Cloves (whole stems), raw

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers managed production of Syzygium aromaticum, establishment and productive-life attribution of the perennial tree stand, harvest of mature unopened flower-bud clusters, bud/stem separation, grading, and only conditioning completed before farm-gate hand-off. The accepted lot may be fresh raw whole buds with its stem condition declared, or farm-dried whole buds when drying belongs to the farm-gate route. Each dataset declares one hand-off state.

Oil extraction or distillation, grinding, blending, food or smoking-product manufacture, retail packaging, and post-gate transport are excluded. Detached stems, opened flowers, fruits, leaves, spoiled buds, and downgraded material are excluded from accepted reference mass unless separately modelled with a destination.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.cloves-whole-stems-raw
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 01656, Cloves (whole stems), raw; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	Whole, unground clove flower buds harvested before opening, with lot-specific attached-stem condition declared, supplied at farm gate as fresh raw or farm-dried raw product
excluded_products	Clove oil or oleoresin; ground or blended cloves; detached stems sold for oil; leaves; fruits or mother cloves; opened flowers; manufactured spice preparations; retail-packed product
representative_product	Accepted whole unopened clove buds from managed perennial clove trees
production_route	Parent activity: managed perennial biological production. Production-route delta: sole/mixed crop and rainfed/supplemental-irrigation stands alter shared-land attribution, irrigation inventory, and records and are separate weighted strata. Technology-route delta: fresh hand-off, sun drying, and assisted drying alter topology, energy, water-loss, quality, and moisture records; one lot follows exactly one route.
market_state	Fresh raw or farm-dried raw whole buds at farm gate; moisture, maturity, grade, attached-stem condition, production system, and drying route declared

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Accepted whole unopened clove buds at the declared farm-gate state
How much	1 kg net accepted product
How well	Meets declared grade and moisture specification; excludes detached stems, opened flowers, spoiled buds, foreign matter, and unresolved rejects
How long or cycle	One reporting year of a productive perennial stand, with establishment, immature years, productive years, replacements, and termination indexed across the declared productive life
reference_flow_link	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Cloves (whole stems), raw
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	species; unopened-bud maturity criterion; fresh or farm-dried state; moisture content and basis; attached-stem condition; accepted grade; production system; stand age; reporting year; drying technology if used; farm-gate location

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 product	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Measure net mass at hand-off and record moisture and wet/dry basis; do not convert fresh and dried lots without measured moisture.
intermediate_mass	clusters, buds, stems, residues, rejects, moisture loss	Mass	kg	Weigh each state or reconcile by a documented same-batch mass balance; never count one state twice.
nutrient_content	each nutrient input	Mass	kg product and kg nutrient	Collect every actual mineral fertilizer, organic fertilizer, lime, compost, manure or other amendment as a separate product exchange; retain its mass, moisture and nutrient analysis. Report aggregate nutrient totals only as calculations, not as a combined physical flow.
energy_carrier	fuel and electricity	Energy or carrier mass/volume	MJ, kWh, kg, or L	Retain carrier identity, original quantity, conversion factor, consuming node, batch, and period.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Propagation material and prepared site enter establishment; an existing stand enters with age, density, prior establishment history, and remaining productive life declared
starting_condition_role	Starting condition for managed perennial production, not a zero-burden assumption
product_classification_scope	CPC 3.0 01656 whole raw cloves at farm gate
recursive_input_rule	Purchased raw cloves of this category in an aggregated lot remain separately quantified upstream inputs with conforming datasets and are not relabelled as on-farm production
upstream_dataset_requirement	Each purchased input and service uses representative upstream data; mixed-crop shared burdens retain the declared causal or allocation basis
disclosure	Declare geography, planting stock, sole/mixed crop, density, stand age, establishment year, productive-life assumption, replacement/termination, irrigation, harvest maturity, grade states, fresh/dried hand-off, drying method, moisture basis, and every residue/reject destination

