Papayas

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers fresh whole papayas produced in managed open-field or protected cultivation and delivered at the declared farm gate or first packing-site gate. It starts with the declared production cycle and covers planting-material receipt, crop establishment, crop management, irrigation, nutrient and soil-amendment use, crop protection, harvesting, optional on-farm sorting or washing, and primary packing when these activities occur before the declared gate. It is applicable to papayas sold whole and fresh, including cultivar, size, grade, maturity, and production-route differences that are disclosed in the foreground data package.

It excludes the manufacture of planting material, fertilizers, soil amendments, crop-protection products, fuels, electricity, packaging, transport, storage, retail, consumer use, processing into pulp or juice, and waste treatment beyond the declared gate. Those activities are represented as upstream or downstream datasets when they cross the boundary. Papaya seeds or seedlings are not treated as papaya fruit output.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.papayas
classification_refs	CPC 3.0:01317; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	Fresh whole papayas from managed cultivation, including farm-gate or first-packing-site presentation before processing
excluded_products	Dried, frozen, canned, pulped, juiced, fermented, or otherwise processed papaya; papaya planting material; papaya waste sold as a separate product
representative_product	Marketable fresh whole papaya at the declared farm or first packing-site gate
production_route	Open-field or protected cultivation followed by harvest and optional primary sorting, washing, cooling, and packing
market_state	Fresh, whole, marketable product at a declared gate; cultivar, grade, maturity, and packing state are required qualifiers

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Marketable fresh whole papaya delivered at the declared farm or first packing-site gate
How much	1 kg of marketable fresh whole papaya
How well	Whole fruit meeting the declared cultivar or product identity, maturity, grade, size, trim, washing, cooling, and packaging qualifiers
How long or cycle	One declared production cycle and harvest campaign, with all harvest lots linked to the same field or protected unit and gate
reference_flow_link	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Papayas 5f8859fd-4690-4c28-afbe-c4846a84da32
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	Papaya identity and cultivar; production country or region; open-field or protected route; field or protected-unit identifier; cycle and harvest dates; planted area; irrigation source and method; nutrient and soil-amendment product and nutrient basis; crop-protection programme; harvested mass; marketable grade and maturity; rejects and residue fate; washing; cooling; packaging; declared gate

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

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

The sole reference output is reference_product_at_declared_handoff at declared_reference_handoff, a mandatory measurement of the actual accepted product at the already declared gate. Process papaya_gate_preparation remains conditional: omission of its physical activities does not remove this reference. Select the actual last included product handoff and record its process/output id; accept only the same species, physical state, grade, moisture basis and gate as Section 3. The prior papaya_marketable_output row is the measured output of its actual operation when active, not an additional final sale. No bypass creates processing, a yield assumption, an extra burden or a change of product boundary.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_product_mass	harvested fruit and gate output	Mass	kg	Keep harvested gross mass, marketable papaya, downgraded or rejected fruit, trimming, and field residue as separate quantities.
area_and_cycle_normalization	establishment and crop management	Area and mass	ha and kg	Record each field or protected unit, planted area, cycle dates, and harvest campaign before normalizing inputs and outputs to marketable product.
nutrient_equivalent_basis	fertilizer and soil-amendment inputs	Product mass and nutrient mass	kg product, kg N, kg P2O5, or kg K2O	Record the actual product and declared nutrient concentration; preserve whether the model is based on product mass or nutrient equivalent.
irrigation_volume	irrigation and water withdrawal	Volume	m3	Distinguish water withdrawn at the source from water delivered to the crop and record rainfall separately when it is modelled.
multiple_harvest_reconciliation	successive harvests	Mass	kg	Aggregate harvest lots only after linking them to the same field or protected unit, cycle, cultivar, grade, and declared gate.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Prepared production plot or protected growing unit receiving papaya seed or seedling material, with prior land use and pre-establishment work disclosed
starting_condition_role	Beginning of the declared papaya production cycle
product_classification_scope	Fresh whole papayas under CPC 3.0:01317 through the declared farm or first packing-site gate
recursive_input_rule	Purchased papaya seed or seedlings are upstream product inputs linked once; they are not recreated as an additional papaya fruit cycle inside this PCR.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Use compatible upstream datasets for seed or seedlings, fertilizers and amendments, crop-protection products, irrigation water, energy, packaging, transport, and waste treatment whenever they are used before the declared gate.
disclosure	Declare cultivar or product identity, geography, route, field or protected-unit area, cycle dates, irrigation source and method, nutrient basis, crop-protection programme, harvest lots, grade and maturity, washing, cooling, packing, reject destination, residue fate, and gate.

