Coffee, green

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Classification mapping

CPC 3.0:01610 · exact

Source

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1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR guides foreground data package construction for green coffee produced from cultivated coffee trees and transferred at the declared farm gate, first conditioning mill, or green-coffee warehouse gate. It covers perennial coffee production, cherry harvest, wet, honey or dry primary processing, drying and stabilization, hulling, cleaning, grading, sorting, storage when it occurs before the gate, and documented routing of pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk, wastewater, defects, rejects and losses.

The route applies to Arabica, Robusta and other cultivated coffee species or cultivar groups when the species or group, geography, production system, processing method and gate are declared. Roasted coffee, ground coffee, decaffeinated coffee, instant or soluble coffee, coffee beverages, nursery production, retail packaging, consumer use, spent coffee grounds and post-gate distribution are excluded. Wild collection and land-use change require a separate scope decision.

Wet, honey or semi-washed, and dry or natural processing are alternative route states within this PCR. The data package must identify the route actually used; it must not combine cherry, parchment and green-bean quantities without a lot-level mass balance.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	`pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.coffee-green`
classification_refs	CPC 3.0 `01610`, `Coffee, green`; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	cultivated coffee transferred as green, unroasted coffee after the declared first conditioning route
excluded_products	fresh coffee cherries without green-coffee conditioning; dry parchment or dry cherry when no green-coffee hand-off is declared; roasted, ground, decaffeinated, soluble or beverage products; nursery material; wild-collected coffee; retail and consumer products
representative_product	graded green coffee beans at declared moisture basis and gate
production_route	perennial coffee production, cherry harvest, wet/honey/dry processing, drying, hulling, cleaning and grading
market_state	green, unroasted coffee in bulk or declared handling packaging at the farm, first mill or warehouse gate

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	green, unroasted coffee at the declared gate
How much	1 kg
How well	species or cultivar group, processing method, green-bean moisture basis, grade, defect criterion, geography, production system and gate declared
How long or cycle	one declared crop year and processing campaign; perennial establishment, replacement and termination phases annualized and indexed to the represented crop years
reference_flow_link	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Coffee, green
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	coffee species or cultivar group; geography; production system and certification status; orchard or farm block; crop year; processing route; fresh-cherry, parchment and green-bean moisture basis; grade and defect criterion; drying or stabilization state; gate; storage duration when included; residue, reject and wastewater fate

The reference flow is net green coffee at the declared gate. Tare, foreign matter, packaging, parchment, husk and other non-green-coffee materials are excluded from the reference amount and recorded separately. A foreground package must declare the required qualifiers in dataset metadata, process notes, the reference-flow comment, product description or an equivalent data-package field.

Attribute	Screening reference	Evidence
Green-bean moisture	8-13 percent wet basis; replace with lot measurement	`fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`
Processing route	wet/washed, honey/semi-washed, or dry/natural; one route per lot or explicitly separated lot set	`fao-arabica-coffee-manual-lao`; `fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`

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
`measurement_01`	reference product and all coffee states	Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66`	kg	Record cherry, parchment, husk, pulp, wet-mill input, dry-mill input, green coffee, rejects and residues with a declared as-received or dry-matter basis. Do not mix moisture bases in one mass balance.
`measurement_02`	reference product quality	Mass and moisture	kg; percent wet basis	Measure or declare green-bean moisture, grade, defect criterion and sample or lot basis. The screening moisture interval is a QA reference, not a universal fixed value.
`measurement_03`	fertilizer, soil amendments and direct nitrogen flows	Product mass and nutrient basis	kg product; kg N	Record formulated product or amendment mass separately from nutrient mass. If emissions are calculated, retain the nutrient basis, application event and selected method.
`measurement_04`	irrigation, wet processing and wastewater	Volume or mass	m3 or kg	Keep irrigation delivery, source withdrawal, process water, recirculation, discharge, retained solids and wastewater treatment separate. Preserve meter readings and conversion factors.
`measurement_05`	fuel, electricity and drying energy	Carrier-specific property	L, kg, MJ or kWh	Preserve carrier, equipment, operation, run or batch and original unit. Convert only with a documented factor and allocate shared equipment once.
`measurement_06`	crop year, perennial phases and processing batches	Area-time, duration and batch identity	ha·year, day, h or batch id	Link establishment, replacement, productive phase, harvest lot, processing run, changeover, storage period and termination events to one declared period or batch.

5. System Boundary

The default foreground boundary starts with the managed coffee production object and its declared crop year or perennial phase. It includes establishment and replacement when attributable to the represented output; soil and nutrient management; irrigation; crop protection; field energy; harvest; primary processing; drying; stabilization; hulling; cleaning; grading; sorting; and storage before the declared gate. Upstream production of fertilizers, crop-protection products, energy, water supply, treatment services and packaging uses background datasets unless the study declares them as foreground.

The boundary ends at green coffee at the declared farm, first mill or warehouse gate. Roasting, grinding, decaffeination, soluble coffee, beverage preparation, retail, consumer use and post-gate distribution are downstream. A dry or natural route may bypass pulping and washing, but it still declares whole-cherry drying, hulling and the associated residue states. A wet or honey route records pulping, fermentation or mucilage removal, washing where used, drying and wastewater treatment or discharge.

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	established_orchard_or_coffee_stand_and_declared_crop_year
starting_condition_role	perennial_biological_production_condition
product_classification_scope	CPC 3.0 `01610`, Coffee, green; unroasted green coffee at the declared gate
recursive_input_rule	Coffee in the same product category entering a processing or blending boundary is recorded as a separately identified lot and is not recursively traced into another coffee PCR; purchased coffee used only for blending is outside the default single-origin route and requires explicit scope review
upstream_dataset_requirement	Use reviewed upstream datasets for planting material, nutrients, crop protection, water supply, energy, treatment, packaging and transport services when they cross the declared foreground boundary
disclosure	Declare farm or mill identity, block or supplier scope, crop year, species or cultivar group, production system, processing route, cherry-to-green mass balance, moisture basis, grade, gate, storage duration, intended outputs, residues, rejects, wastewater and allocation decisions

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
`boundary_01`	managed production	Include the managed coffee stand, crop-year management, actual inputs, field emissions, harvest and the hand-off to primary processing; include establishment, replacement and termination when they are attributable to the declared perennial production period.	`fao-good-farming-practices`; `iso-14044-2006`
`boundary_02`	primary processing	Include the route actually used: wet/washed, honey/semi-washed or dry/natural. Identify raw cherry, intermediate parchment or dry cherry, prepared green coffee, water, energy, rejects and wastewater or dry-processing residues.	`fao-arabica-coffee-manual-lao`; `fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`
`boundary_03`	drying and storage	Include drying and stabilization before the gate. Record drying technology, weather or energy service, moisture measurements, storage duration and re-wetting, mould or quality-loss events when material.	`fao-ota-coffee-code`; `fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`
`boundary_04`	recursive inputs and services	Treat purchased coffee, materials, utilities and treatment services as separately identified upstream inputs. Do not recurse into another green-coffee PCR or invent a fixed identity for an unresolved route-specific exchange.	`iso-14044-2006`
`boundary_05`	losses, residues and rejects	Keep cherries lost in the field, pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk, wastewater solids, defects, broken beans, rejected lots and storage losses in the foreground until a documented co-product, recovery, treatment or disposal hand-off is recorded.	`fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`; `mass-balance-identity`