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_perennial_phases	establishment to farm gate	Include propagation, site preparation, planting, immature management, productive management, replacements, harvest, separation, grading, and route-dependent drying. Attribute establishment and long-lived assets across actual output over their service life.	fao-ecocrop-clove; kau-clove-practices-2016
boundary_harvest_state	harvest	Harvest mature unopened buds before flowering; keep clusters and incidental material distinct. Harvest is separate because it removes output while the perennial tree remains productive.	icar-iisr-clove; kau-clove-harvesting
boundary_conditioning	post-harvest	Include bud/stem separation and grading. Fresh lots bypass drying; dried lots record method, energy, duration, input/output moisture, mass loss, rejects, and stabilized hand-off.	kau-clove-harvesting; unido-spice-postharvest-2015
boundary_downstream_exclusion	downstream	Exclude extraction, distillation, grinding, blending, manufacture, retail packing, and post-gate transport.	icar-iisr-clove; fao-ecocrop-clove
boundary_route_stratification	alternative routes	Keep sole/mixed crop and rainfed/irrigated strata separate. Fresh, sun-dried, and assisted-dried lots are mutually exclusive routes and may only be output-weighted from route records.	kau-clove-practices-2016; unido-spice-postharvest-2015

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
stand_establishment	Stand establishment and immature years	required	New, inherited, or replacement burden applies	Establish trees and shared infrastructure	Lifetime accepted output
annual_tree_management	Productive-year tree management	required	Every productive year	Manage trees and generate harvestable buds	Annual harvested cluster mass
harvest_grade	Harvest, separation, and grading	required	Every harvest lot	Pick clusters, separate buds/stems, classify accepted/downgraded/rejected states	Accepted fresh bud mass
conditional_drying	Farm-gate drying and stabilization	conditional	Declared farm-gate product is dried	Stabilize accepted buds by sun, solar, or assisted drying	Accepted dried mass
declared_reference_handoff	Product Measurement at Declared Handoff	required		foreground	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Process: Stand establishment and immature years (stand_establishment)

Planting, immature-year operations, replacements, termination, and shared irrigation, access, handling, and drying assets are indexed by period and annualized once over actual lifetime accepted output.

Inputs

Product flows

Required asset inventory: record every actual pole, wire, anchor, support, irrigation asset, installation and replacement separately by its concrete material and measured bill of materials. Allocate each asset once over its documented service life and all served crops and processes. Do not treat planting stock as a proxy for infrastructure.

Clove nursery plants (establishment_materials)

Record Clove nursery plants only when this material crosses the declared process boundary. Retain lot, physical state, composition where relevant, and actual destination. Record other materials independently rather than treating this card as a selector or material bundle. Attribute establishment and replacement only across the serviced production periods; established stands without such an event do not receive an invented input. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted product over the serviced stand life.

• Selected flow: Clove nursery plants
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Clove nursery plants, reconciled to the linked lot and process balance, then normalized once to the declared reference output; retain moisture and any density conversion evidence.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_establishment_assets
• Sources: kau-clove-practices-2016

Fertilizer, urea input (establishment_nutrient_supply)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, urea is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, urea

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, urea used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted product after productive-life attribution.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (establishment_nutrient_supply_monoammonium_phosphate)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted product after productive-life attribution.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (establishment_nutrient_supply_potassium_chloride)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, potassium chloride is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, potassium chloride

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, potassium chloride used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted product after productive-life attribution.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

Cattle manure, as applied input (establishment_nutrient_supply_cattle_manure)

Include this conditional card only when Cattle manure, as applied is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Cattle manure, as applied

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Cattle manure, as applied used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted product after productive-life attribution.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

Agricultural limestone input (establishment_nutrient_supply_agricultural_limestone)

Include this conditional card only when Agricultural limestone is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Agricultural limestone

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Agricultural limestone used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted product after productive-life attribution.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

Establishment and immature-year irrigation water (establishment_water)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Metered or validated supplemental water, annualized over lifetime accepted output

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted product after productive-life attribution.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_water_records

• Sources: kau-clove-practices-2016

• Range: Provisional establishment-water screen

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 50
  • Unit: m3/kg accepted product
  • Basis: annualized supplemental water per 1 kg accepted product
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Process: Productive-year tree management (annual_tree_management)

Inputs

Product flows

Fertilizer, urea input (annual_nutrient_supply)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, urea is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, urea

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, urea used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested cluster output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (annual_nutrient_supply_monoammonium_phosphate)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested cluster output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (annual_nutrient_supply_potassium_chloride)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, potassium chloride is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, potassium chloride

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, potassium chloride used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested cluster output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

Cattle manure, as applied input (annual_nutrient_supply_cattle_manure)

