Vanilla, raw

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers mature green uncured vanilla pods from managed perennial vines through repeated selective harvest, minimal on-farm primary conditioning, grading and farm-gate hand-off. Species, maturity, grade, support and pollination route, harvest rounds and perennial attribution are mandatory. FAO states that mature green beans are mostly odourless and that curing is a separate downstream operation that develops aroma (fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium). Cured or dried pods, cleaned or sorted plant-gate alternatives, extract, powder and other post-curing products are excluded.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.vanilla-raw
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 01658 Vanilla, raw; mapping relation: narrower
covered_products	Mature green uncured vanilla pods of declared species and grade at farm gate before curing
excluded_products	Cured or dried pods; cleaned or sorted plant-gate alternatives; extract, powder and planting material
representative_product	Mature green uncured Vanilla planifolia pods, declared grade, at farm gate
production_route	Perennial vine management, declared support and pollination route, repeated selective hand harvest, minimal conditioning and green-pod grading
market_state	Fresh green uncured and undried pods on an as-received mass basis before aroma-development processing

The managed-biological-production parent is perennial vanilla-vine cultivation. Production or technology routes differing in support system, shade, pollination method, inputs, yield or asset use must be recorded separately; weighted aggregation is allowed only when each route inventory and yield contribution remain traceable.

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Mature green uncured vanilla pods of declared species and grade at farm gate before curing
How much	1 kg as-received mass
How well	Meets declared maturity and grade; green, uncured, undried and excluding rejected pods
How long or cycle	Declared reporting period covering attributed perennial phases and every selective harvest round forming the reference amount
reference_flow_link	vanilla_raw_reference

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Vanilla, raw 51e085e4-b15c-4933-b7eb-45eee9bd8958
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	botanical species; mature-green criterion; uncured and undried state; producer grade; as-received moisture basis; farm-gate hand-off before curing; support system; pollination route; harvest rounds; geography and reporting period

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_mass	reference product	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Normalize all inventory amounts to 1 kg accepted mature green uncured pods on the declared as-received moisture basis.
grade_mass_reconciliation	harvest, conditioning and grading hand-offs	Mass	kg	Reconcile input to accepted grade, rejected or downgraded pods, incidental matter and mass loss; rejected material never enters reference output.
harvest_round_aggregation	repeated selective harvest	Mass	kg	Aggregate harvested and rejected mass by round before reporting-period aggregation, retaining dates and maturity criteria.
perennial_normalization	establishment, replacement and shared infrastructure	Mass	kg	Attribute multi-period burdens once over accepted output of the same productive period; prohibit downstream re-annualization.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Established or newly planted managed vanilla vines with propagation source, species, support system, vine age or phase and prior-period carry-in declared
starting_condition_role	Starting stock for perennial managed production; establishment burdens are included or linked and attributed over the declared productive period
product_classification_scope	Mature green uncured pods at farm gate before curing; excludes cured, dried, plant-gate cleaned or sorted goods and extract
recursive_input_rule	Farm-retained vines, cuttings and green pods remain visible burden-carrying internal flows; purchased same-category material requires an upstream dataset and cannot be zero burden
upstream_dataset_requirement	Purchased propagation, nutrients, water and energy require compatible upstream datasets; concrete flow identity verification
disclosure	Declare species, support and shade, pollination route, vine phase and productive years, replacements, harvest rounds, maturity and grade, moisture basis, reject destinations and pre-curing hand-off

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_managed_vine_route	perennial_vine_management	Include propagation or vine carry-in, support and shade, training and pruning, pollination, nutrients, water, energy, shared infrastructure and pod development.	fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium
boundary_selective_harvest	selective_pod_harvest	Model repeated maturity-selective harvest independently and record collected pods, retained immature pods, incidental matter and losses by round.	fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium
boundary_primary_conditioning	on_farm_primary_conditioning	Include only minimal pre-curing handling; exclude killing, sweating, fermentation, aroma development, deliberate drying and plant-gate cleaning.	fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium
boundary_grading_handoff	green_pod_grading_handoff	Declare accepted grade and every downgraded or rejected destination, with hand-off before curing.	fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium
boundary_route_deltas	alternative support, pollination and handling routes	Keep topology, inputs, energy, yield and asset-use differences separate unless route records support reproducible weighting.	fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium
boundary_excluded_processing	downstream operations	Exclude curing, drying, aroma-development conditioning, plant-gate cleaning or sorting, grinding and extract manufacture.	fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
perennial_vine_management	Perennial vanilla-vine management and pod development	required	Always; declare the alternative technology route delta for support and pollination, period, state and hand-off	Managed biological production parent	kg harvest-ready mature green pods
selective_pod_harvest	Repeated selective harvest of mature green pods	required	Always; use batch mode records for each round and declare route, period, state and hand-off	Harvest and capture	kg harvested green pods by round
on_farm_primary_conditioning	Minimal on-farm pre-curing handling	required	Always; declare route, period, state and hand-off	Primary conditioning	kg handled green uncured pods
green_pod_grading_handoff	Green-pod grading and farm-gate hand-off	required	Always; declare route, period, state and hand-off	Grading and sorting	1 kg accepted mature green uncured pods

