)

Use the verified platform identity for the fresh in-shell lot, while preserving the collected, apple-separated, pre-conditioning state in the qualifier.

Selected flow: Cashew nuts, in shell 755b25eb-7579-4041-a5b1-69d12e4a3246
Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
Amount rule: measured mass and moisture of the lot received for conditioning
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_drying_conditioning_records

Drying and cleaning water or auxiliary service (`cashew_conditioning_water`)

Record water only when wet cleaning or another water-using conditioning operation occurs. Dry sun-drying and dry cleaning record a justified zero for this row and record energy or labor-equivalent services separately when applicable.

Selected flow: process water for optional wet cleaning or conditioning
Flow property / unit: Volume or mass / L, m3, or kg
Group selection: deferred until the route identifies delivered water, cleaning water, or another function
Amount rule: metered or evidenced water use by lot and operation; zero is allowed for a dry route with explanation
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_drying_conditioning_records
Range: Optional wet-conditioning water screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 50
- Unit: L per 1,000 kg reference product
- Basis: dry route to optional wet-cleaning interval
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Premium accepted in-shell grade (`cashew_premium_grade_output`)

Record the accepted grade state and hand-off as an intended output. It remains a cashew nut in shell; shelling and kernel grading are outside this PCR.

Selected flow: Cashew nuts, in shell 755b25eb-7579-4041-a5b1-69d12e4a3246
Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: measured accepted premium-grade mass by lot, moisture, and gate
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: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_grade_and_reject_records
Range: Premium-grade output screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 1,000
- Unit: kg per 1,000 kg fresh reference product
- Basis: one declared accepted grade share of the conditioned lot
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Standard accepted in-shell grade (`cashew_standard_grade_output`)

Record a separate accepted standard-grade state and its hand-off as an intended output. The premium and standard rows must be mutually exclusive and sum to accepted graded output.

Selected flow: Cashew nuts, in shell 755b25eb-7579-4041-a5b1-69d12e4a3246
Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: measured accepted standard-grade mass by lot, moisture, and gate
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: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_grade_and_reject_records
Range: Standard-grade output screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 1,000
- Unit: kg per 1,000 kg fresh reference product
- Basis: one declared accepted grade share of the conditioned lot
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Downgraded or reworkable in-shell lot (`cashew_downgraded_lot`)

Record off-spec but potentially saleable or reworkable in-shell nuts separately from accepted grades. Declare whether the lot is downgraded, returned to cleaning or drying, recovered for another in-shell destination, or discarded.

Selected flow: downgraded or reworkable cashew nuts in shell
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured off-spec mass and declared downstream path
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_grade_and_reject_records
Range: Downgraded or reworkable-lot screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 25
- Unit: % of conditioning input mass
- Basis: off-spec fraction requiring a declared route
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Rejected nuts and blanks (`cashew_rejected_nuts`)

Record blank, mold-damaged, insect-damaged, visibly deteriorated, or otherwise rejected nuts. The rejection basis and fate must be recorded; rejected mass is not accepted output.

Selected flow: rejected cashew nuts in shell
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured rejected mass by lot and rejection reason
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_grade_and_reject_records
Range: Rejected-nut screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 20
- Unit: % of conditioning input mass
- Basis: rejection fraction for blanks, mold, insects, damage, or unacceptable defects
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Foreign material and dust (`cashew_foreign_material`)

Record soil, stones, leaves, stems, shell fragments not belonging to accepted nuts, and dust removed during cleaning. If a material is intentionally recovered, record its destination rather than silently treating it as waste.

Selected flow: foreign material and dust from cashew cleaning
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed or transparently estimated removed material by lot and destination
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_grade_and_reject_records
Range: Foreign-material screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 10
- Unit: % of conditioning input mass
- Basis: cleaning removal fraction
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Optional conditioning wastewater (`cashew_conditioning_wastewater`)

Record wastewater only for wet cleaning or wet conditioning. A dry route records zero with an explicit process note.

Selected flow: wastewater from optional wet cleaning or conditioning
Flow property / unit: Volume or mass / L, m3, or kg
Amount rule: metered wastewater or documented water balance by lot and treatment destination
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_drying_conditioning_records
Range: Optional conditioning-wastewater screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 50
- Unit: L per 1,000 kg reference product
- Basis: dry route to optional wet-cleaning wastewater interval
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

This card is only the wastewater transfer to an actual treatment/sewer recipient. Record route and volume/mass with the matching water balance; it is not an elementary pollutant. For actual in-boundary treatment or direct environmental discharge, separately require each supported substance and receiving compartment plus any method-supported water return, measured or calculated from applicable effluent data. Use a compatible verified UUID or explicit unresolved identity; wastewater volume is not pollutant mass and missing effluent composition is a completeness gap. Link inclusive treatment services once, with no duplicate outgoing transfer and same downstream treatment burden.

Elementary flows

Drying water loss (`cashew_drying_water_loss`)

Calculate water removed from the cashew lot from measured as-received and conditioned moisture. Do not use an unmeasured generic drying loss when moisture data are available.

Selected flow: water released to air during cashew drying
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg water
Amount rule: incoming water plus water additions minus water retained in all accepted, downgraded, rejected and residue outputs, other water exits and water stock increase; use each stream wet mass multiplied by its measured water fraction
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg fresh farm-gate reference product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_drying_conditioning_records

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

Process: Cashew Storage and Gate Hand-off (`cashew_storage_and_gate_handoff`)

This process is conditional. Include it when the product is stored before the declared gate or when the data package represents a dried, cleaned, graded, and stored in-shell lot rather than the fresh farm-gate reference state.