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
coffee_plantation_production	Managed coffee production	required	cultivated coffee route	foreground biological production	per 1 kg green coffee at gate
coffee_harvest_and_collection	Coffee cherry harvest and collection	required	coffee cherries are removed from the managed stand and transferred to processing	harvest and collected-output hand-off	per 1 kg harvested cherry and per 1 kg green coffee
coffee_primary_processing_and_drying	Primary coffee conditioning, processing and drying	required	green coffee is produced through wet, honey or dry processing before the declared gate	primary conditioning and stabilization	per 1 kg green coffee
coffee_hulling_and_grading	Hulling, cleaning and grading	required	parchment, dry cherry or another intermediate is converted to graded green coffee before the gate	prepared-output separation	per 1 kg graded green coffee
coffee_storage_and_gate_handoff	Green coffee storage and gate hand-off	conditional	storage or warehouse handling occurs before the declared gate	stabilization, storage and hand-off	per 1 kg green coffee and storage day
declared_reference_handoff	Product Measurement at Declared Handoff	required		foreground	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Process: Managed coffee production (`coffee_plantation_production`)

Inputs

Product flows

Coffee planting material and replacement plants (`coffee_planting_material`)

Record seedlings, cuttings, grafted plants, replacement plants and associated establishment materials by block and event. This row is not a default amount; it is annualized only when the represented phase depends on establishment or replacement.

Selected flow: coffee planting material [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Count or mass / plant, item or kg
Amount rule: purchased, propagated, planted, replaced and surviving quantity by block and crop phase
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_perennial_phase_records
Sources: fao-good-farming-practices; iso-14044-2006

Fertilizer, urea input (`coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs`)

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: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_nutrient_records

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (`coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_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: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_nutrient_records

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (`coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_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: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_nutrient_records

Cattle manure, as applied input (`coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_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: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_nutrient_records

Agricultural limestone input (`coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_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: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_nutrient_records

Irrigation water delivered to the coffee stand (`coffee_irrigation_water`)

Record delivered irrigation separately from natural-resource withdrawal and rainfall. A verified rain-fed route records a justified zero with source and block evidence.

Selected flow: Irrigation water supply [parameterized]
Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
Amount rule: metered or evidenced delivered water by source, block and crop year
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_water_records
Range: Provisional irrigation screening estimate
- Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 20
- Unit: m3/t green coffee
- Basis: broad first-pass delivered irrigation interval; replace with meter records
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- 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 input (`coffee_field_energy`)

Include this conditional card only when Electricity, medium voltage 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: Electricity, medium voltage
Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Electricity, medium voltage used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_energy_records

Diesel fuel input (`coffee_field_energy_diesel`)

Include this conditional card only when Diesel fuel 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: Diesel fuel
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Diesel fuel used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_energy_records

Elementary flows

Coffee stand land occupation (`coffee_land_occupation`)

Record occupied area, crop phase, shade or intercrop condition and crop year. Land transformation is separate and is not inferred from occupation.

Selected flow: Agricultural land occupation for coffee [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Area-time / ha·year
Amount rule: measured block area and declared crop phase or productive-year allocation
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_perennial_phase_records
Sources: fao-good-farming-practices; iso-14044-2006

Outputs

Product flows

Coffee cherries available for harvest (`coffee_cherry_crop_output`)

Record coffee cherry production by block, cultivar group, crop year and moisture basis before harvest losses and processing. This is an intermediate output, not the PCR reference flow.

Selected flow: Fresh preharvest coffee cherries on plants [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg fresh cherries
Amount rule: weighed or transparently estimated crop output by block and crop year
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_harvest_lot_records
Range: Provisional cherry-to-green screening interval
- Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
- Lower: 0.05
- Upper: 0.35
- Unit: kg green coffee/kg fresh cherry
- Basis: broad first-pass process-yield interval; replace with lot mass balance
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Field residues and unharvested cherries (`coffee_field_residues`)

Record fallen, damaged, unharvested or otherwise incidental coffee material and its fate. Do not treat a destination label as a co-product claim.

Selected flow: Coffee field residue or loss [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg fresh or dry matter
Amount rule: weighed or calculated difference between crop output, harvested lots and documented field fate
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_harvest_lot_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.

Elementary flows

Process: Coffee cherry harvest and collection (`coffee_harvest_and_collection`)

Inputs

Product flows

Coffee cherries available for collection (`coffee_cherry_harvest_input`)

Record the cherry lot received from the declared coffee stand and retain block, crop year, maturity and moisture information.

This UUID applies only to freshly harvested, weighed cherry lots received for collection; it does not identify the gross preharvest cherries on plants.

Selected flow: Coffee cherries, harvested (fresh) d1d6496d-2d4e-4ccc-b529-aa50bc82da44
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg fresh cherries
Amount rule: weighed lot input linked to block and harvest date
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_harvest_lot_records
Range: Provisional fresh-cherry input screening interval
- Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
- Lower: 2.9
- Upper: 20
- Unit: kg fresh cherries/kg green coffee at gate
- Basis: broad inverse of the provisional cherry-to-green process-yield interval; replace with lot mass balance
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity, medium voltage (`coffee_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 green coffee at gate.

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_coffee_energy_records

Diesel fuel (`coffee_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 green coffee at gate.

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_coffee_energy_records

Outputs

Product flows

Harvested coffee cherry handed to processing (`coffee_harvested_cherry_output`)

Record the collected lot handed to wet or dry processing, including recipient, hand-off time and route state.

Selected flow: Coffee cherries, harvested (fresh) d1d6496d-2d4e-4ccc-b529-aa50bc82da44
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg fresh cherries
Amount rule: scale ticket or reconciled lot mass
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_harvest_lot_records
Range: Provisional harvested-cherry hand-off interval
- Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
- Lower: 2.9
- Upper: 20
- Unit: kg fresh cherries/kg green coffee at gate
- Basis: broad inverse of the provisional cherry-to-green process-yield interval; reconcile to the receiving lot
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Harvest losses and incidental material (`coffee_harvest_losses`)

Record uncollected cherries, damaged material, foreign matter and harvest losses separately from processing residues.

Selected flow: Harvest loss or incidental material [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg fresh matter
Amount rule: measured or mass-balance difference with documented fate
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_harvest_lot_records
Range: Harvest-loss screening guardrail
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 1
- Unit: kg loss/kg harvested-cherry availability
- Basis: harvest mass balance
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
- Sources: mass-balance-identity

Process: Primary coffee processing and drying (`coffee_primary_processing_and_drying`)

The processing mode is batch-indexed. The route must identify the raw input state, the prepared or stabilized state and the hand-off. Wet processing may include pulping, fermentation, mucilage removal and washing; honey processing retains part of the mucilage during drying; dry processing dries whole cherries before hulling.