Process: Perennial vanilla-vine management and pod development (perennial_vine_management)

This perennial, period-indexed process links establishment, vine replacement, support or shade infrastructure, pollination and pod development to the periods and routes producing harvested pods.

Inputs

Product flows

Fertilizer, urea input (nutrient_inputs)

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

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, urea

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

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

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_management_inputs

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (nutrient_inputs_monoammonium_phosphate)

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

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

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

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_management_inputs

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride)

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

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, potassium chloride

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

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

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_management_inputs

Cattle manure, as applied input (nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure)

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

• Selected flow: Cattle manure, as applied

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

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

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_management_inputs

Agricultural limestone input (nutrient_inputs_agricultural_limestone)

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

• Selected flow: Agricultural limestone

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

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

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_management_inputs

Irrigation water supplied to vines (irrigation_water)

Identity and quantity rule: Metered volume or delivered volume calculated from pump hours and verified flow rate; rainfall is disclosed but not exchanged.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water from foreground source records

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Metered volume or delivered volume calculated from pump hours and verified flow rate; rainfall is disclosed but not exchanged.

• Value mode: calculated_value

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection

• Collection protocol: cp_management_inputs

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: default_estimate
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 20
  • Unit: m3/kg reference product
  • Basis: delivered irrigation per kg accepted output
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: reasoned_estimate

Electricity, medium voltage input (management_energy)

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

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage

• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh

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

• Value mode: calculated_value

• Specificity: technology_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection

• Collection protocol: cp_management_inputs

Diesel fuel input (management_energy_diesel)

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

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

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

• Value mode: calculated_value

• Specificity: technology_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection

• Collection protocol: cp_management_inputs

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Harvest-ready green vanilla pods (standing_vines_mature_pods)

Identity and quantity rule: Internal intermediate calculated from round-level harvest and loss reconciliation; no external UUID.

• Selected flow: Harvest-ready green vanilla pods

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg harvest-ready pods

• Amount rule: Internal intermediate calculated from round-level harvest and loss reconciliation; no external UUID.

• Value mode: calculated_value

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection

• Collection protocol: cp_perennial_vine_records

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: qa_guardrail
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 5
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: harvest-ready pods per kg accepted output
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: reasoned_estimate

Waste flows

Removed vanilla plant biomass sent to treatment (removed_vanilla_biomass_waste)

Conditional only on this specific waste material actually being separately collected for documented treatment inside the existing process boundary. This card does not prove site segregation. A real mixed stream keeps one composition-defined identity and its actual handover; do not extract hypothetical component exchanges or duplicate mixture and component exports. Retained stock, an in-situ residue or direct environmental return is not this waste export.

Collection and handover scope: Identity and quantity rule: Measure residues by retained, recovered, treated or discarded destination; in-situ material is not also exported as waste. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Selected flow: Removed vanilla plant biomass sent to treatment
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure the mass of this specific waste material at its actual collection/treatment handover; retain the original process/lot/period basis and use the existing throughput-linkage and normalization rules exactly once. Keep the unallocated physical quantity ledger separate from Section 7 shared-burden allocation.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_emission_records

No numerical range is transferred from the retired collection card. Use compatible measured quantities and identity-specific evidence; missing evidence remains a completeness gap, not zero. The UUID remains unresolved until a compatible exact identity is confirmed.

Elementary flows

Nitrous oxide to air (reported_field_emissions)

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

• Selected flow: Nitrous oxide to air

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg N2O

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

• Value mode: calculated_value

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection

• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_emission_records

Process: Repeated selective harvest of mature green pods (selective_pod_harvest)

Mature pods are selectively removed from standing perennial vines in repeated rounds while immature pods remain for later rounds.