Include this conditional card only when Cattle manure, as applied is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Cattle manure, as applied

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Cattle manure, as applied used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested cluster output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

Agricultural limestone input (annual_nutrient_supply_agricultural_limestone)

Include this conditional card only when Agricultural limestone is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Agricultural limestone

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Agricultural limestone used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested cluster output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

Productive-year irrigation water (annual_irrigation_water)

Record supplemental irrigation water separately from crop-protection products.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: metered or validated water delivered to the productive stand

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested cluster output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_annual_management_inputs

• Range: Productive-year irrigation-water screen

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 30
  • Unit: m3/kg harvested clusters
  • Basis: per 1 kg harvested cluster output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Required crop-protection records: before completing the foreground package, enumerate every actually applied formulated product separately, retaining trade name, active ingredient, salt or chemical form, concentration, density where needed, application quantity, date and treated area. Select one physically specific product identity per exchange. Derive active-substance releases separately by substance and receiving compartment. Missing formulation identity is a completeness gap; do not replace it with a generic pesticide, invented example, or assumed zero.

Electricity, medium voltage (annual_field_energy)

Include this exchange only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested cluster output.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Measured Electricity, medium voltage supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_records

Diesel fuel (annual_field_energy_diesel)

Include this exchange only when Diesel fuel is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested cluster output.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured Diesel fuel supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_records

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Harvestable unopened bud clusters (harvestable_clusters)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Mature unopened clove bud clusters on managed trees

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Measured cluster mass handed to the harvest node by stand and harvest batch

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per productive tree and reporting year.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_grade_records

• Sources: fao-ecocrop-clove

• Range: Source-supported tree-yield screen

  • Range role: Typical range (typical_range)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 12
  • Unit: kg/tree/year
  • Basis: harvestable clove output per productive tree and year
  • Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: External source (external_source)
  • Sources: fao-ecocrop-clove

Waste flows

Field biomass residues (field_residues)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Pruned, fallen, damaged, or otherwise removed clove-tree biomass

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg dry matter

• Amount rule: Measure or sample dry mass and distinguish retained mulch, composting, burning, disposal, and recovery destinations

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested clusters.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_residue_records

• Range: Provisional field-residue screen

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 20
  • Unit: kg dry matter/kg harvested clusters
  • Basis: field biomass residues per 1 kg harvested clusters
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Managed-soil nitrous oxide (managed_soil_n2o)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Dinitrogen monoxide to air

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg N2O

• Amount rule: Calculate direct and indirect N2O from collected mineral-N, organic-N, residue-N, volatilization, and leaching data using the selected geographically appropriate IPCC tier; convert N2O-N to N2O

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested clusters.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: N input (n_input)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_ledger

• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils

• Range: Provisional managed-soil N2O screen

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.2
  • Unit: kg N2O/kg harvested clusters
  • Basis: calculated N2O per 1 kg harvested clusters
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Harvest, separation, and grading (harvest_grade)

Harvest batches link picking and equipment services to collected cluster mass. Separation then distinguishes whole buds, detached stems, and incidental material. Grading classifies accepted, downgraded, and rejected states; every state has a hand-off, no reject returns upstream without a recorded loop, and unresolved rejects never enter accepted mass.

Inputs

Product flows

Electricity, medium voltage (harvest_energy)

Include this exchange only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested clusters.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Measured Electricity, medium voltage supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_records

Diesel fuel (harvest_energy_diesel)

Include this exchange only when Diesel fuel is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested clusters.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured Diesel fuel supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_records

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted fresh raw whole cloves (accepted_fresh_cloves)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Cloves (whole stems), raw 53a5a137-db87-42e1-a85d-4b187eb5281a

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Net accepted fresh output equals 1 kg for fresh hand-off; for a dried route it is measured input to drying and is not also counted as reference output

• 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: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_grade_records

• Range: Same-stage output measurement reconciliation

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg net accepted output of this stage
  • Basis: same-stage numerator and denominator measurement consistency; not a stage yield or fixed ratio to the final reference output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: iso-14044-2006

Downgraded whole cloves (downgraded_cloves)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Downgraded whole cloves with declared destination

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Weighed separately and treated as product only when destination and economic function are documented

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg incoming harvested clusters.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_grade_records

• Range: Grade-state mass-balance range

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg incoming harvested clusters
  • Basis: downgraded cloves per 1 kg incoming clusters
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: mass-balance-identity