Inputs

Product flows

Raw coffee lot received (`coffee_raw_lot_input`)

Record fresh cherries, wet parchment or another raw lot state at the beginning of the declared primary-conditioning run. Do not mix routes or moisture bases within one run.

Selected flow: Raw coffee lot [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg as received
Amount rule: weighed lot input by processing route and batch
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_processing_batch_records

Process water (`coffee_process_water`)

Record pulping, washing, fermentation, sanitation and other process water separately from irrigation and source withdrawal. Waterless dry processing records zero only with route evidence.

Selected flow: Process water [parameterized]
Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
Amount rule: meter, batch record or supplier record by processing stage
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_processing_batch_records
Range: Provisional process-water screening estimate
- Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 20
- Unit: m3/t green coffee
- Basis: broad wet-to-dry route interval; replace with batch meter records
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity, medium voltage (`coffee_processing_energy`)

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_coffee_energy_records

Diesel fuel (`coffee_processing_energy_diesel`)

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_coffee_energy_records

Purchased steam (`coffee_processing_energy_steam`)

Include this exchange only when Purchased steam 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 green coffee at gate.

Selected flow: Purchased steam
Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
Amount rule: Measured Purchased steam 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_coffee_energy_records

Outputs

Product flows

Prepared and stabilized coffee intermediate (`coffee_stabilized_intermediate`)

Record dry parchment, dry cherry, or another stabilized intermediate after the declared drying intervention. This prepared intermediate is an intended output state of primary conditioning, but it is not the reference product until hulling, cleaning and grading produce green coffee.

Selected flow: Dry parchment or dry coffee cherry [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg at declared moisture basis
Amount rule: weighed output by batch and route
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_processing_batch_records
Sources: fao-arabica-coffee-manual-lao; fao-green-coffee-processing-africa
Range: Provisional stabilized-intermediate screening interval
- Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
- Lower: 1
- Upper: 6
- Unit: kg dry intermediate/kg green coffee at gate
- Basis: broad first-pass parchment or dry-cherry conversion interval; replace with route-specific batch mass balance
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk and dry-processing residues (`coffee_processing_residues`)

Record each residue state and route separately. Do not merge wet pulp, mucilage, parchment and dry husk when their moisture, treatment or destination differs.

Selected flow: Coffee processing residue [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet or dry matter
Amount rule: measured residual after product and documented co-product routing
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_residue_destination_records
Range: Residue mass-balance guardrail
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 1
- Unit: kg residue/kg raw coffee input
- Basis: lot mass balance after green coffee and documented co-product outputs
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
- Sources: mass-balance-identity

Coffee-processing wastewater, for treatment (`coffee_processing_wastewater`)

Record Coffee-processing wastewater, for treatment 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. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.

Selected flow: Coffee-processing wastewater, for treatment
Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Coffee-processing wastewater, for treatment, 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: process_output
Evidence kind: collected_record
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_wastewater_records
Sources: fao-green-coffee-processing-africa; mass-balance-identity

Process: Hulling, cleaning and grading (`coffee_hulling_and_grading`)

The dry-mill node receives dry parchment, dry cherry or another declared intermediate and produces one or more green-coffee quality or destination states. It must distinguish accepted green coffee, downgraded or separately sold coffee, rework, defects and waste.

Inputs

Product flows

Dried coffee intermediate (`coffee_dry_mill_input`)

Record dry parchment, dry cherry or another declared intermediate received by the dry mill and link it to the preceding processing batch.

Selected flow: Dry parchment or dry coffee cherry [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg at declared moisture basis
Amount rule: weighed batch input linked to primary-processing output
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_processing_batch_records

Electricity, medium voltage (`coffee_dry_mill_energy`)

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_coffee_energy_records

Diesel fuel (`coffee_dry_mill_energy_diesel`)

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_coffee_energy_records

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted green coffee at declared grade (`coffee_green_reference_output`)

Record net accepted green coffee by lot, grade, moisture, defect criterion, destination and gate. This is the PCR reference output.

Selected flow: Coffee, green b8869823-9c26-4580-9c45-95a626e0ca2a
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: weighed accepted green coffee output at declared 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 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_grade_lot_records
Range: Green-bean moisture QA interval
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 8
- Upper: 13
- Unit: percent wet basis
- Basis: green-bean moisture screening interval; replace with lot measurement
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: External source (external_source)
- Sources: fao-green-coffee-processing-africa

Downgraded or separately sold coffee output (`coffee_downgraded_coproduct`)

Record downgraded, secondary-grade or separately sold green coffee as a distinct intended output only when it has an independent hand-off and declared function. Do not count it as both accepted reference output and co-product.

Selected flow: Coffee, green b8869823-9c26-4580-9c45-95a626e0ca2a
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed output by grade, recipient and destination
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_grade_lot_records
Range: Provisional downgraded-output screening interval
- Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 1
- Unit: kg downgraded coffee/kg green coffee at gate
- Basis: broad first-pass accepted-grade sorting interval; replace with grade-lot mass balance
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Defective beans, foreign matter and hulling waste (`coffee_dry_mill_rejects`)

Record defects, broken beans, parchment, husk, stones, dust and other rejected states with their actual destination or treatment.

Selected flow: Dry-mill rejects and waste [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet or dry matter
Amount rule: weighed reject stream or mass-balance difference by batch
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_residue_destination_records
Range: Dry-mill reject screening guardrail
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 1
- Unit: kg rejects/kg dried intermediate input
- Basis: dry-mill lot mass balance
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
- Sources: mass-balance-identity

Process: Green coffee storage and gate hand-off (`coffee_storage_and_gate_handoff`)

Include this process only when storage, conditioning warehouse handling or packaging occurs before the declared gate. Storage duration, warehouse conditions and quality loss are batch- or lot-indexed; post-gate transport is excluded.

Inputs

Product flows

Green coffee entering storage (`coffee_storage_input`)

Record the accepted green-coffee lot entering storage with its moisture basis, lot identity and declared storage start.

Selected flow: Coffee, green b8869823-9c26-4580-9c45-95a626e0ca2a
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed lot entering storage with moisture and gate status
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Storage duration (storage_duration)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_storage_records
Range: Provisional storage-input screening interval
- Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
- Lower: 1
- Upper: 1.2
- Unit: kg accepted green coffee/kg green coffee at gate
- Basis: gate output plus a broad storage-loss allowance; replace with lot opening and dispatch records
- Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity, medium voltage input (`coffee_storage_services`)

Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage
Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Electricity, medium voltage used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate and storage day.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Storage duration (storage_duration)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_storage_records

Diesel fuel input (`coffee_storage_services_diesel`)

Selected flow: Diesel fuel
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Measured quantity of Diesel fuel used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate and storage day.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Storage duration (storage_duration)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_storage_records

Outputs

Product flows

Green coffee dispatched at declared gate (`coffee_gate_output`)

Record the net green-coffee lot dispatched at the declared gate after storage reconciliation.

Selected flow: Coffee, green b8869823-9c26-4580-9c45-95a626e0ca2a
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: weighed lot dispatched at declared gate, net of tare and documented storage loss
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: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_storage_records

Waste flows

Storage loss and rejected coffee (`coffee_storage_losses`)

Record mould-affected, rejected or otherwise lost green coffee and its documented destination.