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_crop_cycle	establishment and crop management	Include inputs and direct cultivation exchanges from the declared starting condition through the represented harvest campaign, and allocate them to marketable output from the same declared cycle.	fao-gap-framework-2003
boundary_declared_gate	harvest and gate handling	End at the declared farm or first packing-site gate; include sorting, trimming, washing, cooling, and primary packaging only when they occur before that hand-off.	codex-cxc-53-2003
boundary_soil_emissions	managed soil and residues	Apply one declared method to nitrogen emissions and avoid double counting fertilizer, amendment, and returned-residue nitrogen.	ipcc-2019-managed-soils
boundary_residue_fate	field residue and rejects	Record field residue and postharvest rejects by destination; an unspecified reject or residue is not a co-product.	fao-gap-framework-2003

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
papaya_crop_establishment	Papaya crop establishment	required	every represented crop cycle	foreground establishment	planted area, planting-material quantity, and cycle
papaya_crop_management	Papaya crop management	required	every represented crop cycle	foreground managed biological production	field or protected-unit cycle and marketable output
papaya_harvest	Papaya harvest and field handling	required	every represented harvest campaign	foreground harvest and field segregation	gross harvest, marketable output, rejects, and residue
papaya_gate_preparation	Papaya gate preparation and hand-off	conditional	only when sorting, washing, cooling, or primary packing occurs before the declared gate	foreground gate handling	1,000 kg marketable fresh papaya
declared_reference_handoff	Accepted-product measurement at declared handoff	required	Every actual selected route, including bypass of conditional conditioning/packing/storage	Measurement and reconciliation only; no added physical processing	1 kg net accepted product at the same declared gate

Process: Papaya crop establishment (papaya_crop_establishment)

Inputs

Product flows

Papaya planting material (papaya_planting_material)

Record seed, seedling, or grafted planting material entering the declared field or protected unit. Identify the material type and do not treat it as marketable papaya fruit.

• Selected flow: Papaya seed or seedling planting material

• Flow property / unit: Number of items or mass / seedling or kg

• Amount rule: Count or weigh planting material by cultivar, field or protected unit, and cycle.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per planted hectare or protected unit, then per 1,000 kg marketable output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_papaya_establishment_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Urea fertilizer (papaya_crop_establishment_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea)

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

Collect each fertilizer product separately. Preserve each actual product identity, quantity, formulation, nutrient composition, application event, and allocation; do not count a compound product more than once. Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and per 1,000 kg marketable output.

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

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

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

Ammonium sulfate fertilizer (papaya_crop_establishment_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_ammonium_sulfate)

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

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

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

Triple superphosphate fertilizer (papaya_crop_establishment_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_triple_superphosphate)

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

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

Potassium chloride fertilizer (papaya_crop_establishment_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride)

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

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

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (papaya_crop_establishment_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure)

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

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

Composted plant residues applied to soil (papaya_crop_establishment_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_plant_compost)

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

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

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Land occupation for papaya production (papaya_land_occupation)

Record the occupied cultivated area and duration for the declared papaya cycle; distinguish annualized productive occupation from land transformation.