Waste flows

Detached stems, harvest loss, and grading rejects (harvest_grade_residues)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Detached stems, opened flowers, mother cloves, damaged or spoiled buds, foreign matter, and incidental plant material

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Weigh each physical state and destination separately; a sold stem or recovered output is separately modelled, while composting, disposal, or field return remains a destination-specific residue/waste route

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg incoming harvested clusters.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_grade_records

• Sources: kau-clove-harvesting; unido-spice-postharvest-2015

• Range: Harvest/grading residue mass-balance range

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg incoming harvested clusters
  • Basis: all non-accepted states per 1 kg incoming clusters
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: mass-balance-identity

Elementary flows

Process: Farm-gate drying and stabilization (conditional_drying)

This node is inactive for fresh hand-off. For a dried route, accepted fresh buds are the usable pre-intervention state and accepted dried whole buds are the stabilized hand-off. Sun, solar, and assisted drying remain separate technology strata.

Inputs

Product flows

Accepted fresh buds entering drying (drying_fresh_input)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Accepted fresh raw whole clove buds

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Weighed fresh accepted mass entering the same drying batch

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted dried output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_drying_records

• Sources: kau-clove-harvesting; unido-spice-postharvest-2015

• Range: Source-supported drying input screen

  • Range role: Typical range (typical_range)
  • Lower: 2.5
  • Upper: 3.5
  • Unit: kg/kg accepted dried output
  • Basis: fresh buds entering drying per 1 kg accepted dried output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: External source (external_source)
  • Sources: kau-clove-harvesting; unido-spice-postharvest-2015

Electricity, medium voltage (drying_energy)

Conditional one-material exchange: include Electricity, medium voltage only when the actual route and records establish its use or release. Other products, fuels, waste materials, or emitted species require separate atomic rows with independent quantity, state and identity. No use is inferred from this example.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage

• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh

• Amount rule: Measure or calculate only Electricity, medium voltage for this process and period using route-specific records; do not combine other species or carriers.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted dried output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_drying_records

Diesel fuel (drying_energy_diesel)

Conditional one-material exchange: include Diesel fuel only when the actual route and records establish its use or release. Other products, fuels, waste materials, or emitted species require separate atomic rows with independent quantity, state and identity. No use is inferred from this example.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Measure or calculate only Diesel fuel for this process and period using route-specific records; do not combine other species or carriers.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted dried output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_drying_records

Purchased district heat (drying_energy_district_heat)

Conditional one-material exchange: include Purchased district heat only when the actual route and records establish its use or release. Other products, fuels, waste materials, or emitted species require separate atomic rows with independent quantity, state and identity. No use is inferred from this example.

• Selected flow: Purchased district heat

• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ

• Amount rule: Measure or calculate only Purchased district heat for this process and period using route-specific records; do not combine other species or carriers.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted dried output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_drying_records

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted dried raw whole cloves (accepted_dried_cloves)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Dried whole unopened clove buds

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Net accepted dried output equals 1 kg when dried hand-off is selected; record final moisture and method

• 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: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_drying_records

• Sources: kau-clove-harvesting; unido-spice-postharvest-2015

• Range: Same-stage output measurement reconciliation

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg net accepted output of this stage
  • Basis: same-stage numerator and denominator measurement consistency; not a stage yield or fixed ratio to the final reference output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: iso-14044-2006

Identity applicability: Verify the concrete identity against the selected actual species/organ, sowing or commodity use, fresh/cured/dried and shell state, grade, provider and declared gate, with Mass/kg support. This PCR retains the semantic route and measurement definition; it does not assert that one fixed UUID covers all alternative states. A fresh-state flow cannot automatically bind a cured/dried output, an ambiguous nut/kernel flow cannot prove both states, and commodity seed cannot establish seed-for-sowing identity. Preserve a verified compatible existing binding only for its supported state; otherwise keep the UUID explicitly unresolved until detail-confirmed. Do not change the product boundary, quantity or route to force a match.

