Vegetable seeds, except beet seeds

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CPC 3.0:01260 · exact

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1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers vegetable seed lots produced for agricultural or horticultural sowing, except beet seed. The foreground route begins with the planting seed or parent material used to establish one seed crop and ends at the declared seed release gate after harvest, seed extraction or threshing, drying, cleaning, grading, quality testing, optional treatment or pelleting, packaging, and any included pre-gate storage. It applies to open-field and protected seed crops, self-pollinated, cross-pollinated, hybrid and open-pollinated routes, and untreated, chemically treated, coated, encrusted, or pelleted lots.

The lot is identified at species and variety or hybrid level. For fleshy-fruited or mucilaginous vegetables, wet extraction or fermentation is included when it occurs before the release gate. Field isolation, roguing, pollination management, disease control, harvest maturity, and seed-bearing organ handling are included when attributable to the declared lot. The PCR does not impose one agronomic recipe or one legal certification system; the applicable national or market scheme and the actual lot state must be disclosed.

Beet seed, vegetative planting material (including seedlings, bulbs, tubers, roots, cuttings, and grafts), ornamental seed, food or feed grain, edible vegetable products, breeder or genebank research material that is not prepared as a market seed lot, machinery and building manufacture, land-use change, post-release distribution, retail, planting, and vegetable crop production from the released seed are outside the default boundary. A lot rejected for sowing remains a waste or diverted product output until its documented destination is known.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.vegetable-seeds-except-beet-seeds
classification_refs	CPC 3.0 01260 — Vegetable seeds, except beet seeds; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	Market-ready seed lots of vegetable species other than beet, including open-pollinated and hybrid seed and untreated, treated, coated, encrusted, or pelleted seed, with declared species, variety or hybrid, seed class, moisture, physical purity, germination or viability, health, lot, and packaging state
excluded_products	Beet seed; seedlings, transplants, bulbs, tubers, roots, cuttings, grafts, ornamental seed, food or feed grain, edible vegetables, breeder or genebank material not released as a seed lot, and post-release crop production or distribution
representative_product	1 kg of one declared vegetable species and variety or hybrid in a released seed lot, with a documented seed class, moisture, purity, germination or viability, treatment state, lot identity, and gate
production_route	Planting seed or parent stock → field establishment and isolation → roguing, pollination, crop management, and maturation → harvest and seed extraction or threshing → drying, cleaning, and grading → optional treatment, coating, or pelleting → testing, packaging, pre-gate storage, and lot release
market_state	Released vegetable seed at the declared farm, processor, or dispatch gate, in bulk or sealed packaging, with species and variety or hybrid identity, lot traceability, quality results, treatment declaration, net quantity, moisture basis, and intended sowing use

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Market-ready vegetable seed, except beet seed, at the declared release gate
How much	1 kg net accepted seed
How well	Declared species; variety or hybrid; seed class and generation; untreated, treated, coated, encrusted, or pelleted state; moisture basis; analytical purity; germination or viability; health or phytosanitary status; lot identity; packaging state; geography; and release gate
How long or cycle	One complete seed crop multiplication cycle plus attributable harvest, extraction, conditioning, testing, packaging, and pre-gate storage; storage duration is declared when included
reference_flow_link	`reference_product_at_declared_handoff`

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Vegetable seed, except beet seed, market-ready lot
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; variety or hybrid and parent-line role where relevant; seed class and generation; production geography; crop cycle; pollination and isolation route; seed-bearing organ; harvested and accepted mass; moisture basis; analytical purity; germination or viability; health status; treatment, coating, encrusting, or pelleting; packaging; storage duration; lot identifier; intended sowing use; and declared release gate

When constructing a foreground data package, every item in Required qualifiers must be declared in dataset metadata, process notes, the reference-flow comment, product description, lot certificate, or an equivalent data-package field. The reference amount is net accepted seed; rejected lots and conditioning losses are not silently included in that amount.