Inputs

Product flows

Accepted graded in-shell lot for storage (`cashew_storage_input`)

Record premium and standard grades entering storage as mutually exclusive lot states. Preserve moisture, grade, container tare, and lot identity.

Selected flow: Cashew nuts, in shell 755b25eb-7579-4041-a5b1-69d12e4a3246
Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
Amount rule: measured accepted graded mass entering storage
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg declared storage-gate product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_storage_records

Alternating current (`cashew_storage_energy_electricity`)

Actual electric storage ventilation or handling during the recorded lot duration. Unpowered storage has no assumed electricity; pest-control substances and services remain separate.

Activate only for documented alternating-current consumption at this node. The identity leaves voltage, technology and provider unspecified; record them and select compatible upstream supply. Preserve measured kWh and convert exactly to MJ using 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ; do not interpret electric energy as combustion fuel or useful heat.

Selected flow: Alternating current 455f0ef5-6118-4f2b-a3f5-1f75e0afe3ca
Flow property / unit: Energy (database reference property: net calorific value) 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
Amount rule: Collect only this carrier quantity attributable to this node under cp_cashew_storage_records. Reconcile inclusive services and shared use once; scale the attributed quantity by the declared reference amount divided by matched accepted final output quantity in the same product unit. Preserve process-native throughput records; do not renormalize a final-reference amount.
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_cashew_storage_records
Sources: route-energy-fao

Apply cashew_storage_energy_identification in Section 8. No numerical range or default is inherited from the former aggregate card.

Waste flows

Outputs

Product flows

Declared cashew in-shell gate output (`cashew_gate_output`)

Record the dispatched lot at the declared gate, preserving the fresh or conditioned state, moisture, grade, and storage duration. The same platform UUID is used for product identity; the gate qualifier carries the process state.

Selected flow: Cashew nuts, in shell 755b25eb-7579-4041-a5b1-69d12e4a3246
Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: measured net lot dispatch mass excluding tare
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: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg declared gate output.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_storage_records

Waste flows

Storage damage and mass loss (`cashew_storage_loss`)

Record only material actually discarded from this storage lot, by measured mass, actual condition and treatment/disposal recipient. Keep mould-damaged nuts or other physically removed product separate from water evaporation, respiratory change, internal rework, transfers and unexplained stock differences under calc_06. Where distinct actual materials have different identities or destinations, create separate concrete cards; do not duplicate a physical mixture and its components. Raw activity or stage basis: retain the original lot mass and storage duration before final-reference normalization.

Selected flow: storage-damaged or lost cashew nuts in shell
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured actual discarded material mass by lot, identity and recipient; reconcile under the storage reconciliation in Section 8 without assigning unexplained or evaporative loss to this Waste quantity
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg declared storage-gate product.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Storage duration (storage_duration)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_cashew_storage_records

No generic numerical range is prescribed for this actual discarded-material exchange. Check independently measured discarded mass against the matched available lot of the same material, with moisture, stocks and transfers reconciled. A total storage-decrease screen including evaporation or unexplained difference cannot be applied to this Waste amount; no bound generates a quantity or replaces recipient evidence.

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: Cashew nuts, in shell
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: Cashew nuts, in shell
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

rule_id	applies_to	Rule	source_ids
`allocation_01`	orchard and harvest with an intended cashew-apple output	Prefer process subdivision when orchard, harvest, apple collection, and nut collection records are independently available. When the cashew apple is deliberately collected and transferred as an intended co-product, allocate shared orchard and harvest burdens by measured dry-matter mass; if dry-matter data are unavailable, use measured as-received mass and disclose the limitation.	`iso-14044-2006`; `fao-cashew-india-production-1998`
`allocation_02`	cashew apple not collected as a product	If the apple remains on the orchard floor or is handled as residue without an intended product hand-off, do not assign a co-product credit. Retain its mass and fate as a residue or waste flow and assign the shared burden to the intended in-shell nut output.	`iso-14044-2006`; `fao-cashew-minor-oil-crops`
`allocation_03`	premium and standard in-shell grades	Use physical mass allocation between mutually exclusive accepted in-shell grade outputs when common conditioning burdens cannot be subdivided. Grade-specific operations remain with the grade receiving them; do not allocate the same lot to both a grade row and an aggregate output row.	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`
`allocation_04`	perennial orchard periods and phases	Annualize establishment, immature years, replacement, and removal over the declared orchard life and accepted output basis. Link every input and output to a crop year or lifecycle phase; do not count a replacement event in both the original and replacement orchard phases.	`fao-cashew-india-production-1998`; `iso-14044-2006`
`allocation_05`	downgraded, reworked, rejected, and recovered lots	Keep rejected and downgraded lots separate from accepted product. Rework retains the producing-node burden and is linked once; recovered or intentionally marketed material requires a declared destination and allocation decision; discarded material receives its declared treatment burden.	`mass-balance-identity`; `iso-14044-2006`
`allocation_06`	batch, campaign, and changeover attribution	Link orchard, harvest, conditioning, cleaning, grading, and storage inputs and outputs to the batch or campaign that generated them. Record cleaning and changeover events once and do not allocate shared-run burdens to more than one batch without a documented driver.	`mass-balance-identity`; `iso-14044-2006`

Cashew shell mass is part of the in-shell reference product and is not a separate co-product in this PCR. CNSL, shell fragments, kernel, testa, and all shelling outputs belong to a downstream shelling or kernel PCR and must not be introduced into this inventory. No output may be counted both as a cashew-apple co-product and as orchard residue.