• Selected flow: Agricultural land occupation

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

• Amount rule: Planted area multiplied by the occupied fraction of the year represented by the cycle.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and per 1,000 kg marketable output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_papaya_establishment_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Outputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Process: Papaya crop management (papaya_crop_management)

Inputs

Product flows

Crop-cycle irrigation water (papaya_irrigation_water)

Record water delivered to the crop by source and irrigation technology, excluding rainfall unless the study explicitly models rainfall as a withdrawal.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Meter or document delivered irrigation by field or protected unit and cycle.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and per 1,000 kg marketable output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_papaya_input_records

• Sources: fao-irrigation-drainage-paper-56

• Range: Provisional irrigation screen

  • Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 20,000
  • Unit: m3/ha or protected-unit cycle
  • Basis: broad interval dependent on climate, soil, cultivar, crop age, and irrigation technology
  • Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Diesel fuel (papaya_mobile_fuel_diesel)

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

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

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Crop production water withdrawal (papaya_water_withdrawal)

Record source withdrawal when it is distinct from water delivered to the crop and disclose the source type and return or loss treatment.

• Selected flow: Water resource withdrawal

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Source withdrawal meter or documented abstraction volume, reconciled to irrigation delivery.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and per 1,000 kg marketable output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_papaya_input_records

• Sources: fao-irrigation-drainage-paper-56

Outputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Process: Papaya harvest and field handling (papaya_harvest)

Inputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Gross harvested papaya (papaya_gross_harvest)

Record gross harvested fresh papaya before grading, rejection, trimming, washing, cooling, or primary packing.

• Selected flow: Fresh whole papaya, gross harvested

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Weigh every harvest lot at the field or harvest-station entry point.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per harvest campaign and per 1,000 kg marketable output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_papaya_harvest_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Waste flows

Harvest rejects (papaya_harvest_rejects)

Record fruit rejected at harvest or field sorting and identify whether it is left in the field, composted, fed, sold into another product route, or sent to waste treatment.

• Selected flow: Papaya harvest rejects

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet fruit

• Amount rule: Weigh or reconcile rejected fruit by lot and destination; do not credit it as a co-product without a documented receiving route.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per harvest campaign and per 1,000 kg marketable output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_papaya_harvest_records

• Sources: fao-gap-framework-2003

Elementary flows

Process: Papaya gate preparation and hand-off (papaya_gate_preparation)

Inputs

Product flows

Gross harvested papaya received for gate preparation (papaya_gate_input)

When preparation occurs before the declared gate, reconcile the harvested lot entering sorting, washing, cooling, or primary packing to the harvest process output.

• Selected flow: Fresh whole papaya, gross harvested

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Reconcile receiving weights to the originating harvest lot and declared gate.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per gate-preparation campaign and per 1,000 kg marketable output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_papaya_gate_records

• Sources: codex-cxc-53-2003

Conditional gate washing water (papaya_washing_water)

Record water only when papayas are washed before the declared gate, including the treatment or discharge destination of the used water.

• Selected flow: Process water for papaya washing

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Meter or batch record for water entering the washing operation.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable output washed before the declared gate.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_papaya_gate_records

• Sources: codex-cxc-53-2003

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Marketable fresh whole papaya at the declared gate (papaya_marketable_output)

Record the measured accepted output of papaya_gate_preparation only when that operation actually occurs. Preserve species, condition, grade, moisture, lot and its real outgoing gate. This stable row id identifies an actual route output; the sole final reference is reference_product_at_declared_handoff. Retain raw output and link the selected final lot without counting it as another final product. Any UUID shown is usable only for its independently confirmed physical state/gate; an incompatible upstream/intermediate state needs a separately verified or explicit unresolved identity. Preserve the original stage measurement and collection records.

• Selected flow: Papayas 5f8859fd-4690-4c28-afbe-c4846a84da32

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Weigh the accepted net lot output of the actual operation under cp_papaya_gate_records, retain gross/tare, rejects, stocks, moisture and matched onward lot records, and reconcile before final normalization.

