Whole raw Piper pepper at producer dispatch

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers whole, neither crushed nor ground Piper spp. pepper berries at producer dispatch. It covers fresh berries and primary dried whole berries as separately declared physical states. The representative route is Piper nigrum vine cultivation, berry harvest, primary cleaning and drying, and grading of whole black pepper. White or green whole-pepper routes must declare their different maturity and conditioning, including soaking and pericarp removal when performed. Fresh dispatch omits drying. It excludes crushed, ground, extracted or blended pepper, Capsicum and Pimenta fruits, and post-dispatch stages. The raw/processed classification distinction follows un-cpc3; route facts follow fao-ecocrop-pepper and kau-pepper-harvest.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.pepper-piper-spp-raw
classification_refs	CPC 3.0 01651, Pepper (Piper spp.), raw; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	Whole unground Piper berries, fresh or primary dried, with declared species, form and moisture
excluded_products	Processed, crushed, ground or extracted Piper pepper; Capsicum and Pimenta peppers
representative_product	Primary dried whole black Piper nigrum berries
production_route	Managed perennial vines → harvest → conditional primary cleaning/drying → grading → dispatch
market_state	Whole berries at producer gate, with colour/form, fresh/dried state, grade and moisture

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Whole raw Piper pepper berries at producer dispatch
How much	1 kg net accepted berries
How well	Species, whole form, colour/conditioning branch, moisture and grade stated
How long or cycle	Output from a stated harvest season, with establishment attributed over recorded productive years
reference_flow_link	accepted_pepper

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Whole raw Piper pepper; UUID unresolved for dried state
Reference flow property	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66
Reference unit group	Units of mass 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	species; whole unground form; black/white/green branch; fresh/dried state; moisture; grade; producer gate; harvest period
Reference identity status	unresolved

The verified TianGong flow for fresh raw pepper is 1015c13e-e71a-4eb4-8a03-9ce3e096cee5. Its description says “Fresh, unprocessed produce”, so it is not assigned to the dried representative. The dried reference remains unmapped until identity review; fresh and dried kilograms are never silently interchanged.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
net_mass	Accepted pepper	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Weigh net whole berries after removing packaging, rejects and foreign matter.
moisture	State conversion	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	For a moisture-only comparison of the same dry constituent pool, equivalent mass = initial mass*(1-initial wet-basis moisture)/(1-target wet-basis moisture). This is not a fresh-to-dried production-yield formula where pericarp, rejects, solubles, other dry constituents or stocks leave or enter. For actual conditioning retain measured inlet/outlet masses and moisture and a complete component ledger including removed material and liquid paths; normalize by actual accepted output, never the moisture-only estimate.
period	Perennial input	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Attribute establishment and replacement burdens to evidenced productive periods before dividing by accepted kg.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Managed Piper vines, plot, support structures and upstream inputs at reporting-period start
starting_condition_role	Foreground starting stock and upstream supply interface, including attributable establishment
product_classification_scope	CPC 01651 whole unground Piper berries; keep each moisture and conditioning branch distinct
recursive_input_rule	Purchased same-category pepper is a separate input with upstream dataset and origin; do not recreate its cultivation within this foreground system.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Supply-specific planting, fertilizer, water, fuel, electricity and purchased-pepper datasets
disclosure	Species, plot, vine age, harvest, fresh/dried state, moisture, conditioning, grades, losses, rejects and destinations

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_dispatch	All routes	Include attributable vine establishment, cultivation, harvest, performed primary conditioning and grading to producer dispatch; exclude grinding, extraction, retail and later transport.	un-cpc3; fao-ecocrop-pepper
boundary_branch	Fresh/black/white/green	Record only actual drying, soaking and pericarp removal with their inputs, effluent and residues; never assign zero drying to a dried lot.	fao-ecocrop-pepper; kau-pepper-harvest
boundary_soil	Fertilized plots	Calculate direct and indirect soil N₂O and applicable lime/urea CO₂ from recorded inputs and documented factors.	ipcc-2019-afolu11
boundary_shared	Supports, pumps and dryers	Name consuming processes and years; attribute shared asset burden once.	fao-ecocrop-pepper