Waste flows

Drying rejects (drying_rejects)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Mouldy, fermented, scorched, broken, or otherwise rejected buds

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Weigh by recovery, composting, disposal, or other destination; no reject returns to accepted output

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg fresh buds entering drying.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_drying_records

• Sources: kau-clove-harvesting; unido-spice-postharvest-2015

• Range: Drying-reject mass-balance range

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg fresh buds entering drying
  • Basis: drying rejects per 1 kg fresh input
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: mass-balance-identity

Elementary flows

Water removed during drying (drying_water_loss)

This flow crosses the stated process boundary and is quantified using the amount rule below.

• Selected flow: Water to air

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Calculate actual water vapour from water in the matched incoming buds plus actual added water and opening water stock, less water in every accepted/downgraded/rejected solid, liquid exit and closing stock. Use measured wet-basis moisture and compatible mass records; attribute and normalize once. Reconcile dry solids separately. Total fresh-to-dry mass reduction, detached solids and other volatiles are not all water; no numeric water-emission range follows from the published fresh/dried product ratio. Missing moisture or destinations leave water release unresolved, never a balancing emission.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted dried output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_drying_records

• Sources: kau-clove-harvesting; unido-spice-postharvest-2015

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: Cloves (whole stems), raw
• 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: Cloves (whole stems), raw
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: 1 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_avoid_where_measured	all nodes	Subdivide and measure route, batch, grade, residue, and destination states before allocation. Accepted output excludes rejects, losses, detached stems, and downgraded material.	iso-14044-2006
allocation_perennial_life	establishment and long-lived assets	Attribute establishment, immature-year, replacement, and termination burdens once across actual accepted output during the declared service/productive life; do not repeat them in annual management.	fao-ecocrop-clove; kau-clove-practices-2016
allocation_mixed_crop	mixed stands and shared infrastructure	Prefer measured use, area-time, irrigation volume, operating time, or another causal driver. If causality is unavailable and products have economic functions, use documented economic allocation with sensitivity.	iso-14044-2006; kau-clove-practices-2016
allocation_batches_routes	harvest and drying	Link inputs, outputs, cleaning/changeover, and shared-run services to batches or periods; weight route strata by accepted output and count each shared burden once.	iso-14044-2006
allocation_rejects	stems, residues, downgraded and rejected material	Retain burdens with the producing node until documented recovery or product function begins. Separately sold outputs trigger subdivision or allocation; wastes do not.	iso-14044-2006

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Inventory completeness: conditional named cards are examples of individual exchanges, not an exhaustive recipe or a requirement to use those products. Before completing a foreground package, enumerate every actual planting stock, nutrient, crop-protection formulation, asset material, operating service, carrier, packaging material, waste stream and applicable elementary substance separately, using its physical identity, state, native property/unit, origin or receiving compartment, and measured or method-calculated quantity. Missing identity or quantity remains a completeness gap, never an assumed zero. Preserve the actual lot and phase basis; do not sum intermediate transfers as additional final output or duplicate burdens included in purchased services.