• Amount rule: measured accepted net output from the actual operation under cp_papaya_gate_records; retain raw lot quantity and actual stage throughput, then normalize once under the final-handoff normalization in Section 8; never prescribe a fixed intermediate yield

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: measured actual operation/lot output and throughput, retained before one final-reference normalization.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_papaya_gate_records

• Sources: codex-cxc-53-2003

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Process: Accepted-product measurement at declared handoff (declared_reference_handoff)

This measurement adds no processing, waste generation or emission. Preserve all real upstream operations and losses; bypass only operations demonstrated absent. Select one actual terminal product lot and cancel its paired internal transfer once when aggregating the system. Do not sum inactive routes, co-products or both source and handoff as accepted final output.

Inputs

Product flows

Accepted actual-route product at the same handoff (actual_route_product_for_handoff)

Measure only accepted product at the existing declared gate. Match one actual terminal source record; internal paired transfer and this reference represent the same event, not two sales. Verify identity for the actual species/state/gate independently; an identifier confirmed only for fresh farm-gate goods cannot represent an incompatible conditioned or independent pack-house state. Missing identity remains explicit and is not resolved by copying an adjacent output UUID.

• Selected flow: Papayas 5f8859fd-4690-4c28-afbe-c4846a84da32
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured accepted net mass at this same handoff, normalized as R/R * 1 kg; paired input equals accepted output, with raw R retained
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_declared_reference_handoff

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Reference product at declared handoff (reference_product_at_declared_handoff)

Measure only accepted product at the existing declared gate. Match one actual terminal source record; internal paired transfer and this reference represent the same event, not two sales. Verify identity for the actual species/state/gate independently; an identifier confirmed only for fresh farm-gate goods cannot represent an incompatible conditioned or independent pack-house state. Missing identity remains explicit and is not resolved by copying an adjacent output UUID.

• Selected flow: Papayas 5f8859fd-4690-4c28-afbe-c4846a84da32
• 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: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_declared_reference_handoff

Waste flows

Actual waste remains at the operation that generates it; no duplicate here.

Elementary flows

Actual releases remain at their responsible physical operation; no duplicate here.

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

• allocation_marketable_output: Allocate crop-cycle inputs and direct cultivation exchanges to marketable fresh papaya using marketable mass as the primary output basis. source_ids: iso-14044-2006.
• allocation_rejects: Treat field and gate rejects as waste unless a documented receiving route creates a separately specified co-product. Do not assign avoided-product credit within this PCR. source_ids: iso-14044-2006, fao-gap-framework-2003.
• allocation_reusable_containers: Model reusable harvest containers and crates by recorded service cycles; assign their production burden across documented uses and retain consumed packaging as a separate input. source_ids: iso-14044-2006, codex-cxc-53-2003.

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

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

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Specific input identification before dataset completion

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

requirement_id	collection_protocol_id	Preserved collection scope
papaya_mobile_fuel_specific_input	cp_papaya_input_records	Operation papaya_crop_management: Record fuel used by tractors, pumps, sprayers, mowers, and other mobile or field machinery that crosses the cultivation boundary. Original quantity method: Meter, invoice, or equipment log allocated to the papaya field or protected unit.
papaya_crop_protection_specific_input	cp_papaya_input_records	Operation papaya_crop_management: Record only crop-protection products actually applied, retaining active ingredient, formulation, application rate, and target treatment. The product identity requires foreground binding before publication. Original quantity method: Product mass and declared active-ingredient mass by application event.
papaya_primary_packaging_specific_input	cp_papaya_gate_records	Operation papaya_gate_preparation: Record only primary packaging applied before the declared gate, including material, mass, reusable cycles, and packaging loss. Original quantity method: Count packages and record consumed material mass per marketable output lot.