Selected flow: Storage loss, mould-affected or rejected green coffee [unmapped]
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: weighed or reconciled loss with moisture and destination
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg green coffee at gate.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Storage duration (storage_duration)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_coffee_storage_records
Range: Storage-loss screening guardrail
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 1
- Unit: kg loss/kg green coffee entering storage
- Basis: storage lot mass balance
- Basis kind: Storage duration (storage_duration)
- Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
- Sources: mass-balance-identity

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: Coffee, green
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: Coffee, green
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_01`	perennial coffee production	Apply calc_01 to block/cohort lifecycle quantities before allocating common burdens to actual intended products under allocation_03. Site productive-life/output evidence determines temporal shares; annual operating records stay in their own crop year. Area*time is only the stated common-stand-service driver, never an alternative final-product denominator.	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`
`allocation_02`	shared farm, wet mill and dry mill resources	Attribute shared meters, machinery, water, storage, operators, cleaning and changeover burdens once using measured activity, run time, batch throughput, lot mass or documented service.	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`
`allocation_03`	green coffee and intended co-products	For grading/handling of comparable green-coffee grades under the same operation, use measured dry-coffee throughput; separately metered grade-specific work is direct-assigned. For drying service, use attributable measured water removal when shared heat duty is evidenced, keeping start/end moisture and heat losses; otherwise directly meter runs before allocation. Cultivation or processing jointly yielding coffee and a separately intended pulp/husk product does not justify wet-mass shares merely from its mass balance. After directly assigning separable activities, allocate only residual common burden B among the complete intended-product set. Use a physical driver only when records establish how it represents consumption of that shared operation; being weighable is insufficient. Share a_i=d_i/sum(d_j), B_i=Ba_i; record native units and reconcile sum(a_i)=1. If no applicable causal driver exists, use first-separation economic shares a_i=(q_ip_i)/sum(q_j*p_j), with representative same-period quantities, consistent currency, comparable gates and prices before output-specific downstream work. An unavailable price is not zero; unreliable or missing denominator data make allocation incomplete. Test the material alternative as sensitivity, not an interchangeable primary method. Waste and internal transfers are excluded from the product denominator; their attributable handling remains included. No substitution credit follows from this rule.	`ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011`
`allocation_04`	pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk, residues and rejects	Treat a stream as a co-product or recovered material only when function, recipient, quantity, quality, destination and hand-off are documented. Otherwise retain its burden as residue or waste through treatment or disposal.	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`
`allocation_05`	rework, downgrade and storage loss	Keep burden on off-spec, reworked, downgraded or storage-loss material until its next declared hand-off; never count a lot as both accepted green coffee and reject, co-product or loss.	`mass-balance-identity`

The applicable primary allocation branch is fixed by allocation_03. Retain the decision evidence, drivers and fractions for each actual joint-output node; do not substitute another primary method merely because it produces a preferred result. Sequential cherry, parchment and green-coffee states are not co-products, and internal transfers carry inherited burden once. Avoided-production credit is not implied by a recovered-material destination.

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.

The first dataset is produced from primary records. Coffee farms and mills must link perennial production phases to crop years, harvested lots to processing batches, and processing batches to green-coffee grades and residue destinations.