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
pepper_cultivation	Perennial vine cultivation	required	Include establishment and replacements over served harvests	Standing berry crop	Plot-year and harvest kg
pepper_harvest	Berry harvest	required	Distinct removal of berries from managed vines	Fresh collected berries	Harvest-lot kg
pepper_conditioning	Primary conditioning	conditional	Include actual cleaning, drying, soaking or pericarp removal; omit for fresh direct dispatch	Prepared whole berries	Paired lot kg and moisture
pepper_grading	Grading and dispatch	required	Distinguish accepted, downgraded and rejected states	Reference flow	Accepted net kg

Cultivation produces standing berries; harvest independently removes them and hands fresh lots to conditioning or directly to grading. Conditioning transfers prepared whole berries to grading. Grading sends accepted and downgraded saleable whole lots to separately declared buyers. Every rejected lot has a rework, recovery or waste path; a rework loop returns to its named producing node, retaining prior burden once.

Process: Perennial vine cultivation (pepper_cultivation)

Inputs

Product flows

Piper nigrum rooted cuttings (cultivation_inputs)

Record Piper nigrum rooted cuttings 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: Plot-year and accepted pepper output.

• Selected flow: Piper nigrum rooted cuttings
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Piper nigrum rooted cuttings, 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: crop_cycle
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_cultivation

Required support-material records: identify each actual constructed support, tying material and replacement by its concrete material, measured quantity, installation date and service life. Keep live support vegetation and constructed assets distinct, and attribute each included asset once across all served crops, processes and periods. Missing material identity remains a completeness gap; do not substitute a generic support-material exchange.

Fertilizer, urea (cultivation_inputs_fertilizer)

Record Fertilizer, urea 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: Plot-year and accepted pepper output.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, urea
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product
• Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Fertilizer, urea, 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: crop_cycle
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_cultivation

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate (cultivation_inputs_fertilizer_map)

Record Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate 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: Plot-year and accepted pepper output.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product
• Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate, 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: crop_cycle
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_cultivation

Fertilizer, potassium chloride (cultivation_inputs_fertilizer_kcl)

Record Fertilizer, potassium chloride 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: Plot-year and accepted pepper output.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, potassium chloride
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product
• Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Fertilizer, potassium chloride, 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: crop_cycle
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_cultivation

Cattle manure, as applied (cultivation_inputs_fertilizer_manure)

Record Cattle manure, as applied 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: Plot-year and accepted pepper output.

• Selected flow: Cattle manure, as applied
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product
• Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Cattle manure, as applied, 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: crop_cycle
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_cultivation

One identified irrigation-water source (cultivation_inputs_irrigation_water)

Use this conditional card for exactly one actual material, product or waste stream in the declared process. Confirm its identity, physical state, period and destination from route records; instantiate a separate card for every other distinct stream. The template does not assert use or generation.

• Selected flow: One identified irrigation-water source; exact route identity unresolved

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3 water

• Amount rule: Measure or calculate only this one identified stream for the declared process and period, with its own unit and destination; do not combine other products or waste states.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: Plot-year and accepted pepper output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_cultivation

Diesel fuel (cultivation_inputs_fuel)

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: Plot-year and accepted pepper output.

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

Waste flows

Pruned vines, spent supports and containers follow measured recovery or disposal routes under cp_residues.

Elementary flows

Record environmental irrigation withdrawal as an input only where water is taken directly from the environment rather than supplied as a purchased product.

Outputs

Product flows

Standing berries transfer to pepper_harvest; they are an intermediate, not an additional sold product.

Waste flows

Record vine residues by mass and destination under cp_residues.

Elementary flows

Report managed-soil gas outputs as separate pollutant exchanges.

Managed-soil nitrous oxide to air (soil_nitrous_oxide_emission)

Calculate direct and indirect N₂O from recorded nitrogen inputs and site-year activity. Keep its quantity separate from carbon dioxide and verify the receiving air subcompartment before binding a UUID.

• Selected flow: Nitrous oxide to air; receiving air subcompartment to be verified

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg N2O

• Amount rule: Apply the selected direct/indirect N2O method only to this nitrous-oxide exchange. Calculate lime/urea CO2 separately on its own carbon-dioxide card; never add CO2 mass to N2O.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: Plot-year then accepted pepper output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: N input (n_input)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_cultivation

• Sources: ipcc-2019-afolu11

Calculation method corresponds to Section 8 rules: calc_soil_gases.

Carbon dioxide from lime or urea (soil_amendment_carbon_dioxide_emission)

Include this exchange only when lime or urea use and the selected method support a direct CO₂ calculation. Keep its quantity separate from N₂O and verify the receiving air subcompartment before binding a UUID.