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

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_papaya_establishment_records	papaya_crop_establishment	planting material and occupied area	field establishment record	cultivar; material type; supplier; quantity; field or protected-unit id; planted area; cycle start	supplier record, planting log, and area register; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile planted quantity and area to the same cycle	seedling, kg, ha	each cycle	full declared crop cycle	each represented field or protected unit	per declared reference flow	purchase record, planting log, and field map
cp_papaya_input_records	papaya_crop_management	water, fuel, nutrient products, crop protection, and emissions basis	input and application record	product; formulation; nutrient or active ingredient; quantity; source; application date; irrigation meter; fuel meter; field id	invoice review, meter reading, application log, and source register; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum applications and meter periods after field and cycle reconciliation papaya_mobile_fuel_specific_input: Operation papaya_crop_management: Record fuel used by tractors, pumps, sprayers, mowers, and other mobile or field machinery that crosses the cultivation boundary. Original quantity method: Meter, invoice, or equipment log allocated to the papaya field or protected unit. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default. papaya_crop_protection_specific_input: Operation papaya_crop_management: Record only crop-protection products actually applied, retaining active ingredient, formulation, application rate, and target treatment. The product identity requires foreground binding before publication. Original quantity method: Product mass and declared active-ingredient mass by application event. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default. papaya_soil_nitrogen_emissions_specific_emission: Calculate direct and indirect managed-soil nitrogen emissions from the declared fertilizer, amendment, and returned-residue nitrogen basis using one declared method. Apply the declared method factor to the documented nitrogen input and retained residue basis; do not duplicate an emission already supplied by an upstream dataset. This is a mandatory emission-identification requirement, not an aggregate elementary exchange. Identify every applicable substance and actual receiving compartment separately, with compatible units, measured activity or justified calculation method, parameter applicability and uncertainty. Preserve the original operation, period, allocation and final-reference normalization. Reconcile direct and indirect pathways and upstream coverage once; do not substitute total nitrogen, total combustion emissions or a generic pollutant for a named compound. Separately document actual environmental returns, with their material and destination, if relevant. Before dataset completeness create each required specific exchange, confirm a compatible UUID or explicitly retain its unresolved identity. Missing records do not establish zero or inapplicability. ipcc-2019-managed-soils	kg product, kg nutrient, m3, MJ, kg fuel	each application or meter period	full declared cycle	each represented field or protected unit	per declared reference flow	invoices, meters, calibration checks, and application records
cp_papaya_harvest_records	papaya_harvest	containers, harvest, rejects, and residue	harvest lot and residue record	lot id; date; field id; gross mass; grade; reject mass; residue mass; container use; destination	calibrated scale, lot sheet, container log, and residue estimate; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate only lots sharing field, cycle, cultivar, grade, and gate papaya_harvest_containers_specific_input: Record reusable or single-use harvest containers entering the harvest operation and distinguish reusable service cycles from consumed packaging material. Count container uses and record material mass when a consumed container crosses the boundary. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.	kg and container-use	each harvest lot	full harvest campaign	each harvest lot	per declared reference flow	scale check, lot reconciliation, and destination evidence
cp_papaya_gate_records	papaya_gate_preparation	receiving, washing, packaging, output, and gate rejects	packing or gate batch record	batch id; received mass; wash water; wash loss; packaging type and mass; cooling; accepted mass; reject mass; destination; gate; stream material/product identity; composition and contamination state; native quantity and unit; item-mass/density conversion evidence; lot; net product and packaging mass; reuse/rework; recipient; treatment route; matched reference output	batch sheet, water meter, packaging issue record, and scale; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile batch input to accepted output and separately identified losses papaya_primary_packaging_specific_input: Operation papaya_gate_preparation: Record only primary packaging applied before the declared gate, including material, mass, reusable cycles, and packaging loss. Original quantity method: Count packages and record consumed material mass per marketable output lot. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.; papaya_gate_rejects_specific_output: For each papaya gate-preparation lot, reconcile received fruit, accepted fruit, downgraded fruit, trimming, damaged fruit and handling loss independently from discarded packaging. Identify fruit streams by actual physical state and destination, and packaging by each actual material. Marketable downgraded fruit is not automatically waste; retain its evidenced product/waste role. Preserve the original per-1,000-kg marketable-output activity basis and stage-to-final-output attribution without normalizing twice. This is a mandatory collection and calculation requirement, not an inventory exchange. Before dataset completeness, create one physically specific card for each actual exported stream, including composition, state, native quantity/property, destination and evidenced product/waste role. Use only a compatible verified UUID, or explicitly register the concrete unresolved identity. Do not invent a packaging recipe, assume segregation, infer zero from missing evidence or omit a required stream. A real single mixed stream may remain one composition-defined identity only with collection/transfer evidence and compatible treatment; never duplicate it with its component exports. Keep separately handled liquid and solid streams distinct. Preserve original attribution, period, mass/water balances, reference denominator and treatment/service boundaries; link existing matching exchanges rather than count duplicates. Former aggregate ranges are not individual-stream defaults or limits.	kg, m3, package-use; kg separately for each stream; native liquid volume separately; count and mass distinct	each gate batch	full period before declared hand-off	each declared farm or first packing-site gate	per declared reference flow	scale and meter checks, packaging records, and destination records