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.

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
`cashew_crop_protection_specific_input`	`cp_cashew_orchard_input_records`	Operation cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management: Record named formulations and active ingredients used for insects, diseases, weeds, or other declared crop-protection purposes. Original quantity method: measured application by product, active ingredient, date, and block
`cashew_storage_packaging_specific_input`	`cp_cashew_storage_records`	Operation cashew_storage_and_gate_handoff: Record bags, pallets, bins, liners, and handling energy only when they are inside the declared storage boundary. Reusable assets are assigned over documented uses or service life. Original quantity method: measured packaging mass or handling energy by lot, with reuse and service-life treatment

Route-specific energy identification requirements

Select energy exchanges from the actual product state, operation, equipment and supply records. The conditional cards below are not a mandatory or exhaustive fuel list. For each requirement, document applicability and the used carrier, supplier, service period, native quantity and allocation; add a separate physically specific card and verify its UUID for any actual input not yet represented. An unidentified input remains an explicit completeness gap, never a zero or a generic energy exchange. Evidence of manual work, ambient drying or a bypass can justify non-use only for the affected operation. Preserve every required operation even when no example card is supplied.

Separate purchased supply from on-site conversion. Link self-generated electricity internally to the foreground generator and count its actual fuel and emissions there once; do not also charge a purchased-electricity supply for the same internal transfer. Likewise do not count supplier-side fuel again with purchased heat. Reconcile shared meters and contractor-included energy against existing cards, with one physical quantity assigned once. Retain source quantities, output throughput, shared-service allocation and excluded post-gate activities. For each carrier, apply period/output attribution once and scale to the declared reference quantity using matched accepted final output in the same product unit; do not normalize an already normalized amount again. Process-native intensities require a measured throughput link to that final output. These requirements do not set a consumption default or certify dataset completeness.

requirement_id	collection_protocol_id	Required operation and evidence
`cashew_orchard_energy_identification`	`cp_cashew_energy_records`	Actual diesel machinery for orchard-floor management and crop care; confirm irrigation-pump supply independently rather than assigning it the tractor fuel. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted cashew nuts in shell. (`route-energy-fao`)
`cashew_harvest_energy_identification`	`cp_cashew_energy_records`	Actual collection, apple separation and lot movement. Hand gathering and separation do not establish a powered input; identify machinery or inclusive services only where used. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fresh farm-gate reference product. (`cashew-drying-route`)
`cashew_drying_energy_identification`	`cp_cashew_drying_conditioning_records`	Distinguish sun drying from forced-air or mechanically heated drying using lot and moisture records. Sun drying does not require purchased heat; actual powered auxiliaries or dryers require their own measured, specific input cards. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg reference product. (`cashew-drying-route`)
`cashew_storage_energy_identification`	`cp_cashew_storage_records`	Actual electric storage ventilation or handling during the recorded lot duration. Unpowered storage has no assumed electricity; pest-control substances and services remain separate. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg declared storage-gate product. (`route-energy-fao`)