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

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_establishment_assets	stand_establishment	planting, immature management, replacement, termination, shared assets	invoice, stand log, asset register	dates; planting identity/mass/count; density; site inputs; replacements; removals; materials; service life; consuming crops/nodes/periods; driver	Reconcile invoices, field logs, and asset register to cohorts; Raw aggregation and attribution: Divide causal share by accepted output over same service period	kg, count, ha, year	each event and annual review	establishment through termination/cut-off	each cohort and asset	per declared reference flow	invoices, georeferenced register, dated logs, maintenance record
cp_nutrient_ledger	stand_establishment; annual_tree_management	all mineral/organic fertilizers and nutrient amendments	invoice, application log, certificate	product; mass; N/P2O5/K2O/other nutrients; form; moisture; date; area/trees; phase	Collect each actual product/formulation separately, retain its own atomic input card, physical product mass, composition, supplier, application event and native unit. Reconcile stocks and actual applications, derive nutrients analytically without duplicate product exchange, and attribute/normalize each supported quantity once through matched accepted final output.	kg product, kg nutrient, fraction	each application	every establishment and productive year	each stand/block	per declared reference flow	invoice, label, lab result, scale, application log
cp_water_records	stand_establishment	supplemental water	meter/runtime log	source; volume; reading; runtime; pump; stand; date	Meter or validated discharge × runtime; Raw aggregation and attribution: Sum by phase and normalize after lifetime attribution	m3	each event	establishment and immature years	each source/stand	per declared reference flow	calibration, pump curve, dated log
cp_annual_management_inputs	annual_tree_management	water and crop protection	meter, invoice, stock/application log	water volume; product and active ingredient; quantity; treated area; date; leftovers	Collect water and each product independently; Raw aggregation and attribution: Retain concrete exchanges; normalize to harvested clusters	m3, kg, L	each event	full year	each block	per declared reference flow	calibration, invoices, labels, stock reconciliation
cp_energy_records	annual_tree_management; harvest_grade	field and harvest energy	receipt, meter, runtime, contractor log	carrier; original quantity; conversion; equipment; runtime; node; batch/period; shared driver	Meter or reconcile purchases and stock; Raw aggregation and attribution: Convert while preserving carrier identity; allocate shared use once	MJ, kWh, kg, L, h	each operation/month	full year and all harvests	each carrier/node	per declared reference flow	calibration, receipts, machine logs
cp_harvest_grade_records	annual_tree_management; harvest_grade	clusters, buds, stems, grades, losses and rejects	lot mass-balance sheet	stand; date; maturity; batch; cluster input; bud/stem condition; accepted fresh or drying input; downgraded/reject states and destinations; moisture	Weigh and inspect every state in the same lot; Raw aggregation and attribution: Input = accepted + downgraded + all residues ± documented difference; one accepted hand-off route	kg, moisture fraction	each lot	all harvests in year	each block/station	per declared reference flow	calibrated scales, inspection, moisture test, destination receipt
cp_residue_records	annual_tree_management	field biomass	weighing/sampling and destination log	residue type; wet/dry mass; moisture; origin; destination; recovery	Weigh or representative sampling; Raw aggregation and attribution: Normalize dry matter to harvested clusters; preserve destination rows	kg wet/dry	each event/campaign	full year	each stand/destination	per declared reference flow	scales, sampling plan, moisture and receipts
cp_drying_records	conditional_drying	fresh input, energy, dried output, water loss, rejects	batch sheet, meter, moisture test	input/output/reject mass; input/final moisture and basis; method; dates; duration; carrier; temperature; weather/dryer state	Weigh and moisture-test each batch; meter energy; Raw aggregation and attribution: Fresh input = dried output + rejects + water/other loss; keep sun/solar/assisted routes separate	kg, fraction, MJ, kWh, h, °C	each batch	all dried lots	each dryer/mat/station	per declared reference flow	scale/meter calibration, moisture method, batch and weather/dryer log
cp_declared_reference_handoff	declared_reference_handoff	reference_product_at_declared_handoff	handoff weighing and acceptance records	route, terminal_output_row_id, product_state, gate, lot, net_mass_kg, moisture_basis, acceptance, tare	Use calibrated scales or traceable weighing records; reconcile the actual terminal-operation handoff lot, accepted net mass, product state and moisture; exclude packaging tare and do not sum preceding-stage quantities.	kg	each handoff lot	declared reporting period	declared handoff gate	per declared reference flow	calibration or weighing tickets, acceptance and lot traceability