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 vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage 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 vegetable_seed_release_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_mass`	reference product and released lot	Mass	kg	Report the accepted released seed on a declared as-received moisture basis. If the source record is a seed count, convert with measured thousand-seed weight or a transparent lot-specific count-to-mass record.
`moisture_basis`	seed-bearing material, raw seed, conditioned seed, and released seed	Mass and moisture content	kg and %	Retain as-received mass, moisture measurement, and any dry or standard-moisture conversion. Do not mix wet extraction, drying, or packaging records on incompatible moisture bases.
`field_to_lot_normalization`	field activities and harvest outputs	Area and mass	ha and kg	Normalize crop-cycle field totals by accepted released seed from the same species, variety or hybrid, geography, and production cycle before scaling to the 1 kg reference flow.
`seed_quality_attributes`	released lot	Germination or viability, purity, and seed health	% or test-specific unit	Preserve the test method, sample date, lot identifier, and result for germination or viability, analytical purity, other-seed content, and health claims; do not replace a missing test with a generic category value.
`treatment_basis`	treatment, coating, encrusting, or pelleting inputs	Product mass and active or carrier mass	kg product and kg active or carrier	Record the actual formulation, application rate, active ingredients or coating carrier, and treated seed mass separately; disclose whether treatment is included in the released product state.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Planting seed, parent line, or source stock and the field or protected-crop unit at the start of one declared seed multiplication cycle; purchased management inputs cross the foreground boundary
starting_condition_role	Start of vegetable seed crop establishment and multiplication
product_classification_scope	Vegetable seed lots for agricultural or horticultural sowing, except beet seed; CPC 01260 is mapping context and does not replace species, variety, or product-state identity
recursive_input_rule	Planting seed or parent stock that is itself a vegetable seed is recorded as a separate upstream product input with its species, variety or hybrid, class, quantity, and source. It is never netted against the released seed output or linked back to the same lot as a closed loop.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Use compatible upstream datasets for planting or parent seed, fertilizer and soil-amendment products, crop-protection products, irrigation or process water, fuels, electricity and process heat, treatment or coating products, packaging, purchased transport, and waste or wastewater services when those inputs cross the boundary.
disclosure	Declare species, variety or hybrid, parent-line role, seed class and generation, geography, protected or open-field route, isolation and pollination practice, field area, crop dates, harvest and extraction route, yield, moisture, purity, germination or viability, health tests, treatment and packaging state, storage duration, gate, output fates, and identity evidence gaps.

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
`boundary_seed_multiplication_cycle`	field establishment and management	Include attributable planting, isolation, roguing, pollination, nutrient and crop-protection management, irrigation, fuel and direct field emissions for the declared seed crop cycle. Exclude variety breeding, parent maintenance, and unrelated infrastructure unless they are explicitly assigned to the lot.	`fao-seed-systems`; `oecd-seed-schemes`; `ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o`
`boundary_harvest_to_release`	harvest, extraction, conditioning, treatment, and release	Include harvest, seed extraction or threshing, drying, cleaning, grading, testing, treatment, coating, pelleting, packaging, handling, and pre-gate storage that occur before the declared release gate. Include each operation only once even when a contractor record embeds upstream energy.	`fao-seed-processing-manual`; `fao-vegetable-seed-drying-storage`; `eu-vegetable-seed-directive`
`boundary_wet_extraction`	fleshy-fruited or mucilaginous seed routes	Include wet extraction, fermentation, wash water, wastewater, and treatment or discharge when they occur before release; record zero or not applicable only with a route declaration showing that dry extraction is used.	`fao-seed-processing-manual`; `mass-balance-identity`
`boundary_post_release_exclusion`	downstream activities	Exclude post-release distribution, retail, sowing, vegetable crop cultivation, consumer use, seed end-of-life, machinery and building manufacture, and land-use change unless a separate study scope explicitly adds them.	`eu-vegetable-seed-directive`