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_cashew_orchard_lifecycle_records`	`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management`	orchard asset, land, planting, replacement, residue	orchard block and asset register	block area; planting year; cultivar; tree count; replacement; removal; pruning residue; orchard phase; accepted output	block register, field log, and annual reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: link block records to crop year and accepted output	ha, item, kg, orchard year	event and annual	full declared orchard life or documented representative period	every contributing orchard block	per declared reference flow	signed field register, GIS or survey area, replacement evidence
`cp_cashew_orchard_input_records`	`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management`	nutrient, amendment, crop protection	input application record	product name; formulation; nutrient content; active ingredient; amount; date; block; purpose; application method	invoice, application log, and supplier record; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate by product, nutrient, block, and crop year `cashew_crop_protection_specific_input`: Operation cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management: Record named formulations and active ingredients used for insects, diseases, weeds, or other declared crop-protection purposes. Original quantity method: measured application by product, active ingredient, date, and block 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, kg nutrient, kg active ingredient	every application	crop year	every contributing block	per declared reference flow	invoice, product label, application log
`cp_cashew_irrigation_records`	`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management`	irrigation and water	irrigation meter or water ledger	source; volume; block; date; meter; water quality; withdrawal and return	meter, pump record, or transparent water balance; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile delivery, withdrawal, and declared consumption	m3 or kg	event and monthly	crop year	every irrigated block	per declared reference flow	meter calibration, pump log, water ledger
`cp_cashew_energy_records`	all field, harvest, conditioning, and storage processes	energy and carrier	fuel, electricity, and equipment record	carrier; amount; equipment; operation; lot or block; date; duration; conversion factor	invoice, meter, fuel log, or equipment record; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate by carrier, operation, lot, and period Route-specific requirements: `cashew_orchard_energy_identification`: Actual diesel machinery for orchard-floor management and crop care; confirm irrigation-pump supply independently rather than assigning it the tractor fuel. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted cashew nuts in shell. (`route-energy-fao`) `cashew_harvest_energy_identification`: Actual collection, apple separation and lot movement. Hand gathering and separation do not establish a powered input; identify machinery or inclusive services only where used. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg accepted fresh farm-gate reference product. (`cashew-drying-route`) Verify actual use, equipment and supply for each applicable input; create one specific exchange per actual carrier before dataset completeness. Missing identity or quantity evidence remains unresolved, never zero. Distinguish purchased supply, internal generation and inclusive contractor services; count their energy once. Do not substitute the conditional examples for an unverified route.	L, kg, MJ, or kWh	event and monthly	crop year and declared post-harvest period	each operation and facility	per declared reference flow	invoice, meter, fuel log, equipment specification
`cp_cashew_emission_records`	`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management`	direct and indirect field emissions	emission calculation input record	nutrient input; residue; soil condition; crop-protection record; emission species; method; factor	calculation workbook linked to raw records; Raw aggregation and attribution: retain substance, receiving medium, factor, and source `cashew_direct_field_emissions_specific_emission`: Record measured or calculated direct and indirect field emissions by substance, source, nutrient input, and crop year. Do not use a generic emission exchange when the reported species or receiving medium is known. measured or calculated from documented nutrient, residue, crop-protection, and field-operation records 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-afolu`	kg substance	annual and event	crop year	every contributing block	per declared reference flow	calculation review, factor version, source citation
`cp_cashew_harvest_lot_records`	`cashew_harvest_and_collection`	harvest, collection, field loss, residue	harvest-lot register	block; collection round; maturity; harvested mass; uncollected mass; debris; apple separation; destination	weighbridge, field scale, and lot log; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile available, collected, lost, and residue mass	kg, date, lot	every collection round	harvest season	every contributing block	per declared reference flow	scale calibration, lot ticket, field inspection
`cp_cashew_co_output_destination_records`	`cashew_harvest_and_collection`	cashew apple co-product or residue	destination and transfer record	apple mass; dry matter or moisture; destination; recipient; price or use; fate; transfer date	scale, transfer record, and destination confirmation; Raw aggregation and attribution: separate intended output from residue and waste	kg and declared fraction	every transfer	harvest season	each apple destination	per declared reference flow	receipt, transfer note, destination evidence
`cp_cashew_drying_conditioning_records`	`cashew_primary_drying_cleaning_and_grading`	drying, cleaning, water, energy, moisture	conditioning batch record	input mass; input moisture; method; duration; energy; water; output moisture; output mass; cleaning loss; wastewater	batch log, meter, moisture test, and water balance; Raw aggregation and attribution: link all inputs and outputs to one batch and gate Route-specific requirements: `cashew_drying_energy_identification`: Distinguish sun drying from forced-air or mechanically heated drying using lot and moisture records. Sun drying does not require purchased heat; actual powered auxiliaries or dryers require their own measured, specific input cards. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg reference product. (`cashew-drying-route`) Verify actual use, equipment and supply for each applicable input; create one specific exchange per actual carrier before dataset completeness. Missing identity or quantity evidence remains unresolved, never zero. Distinguish purchased supply, internal generation and inclusive contractor services; count their energy once. Do not substitute the conditional examples for an unverified route.	kg, %, hours, L, kWh	every batch	declared post-harvest period	each conditioning facility or farm unit	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale, moisture test, batch ticket
`cp_cashew_grade_and_reject_records`	`cashew_primary_drying_cleaning_and_grading`	grade, downgrade, reject, foreign material	inspection and grade record	lot; grade; shell condition; kernel defect; blank; mold; insects; foreign material; accepted mass; rework; fate	inspection, sampling, and scale record; Raw aggregation and attribution: mutually exclusive grade and reject states	kg, %, grade code	every lot	declared post-harvest period	each grading point	per declared reference flow	inspection sheet, sample plan, scale calibration
`cp_cashew_storage_records`	`cashew_storage_and_gate_handoff`	storage input, loss, packaging, gate output	stock and dispatch ledger	opening stock; receipts; lot; moisture; storage duration; packaging; energy; damage; closing stock; dispatch mass; gate; external transfers, actual discarded mass by material/recipient, separately evidenced evaporation/respiration and other physical losses, signed unexplained difference, uncertainty, common moisture/component basis	Measure and reconcile the separate stock, waste and physical-loss ledgers under calc_06; aggregate actual discarded material by identity and recipient, not by total stock difference.	kg, %, days, kWh, item	receipt, inspection, and dispatch	declared storage period	each storage facility	per declared reference flow	stock reconciliation, dispatch ticket, moisture and pest record
`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
`cp_phase1_environment_coverage`	cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management	managed environmental coverage by actual node	site/activity/method ledger	actual production nodes; soil/substrate route; climate/soil; nutrient product mass and composition; residue fate/N; relevant mineralisation/organic-soil/excreta activity; method/tier/equation/version; pathway factors and units; lime/urea; actual fuels; substance/compartment; supplier coverage	Collect original records by the actual responsible production node and matched lot/period; retain provenance, method applicability and uncertainty. Reconcile with existing protocols and provider coverage, do not add duplicate events. Explicitly document inapplicability; absent evidence is a gap.	native activity units; kg N or substance; area/time as applicable	event and annual/lot reconciliation	matched production/cohort period	all actual managed-production nodes	apply applicable coverage calculations then final normalization once	original records, method worksheets and applicability evidence