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_marketable_normalization	all processes	Normalize each collected quantity to the accepted marketable papaya mass at the declared gate: quantity / marketable_gate_mass.	field, cycle, lot, and gate records	quantity per kg or 1,000 kg marketable papaya	iso-14044-2006
calc_nutrient_equivalent	fertilizer and soil amendments	product_mass × declared nutrient fraction; retain product mass and nutrient-equivalent result as separate fields.	product invoice, formulation, and declared N/P2O5/K2O fraction	product mass and nutrient mass	fao-gap-framework-2003
calc_soil_nitrogen_emissions	managed soil emissions	Apply one selected IPCC-compatible factor method to documented nitrogen inputs and returned residue nitrogen, with no duplicate upstream emission.	nutrient records, residue basis, method factor	declared soil-emission flows	ipcc-2019-managed-soils
calc_mass_balance	harvest and gate preparation	gross harvested mass = marketable output + rejects + residue or process loss, with any documented stock change shown separately.	harvest lots, gate batches, reject and residue records	reconciled mass-balance check	codex-cxc-53-2003
calc_reusable_container_burden	harvest containers and crates	Divide container production burden by documented service cycles and assign the used-cycle share to the represented papaya output.	container mass, material, expected or observed service cycles	container burden per declared output	iso-14044-2006
papaya_gate_rejects_specific_output	papaya_gate_preparation	For each papaya gate-preparation lot, reconcile received fruit, accepted fruit, downgraded fruit, trimming, damaged fruit and handling loss independently from discarded packaging. Identify fruit streams by actual physical state and destination, and packaging by each actual material. Marketable downgraded fruit is not automatically waste; retain its evidenced product/waste role. Preserve the original per-1,000-kg marketable-output activity basis and stage-to-final-output attribution without normalizing twice. This is a mandatory collection and calculation requirement, not an inventory exchange. Before dataset completeness, create one physically specific card for each actual exported stream, including composition, state, native quantity/property, destination and evidenced product/waste role. Use only a compatible verified UUID, or explicitly register the concrete unresolved identity. Do not invent a packaging recipe, assume segregation, infer zero from missing evidence or omit a required stream. A real single mixed stream may remain one composition-defined identity only with collection/transfer evidence and compatible treatment; never duplicate it with its component exports. Keep separately handled liquid and solid streams distinct. Preserve original attribution, period, mass/water balances, reference denominator and treatment/service boundaries; link existing matching exchanges rather than count duplicates. Former aggregate ranges are not individual-stream defaults or limits.	cp_papaya_gate_records	actual stream-specific exchanges, destinations and nonduplicated mass balance	codex-cxc-53-2003
papaya_field_residue_identity_and_fate	papaya_harvest	Reconcile crop residue, harvest loss and biomass by measured wet/dry basis and actual fate. Retained or incorporated biomass is an internal residue ledger used to calculate supported decomposition and nutrient pathways, not a purchased resource or an invented elementary biomass exchange. Separately collected material requires its actual product/waste identity and destination; environmental releases require identified substances and receiving compartments. 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_papaya_harvest_records	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records	fao-gap-framework-2003
papaya_gate_wastewater_identity_and_fate	papaya_gate_preparation	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_papaya_gate_records	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records	codex-cxc-53-2003