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_coffee_perennial_phase_records`	`coffee_plantation_production`	block, establishment, replacement, productive phase and termination	block register and farm log	block; cohort; phase; event dates; area*time; attributable establishment/immature/replacement/termination quantities E; productive-year operations separately; annual accepted green-coffee Q_y by grade; moisture; cherry-to-green lot link; completed/projected Q_L; yield trajectory and lifetime evidence; failed areas and zero-yield years; sensitivity	Reconcile complete cohort inputs and all productive years; calculate E_y=E*Q_y/Q_L under calc_01; keep annual operations separate and retain the raw ledger before final normalization.	ha; plant; date; year	annual and event-based	complete declared perennial phase	each block	per declared reference flow	block map, planting record and farm register
`cp_coffee_nutrient_records`	`coffee_plantation_production`	fertilizer and amendment	purchase, label, application log and soil record	product; quantity; nutrient; date; block; area; purpose	invoice, label and application reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum actual products and calculate nutrients once	kg; L; date	each application	complete crop year	block	per declared reference flow	invoice, label and field log
`cp_coffee_crop_protection_records`	`coffee_plantation_production`	crop protection	purchase and application record	product; active; formulation; quantity; date; block; area	record reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by named product and active substance	kg; L; date	each application	complete crop year	block	per declared reference flow	label, invoice and application log
`cp_coffee_water_records`	`coffee_plantation_production`, `coffee_primary_processing_and_drying`	irrigation, process water, withdrawal and discharge	meter, pump, permit, batch and discharge record	source; meter; stage; block; batch; delivered; withdrawn; return; discharge; date	meter review and water balance; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile delivery, use, recirculation and discharge once	m3; date	event or monthly	complete crop year and all included batches	source, block and mill	per declared reference flow	calibrated meter and water worksheet
`cp_coffee_energy_records`	all included processes	fuel, electricity, drying and handling energy	invoice, meter, fuel receipt, machine log or service record	carrier; equipment; process; batch; operation; quantity; date	invoice, meter and run-log review; Raw aggregation and attribution: allocate shared energy by run, lot mass or documented service	L; kg; MJ; kWh; h	monthly and batch	complete crop year and all included runs	farm, mill, warehouse and equipment	per declared reference flow	invoice, meter and allocation worksheet
`cp_coffee_emission_records`	`coffee_plantation_production`	managed-soil, residue and combustion emissions	nutrient, residue, fuel and calculation record	field/cohort/year; FSN/FON/FCR/FSOM; applicable grazing/organic-soil inputs; residue dry mass and N; climate and N form; Tier 1 table/row/factors/fractions; Tier 2/3 qualification if used; pathway N2O-N; 44/28 conversion; emitted species/compartment; sampling/time coverage and flux records for other measured species; method version and uncertainty	Follow calc_04 and retain equation inputs, source rows and one owner per pathway; do not turn total leached/volatilised N into an invented substance exchange. Keep raw field-year results before attribution and normalization.	kg input; kg substance	event and crop-year close	complete crop year	block and receiving medium	per declared reference flow	worksheet and factor reference
`cp_coffee_harvest_lot_records`	`coffee_harvest_and_collection`	harvested cherry and field loss	harvest ticket, scale and lot register	lot; block; date; maturity; harvested; loss; moisture; recipient; route	scale reconciliation and lot review; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile available, harvested, lost and transferred mass	kg; percent; date; lot	every lot	all harvests in the crop year	block and harvest operation	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale and lot traceability
`cp_coffee_processing_batch_records`	`coffee_primary_processing_and_drying`, `coffee_hulling_and_grading`	route, batch, intermediate and prepared output	batch sheet, scale and mill log	batch; route; input; stage; water; energy; moisture; output; reject; date	batch mass balance and route review; Raw aggregation and attribution: link each input to one batch and reconcile all output states	kg; m3; kWh; percent; date	batch or shift	all included processing runs	wet mill, dry mill and lot	per declared reference flow	batch sheet, scale and moisture record
`cp_coffee_grade_lot_records`	`coffee_hulling_and_grading`	accepted, downgraded, rework and reject states	grading sheet, scale and recipient record	lot; grade; moisture; defect; accepted; downgraded; rework; reject; recipient; date	weighed grade reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: enumerate each destination and prevent double counting	kg; percent; date	lot or run	all included grading	dry mill and recipient	per declared reference flow	grade sheet, scale and destination receipt
`cp_coffee_residue_destination_records`	`coffee_primary_processing_and_drying`, `coffee_hulling_and_grading`	pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk, wastewater solids and waste	residue log, treatment receipt and recipient record	stream; wet/dry basis; quantity; treatment; recipient; function; destination; date	residue mass balance and hand-off review; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile raw input to product, co-product, residue, treatment and loss	kg; m3; date	batch and hand-off	all included batches	mill and destination	per declared reference flow	scale, treatment receipt and destination record
`cp_coffee_wastewater_records`	`coffee_primary_processing_and_drying`	wastewater and treatment	meter, lab result, discharge or treatment record	volume; solids; pollutant; treatment; medium; date; batch	meter, lab and treatment review; Raw aggregation and attribution: apply one discharge or treatment pathway per stream	m3; kg; date	batch or discharge	all included wet-processing batches	mill and receiving medium	per declared reference flow	meter, lab result and receipt
`cp_coffee_storage_records`	`coffee_storage_and_gate_handoff`	storage, moisture, handling and loss	warehouse lot, meter, inventory and dispatch record	lot; opening; closing; moisture; days; energy; packaging; loss; gate; date	inventory and moisture reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile opening mass, dispatch, loss and closing balance	kg; percent; day; kWh; date	lot and dispatch	all included storage periods	warehouse and lot	per declared reference flow	inventory, moisture and dispatch records
`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_01`	perennial production	Keep one block/cohort lifecycle ledger. For each activity identity and native unit (or each burden component) separately, pool establishment, immature/pre-bearing operations, attributable replacement, termination and zero-output-year operating quantities as E, excluding operating quantities of positive-output productive years already recorded annually. Do not add unlike materials/units into one scalar E; link each replacement to the cohort/stand it benefits. Define Q_y as all accepted green-coffee grades from that cohort/year at the same reference moisture and gate, and Q_L=sum(Q_y) over its productive life. Assign E_y=EQ_y/Q_L; Q_L is a measured completed-cohort total, or for a still productive cohort an evidenced site yield trajectory with stated start/end, past measurements and future-yield/lifetime uncertainty. This is the PCR temporal attribution convention, not a universal lifetime or equal annual yield assumption. Map establishment crop output to green coffee using linked lot records. Assign shared estate quantities to cohorts first using separately measured use, or planted areatime for genuinely common stand services; do not switch between area, plant count and final kg as interchangeable denominators. Include attributable failed-establishment costs in the benefiting cohort/service scope; put operating quantities from a year with Q_y=0 into E once for lifetime-output attribution, rather than dropping them or charging them again as another year's annual operation. For year y, add E_y to its directly attributable productive-year quantities, apply allocation_03 to joint products, then divide once by the matched accepted reference-grade mass under calc_02. Do not also include the full E as a current-year input, allocate E_y by lifetime yield again or assign 1/N years without output evidence. If Q_L or the final reference denominator is unknown/nonpositive, a per-kg result is incomplete.	cohort and phase ledger E; measured/projected lifecycle Q_y; moisture and lot conversions; shared-service drivers	year-attributed raw quantities E_y before co-product allocation and one final normalization	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`
`calc_02`	production and processing normalization	normalized amount = collected amount ÷ net accepted green coffee at the same declared moisture and gate basis	collected amount; accepted green coffee; moisture basis; gate	per-kg reference-flow amount	`mass-balance-identity`
`calc_03`	coffee route mass balance	raw coffee input = accepted green coffee + documented co-products + residues + rejects + wastewater solids + losses, after moisture-basis reconciliation	batch input; all output states; moisture and dry-matter records	reconciled batch output	`mass-balance-identity`; `fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`
`calc_04`	nutrient and soil emissions	For managed-soil N2O use IPCC 2019 Refinement, Vol.4 Ch.11 with its mapped 2006 provisions. Primary fallback is Tier 1: direct N2O-N follows Eq.11.1; volatilisation/deposition N2O-N follows Eq.11.9; leaching/runoff N2O-N follows Eq.11.10 only where that pathway meets the chapter applicability conditions. Treat direct and both indirect terms separately, then kg N2O=(direct N2O-N + deposition N2O-N + leaching N2O-N)*44/28. Collect FSN, FON, FCR, FSOM and, only where actually applicable, grazing/organic-soil terms; derive activity terms under sections 11.2.1.3/11.2.2.3. Choose factors and fractions from Tables 11.1 and 11.3 matching the documented climate, N form and land/management category; retain the exact row, version, units and uncertainty. A country/region Tier 2 factor replaces the corresponding default only when its scope and activity definitions match this coffee field; Tier 3/model or measured flux replaces only the demonstrated covered pathway with independent validation and complete event/season coverage. Never stack the replacement onto the fallback. Annual N input and modelled N2O are raw period quantities: apply temporal/product attribution and calc_02 once afterwards. Leached N and volatilised NH3+NOx-N used by the indirect method are pathway activity ledgers, not automatically nitrate or ammonia final exchanges. Separate measured species may be quantified as time-integrated mass flux across the actual field boundary with concentration/flow or validated gas-flux measurements, species basis, sampling coverage and incoming/background treatment recorded; do not infer an unmeasured species split. Other emissions, fuel combustion and residue treatment require their own applicable source-located method and actual process boundary; this N2O rule is not their emission factor. Missing activity/factor/pathway evidence remains incomplete, not zero.	field-year activity terms; climate/N-form/soil classification; source table rows; tier qualification; pathway and species ledger	separate direct/indirect kg N2O and any separately evidenced species exchanges	`ipcc-2019-managed-soils-method`
`calc_05`	shared batch or campaign resources	allocate shared energy, water, labor, storage and changeover records once by measured run, lot mass, throughput or documented service	shared record; run; batch; lot; allocation basis	process and lot amount	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`
`calc_06`	storage	storage loss = opening lot mass − dispatched lot mass − documented retained or transferred material, after tare and moisture-basis reconciliation	opening; dispatch; transfer; loss; moisture	storage loss	`mass-balance-identity`
`coffee_field_emissions_identity_and_fate`	`coffee_plantation_production`	Identify every actual emitted substance and receiving compartment separately. Quantify each supported pathway with its own activity, method, chemical-species basis and native unit; distinguish elemental N/P ledgers from final compounds. Soil nutrient retention or a mass-balance residual is not automatically an emission. This replaces an ambiguous aggregate exchange, not the collection obligation. Before dataset completeness, create one concrete card per actual exchange, verify a compatible UUID or retain an explicit unresolved identity, and record quantity, unit, stage/period, destination and evidence. Reconstruct the raw attributable numerator from the linked protocol and normalize once to the matched accepted reference output. Missing data is not zero; no range of the former aggregate is an individual-stream default.	`cp_coffee_emission_records`	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records	`ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu`
`coffee_processing_coproduct_identity_and_fate`	`coffee_primary_processing_and_drying`	Identify each actually separate material stream, composition, state and recipient. Keep spent preservation agents, brine, animal/plant material, packaging, drainage and intended co-products separate when separately handled; instantiate only streams actually evidenced at this operation. A physically mixed stream may have one composition-defined identity only with compatible treatment evidence, without also counting its components as additional exports. Distinguish marketed outputs, internal rework, waste transfer, purchased treatment and elementary discharge; do not duplicate treatment burdens. This replaces an ambiguous aggregate exchange, not the collection obligation. Before dataset completeness, create one concrete card per actual exchange, verify a compatible UUID or retain an explicit unresolved identity, and record quantity, unit, stage/period, destination and evidence. Reconstruct the raw attributable numerator from the linked protocol and normalize once to the matched accepted reference output. Missing data is not zero; no range of the former aggregate is an individual-stream default.	`cp_coffee_residue_destination_records`	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
`quality_01`	identity and gate	Declare species or cultivar group, geography, production system, farm or mill scope, crop year, processing route, gate, green-bean moisture basis and grade.	block register, mill record and dataset metadata
`quality_02`	mass and moisture	Prefer calibrated scales, meters, lot tickets, moisture measurements, invoices and treatment records; retain tare, units, dry-matter basis and conversion factors.	primary records and calculation worksheet
`quality_03`	crop years and batches	Cover the complete declared crop year and all included harvest, wet-mill, dry-mill and storage batches; identify missing lots and periods.	crop-year checklist, lot register and batch index
`quality_04`	output and residue completeness	Reconcile coffee cherry, parchment, dry cherry, green coffee, grade states, pulp, mucilage, husk, parchment, wastewater, defects, rejects, storage loss and documented destinations.	lot mass balance, grade sheet and destination receipt
`quality_05`	allocation	Document each multi-output boundary, selected allocation method, physical or economic basis, co-product function and sensitivity where material.	allocation worksheet and recipient evidence
`quality_06`	publication	Disclose collected, calculated and estimated values, primary-record share, unresolved flow identities, water and emission methods, route, gate and update triggers.	quality statement and review record