• Selected flow: Carbon dioxide to air from lime or urea; receiving air subcompartment to be verified

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg CO2

• Amount rule: Calculate only molecular CO2 from the actual lime/carbonate or urea application using its compatible carbon-content and oxidation/release method. Keep source-specific applied product quantities, factor units and carbon origin. This CO2 card excludes N2O; apply the soil-N2O method to the separate N2O card and do not add supply-chain or combustion emissions already reported elsewhere. Attribute and normalize once.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: Plot-year then accepted pepper output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_cultivation

• Sources: ipcc-2019-afolu11

Calculation method corresponds to Section 8 rules: calc_soil_gases.

Process: Berry harvest (pepper_harvest)

Inputs

Product flows

Standing crop and actual harvest energy enter from cultivation and supplier records.

Waste flows

No waste input is assumed.

Elementary flows

Direct equipment emissions require activity and factor evidence; avoid double counting upstream fuel burdens.

Outputs

Product flows

Fresh collected berries (fresh_berries)

Weigh each whole-berry lot before conditioning and record harvest maturity.

• Selected flow: Fresh whole Piper berries; intermediate UUID unresolved

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Sum receiving scale tickets by lot

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: Harvest lot.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest

Waste flows

Damaged berries and field losses are kept outside accepted yield and routed under cp_residues.

Elementary flows

No elementary output is assumed without evidence.

Process: Primary conditioning (pepper_conditioning)

Inputs

Product flows

Fresh whole Piper berries (conditioning_inputs)

Record Fresh whole Piper berries 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: Conditioned lot output.

• Selected flow: Fresh whole Piper berries
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Fresh whole Piper berries, 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_conditioning
• Sources: kau-pepper-harvest

Electricity, medium voltage (conditioning_inputs_electricity)

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: Conditioned lot output.

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

Diesel fuel (conditioning_inputs_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: Conditioned lot output.

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

Process water (conditioning_inputs_water)

Record Process water 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: Conditioned lot output.

• Selected flow: Process water
• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
• Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Process water, 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_conditioning
• Sources: kau-pepper-harvest

Waste flows

No waste input is assumed.

Elementary flows

Direct withdrawal is recorded only for environment-supplied water.

Outputs

Product flows

Prepared whole berries (prepared_berries)

Transfer cleaned or dried whole berries to grading with measured moisture and branch.

• Selected flow: Whole prepared Piper pepper; UUID unresolved for dried state

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Net output scale weight

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: Conditioned lot.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_conditioning

Waste flows

Detached stalks, damaged berries and any removed pericarp are weighed and routed under cp_residues.

Elementary flows

Moisture lost to air is calculated by paired mass/moisture balance; water-using routes record effluent and treatment. UUID remains unresolved by compartment.

Process: Grading and dispatch (pepper_grading)

Inputs

Product flows

Link prepared or fresh whole lots to grading. Purchased same-category pepper carries a separate upstream dataset. Record grading electricity under cp_grading.

Waste flows

Returned rejects require origin-lot linkage.

Elementary flows

No elementary output is assumed for mechanical grading.

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted whole raw pepper (accepted_pepper)

Only saleable whole berries meeting declared grade and moisture enter the reference output. This is an intended output, separately from the downgraded saleable grade.

• Selected flow: Whole raw Piper pepper; UUID unresolved for dried state

• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Calibrated net dispatch mass

• Amount rule: 1 kg

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: 1 kg accepted raw pepper.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_grading

Downgraded saleable whole pepper (downgraded_pepper)

Weigh each separately sold whole grade and record destination. This is a second intended output; dried-state UUID remains unresolved.

• Selected flow: Whole raw Piper pepper; UUID unresolved for dried state

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Net weighed downgraded lot mass

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: Grading input.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_grading

Waste flows

Grading rejects (grading_rejects)

Weigh off-spec berries and foreign matter by lot; record rework, recovery or disposal destination, excluding them from accepted kg.

• Selected flow: Actual reject material; UUID unresolved by destination

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Lot-specific weighed rejects

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: Grading input.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_residues

Elementary flows

No elementary output is assumed for mechanical grading.