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
quality_identity	all product and input flows	Declare cultivar, material or product identity, field or protected-unit id, gate, and identity evidence gap status where no fixed or parameterized binding exists.	source records, labels, invoices, and dataset metadata
quality_measurement	mass, water, fuel, nutrient, and packaging rows	Use calibrated scales or meters where available; otherwise document the estimation method, conversion factor, and uncertainty.	calibration record, meter log, or estimation worksheet
quality_temporal	all processes	Cover the complete declared production cycle and harvest campaign, and disclose missing periods or substituted records.	cycle calendar, lot register, and data-quality note
quality_completeness	inventory and emissions	Reconcile field inputs, harvest, accepted output, rejects, residue, water, nutrient basis, and packaging to the declared gate.	mass balance, application log, and gate batch reconciliation
quality_disclosure	dataset package	Preserve all required qualifiers, boundary decisions, allocation choice, concrete flow identity verification.	dataset metadata and PCR conformance checklist

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_declared_reference_handoff	declared_reference_handoff	actual accepted terminal product and paired transfer	scale/lot/acceptance records	species; state; grade; moisture/basis; gate; actual_terminal_process_id; actual_terminal_output_row_id; lot/transfer_id; gross/tare/net mass R; raw stage totals/throughputs; stocks, rejects and destinations	Weigh accepted net R at the existing gate; match exactly one actual terminal source of the same lot/state and reconcile all earlier losses and stocks. If conditional preparation is absent use the last actual included eligible product output, without inventing that preparation. Preserve original activity records and all required qualifiers.	kg and native activity units	each accepted lot	matched production and handoff period	existing declared producer/primary gate	per declared reference flow	calibrated weighing, acceptance/grade records, lot chain, activation/bypass evidence and closed balances

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_final_handoff_normalization	all foreground quantities and actual route outputs	Let R be positive measured accepted final mass in kg for one matched species/state/grade/gate/period, excluding tare, rejects, co-products and held stock. Physical ledger = raw physical quantity/R * 1 kg, without burden-allocation scaling. Attributable inventory contribution = attributable raw quantity/R * 1 kg, preserving native numerator units and the existing output/period attribution. A local intensity q_i=Q_i/O_i first reconstructs Q_i=q_iactual linked O_i; do not divide by R again after final normalization. Both handoff sides are the same measured event R/R1 kg, not another physical yield. Include only actual active operations; record and substantiate bypass. Missing/nonpositive R or an unlinked terminal record blocks a normalized complete result, not zero. Preserve original stage data and cancel paired internal transfers once.	cp_declared_reference_handoff; original linked collection protocols	native quantities per declared final reference	declared-handoff-measurement-definition

9. Validation Rules

• validation_identity: The dataset must identify papaya cultivar or product category, field or protected unit, production route, cycle, declared gate, and all evidence gap input or output identities. source_ids: fao-gap-framework-2003.
• validation_mass_balance: For every harvest and gate batch, gross harvested or received mass must reconcile to marketable output, rejects, residue, wastewater or wash loss, packaging loss, and any disclosed stock change. source_ids: codex-cxc-53-2003.
• validation_normalization: Every normalized inventory value must use the same declared marketable gate mass and must not mix farm-gate and first-packing-site outputs. source_ids: iso-14044-2006.
• validation_nutrient_emissions: Nutrient-equivalent inputs and managed-soil emissions must identify their basis and use one non-duplicative calculation method. source_ids: ipcc-2019-managed-soils.
• validation_temporal: The dataset must cover the represented production cycle and harvest campaign or explicitly disclose missing records and substitutions. source_ids: fao-gap-framework-2003.