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
`validation_01`	reference flow and metadata	Reject missing species or cultivar group, geography, crop year, processing route, moisture basis, grade, gate or mass property; verify the Coffee, green flow identity before final publication.	`fao-arabica-coffee-manual-lao`; `mass-balance-identity`
`validation_02`	process map and route	Require managed production, harvest hand-off, selected wet/honey/dry route, drying or stabilization state, hulling/grading hand-off and explicit gate.	`fao-arabica-coffee-manual-lao`; `fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`
`validation_03`	batch and mass balance	Reconcile every included lot from raw cherry or intermediate through green coffee, intended co-products, residues, wastewater, rejects and loss; reject mixed moisture bases or double counting.	`fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`; `mass-balance-identity`
`validation_04`	multi-output boundaries	Enumerate every intended output and hand-off; reject co-product or avoided-production credit without function, recipient, quantity, quality, destination and allocation decision.	`iso-14044-2006`
`validation_05`	processing and drying	Check wet, honey or dry route consistency, drying records, moisture measurement, storage condition, re-wetting or mould event and route-specific water use.	`fao-ota-coffee-code`; `fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`
`validation_06`	periods, storage and campaigns	For every cohort, verify E composition, historical/projected Q_y, consistent green-coffee state and Q_L coverage; over the represented full-life projection sum(E_y)=E. Include immature/failed and zero-yield records, keep productive-year operations separate, and prevent both full-event and annualized charging. Then verify allocation_03 and one calc_02 normalization to the actual reference grade.	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`
`validation_07`	nutrient, water and elementary flows	For soil N2O verify calc_04 equation/pathway selection, factor table row and climate/N-form applicability, complete activity inputs, 44/28 conversion exactly once and non-overlapping Tier replacements. Verify indirect-method N ledgers are not relabelled as NH3 or nitrate; other quantified species require their own supported flux/speciation record. Check product versus nutrient basis, irrigation versus withdrawal and process-water versus wastewater without duplicate paths.	`ipcc-2019-managed-soils-method`
`validation_08`	rejects and residues	Require a declared fate for pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk, defects, broken beans, foreign matter, wastewater solids, storage loss and rejected lots; a destination label alone is insufficient.	`fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`; `mass-balance-identity`

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	secondary_dataset; background_dataset only after review, identity resolution and release controls
downstream_use	Foreground agricultural and first-conditioning modelling for cultivated green coffee, with downstream process or lifecyclemodel construction.
allowed_use	Studies preserving coffee identity, species or cultivar group, geography, crop year, processing route, moisture basis, gate, grade, output fate, allocation and quality disclosure.
excluded_use	Roasted, ground, decaffeinated, soluble or beverage coffee; wild collection; unqualified regional substitution; use without cherry-to-green mass balance, gate or moisture information.
required_metadata	PCR id; CPC reference; species or cultivar group; geography; farm/mill scope; crop year; production system; processing route; intermediate states; moisture; grade; gate; storage; inputs; outputs; residues; wastewater; allocation; reference amount and unit; identity status.
required_quality_disclosure	Site and period coverage; collected, calculated and estimated fields; primary-record share; scale, meter and moisture evidence; lot mass balance; water and emissions methods; allocation; concrete flow identity verification; unresolved identities.
update_trigger	Material change in coffee species or route, production system, nutrient or crop-protection practice, processing technology, drying, water, energy, grade, storage, residue or wastewater route, gate, identity or required qualifier.

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
`fao-arabica-coffee-manual-lao`	handbook	FAO, Arabica coffee manual for Lao PDR, https://www.fao.org/4/ae939e/ae939e08.htm	wet, honey and dry processing sequence; drying, storage and green-coffee hand-off
`fao-green-coffee-processing-africa`	handbook	FAO, Post Harvest Handling and Processing of Green Coffee in African Countries, https://www.fao.org/4/x6939e/X6939e03.htm	processing states, drying, hulling, grading, defects and route-specific residues
`fao-ota-coffee-code`	official_guidance	FAO/WHO, Draft Code of Practice for the Prevention of Ochratoxin A in Coffee, https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/agns/pdf/coffee/guidelines_final_en.pdf	drying, storage, moisture and mould-risk quality controls
`fao-good-farming-practices`	official_guidance	FAO, Good Farming Practices, https://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/theme/spi/good-farming-practices/en/	managed production, soil, nutrient, irrigation and crop-protection record requirements
`ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu`	method_factor	IPCC, 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 4 AFOLU, https://efdb.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/index.html	managed-soil, residue and fuel-related elementary-flow methods
`iso-14044-2006`	standard	ISO 14044:2006, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines, https://committee.iso.org/standard/38498.html	system boundary, allocation, co-product function, data quality and attribution disclosure
`mass-balance-identity`	method_factor	Declared crop-year, lot, moisture, product, co-product, residue, wastewater and loss reconciliation method	normalization, output completeness and double-counting checks