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocate_periods	Establishment and replacements	Assign recorded vine and support burdens to evidenced productive years and outputs; retain nonproductive establishment and termination events and count each burden once.	fao-ecocrop-pepper
allocate_shared	Supports, pumps and dryers	List consumers and service years, allocate by measured use or documented physical proxy, and reconcile assigned burden to recorded total.	fao-ecocrop-pepper
allocate_grades	Saleable whole grades	Partition common burdens by measured mass when grades have the same physical function; justify another rule if materially different. Rejects receive no co-product credit.	un-cpc3
allocate_rework	Reworked or recovered berries	Keep prior lot burden and add incremental rework once; credit recovery only with evidenced destination and method.	kau-pepper-harvest

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

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

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

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_cultivation	pepper_cultivation	vine, supports, inputs and soil gases	Plot-year ledger	plot; year; planting/replacement; material; nutrient content; quantity; supplier; meter	Invoice, field log and meter; Raw aggregation and attribution: Sum by material and year, then assign service periods	kg, plant, m3, kWh, L	Each event	Establishment through harvest	Each plot	per declared reference flow	Invoice, nutrient certificate and meter
cp_harvest	pepper_harvest	standing and fresh berries	Harvest lot	plot; date; species; maturity; fresh kg; field loss; energy	Scale and field log; Raw aggregation and attribution: Sum non-overlapping lots	kg, kWh, L	Each lot	Every reported harvest	Each plot	per declared reference flow	Scale ticket and trace
cp_conditioning	pepper_conditioning	state conversion, energy, water, losses	Batch ledger	lot; incoming/outgoing kg; moisture before/after; energy; water; effluent; branch	Scale, test and meter; Raw aggregation and attribution: Paired mass/moisture balance	kg, %, kWh, m3	Each batch	Every conditioned lot	Each facility	per declared reference flow	Batch sheet and test
cp_grading	pepper_grading	accepted and downgraded output	Grade ledger	lot; species; state; moisture; grade; accepted/downgraded kg; buyer	Scale and dispatch ticket; Raw aggregation and attribution: Sum accepted after rejects	kg, %	Each lot	All dispatches	Each facility	per declared reference flow	Scale ticket and sale
cp_residues	all nodes	rejects, rework and residues	Destination ledger	origin lot; material; kg; return node; destination	Scale and destination receipt; Raw aggregation and attribution: Count each route once	kg	Each event	Same harvest period	Each site	per declared reference flow	Weigh ticket and receipt
cp_phase1_environment_coverage	pepper_cultivation	managed environmental coverage by actual node	site/activity/method ledger	site and actual managed nodes; area; dated occupation intervals; co-users; establishment/immature history; actual prior/current land classes and transformation dates/areas; carbon-method coverage; upstream land coverage	Collect original records by the actual responsible production node and matched lot/period; retain provenance, method applicability and uncertainty. Reconcile with existing protocols and provider coverage, do not add duplicate events. Explicitly document inapplicability; absent evidence is a gap.	native activity units; kg N or substance; area/time as applicable	event and annual/lot reconciliation	matched production/cohort period	all actual managed-production nodes	apply applicable coverage calculations then final normalization once	original records, method worksheets and applicability evidence

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_conditioning_balance	Drying and cleaning	Incoming kg = prepared whole kg + separated solids + water loss + other recorded loss; investigate residual.	Paired weights, moisture and residues	Reconciled lot outputs	kau-pepper-harvest
calc_soil_gases	Managed soil	Apply IPCC direct/indirect N₂O and applicable lime/urea CO₂ equations with site-year activity and documented factors.	Nitrogen/amendment inputs and factors	Gas-specific kg	ipcc-2019-afolu11
calc_intensity	All nodes	Sum attributed site-period inputs after shared-asset and rework reconciliation, divide by accepted kg in the same physical-state stratum.	Ledgers and accepted kg	Exchange per reference kg
chemical_species_mass_accounting	elementary_nutrient_emissions	Final elementary exchanges use the mass of the identified substance and one actual receiving compartment. Keep nutrient/activity ledgers separate: species-specific N2O-N × 44/28 gives N2O, NH3-N × 17/14 gives NH3, nitrate-N × 62/14 gives nitrate, and phosphate-P × 95/31 gives phosphate. If the selected flow is elemental phosphorus instead, report kg P and convert phosphate mass by 31/95 only when that species basis is evidenced. Apply a conversion exactly once only when the method output is on the elemental basis; measured compound mass is not reconverted. Total nutrient losses cannot be assigned to a single species without a supported split, and residual/retained soil nutrient is not an emission. Keep direct/indirect pathway ledgers and avoid repeating a pathway already included in the chosen method or upstream inventory. Factor uncertainty ranges screen factors on their stated basis, not final compound amounts or admissible site emissions. Normalize the attributable compound mass once using the accepted reference quantity and the matched measured output. Unknown activity, identity or compartment remains an evidence gap and blocks a completeness claim.	cp_cultivation; species-specific activity ledger, method pathway and factor basis, matched accepted output	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records