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_final_handoff_bypass	selected actual route and all conditional bypass states	Check both presence and absence of optional conditioning/packing/storage against actual records: exactly one required handoff reference persists, its source product/state/gate matches Section 3, active physical rows retain measured throughput, and inactive physical activities add no exchange. Require raw accepted mass, upstream closure, unique transfer pairing and single final normalization; an unexplained state or missing identity is not an assumed valid branch.	declared-handoff-measurement-definition

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground agricultural production dataset for fresh whole papaya
downstream_use	Secondary dataset for farm-to-gate LCA and background dataset input to product-system models when the declared gate and qualifiers match
allowed_use	Comparative or attributional modelling of fresh whole papaya when cultivar, geography, route, cycle, gate, marketable output, and inventory completeness are compatible
excluded_use	Processed papaya products; generic fruit substitution; transport, retail, consumer, or end-of-life claims beyond the declared gate; datasets with unreported rejects or residue fate
required_metadata	Papaya identity and cultivar, geography, route, field or protected-unit id, cycle dates, area, irrigation source, nutrient and crop-protection basis, harvest and grade, washing, cooling, packaging, reject and residue destinations, declared gate, reference mass, concrete flow identity verification, and identity evidence gap coverage
required_quality_disclosure	Measurement basis, collection period, completeness, mass-balance result, allocation rule, provisional ranges, data substitutions, uncertainty, and evidence gap UUID or flow identities
update_trigger	Change in cultivation route, irrigation system, nutrient or crop-protection programme, harvest or gate handling, packaging, accepted product definition, method factors, or resolved identity mappings

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

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
fao-irrigation-drainage-paper-56	handbook	FAO Irrigation and drainage paper 56, Crop evapotranspiration	irrigation measurement and water-delivery distinction
ipcc-2019-managed-soils	method_factor	IPCC 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, managed soils and nitrogen emissions	managed-soil nitrogen calculation and non-duplication rule
codex-cxc-53-2003	official_guidance	Codex Alimentarius CXC 53-2003, Code of hygienic practice for fresh fruits and vegetables	harvest, washing, packing, hygiene, batch reconciliation, and gate handling
iso-14044-2006	standard	ISO 14044:2006, environmental management—life cycle assessment—requirements and guidelines	normalization, allocation, reusable-container treatment, and validation principles
fao-gap-framework-2003	official_guidance	FAO Committee on Agriculture, COAG/2003/6, Development of a Framework for Good Agricultural Practices, section IV paragraphs 24–26 and Annex, https://www.fao.org/4/y8704e/y8704e.htm	Generic monitoring and farm-record context only; crop-specific routes, lifetimes, quantitative ranges and LCA allocation are PCR choices requiring separate applicable evidence.
fao-fertilizer-identities	official_guidance	FAO Fertilizer Specifications, https://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/theme/spi/plantnutrition/fertspecs/en/	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
fao-organic-nutrients	official_guidance	FAO How to Make and Use Compost, https://www.fao.org/4/i2230e/i2230e.pdf	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
route-energy-fao	official_guidance	FAO, Energy-smart food for people and climate (2011), Annex 2; and Energy use in agriculture and industry, Annex IV. https://www.fao.org/4/i2454e/i2454e00.pdf ; https://www.fao.org/4/Q1085e/q1085e0d.htm	Equipment/carrier possibilities only; site records govern applicability. No intensity, fuel share or default recipe is adopted.
ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011	standard	WRI/WBCSD, Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard (2011), Chapter 9, https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/Product-Life-Cycle-Accounting-Reporting-Standard_041613.pdf	General allocation hierarchy and comparable-gate economic basis. Applicability conditions and the explicit residual branch are this PCR's method convention; no product-specific causal coefficient, price or output quantity is prescribed by this source.

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
declared-handoff-measurement-definition	method_factor	This PCR Sections 3, 6 and 8: matched accepted handoff mass divided by itself times the declared reference amount; physical transfer pairing and dimensional normalization identity, not an empirical yield or new physical operation.	single accepted reference and measured route-throughput linkage