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.
`ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011`	standard	WRI/WBCSD (2011), Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard, Chapter 9, sections 9.3.3–9.3.4; https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/Product-Life-Cycle-Accounting-Reporting-Standard_041613.pdf	Allocation hierarchy, causal relationships and economic shares at the common-process exit; PCR-specific drivers and restrictions are stated in section 7
`ipcc-2019-managed-soils-method`	method_factor	IPCC (2019), 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 4, Chapter 11, sections 11.2.1–11.2.3, equations 11.1/11.9/11.10, Tables 11.1/11.3; https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/pdf/4_Volume4/19R_V4_Ch11_Soils_N2O_CO2.pdf	Managed-soil direct and indirect N2O method selection, activity data and factor applicability; not a species split for all nutrient losses

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System boundary rules · 7

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`system_boundary_rule_1`	foreground_system_boundary	The default foreground boundary starts with the managed coffee production object and its declared crop year or perennial phase. It includes establishment and replacement when attributable to the represented output; soil and nutrient management; irrigation; crop protection; field energy; harvest; primary processing; drying; stabilization; hulling; cleaning; grading; sorting; and storage before the declared gate. Upstream production of fertilizers, crop-protection products, energy, water supply, treatment services and packaging uses background datasets unless the study declares them as foreground.
`system_boundary_rule_2`	foreground_system_boundary	The boundary ends at green coffee at the declared farm, first mill or warehouse gate. Roasting, grinding, decaffeination, soluble coffee, beverage preparation, retail, consumer use and post-gate distribution are downstream. A dry or natural route may bypass pulping and washing, but it still declares whole-cherry drying, hulling and the associated residue states. A wet or honey route records pulping, fermentation or mucilage removal, washing where used, drying and wastewater treatment or discharge.
`boundary_01`	managed production	Include the managed coffee stand, crop-year management, actual inputs, field emissions, harvest and the hand-off to primary processing; include establishment, replacement and termination when they are attributable to the declared perennial production period.	fao-good-farming-practices, iso-14044-2006
`boundary_02`	primary processing	Include the route actually used: wet/washed, honey/semi-washed or dry/natural. Identify raw cherry, intermediate parchment or dry cherry, prepared green coffee, water, energy, rejects and wastewater or dry-processing residues.	fao-arabica-coffee-manual-lao, fao-green-coffee-processing-africa
`boundary_03`	drying and storage	Include drying and stabilization before the gate. Record drying technology, weather or energy service, moisture measurements, storage duration and re-wetting, mould or quality-loss events when material.	fao-ota-coffee-code, fao-green-coffee-processing-africa
`boundary_04`	recursive inputs and services	Treat purchased coffee, materials, utilities and treatment services as separately identified upstream inputs. Do not recurse into another green-coffee PCR or invent a fixed identity for an unresolved route-specific exchange.	iso-14044-2006
`boundary_05`	losses, residues and rejects	Keep cherries lost in the field, pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk, wastewater solids, defects, broken beans, rejected lots and storage losses in the foreground until a documented co-product, recovery, treatment or disposal hand-off is recorded.	fao-green-coffee-processing-africa, mass-balance-identity

Allocation rules · 6

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`allocation_01`	perennial coffee production	Apply calc_01 to block/cohort lifecycle quantities before allocating common burdens to actual intended products under allocation_03. Site productive-life/output evidence determines temporal shares; annual operating records stay in their own crop year. Area*time is only the stated common-stand-service driver, never an alternative final-product denominator.	iso-14044-2006, mass-balance-identity
`allocation_02`	shared farm, wet mill and dry mill resources	Attribute shared meters, machinery, water, storage, operators, cleaning and changeover burdens once using measured activity, run time, batch throughput, lot mass or documented service.	iso-14044-2006, mass-balance-identity
`allocation_03`	green coffee and intended co-products	For grading/handling of comparable green-coffee grades under the same operation, use measured dry-coffee throughput; separately metered grade-specific work is direct-assigned. For drying service, use attributable measured water removal when shared heat duty is evidenced, keeping start/end moisture and heat losses; otherwise directly meter runs before allocation. Cultivation or processing jointly yielding coffee and a separately intended pulp/husk product does not justify wet-mass shares merely from its mass balance. After directly assigning separable activities, allocate only residual common burden B among the complete intended-product set. Use a physical driver only when records establish how it represents consumption of that shared operation; being weighable is insufficient. Share a_i=d_i/sum(d_j), B_i=Ba_i; record native units and reconcile sum(a_i)=1. If no applicable causal driver exists, use first-separation economic shares a_i=(q_ip_i)/sum(q_j*p_j), with representative same-period quantities, consistent currency, comparable gates and prices before output-specific downstream work. An unavailable price is not zero; unreliable or missing denominator data make allocation incomplete. Test the material alternative as sensitivity, not an interchangeable primary method. Waste and internal transfers are excluded from the product denominator; their attributable handling remains included. No substitution credit follows from this rule.	ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011
`allocation_04`	pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk, residues and rejects	Treat a stream as a co-product or recovered material only when function, recipient, quantity, quality, destination and hand-off are documented. Otherwise retain its burden as residue or waste through treatment or disposal.	iso-14044-2006, mass-balance-identity
`allocation_05`	rework, downgrade and storage loss	Keep burden on off-spec, reworked, downgraded or storage-loss material until its next declared hand-off; never count a lot as both accepted green coffee and reject, co-product or loss.	mass-balance-identity
`allocation_rule_6`	foreground_burden_allocation	The applicable primary allocation branch is fixed by allocation_03. Retain the decision evidence, drivers and fractions for each actual joint-output node; do not substitute another primary method merely because it produces a preferred result. Sequential cherry, parchment and green-coffee states are not co-products, and internal transfers carry inherited burden once. Avoided-production credit is not implied by a recovered-material destination.

Validation rules · 8

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`validation_01`	reference flow and metadata	Reject missing species or cultivar group, geography, crop year, processing route, moisture basis, grade, gate or mass property; verify the Coffee, green flow identity before final publication.	fao-arabica-coffee-manual-lao, mass-balance-identity
`validation_02`	process map and route	Require managed production, harvest hand-off, selected wet/honey/dry route, drying or stabilization state, hulling/grading hand-off and explicit gate.	fao-arabica-coffee-manual-lao, fao-green-coffee-processing-africa
`validation_03`	batch and mass balance	Reconcile every included lot from raw cherry or intermediate through green coffee, intended co-products, residues, wastewater, rejects and loss; reject mixed moisture bases or double counting.	fao-green-coffee-processing-africa, mass-balance-identity
`validation_04`	multi-output boundaries	Enumerate every intended output and hand-off; reject co-product or avoided-production credit without function, recipient, quantity, quality, destination and allocation decision.	iso-14044-2006
`validation_05`	processing and drying	Check wet, honey or dry route consistency, drying records, moisture measurement, storage condition, re-wetting or mould event and route-specific water use.	fao-ota-coffee-code, fao-green-coffee-processing-africa
`validation_06`	periods, storage and campaigns	For every cohort, verify E composition, historical/projected Q_y, consistent green-coffee state and Q_L coverage; over the represented full-life projection sum(E_y)=E. Include immature/failed and zero-yield records, keep productive-year operations separate, and prevent both full-event and annualized charging. Then verify allocation_03 and one calc_02 normalization to the actual reference grade.	iso-14044-2006, mass-balance-identity
`validation_07`	nutrient, water and elementary flows	For soil N2O verify calc_04 equation/pathway selection, factor table row and climate/N-form applicability, complete activity inputs, 44/28 conversion exactly once and non-overlapping Tier replacements. Verify indirect-method N ledgers are not relabelled as NH3 or nitrate; other quantified species require their own supported flux/speciation record. Check product versus nutrient basis, irrigation versus withdrawal and process-water versus wastewater without duplicate paths.	ipcc-2019-managed-soils-method
`validation_08`	rejects and residues	Require a declared fate for pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk, defects, broken beans, foreign matter, wastewater solids, storage loss and rejected lots; a destination label alone is insufficient.	fao-green-coffee-processing-africa, mass-balance-identity