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
`calc_01`	perennial orchard inputs	Allocate orchard establishment, immature years, replacement, and removal over the declared orchard-life basis and accepted output by crop year.	orchard asset register; orchard life; crop-year output	annualized orchard input per reference flow	`fao-cashew-india-production-1998`; `iso-14044-2006`
`calc_02`	every harvest, conditioning, and storage lot	`opening mass + inputs = accepted outputs + co-products + rejects + residues + measured losses + closing mass`; investigate any unexplained residual. Keep terms matched to the same lot, period and moisture basis; closing stock is neither dispatched output nor loss.	lot weights and fates	reconciled mass balance	`mass-balance-identity`
`calc_03`	fresh to dried or conditioned lots	Dry matter = wet mass × (1 − moisture fraction); water removed = input wet mass − output wet mass after accounting for non-water losses.	input/output mass and measured moisture	moisture-corrected mass and drying water loss	`mass-balance-identity`; `fao-cashew-minor-oil-crops`
`calc_04`	cashew apple co-product	If the apple is intended and transferred, apply measured dry-matter mass allocation to shared orchard and harvest burdens; if not intended, model residue fate without co-product credit.	nut mass; apple mass; moisture or dry matter; declared destination	allocated burdens and co-product share	`iso-14044-2006`
`calc_05`	graded lots	Accepted output equals the sum of mutually exclusive accepted grades only. Reconcile incoming batch mass plus additions and opening stock with accepted and separately sold downgraded outputs, rejects, residues, measured water/non-water losses and closing stock. Internal rework is a transfer, not another sale; investigate unexplained residual.	batch input; additions; stocks; grade and reject records	accepted output and complete batch balance	`mass-balance-identity`
`calc_06`	storage	On one matched lot, period and moisture/component basis, reconcile opening stock + external receipts = accepted dispatch + other documented external transfers + actual discarded removals + independently evidenced physical losses + closing stock + signed unexplained difference. Internal movements cancel once. Measure discarded material by identity and destination; evaporation/respiration or other supported physical losses are separate from Waste. The signed difference is an investigation item, never automatically a measured loss, waste exchange or emission. Keep actual measurements and uncertainty; do not clip or infer zero. Attribute supported external quantities and normalize once to matched accepted final output.	lot/period stocks, receipts, dispatch, other transfers, weighed waste, supported physical losses and measurement uncertainty	separate material-waste, physical-loss and unexplained-difference ledgers; supported exports per final reference	`mass-balance-identity`

Environmental Coverage Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
`calc_managed_environment_coverage`	actual managed-production nodes	For the actual owned managed-production node(s), require an applicability ledger for direct soil N2O, volatilisation/deposition-derived indirect N2O, leaching/runoff-derived indirect N2O, NH3/NOx and nutrient losses, plus actual liming/urea-use CO2. Primary calculation precedence is a representative pathway measurement, then a validated site/national method applicable to the crop, soil and management; otherwise use the compatible 2006 IPCC/2019-refined managed-soil equations and climate/input-specific factor selection for N2O and lime/urea CO2. Retain the exact edition, equation, tier, activity and factor units, climate and management applicability; no universal dose or emission factor is prescribed. Non-soil/protected routes need a method valid for their actual medium; do not force soil factors onto an inapplicable route. Use the same period/field N ledger for synthetic and organic additions, residues, actual relevant mineralisation/organic-soil and excreta pathways; demonstrate absent pathways rather than infer zero. Calculate direct and each indirect component separately, then assign each once to matching existing or new concrete cards; never add a total to its components. Convert N2O-N to molecular N2O by 44/28 once. NH3, NOx and nutrient/pesticide loss require an applicable measured or documented substance/fate model; total N/P or an unexplained balance residual is not a compound release. Keep actual receiving compartments and molecular versus elemental/reporting bases explicit; indirect formation does not remove the same N from the source ledger twice. Include actual local combustion releases separately using fuel-specific combustion-only methods; purchased electricity/heat/services retain upstream coverage once. Add one identity-specific exchange only for a supported release and reuse an existing matching card, with verified UUID or explicit unresolved identity. Missing applicable method/activity/factor/identity blocks completeness; it is not a justified zero. Attribute raw activity/release totals and normalize once to the matched accepted reference output.	cp_phase1_environment_coverage	attributed native environmental quantities per matched final reference	`review-ipcc-soils-2019`

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
`quality_01`	flow identity	Use the verified cashew in-shell reference UUID and preserve the fresh farm-gate or extended-gate qualifier. Do not use shelled-cashew or kernel identities.	platform identity record; dataset metadata
`quality_02`	orchard and harvest quantities	Use calibrated scales, meters, or transparent documented estimates. Record a justified zero when a route does not use irrigation, wet cleaning, packaging, or storage.	calibration record; field and lot logs
`quality_03`	moisture and drying	Measure moisture on representative lots at receipt and dispatch. State the moisture method, sampling point, and wet or dry basis.	moisture test; sample plan; batch record
`quality_04`	completeness	Reconcile orchard inputs, harvest outputs, cashew apple destination, conditioning outputs, rejects, residues, water loss, storage loss, and gate dispatches.	mass-balance workbook; stock ledger
`quality_05`	temporal and perennial representativeness	Cover the declared crop year and report orchard phase, productive age, replacement events, abnormal weather, and averaging method.	crop-year register; orchard lifecycle record
`quality_06`	co-products and fate	Evidence every intended cashew-apple hand-off, downgraded destination, rework loop, reject treatment, and residue fate. Do not assign credits to an unverified destination.	transfer note; destination record; treatment record
`quality_07`	geography and technology	Disclose country, region, climate, soil, irrigation regime, harvest practice, drying method, grading method, storage condition, and gate.	site description; process notes; facility record
`quality_08`	uncertainty and estimates	Label provisional ranges as replaceable candidate-stage estimates and replace them with measured or source-backed values before reviewed or published use.	review record; updated foreground dataset