Environmental Coverage Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_managed_land_coverage	actual managed-production nodes	For each actual owned managed-production site, collect the occupied area and dated occupation intervals, including attributable establishment/immature and production periods. Occupation is area multiplied by actual duration, converted explicitly to the selected area-time unit (1 ha = 10,000 m2; time in years); hectares per crop-cycle alone are not an area-time result without duration. Partition or take the union of overlapping establishment/management intervals so the same area-time is counted once, with shares across actual co-users summing to one. Record evidenced land transformation separately by actual from/to land class, event area and date under the declared land-use method; transformation has area units and is not added to occupation. Planting, continued occupation or missing prior-land data do not establish a transformation or zero transformation. Preserve actual historical-event attribution and carbon-stock/emission method coverage where applicable; no invented land conversion or generic carbon credit. Instantiate separate compatible elementary identities with verified UUIDs or explicit unresolved identities; attribute once and normalize to the matched final reference. Purchased completed biological inputs inherit compatible upstream land coverage once instead of duplicating it locally. Missing applicable land identity, area, duration or prior-state evidence remains a completeness gap; documented no transformation is a valid absence.	cp_phase1_environment_coverage	attributed native environmental quantities per matched final reference

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity	Reference output	Verify Piper species, whole form, state and producer gate.	Classification and flow review
dq_mass	Harvest to dispatch	Link lots, weights, moisture, grades and reject routes; disclose balance discrepancy.	Scale tickets and tests
dq_period	Perennial assets	Identify establishment, productive, replacement and termination years and consumers.	Plot and asset ledger
dq_coverage	Inputs and emissions	Disclose missing meters, estimated amounts, factor choices and unresolved UUIDs.	Completeness register

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_identity	Reference product	Reject processed, crushed, ground, non-Piper or unidentified state; require a reviewed dried-state flow UUID before publication.	un-cpc3
validate_balance	Harvest, conditioning and grading	Require moisture and reconcile input, accepted, downgraded, rejected and moisture-loss masses within documented tolerance.	kau-pepper-harvest
validate_route	Process graph	Check cultivation → harvest → optional conditioning → grading hand-offs and every grade, reject and rework path.	fao-ecocrop-pepper
validate_shared	Perennial/shared assets	Each attributed asset has service years and consumers; assigned totals equal recorded totals once.	fao-ecocrop-pepper
validate_soil	Fertilized plots	Report N activity and direct/indirect factors; flag relevant uncalculated soil emissions.	ipcc-2019-afolu11

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground production dataset for whole raw Piper pepper at producer dispatch
downstream_use	secondary_dataset or background_dataset for matching species, state, geography, time and gate
allowed_use	Per-kg whole raw pepper supply with compatible moisture and form
excluded_use	Ground/processed or non-Piper products; unqualified fresh/dried substitution; post-dispatch stages
required_metadata	Species, colour/form, moisture, grade, location, period, gate, route, asset attribution and flow identity review
required_quality_disclosure	Primary-data share, mass balance, missing inputs, factors, reject destinations and UUID gaps
update_trigger	New state/route, revised flow identity, changed CPC scope, moisture basis or material site-period data

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
un-cpc3	official_guidance	UN Statistics Division, CPC 3.0 explanatory notes, 01651 and 23921, https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/Download/In%20Text/CPC_Ver_3.0_Exp_Notes_30Jun2025.pdf	Product boundary
fao-ecocrop-pepper	official_guidance	FAO Ecocrop, Piper nigrum, https://ecocrop.apps.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropView?id=1714	Cultivated route and states
kau-pepper-harvest	extension_guidance	Kerala Agricultural University, Pepper harvesting and processing, https://www.celkau.in/Crops/spices/pepper/harvesting.php	Harvest and conditioning
ipcc-2019-afolu11	method_factor	IPCC, 2019 Refinement, Vol. 4 Ch. 11, https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/pdf/4_Volume4/19R_V4_Ch11_Soils_N2O_CO2.pdf	Managed-soil gases
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.