Processes and inputs/outputs · 6

Process ID	Process name	Input flows	Output flows
`coffee_plantation_production`	Managed coffee production	10	2
`coffee_harvest_and_collection`	Coffee cherry harvest and collection	3	2
`coffee_primary_processing_and_drying`	Primary coffee conditioning, processing and drying	5	3
`coffee_hulling_and_grading`	Hulling, cleaning and grading	3	3
`coffee_storage_and_gate_handoff`	Green coffee storage and gate hand-off	3	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: Managed coffee production (coffee_plantation_production)

Inputs

Product flows

Coffee planting material and replacement plants (coffee_planting_material)

Fertilizer, urea input (coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs)

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_monoammonium_phosphate)

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride)

Cattle manure, as applied input (coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure)

Agricultural limestone input (coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_agricultural_limestone)

Irrigation water delivered to the coffee stand (coffee_irrigation_water)

Electricity, medium voltage input (coffee_field_energy)

Diesel fuel input (coffee_field_energy_diesel)

Elementary flows

Coffee stand land occupation (coffee_land_occupation)

Outputs

Product flows

Coffee cherries available for harvest (coffee_cherry_crop_output)

Waste flows

Field residues and unharvested cherries (coffee_field_residues)

Elementary flows

Process: Coffee cherry harvest and collection (coffee_harvest_and_collection)

Inputs

Product flows

Coffee cherries available for collection (coffee_cherry_harvest_input)

Electricity, medium voltage (coffee_harvest_energy)

Diesel fuel (coffee_harvest_energy_diesel)

Outputs

Product flows

Harvested coffee cherry handed to processing (coffee_harvested_cherry_output)

Waste flows

Harvest losses and incidental material (coffee_harvest_losses)

Process: Primary coffee processing and drying (coffee_primary_processing_and_drying)

Inputs

Product flows

Raw coffee lot received (coffee_raw_lot_input)

Process water (coffee_process_water)

Electricity, medium voltage (coffee_processing_energy)

Diesel fuel (coffee_processing_energy_diesel)

Purchased steam (coffee_processing_energy_steam)

Outputs

Product flows

Prepared and stabilized coffee intermediate (coffee_stabilized_intermediate)

Waste flows

Pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk and dry-processing residues (coffee_processing_residues)

Coffee-processing wastewater, for treatment (coffee_processing_wastewater)

Process: Hulling, cleaning and grading (coffee_hulling_and_grading)

Inputs

Product flows

Dried coffee intermediate (coffee_dry_mill_input)

Electricity, medium voltage (coffee_dry_mill_energy)

Diesel fuel (coffee_dry_mill_energy_diesel)

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted green coffee at declared grade (coffee_green_reference_output)

Downgraded or separately sold coffee output (coffee_downgraded_coproduct)

Waste flows

Defective beans, foreign matter and hulling waste (coffee_dry_mill_rejects)

Process: Green coffee storage and gate hand-off (coffee_storage_and_gate_handoff)

Inputs

Product flows

Green coffee entering storage (coffee_storage_input)

Electricity, medium voltage input (coffee_storage_services)

Diesel fuel input (coffee_storage_services_diesel)

Outputs

Product flows

Green coffee dispatched at declared gate (coffee_gate_output)

Process: Managed coffee production (`coffee_plantation_production`)

Coffee planting material and replacement plants (`coffee_planting_material`)

Fertilizer, urea input (`coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs`)

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (`coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_monoammonium_phosphate`)

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (`coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride`)

Cattle manure, as applied input (`coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure`)

Agricultural limestone input (`coffee_plantation_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_agricultural_limestone`)

Irrigation water delivered to the coffee stand (`coffee_irrigation_water`)

Electricity, medium voltage input (`coffee_field_energy`)

Diesel fuel input (`coffee_field_energy_diesel`)

Coffee stand land occupation (`coffee_land_occupation`)

Coffee cherries available for harvest (`coffee_cherry_crop_output`)

Field residues and unharvested cherries (`coffee_field_residues`)

Process: Coffee cherry harvest and collection (`coffee_harvest_and_collection`)

Coffee cherries available for collection (`coffee_cherry_harvest_input`)

Electricity, medium voltage (`coffee_harvest_energy`)

Diesel fuel (`coffee_harvest_energy_diesel`)

Harvested coffee cherry handed to processing (`coffee_harvested_cherry_output`)

Harvest losses and incidental material (`coffee_harvest_losses`)

Process: Primary coffee processing and drying (`coffee_primary_processing_and_drying`)

Raw coffee lot received (`coffee_raw_lot_input`)

Process water (`coffee_process_water`)

Electricity, medium voltage (`coffee_processing_energy`)

Diesel fuel (`coffee_processing_energy_diesel`)

Purchased steam (`coffee_processing_energy_steam`)

Prepared and stabilized coffee intermediate (`coffee_stabilized_intermediate`)

Pulp, mucilage, parchment, husk and dry-processing residues (`coffee_processing_residues`)

Coffee-processing wastewater, for treatment (`coffee_processing_wastewater`)

Process: Hulling, cleaning and grading (`coffee_hulling_and_grading`)

Dried coffee intermediate (`coffee_dry_mill_input`)

Electricity, medium voltage (`coffee_dry_mill_energy`)

Diesel fuel (`coffee_dry_mill_energy_diesel`)

Accepted green coffee at declared grade (`coffee_green_reference_output`)

Downgraded or separately sold coffee output (`coffee_downgraded_coproduct`)

Defective beans, foreign matter and hulling waste (`coffee_dry_mill_rejects`)

Process: Green coffee storage and gate hand-off (`coffee_storage_and_gate_handoff`)

Green coffee entering storage (`coffee_storage_input`)

Electricity, medium voltage input (`coffee_storage_services`)

Diesel fuel input (`coffee_storage_services_diesel`)

Green coffee dispatched at declared gate (`coffee_gate_output`)

Storage loss and rejected coffee (`coffee_storage_losses`)

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`)