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	applies_to	Rule	source_ids
`validation_01`	reference flow	Reference product is the verified `Cashew nuts, in shell` UUID with Mass and kg. The dataset declares fresh farm-gate or extended-gate state and does not substitute shelled kernels.	`fda-cashew-nut-methods`
`validation_02`	process map	Every required process is present; conditional drying, cleaning, grading, and storage processes are present when the declared gate or route requires them.	`fao-cashew-postharvest-2020`
`validation_03`	perennial production	Orchard establishment, immature years, productive phase, replacement, and removal are linked to declared crop years and are not double-counted.	`fao-cashew-india-production-1998`; `iso-14044-2006`
`validation_04`	harvest and apple separation	Harvested, collected, uncollected, cashew-apple, residue, and accepted nut masses are mutually reconciled; apple destination is declared.	`mass-balance-identity`
`validation_05`	conditioning and quality	Fresh input, conditioned moisture, premium grade, standard grade, downgraded/rework, reject, foreign material, water loss, and wastewater are mutually exclusive and mass-balanced.	`mass-balance-identity`; `fao-cashew-minor-oil-crops`
`validation_06`	storage and gate	Opening stock, receipts, dispatches, closing stock, storage damage, moisture, storage duration, and gate output reconcile. Storage losses are excluded from accepted output.	`mass-balance-identity`; `fao-cashew-postharvest-2020`
`validation_07`	allocation and rework	Cashew-apple allocation, grade allocation, downgraded routes, rework loops, and rejected-material treatment are explicit and no burden or output is counted twice.	`iso-14044-2006`
`validation_08`	evidence and disclosure	All important quantitative flows have a foreground collection rule and candidate range or method constraint; estimates, unresolved identities, gate state, moisture, and evidence limitations are disclosed.	`fao-cashew-postharvest-2020`; `mass-balance-identity`
`validation_09`	batch and campaign records	Every harvest round, conditioning batch, grade lot, and storage receipt has a declared boundary, linked inputs and outputs, cleaning or changeover status, and reporting period; shared-run burdens are not counted twice.	`mass-balance-identity`

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	`secondary_dataset` for a reviewed cashew-nut-in-shell foreground dataset; may be promoted to `background_dataset` only after the required review and publication gates
downstream_use	Construction and validation of process and lifecyclemodel projections for cashew nuts in shell at the declared fresh farm-gate or extended post-harvest gate
allowed_use	Orchard, harvest, apple-separation, drying, cleaning, in-shell grading, storage, and gate modelling when the declared product state, moisture, quality, crop year, geography, and allocation treatment are retained
excluded_use	Shelled-kernel production, shelling, CNSL recovery, roasting, steaming, peeling, kernel processing, retail products, consumer use, post-gate logistics, and unreported product categories
required_metadata	reference UUID; Mass property and Units of mass unit group; CPC 3.0 `01372`; cultivar; geography; orchard phase and age; crop year; irrigation; moisture basis; fresh or extended gate; shell and kernel quality; grade; cashew-apple fate; accepted, rejected, residue, loss, and storage records
required_quality_disclosure	measurement versus estimate; moisture method; mass-balance completeness; orchard-life allocation; co-product allocation; rework and reject fate; storage duration; data period; geography; technology; and unresolved identity gaps
update_trigger	new crop-year records, material change in orchard phase or replacement, change in drying or grading technology, new intended cashew-apple route, changed storage practice, evidence-backed range replacement, or platform identity revision

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System boundary rules · 6

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`system_boundary_rule_1`	foreground_system_boundary	The default foreground boundary runs from the declared orchard starting condition through perennial orchard management, harvest and collection, separation from the cashew apple, and the fresh farm-gate hand-off of accepted cashew nuts in shell. An extended conditioning route additionally includes sun or mechanical drying, cleaning, in-shell quality sorting, storage, and the declared post-harvest gate. Upstream production of planting material, fertilizers, crop-protection products, supplied irrigation water, energy carriers, machinery services, and packaging uses representative background datasets. Shelling, CNSL recovery, kernel processing, retail, post-gate transport, and post-gate storage are outside the default boundary.
`boundary_orchard_to_farm_gate`	all conforming datasets	Include perennial orchard establishment, immature years, productive management, harvest, collection, cashew-apple separation, and the declared fresh farm-gate hand-off.	fao-cashew-india-production-1998, iso-14044-2006
`boundary_conditioning_extension`	extended post-harvest route	Include drying, cleaning, in-shell grading, and storage only when the declared dataset gate extends beyond the fresh farm gate. Report the extended gate and do not relabel it as the platform fresh/unprocessed state.	fao-cashew-postharvest-2020, fao-cashew-minor-oil-crops
`boundary_perennial_orchard_disclosure`	establishment and replacement	Allocate establishment, immature years, replacement trees, and removal over the declared orchard-life and accepted-output basis; disclose life, non-bearing years, and replacement events.	fao-cashew-india-production-1998, iso-14044-2006
`boundary_no_shelling`	in-shell product	Retain the hard shell in the product boundary. Exclude shelling, CNSL recovery, kernel separation, roasting, steaming, peeling, and kernel grading because they produce downstream shelled-kernel routes.	fda-cashew-nut-methods, fao-cashew-minor-oil-crops
`boundary_quality_and_fate`	all outputs	Separate accepted in-shell nuts, cashew apples, downgraded lots, rejected nuts, foreign material, dust, water loss, and unexplained loss by measured mass and declared fate.	fao-cashew-postharvest-2020, fda-cashew-nut-methods, mass-balance-identity