Inputs

Product flows

Harvest-ready green vanilla pods (harvest_ready_vines_input)

Identity and quantity rule: Internal transfer equal to reconciled harvest-ready pod mass across all rounds; no external UUID.

• Selected flow: Harvest-ready green vanilla pods

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg harvest-ready pods

• Amount rule: Internal transfer equal to reconciled harvest-ready pod mass across all rounds; no external UUID.

• Value mode: calculated_value

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection

• Collection protocol: cp_selective_harvest_rounds

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: qa_guardrail
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 5
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: harvest-ready input per kg accepted output
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: reasoned_estimate

Electricity, medium voltage input (harvest_energy)

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

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage

• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh

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

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: technology_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested green pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: process_output

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_selective_harvest_rounds

Diesel fuel input (harvest_energy_diesel)

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

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

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

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: technology_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested green pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: process_output

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_selective_harvest_rounds

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Harvested mature green uncured pods (harvested_green_pods)

Identity and quantity rule: Sum measured harvest-round mass while retaining species, maturity, round and lot identifiers.

• Selected flow: Internal harvested mature green uncured pods

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Sum measured harvest-round mass while retaining species, maturity, round and lot identifiers.

• Value mode: calculated_value

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection

• Collection protocol: cp_selective_harvest_rounds

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: qa_guardrail
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 4
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: harvested pods per kg accepted output
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: reasoned_estimate

Waste flows

Pods lost or rejected during harvest (harvest_rejects)

Identity and quantity rule: Measure damaged, immaturely detached or diseased pods by round; pods retained on vines are neither output nor waste.

• Selected flow: Internal/deferred rejected pod waste by condition and destination

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Measure damaged, immaturely detached or diseased pods by round; pods retained on vines are neither output nor waste.

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested green pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: process_output

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_selective_harvest_rounds

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: default_estimate
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg harvested green pods
  • Basis: rejected or lost pods per kg harvested pods
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: reasoned_estimate

Elementary flows

Process: Minimal on-farm pre-curing handling (on_farm_primary_conditioning)

Only shade holding and removal of loose field matter are included; killing, sweating, fermentation, aroma development, deliberate drying and plant-gate cleaning are prohibited.

Inputs

Product flows

Harvested green uncured pods entering handling (harvested_pods_input)

Identity and quantity rule: Internal transfer equal to measured harvested-pod output, retaining lot and round identity.

• Selected flow: Internal harvested mature green uncured pods

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Internal transfer equal to measured harvested-pod output, retaining lot and round identity.

• Value mode: calculated_value

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg handled green pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: process_output

• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection

• Collection protocol: cp_primary_conditioning

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: qa_guardrail
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 2
  • Unit: kg/kg handled green pods
  • Basis: harvested input per kg handled pods
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: reasoned_estimate

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Minimally handled green uncured pods (conditioned_green_pods)

Identity and quantity rule: Measure after shade holding or loose field-matter removal; product remains green, uncured, undried and mostly odourless.

• Selected flow: Internal minimally handled green uncured pods

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Measure after shade holding or loose field-matter removal; product remains green, uncured, undried and mostly odourless.

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg handled green pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: process_output

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_primary_conditioning

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: qa_guardrail
  • Lower: 0.5
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg harvested input
  • Basis: handled green pods per kg harvested input
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: reasoned_estimate

Waste flows

Loose field matter and handling rejects (conditioning_rejects)

Identity and quantity rule: Measure removed soil, plant fragments and damaged pods by destination.

• Selected flow: Internal/deferred handling waste by material and destination

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Measure removed soil, plant fragments and damaged pods by destination.

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg harvested input.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: process_output

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_primary_conditioning

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: default_estimate
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.5
  • Unit: kg/kg harvested input
  • Basis: removed matter and rejects per kg harvested input
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: reasoned_estimate

Elementary flows

Process: Green-pod grading and farm-gate hand-off (green_pod_grading_handoff)

The input is classified into the accepted declared grade and downgraded, rejected or waste destinations, with hand-off strictly before curing.

Inputs

Product flows

Minimally handled green pods entering grading (conditioned_pods_input)

Identity and quantity rule: Internal transfer equal to measured handled-pod output.

• Selected flow: Internal minimally handled green uncured pods

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Internal transfer equal to measured handled-pod output.