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_lifetime_attribution	perennial phases and assets	Sum cohort/asset burdens assigned by service period and causal share / accepted output over that period	events; service years; driver; annual output	burden per kg accepted product	fao-ecocrop-clove; iso-14044-2006
calc_nutrients	individual nutrient products	Declare the nutrient-fraction basis for each product. For an as-received nutrient fraction, nutrient mass = measured as-received product mass × nutrient fraction. For a dry-matter nutrient fraction, nutrient mass = measured as-received product mass × measured dry-matter fraction × dry-matter nutrient fraction. Never apply the dry-matter correction twice; retain elemental versus oxide reporting and any conversion separately. Calculate each product independently, then sum nutrients analytically without merging physical product exchanges.	mass; moisture; composition	kg product and nutrient by form	kau-clove-practices-2016
calc_soil_n2o	managed-soil N2O	Apply selected IPCC tier to synthetic/organic/residue N, volatilization, and leaching; convert N2O-N × 44/28	nutrient ledger; residue N; selected factors	kg N2O per kg clusters	ipcc-2019-managed-soils
calc_mass_balance	harvest/grading/drying	Same-batch input = product outputs + wastes + elementary loss ± documented difference; accepted output excludes unresolved material	masses and moisture	reconciliation and normalized flows	mass-balance-identity
calc_route_weighting	route strata	Sum(route amount × accepted route output) / total accepted output after calculating each route separately	route inventories and outputs	weighted inventory	iso-14044-2006
chemical_species_mass_accounting	elementary_nutrient_emissions	Final elementary exchanges use the mass of the identified substance and one actual receiving compartment. Keep nutrient/activity ledgers separate: species-specific N2O-N × 44/28 gives N2O, NH3-N × 17/14 gives NH3, nitrate-N × 62/14 gives nitrate, and phosphate-P × 95/31 gives phosphate. If the selected flow is elemental phosphorus instead, report kg P and convert phosphate mass by 31/95 only when that species basis is evidenced. Apply a conversion exactly once only when the method output is on the elemental basis; measured compound mass is not reconverted. Total nutrient losses cannot be assigned to a single species without a supported split, and residual/retained soil nutrient is not an emission. Keep direct/indirect pathway ledgers and avoid repeating a pathway already included in the chosen method or upstream inventory. Factor uncertainty ranges screen factors on their stated basis, not final compound amounts or admissible site emissions. Normalize the attributable compound mass once using the accepted reference quantity and the matched measured output. Unknown activity, identity or compartment remains an evidence gap and blocks a completeness claim.	cp_nutrient_ledger; species-specific activity ledger, method pathway and factor basis, matched accepted output	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity	reference product	Confirm species, unopened maturity, whole state, stem condition, grade, fresh/dried state, moisture basis, and farm gate for every lot.	specification, inspection/photo, moisture test, ticket
dq_periods	perennial system	Cover establishment, immature/productive years, replacements, and termination or disclose censored phases and lifetime sensitivity.	cohort, multi-year yield/input, asset records
dq_completeness	harvest/grading/drying	Account for at least 95% of same-batch input/output mass or explain and correct the gap.	mass-balance and calibration records
dq_route	alternatives	Keep sole/mixed, rainfed/irrigated, and fresh/sun/assisted-dried records separate until output weighting.	stratified records and worksheet
dq_temporal	foreground	Cover a complete year and all harvests; use at least three representative productive years when alternate bearing is material, or disclose limitation.	dated input, yield, and lot records
dq_fertilizer	nutrient inputs	Retain every actual product and composition in its own card; a missing Tiangong UUID remains an explicit manifest review gap until independently verified.	ledger, label, invoice, lab certificate, resolution record

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_reference_identity	reference flow	Verify the concrete identity against the selected actual species/organ, sowing or commodity use, fresh/cured/dried and shell state, grade, provider and declared gate, with Mass/kg support. This PCR retains the semantic route and measurement definition; it does not assert that one fixed UUID covers all alternative states. A fresh-state flow cannot automatically bind a cured/dried output, an ambiguous nut/kernel flow cannot prove both states, and commodity seed cannot establish seed-for-sowing identity. Preserve a verified compatible existing binding only for its supported state; otherwise keep the UUID explicitly unresolved until detail-confirmed. Do not change the product boundary, quantity or route to force a match.	icar-iisr-clove; kau-clove-harvesting
validate_period_attribution	perennial life/shared assets	Require phase, period, replacement, termination, consuming-node, and attribution records; reject double attribution across establishment, annual management, mixed crops, and assets.	fao-ecocrop-clove; iso-14044-2006
validate_route_delta	production/drying alternatives	Require parent activity, changed topology/inventory/calculation/data/validation fields, mutually exclusive lot route, and evidence for each stratum.	kau-clove-practices-2016; unido-spice-postharvest-2015
validate_batch_reconciliation	harvest through drying	Require batch/period identifiers, input-output and cleaning/changeover linkage when present, mass reconciliation, and no duplicate shared-run burden.	mass-balance-identity
validate_reject_routes	grading/drying	Every accepted, downgraded, rejected, residue, recovery, and disposal state requires mass and hand-off; reject unresolved material in accepted output or undocumented rework.	kau-clove-harvesting; unido-spice-postharvest-2015
validate_nutrient_cardinality	nutrient inputs	Verify each actual exchange against its concrete flow UUID, physical state, property and unit; preserve explicit unresolved identities when confirmation is unavailable.	kau-clove-practices-2016
validate_drying_condition	drying	If inactive, drying inputs and dried reference output are absent/zero. If active, require method, energy, fresh/dried mass, moisture, rejects, duration, and stabilized hand-off; count output once.	kau-clove-harvesting; unido-spice-postharvest-2015
validate_ranges	all quantitative cards	For every supplied quantitative screen, verify the concrete exchange, bounds, compatible unit and denominator, basis, applicability, evidence kind and external sources; keep EN/ZH/projection equivalent. Provisional reasoned estimates are non-enforcing review prompts, not default quantities, allowed losses or proof of completeness. Where no compatible quantitative bound is supported, explicitly report screening unavailable and review measurements, matched component balances and uncertainty; do not invent a range to satisfy this check. Final reference normalization remains exact and is not an empirical yield. Actual exchange quantities, protocols and compatible unit/conversion evidence are required independently of screening.	iso-14044-2006