Allocation rules · 8

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`allocation_01`	orchard and harvest with an intended cashew-apple output	Prefer process subdivision when orchard, harvest, apple collection, and nut collection records are independently available. When the cashew apple is deliberately collected and transferred as an intended co-product, allocate shared orchard and harvest burdens by measured dry-matter mass; if dry-matter data are unavailable, use measured as-received mass and disclose the limitation.	iso-14044-2006, fao-cashew-india-production-1998
`allocation_02`	cashew apple not collected as a product	If the apple remains on the orchard floor or is handled as residue without an intended product hand-off, do not assign a co-product credit. Retain its mass and fate as a residue or waste flow and assign the shared burden to the intended in-shell nut output.	iso-14044-2006, fao-cashew-minor-oil-crops
`allocation_03`	premium and standard in-shell grades	Use physical mass allocation between mutually exclusive accepted in-shell grade outputs when common conditioning burdens cannot be subdivided. Grade-specific operations remain with the grade receiving them; do not allocate the same lot to both a grade row and an aggregate output row.	iso-14044-2006, mass-balance-identity
`allocation_04`	perennial orchard periods and phases	Annualize establishment, immature years, replacement, and removal over the declared orchard life and accepted output basis. Link every input and output to a crop year or lifecycle phase; do not count a replacement event in both the original and replacement orchard phases.	fao-cashew-india-production-1998, iso-14044-2006
`allocation_05`	downgraded, reworked, rejected, and recovered lots	Keep rejected and downgraded lots separate from accepted product. Rework retains the producing-node burden and is linked once; recovered or intentionally marketed material requires a declared destination and allocation decision; discarded material receives its declared treatment burden.	mass-balance-identity, iso-14044-2006
`allocation_06`	batch, campaign, and changeover attribution	Link orchard, harvest, conditioning, cleaning, grading, and storage inputs and outputs to the batch or campaign that generated them. Record cleaning and changeover events once and do not allocate shared-run burdens to more than one batch without a documented driver.	mass-balance-identity, iso-14044-2006
`allocation_rule_7`	foreground_burden_allocation	Cashew shell mass is part of the in-shell reference product and is not a separate co-product in this PCR. CNSL, shell fragments, kernel, testa, and all shelling outputs belong to a downstream shelling or kernel PCR and must not be introduced into this inventory. No output may be counted both as a cashew-apple co-product and as orchard residue.
`allocation_rule_8`	foreground_burden_allocation	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.

Validation rules · 9

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`validation_01`	reference flow	Reference product is the verified Cashew nuts, in shell UUID with Mass and kg. The dataset declares fresh farm-gate or extended-gate state and does not substitute shelled kernels.	fda-cashew-nut-methods
`validation_02`	process map	Every required process is present; conditional drying, cleaning, grading, and storage processes are present when the declared gate or route requires them.	fao-cashew-postharvest-2020
`validation_03`	perennial production	Orchard establishment, immature years, productive phase, replacement, and removal are linked to declared crop years and are not double-counted.	fao-cashew-india-production-1998, iso-14044-2006
`validation_04`	harvest and apple separation	Harvested, collected, uncollected, cashew-apple, residue, and accepted nut masses are mutually reconciled; apple destination is declared.	mass-balance-identity
`validation_05`	conditioning and quality	Fresh input, conditioned moisture, premium grade, standard grade, downgraded/rework, reject, foreign material, water loss, and wastewater are mutually exclusive and mass-balanced.	mass-balance-identity, fao-cashew-minor-oil-crops
`validation_06`	storage and gate	Opening stock, receipts, dispatches, closing stock, storage damage, moisture, storage duration, and gate output reconcile. Storage losses are excluded from accepted output.	mass-balance-identity, fao-cashew-postharvest-2020
`validation_07`	allocation and rework	Cashew-apple allocation, grade allocation, downgraded routes, rework loops, and rejected-material treatment are explicit and no burden or output is counted twice.	iso-14044-2006
`validation_08`	evidence and disclosure	All important quantitative flows have a foreground collection rule and candidate range or method constraint; estimates, unresolved identities, gate state, moisture, and evidence limitations are disclosed.	fao-cashew-postharvest-2020, mass-balance-identity
`validation_09`	batch and campaign records	Every harvest round, conditioning batch, grade lot, and storage receipt has a declared boundary, linked inputs and outputs, cleaning or changeover status, and reporting period; shared-run burdens are not counted twice.	mass-balance-identity