• Value mode: calculated_value

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection

• Collection protocol: cp_green_pod_grading

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: qa_guardrail
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 2
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: grading input per kg accepted output
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: reasoned_estimate

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted mature green uncured vanilla pods at farm gate (vanilla_raw_reference)

Identity and quantity rule: Exactly 1 kg after grade reconciliation; fixed identity is detail-confirmed CPC 01658 Product flow at farm gate and narrowed by required qualifiers.

• Selected flow: Vanilla, raw 51e085e4-b15c-4933-b7eb-45eee9bd8958

• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Exactly 1 kg after grade reconciliation; fixed identity is detail-confirmed CPC 01658 Product flow at farm gate and narrowed by required qualifiers.

• Amount rule: 1 kg

• Value mode: fixed_value

• Specificity: generic Raw activity or stage basis: 1 kg accepted mature green uncured pods.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: reference_flow

• Evidence kind: method_formula

• Sources: reference-normalization-definition

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: allowed_range
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: reference product divided by the 1 kg reference amount
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: method_formula
  • Sources: reference-normalization-definition

Waste flows

Off-grade, damaged or rejected green pods (off_grade_pods)

Identity and quantity rule: Measure each off-grade, damage, rework, recovery or discard route; rework may return once with a linked lot and may not enter accepted output twice.

• Selected flow: Internal/deferred off-grade pod waste by state and destination

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Measure each off-grade, damage, rework, recovery or discard route; rework may return once with a linked lot and may not enter accepted output twice.

• Value mode: foreground_record

• Specificity: site_specific Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg grading input.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: process_output

• Evidence kind: collected_record

• Collection protocol: cp_green_pod_grading

• Range: Quantity QA range

  • Range role: default_estimate
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg grading input
  • Basis: off-grade or rejected pods per kg grading input
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: reasoned_estimate

Elementary flows

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_perennial_periods	establishment, replacement and productive years	Attribute once across the declared productive period using accepted green-pod mass from that period; retain phase/year links and disclose unproductive years.
allocation_repeated_harvest	selective harvest rounds	Assign round-specific inputs, energy, rejects and output directly; allocate truly shared burdens by harvested mass across relevant rounds without period-level duplication.
allocation_shared_infrastructure	supports, shade, irrigation, tools and other shared assets	Enumerate consuming nodes and service periods, choose one documented use-time, area or productive-output basis and prevent duplication.
allocation_rejects	residues and rejected or off-grade pods	Discard receives no avoided-burden credit; a recovered product leaving the boundary is separate and requires disclosed allocation or substitution and sensitivity.
allocation_single_reference_product	accepted green uncured pods	The baseline has one intended reference product; rejects, incidental matter, retained immature pods and residues cannot become co-products merely to reduce burden.