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground production package for accepted whole raw cloves at farm gate
downstream_use	Reviewed secondary or background datasets for products using farm-gate whole cloves after methodology, identity, route, and quality review
allowed_use	Farm-gate LCA of declared fresh or farm-dried whole raw cloves; output-weighted aggregation of evidenced strata
excluded_use	Oil, oleoresin, detached stems, ground spice, blends, manufactured products, retail packs, or fresh-to-dried conversion without moisture and route records
required_metadata	Geography; planting stock; crop system; stand age/density; establishment/life treatment; reporting years; irrigation; maturity; grade; stem condition; fresh/dried state; moisture basis; drying route; all grade, reject, residue, and recovery destinations
required_quality_disclosure	Perennial-phase coverage; data age; measured/estimated shares; route weights; mass-balance closure; nutrient coverage; shared-asset allocation; IPCC tier/factors; unresolved upstream identities; uncertainty/sensitivity
update_trigger	Change in identity, productive-life assumption, crop/input regime, harvest/grading, drying, moisture specification, allocation, emission method, or material data refresh

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
icar-iisr-clove	official_guidance	ICAR-IISR, “Clove – Syzygium aromaticum”, https://spices.res.in/products/spices/clove.html	Identity, perennial growth, pre-opening harvest, downstream oil distinction
fao-ecocrop-clove	dataset	FAO Ecocrop crop 2462, https://ecocrop.apps.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropView?id=2462	Perennial phases, 60–100 year economic life, 1–12 kg/tree/year yield, route context
kau-clove-practices-2016	official_guidance	Kerala Agricultural University, Package of Practices Recommendations: Crops 2016, clove section, https://www.celkau.in/library/pop2016.pdf	Establishment, mixed cropping, irrigation, nutrients, harvest and drying
kau-clove-harvesting	extension_guidance	Kerala Agricultural University, “Clove: Harvesting”, https://celkau.in/crops/spices/clove/harvesting.php	Harvest maturity, bud/stem separation, sorting, immediate drying, 4–5 days and about two-thirds weight loss
tnau-clove-practices-2013	official_guidance	Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Crop Production Guide: Horticulture Crops 2013, clove section, https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/ta/pdf/2013/cpg_horti_2013.pdf	Establishment/productive-tree nutrient guidance, harvest and yield context
tnau-clove-practices-web	extension_guidance	TNAU Agritech Portal, “Horticulture: Spice Crops: Clove”, https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horti_spice%20crops_clove.html	Supplemental irrigation and productive-tree management
unido-spice-postharvest-2015	handbook	UNIDO/FAO, Herbs, Spices and Essential Oils: Post-harvest Operations in Developing Countries, https://downloads.unido.org/ot/47/88/4788781/20001-_23603.PDF	Clove drying, turning, mould prevention, 4–6 days, about two-thirds weight loss, rejects/cleaning
ipcc-2019-managed-soils	method_factor	IPCC, 2019 Refinement, Volume 4, Chapter 11, https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/pdf/4_Volume4/19R_V4_Ch11_Soils_N2O_CO2.pdf	Managed-soil direct/indirect N2O method
iso-14044-2006	standard	ISO 14044:2006, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines	Functional-unit normalization, subdivision and allocation hierarchy
mass-balance-identity	method_factor	Conservation-of-mass identity for a bounded process batch	Harvest/grading/drying reconciliation and QA ranges

source_id	type	reference	used_for
declared-handoff-measurement-definition	method_factor	This PCR, Sections 3, 6 and 8: measured net mass at the same state and gate is its own normalization denominator, giving a mass ratio of 1; handoff measurement adds no physical processing.	Same-stage and handoff measurement identities; a definition, not an observed yield, empirical default or external publication.