Processes and inputs/outputs · 5

Process ID	Process name	Input flows	Output flows
`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management`	Cashew orchard establishment and management	10	1
`cashew_harvest_and_collection`	Cashew harvest, apple separation, and collection	1	3
`cashew_primary_drying_cleaning_and_grading`	Cashew primary drying, cleaning, and in-shell grading	2	7
`cashew_storage_and_gate_handoff`	Cashew storage and gate hand-off	2	2
`declared_reference_handoff`	Product Measurement at Declared Handoff	1	1

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1. Scope and Applicability

2. Product Category Identity

3. Reference Flow

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Boundary Rules

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

Process: Cashew Orchard Establishment and Management (cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management)

Inputs

Product flows

Cashew planting and replacement material (cashew_planting_material)

Urea fertilizer (cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea)

Ammonium sulfate fertilizer (cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_ammonium_sulfate)

Triple superphosphate fertilizer (cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_triple_superphosphate)

Potassium chloride fertilizer (cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride)

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure)

Composted plant residues applied to soil (cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_plant_compost)

Irrigation water supplied (cashew_irrigation_water)

Diesel fuel (cashew_orchard_energy_diesel)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Cashew orchard land occupation (cashew_land_occupation)

Outputs

Elementary flows

Waste flows

Orchard pruning and replacement residues (cashew_orchard_residue)

Process: Cashew Harvest, Apple Separation, and Collection (cashew_harvest_and_collection)

Inputs

Product flows

In-shell cashew crop available for harvest (cashew_crop_available_for_harvest)

Waste flows

Outputs

Waste flows

Harvest and collection residues (cashew_harvest_residue)

Cashew apple residue or intended co-product (cashew_apple_destination)

Uncollected or field-damaged cashew nuts (cashew_field_loss)

Process: Cashew Primary Drying, Cleaning, and In-shell Grading (cashew_primary_drying_cleaning_and_grading)

Inputs

Product flows

Fresh collected cashew lot (cashew_conditioning_input)

Drying and cleaning water or auxiliary service (cashew_conditioning_water)

Outputs

Product flows

Premium accepted in-shell grade (cashew_premium_grade_output)

Standard accepted in-shell grade (cashew_standard_grade_output)

Downgraded or reworkable in-shell lot (cashew_downgraded_lot)

Waste flows

Rejected nuts and blanks (cashew_rejected_nuts)

Foreign material and dust (cashew_foreign_material)

Optional conditioning wastewater (cashew_conditioning_wastewater)

Elementary flows

Drying water loss (cashew_drying_water_loss)

Process: Cashew Storage and Gate Hand-off (cashew_storage_and_gate_handoff)

Inputs

Product flows

Accepted graded in-shell lot for storage (cashew_storage_input)

Alternating current (cashew_storage_energy_electricity)

Waste flows

Outputs

Product flows

Declared cashew in-shell gate output (cashew_gate_output)

Waste flows

Storage damage and mass loss (cashew_storage_loss)

Process: Product Measurement at the Declared Handoff (declared_reference_handoff)

Inputs

Product flows

Actual route product at handoff (actual_route_product_for_handoff)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Reference product at declared handoff (reference_product_at_declared_handoff)

Waste flows

Process: Cashew Orchard Establishment and Management (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management`)

Cashew planting and replacement material (`cashew_planting_material`)

Urea fertilizer (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea`)

Ammonium sulfate fertilizer (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_ammonium_sulfate`)

Triple superphosphate fertilizer (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_triple_superphosphate`)

Potassium chloride fertilizer (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride`)

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure`)

Composted plant residues applied to soil (`cashew_orchard_establishment_and_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_plant_compost`)

Irrigation water supplied (`cashew_irrigation_water`)

Diesel fuel (`cashew_orchard_energy_diesel`)

Cashew orchard land occupation (`cashew_land_occupation`)

Orchard pruning and replacement residues (`cashew_orchard_residue`)

Process: Cashew Harvest, Apple Separation, and Collection (`cashew_harvest_and_collection`)

In-shell cashew crop available for harvest (`cashew_crop_available_for_harvest`)

Harvest and collection residues (`cashew_harvest_residue`)

Cashew apple residue or intended co-product (`cashew_apple_destination`)

Uncollected or field-damaged cashew nuts (`cashew_field_loss`)

Process: Cashew Primary Drying, Cleaning, and In-shell Grading (`cashew_primary_drying_cleaning_and_grading`)

Fresh collected cashew lot (`cashew_conditioning_input`)

Drying and cleaning water or auxiliary service (`cashew_conditioning_water`)

Premium accepted in-shell grade (`cashew_premium_grade_output`)

Standard accepted in-shell grade (`cashew_standard_grade_output`)

Downgraded or reworkable in-shell lot (`cashew_downgraded_lot`)

Rejected nuts and blanks (`cashew_rejected_nuts`)

Foreign material and dust (`cashew_foreign_material`)

Optional conditioning wastewater (`cashew_conditioning_wastewater`)

Drying water loss (`cashew_drying_water_loss`)

Process: Cashew Storage and Gate Hand-off (`cashew_storage_and_gate_handoff`)

Accepted graded in-shell lot for storage (`cashew_storage_input`)

Alternating current (`cashew_storage_energy_electricity`)

Declared cashew in-shell gate output (`cashew_gate_output`)

Storage damage and mass loss (`cashew_storage_loss`)

Process: Product Measurement at the Declared Handoff (`declared_reference_handoff`)

Actual route product at handoff (`actual_route_product_for_handoff`)

Reference product at declared handoff (`reference_product_at_declared_handoff`)