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

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_perennial_vine_records	perennial_vine_management	propagation, vine phases, support, pollination, standing crop	field register	species; source; mass; vine count/age; establishment/replacement; support/shade; pollination; dates; harvest-ready mass	Reconcile plot, propagation and observation records by route and period; Raw aggregation and attribution: stratify before attribution and aggregation	kg; count; date	each event and season	all burden-bearing years	farm and plot	per declared reference flow	dated records, invoices, species record and sign-off
cp_management_inputs	perennial_vine_management	nutrients, irrigation, energy	invoice, log, meter	product; composition; mass; water source/volume; pump hours/rate; carrier/quantity; node; date	record each event and calculate only with verified factors; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by actual product/carrier before normalization	kg; m3; kWh; L; MJ	each application or meter interval	complete reporting period	farm, plot and equipment route	per declared reference flow	invoice, calibration, log and factor record
cp_residue_and_emission_records	perennial_vine_management	residues and emissions	weighing log and calculation sheet	material; mass; destination; substance; basis; compartment; activity; factor; method	weigh exported residues and calculate identified emissions only; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile destinations; aggregate after resolution cultivation_residues_specific_output: Mandatory material, quantity and boundary-role identification, not a selected exchange. Preserved collection scope: Identity and quantity rule: Measure residues by retained, recovered, treated or discarded destination; in-situ material is not also exported as waste. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted green uncured pods. Retain every actual material and fate, including materials not represented by the conditional card. Record actual composition/state, native property/unit, measured quantity, cohort/period, recipient, treatment responsibility and unique handover; keep original throughput, normalization and allocation duties. Before completeness, instantiate only actual distinct physical exchanges with compatible UUIDs or exact unresolved identities. A real mixed stream remains one measured composition-defined identity; do not invent segregation or duplicate mixture/component exports. Retained/deferred stock, in-situ residues and soil returned directly to the environment keep their actual balance/stock/return roles, not assumed technosphere waste exports; establish method and boundary responsibility before any elementary exchange. Independently sold recovery needs its actual Product handover and must not also be this waste. Missing records are not zero and the retired class-level numerical screen is not a component limit.	kg	each removal and calculation period	complete reporting period	plot and destination	per declared reference flow	scale, receipt, method citation and review
cp_selective_harvest_rounds	selective_pod_harvest	harvest, rejects, losses, energy	lot sheet	round/date; plot; species; maturity; masses; retained status; carrier; labour mode	weigh each round and link equipment records; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum linked rounds and keep rejects separate	kg; MJ; date	every round	all contributing rounds	plot, round and lot	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale, signed lot sheet and energy log
cp_primary_conditioning	on_farm_primary_conditioning	input, handled pods, removed matter	handling sheet	lot; input/output mass; holding time; operations; rejects/destination; no-curing declaration	weigh before/after and document no curing or deliberate drying; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile input, output, rejects and loss	kg; hour	every lot	all contributing lots	handling area and lot	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale, time log, checklist and photos/equivalent
cp_green_pod_grading	green_pod_grading_handoff	accepted grade, off-grade, rework, hand-off	grading/dispatch record	lot; species; maturity; grade; input; accepted; off-grade; rework; destination; date; uncured state	weigh each state and link accepted lots to pre-curing dispatch; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile all states and remove rework duplication	kg; date	every lot	all contributing lots	grading site and lot	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale, grade specification, dispatch and no-curing declaration
cp_phase1_environment_coverage	perennial_vine_management	managed environmental coverage by actual node	site/activity/method ledger	actual production nodes; soil/substrate route; climate/soil; nutrient product mass and composition; residue fate/N; relevant mineralisation/organic-soil/excreta activity; method/tier/equation/version; pathway factors and units; lime/urea; actual fuels; substance/compartment; supplier coverage; 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_reference_normalization	all inventory rows	normalized amount = attributed amount / accepted reference mass	attributed amount; accepted mass	amount per kg reference product	reference-normalization-definition
calc_period_attribution	establishment, replacement, shared infrastructure	attributed burden = recorded burden × documented service share	burden; nodes; period; share basis	period-attributed burden
calc_harvest_round_sum	repeated selective harvest	period mass = sum of linked round masses; rejects and retained pods separate	round; harvested; reject; retained status	period harvested/rejected mass
calc_mass_reconciliation	handling and grading	difference = input - accepted - rejects - retained/transferred outputs	input and all state masses	difference and completeness flag	reference-normalization-definition
propagation_material_identity_and_fate	perennial_vine_management	For the original propagation_material collection role at this operation, identify the actual physical form, species/material, composition, state and supply/treatment boundary before creating exchanges. Each seed lot, transplant, crown, cutting, larval stage, formulation, coating, preservative or separated residue actually used/generated requires its own concrete card where relevant to this role; these examples are alternatives, not a required recipe. Retain existing collection records and route-specific source evidence. Count-based planting records require measured or supplier-supported mass-per-unit when matched to a mass-based provider; retain count and mass as linked attributes rather than two purchases. Do not merge separate husk/shell or separate agents. A real mixed stream requires composition and recipient evidence and is counted once. Before completeness, record every applicable amount and native unit, link a compatible verified UUID or explicitly unresolved identity, preserve stock/return attribution, and normalize the attributable raw quantity once to the accepted reference output. Missing records are not zero; aggregate ranges are not individual-input defaults.	cp_perennial_vine_records	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records
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_residue_and_emission_records; 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_environment_coverage	actual managed-production nodes	For the actual owned managed-production node(s), require an applicability ledger for direct soil N2O, volatilisation/deposition-derived indirect N2O, leaching/runoff-derived indirect N2O, NH3/NOx and nutrient losses, plus actual liming/urea-use CO2. Primary calculation precedence is a representative pathway measurement, then a validated site/national method applicable to the crop, soil and management; otherwise use the compatible 2006 IPCC/2019-refined managed-soil equations and climate/input-specific factor selection for N2O and lime/urea CO2. Retain the exact edition, equation, tier, activity and factor units, climate and management applicability; no universal dose or emission factor is prescribed. Non-soil/protected routes need a method valid for their actual medium; do not force soil factors onto an inapplicable route. Use the same period/field N ledger for synthetic and organic additions, residues, actual relevant mineralisation/organic-soil and excreta pathways; demonstrate absent pathways rather than infer zero. Calculate direct and each indirect component separately, then assign each once to matching existing or new concrete cards; never add a total to its components. Convert N2O-N to molecular N2O by 44/28 once. NH3, NOx and nutrient/pesticide loss require an applicable measured or documented substance/fate model; total N/P or an unexplained balance residual is not a compound release. Keep actual receiving compartments and molecular versus elemental/reporting bases explicit; indirect formation does not remove the same N from the source ledger twice. Include actual local combustion releases separately using fuel-specific combustion-only methods; purchased electricity/heat/services retain upstream coverage once. Add one identity-specific exchange only for a supported release and reuse an existing matching card, with verified UUID or explicit unresolved identity. Missing applicable method/activity/factor/identity blocks completeness; it is not a justified zero. Attribute raw activity/release totals and normalize once to the matched accepted reference output.	cp_phase1_environment_coverage	attributed native environmental quantities per matched final reference	review-ipcc-soils-2019
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_state	reference product and lots	Species, maturity, grade, uncured/undried state, moisture basis and farm-gate hand-off are complete.	species, grade, lot, no-curing and dispatch records
dq_temporal_completeness	perennial route and harvest	Cover all burden-bearing phases and contributing rounds and disclose exclusions.	plot history, phase, round and replacement records
dq_route_separation	alternative routes	Preserve route differences until weighting is reproducible.	route-coded records and aggregation sheet
dq_mass_balance	harvest, handling, grading	Reconcile each round/lot and investigate differences beyond site tolerance.	signed balance and calibration record
dq_flow_resolution	concrete flow identity evidence	Verify each actual exchange against its concrete flow UUID, physical state, property and unit; preserve explicit unresolved identities when confirmation is unavailable.	exchange-resolution and detail evidence

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_reference_identity	reference product	Require fixed UUID, Mass property/unit group and all qualifiers; reject cured, dried, aroma-developed, plant-gate cleaned/sorted goods and extract.	fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium
validate_process_topology	process map	Require all four nodes and hand-offs; harvest links to standing vines and conditioning/grading remain before curing.	fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium
validate_maturity_grade_species	every accepted lot	Require species, maturity criterion, grade, green uncured state and farm-gate hand-off.	fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium
validate_period_attribution	perennial and shared burdens	Require phase, service-period, consuming-node and attribution evidence; fail omission or duplication.
validate_round_completeness	repeated selective harvest	Require complete ordered rounds and reconcile harvested, rejected, retained and lost states.
validate_reject_routing	rejected and off-grade states	Each state links to one rework, downgraded/recovered exit or discard destination and is excluded from accepted output.
validate_flow_bindings	all cards	Verify each actual exchange against its concrete flow UUID, physical state, property and unit; preserve explicit unresolved identities when confirmation is unavailable.
validate_mass_balance	harvest, handling and grading	Reconcile inputs and outputs by round/lot and explain mass loss.	reference-normalization-definition

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground production package for mature green uncured vanilla pods at farm gate
downstream_use	secondary_dataset; background_dataset after independent review and geography, time and technology matching
allowed_use	Farm-gate LCA of green raw pods and upstream input to a separately modelled curing system
excluded_use	Cured/dried pods, plant-gate cleaned/sorted goods, extract, powder or unspecified aromatic vanilla product
required_metadata	species; plot/geography; support/shade; pollination; vine phase/productive period; replacements; rounds; maturity/grade; moisture; uncured state; reject destinations; hand-off
required_quality_disclosure	phase/round coverage; route separation; flow resolution; meter/scale quality; mass balance; shared infrastructure attribution; exclusions; provisional-range status
update_trigger	Change in species, route, period attribution, maturity/grade, hand-off state, topology, reference UUID, concrete flow identity verification

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
fao-vanilla-postharvest-compendium	official_guidance	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Vanilla: Post-harvest Operations, Post-harvest Compendium	Production/harvest sequence; green mature pods mostly odourless; curing as separate aroma-development operation; pre-curing boundary and exclusions
reference-normalization-definition	method_factor	This PCR 1 kg as-received reference normalization and node mass-balance identity	Exact reference output, normalization and mass reconciliation
review-ipcc-soils-2019	official_guidance	IPCC 2019 Refinement, Volume 4, Chapter 11, https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/pdf/4_Volume4/19R_V4_Ch11_Soils_N2O_CO2.pdf	Managed-soil direct/indirect N2O and lime/urea CO2 method context; factors require actual applicability and site activity, not a product default.