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication`	Vegetable seed crop establishment and field multiplication	required	always	establish, isolate, manage, pollinate, and mature the declared vegetable seed crop	crop-cycle field area, management inputs, and harvested seed-bearing material
`vegetable_seed_harvest_and_extraction`	Vegetable seed harvest and seed extraction	required	always	harvest mature seed-bearing organs and separate seed from fruit, pod, capsule, inflorescence, or other carrier	incoming harvested material, raw extracted seed, residues, water, energy, and wastewater
`vegetable_seed_conditioning_and_grading`	Vegetable seed drying, cleaning, grading, and quality release	required	always for a released lot; individual drying, wet-cleaning, or grading steps may be zero or not applicable when the lot route documents that state	prepare raw seed for testing and release by moisture control, cleaning, grading, sampling, and quality checks	raw seed input and conditioned seed output on a declared moisture basis
`vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage`	Vegetable seed treatment, packaging, storage, and release	conditional	treatment, coating, pelleting, packaging, or pre-gate storage occurs before the declared release gate	apply declared product treatment or physical enhancement and deliver a traceable released lot	conditioned seed, treatment and packaging materials, storage energy, and released seed
`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: Vegetable seed crop establishment and field multiplication (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication`)

Inputs

Product flows

Urea fertilizer (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea`)

Collection scope and applicability for vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_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 converted to 1 kg released seed.

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_seed_field_activity_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_seed_field_activity_records
Sources: 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 (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_ammonium_sulfate`)

Selected flow: Ammonium sulfate 8c6f0cbb-16d7-4dc9-8d55-e8dea17d7faf
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_seed_field_activity_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_seed_field_activity_records
Sources: fao-fertilizer-identities

Triple superphosphate fertilizer (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_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_seed_field_activity_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_seed_field_activity_records
Sources: fao-fertilizer-identities

Potassium chloride fertilizer (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride`)

Selected flow: Potassium chloride fertilizer
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_seed_field_activity_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_seed_field_activity_records
Sources: fao-fertilizer-identities

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure`)

Selected flow: Cattle manure applied as fertilizer
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_seed_field_activity_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_seed_field_activity_records
Sources: fao-organic-nutrients

Composted plant residues applied to soil (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_plant_compost`)

Selected flow: Composted plant residues applied to soil
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_seed_field_activity_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_seed_field_activity_records
Sources: fao-organic-nutrients

Irrigation water supplied (`irrigation_water_input`)

Record applied irrigation by field and crop cycle. Rain-fed lots record zero only when the water balance or field record supports no applied irrigation.

Selected flow: Irrigation water supply
Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
Amount rule: meter or validated application estimate by field and crop cycle
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_seed_field_activity_records
Sources: fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56
Range: Provisional irrigation screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 8,000
- Unit: m3/ha
- Basis: one crop cycle; replace with local crop-water balance and irrigation records
- Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Diesel fuel (`field_fuel_input_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 field_fuel_input_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_seed_field_activity_records for vegetable_seed_field_multiplication. 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_seed_field_activity_records
Sources: route-energy-fao

Elementary flows

Agricultural land occupation (`field_land_occupation`)

Record the field or protected-crop area and the time occupied by the declared seed crop. Report protected structures or perennial infrastructure separately when they are intentionally included in the study scope.

Selected flow: Agricultural land occupation
Flow property / unit: Area-time / ha·crop cycle
Amount rule: field or protected-crop area multiplied by the declared occupation period
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_seed_field_activity_records
Sources: fao-seed-systems
Range: Provisional land-occupation screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0.0001
- Upper: 2
- Unit: ha·crop cycle/kg released seed
- Basis: broad first-pass range across species and seed yield; replace with measured area and accepted lot mass
- Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Harvested seed-bearing material (`harvested_seed_bearing_material`)

Record the mature pods, fruits, capsules, umbels, heads, or other seed-bearing material leaving field production for the extraction process. Declare whether any edible or marketable co-product is removed at harvest.

Selected flow: Harvested vegetable seed-bearing material before extraction
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured harvested mass on a declared moisture basis, with seed-bearing organ and harvest maturity recorded
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_seed_field_output_records
Sources:
Range: Provisional harvested-material screening estimate
- Range role: Typical range (typical_range)
- Lower: 100
- Upper: 100,000
- Unit: kg/ha
- Basis: broad range spanning dry pods and seed-bearing fleshy fruit; replace with measured crop and route data
- Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Field residues and non-harvested biomass (`field_residue_output`)

Record plant residues left in the field, removed for a documented use, composted, burned, or sent to waste treatment. Do not treat residues as a co-product without a positive destination and hand-off.

Selected flow: Vegetable seed-crop field residues and non-harvested biomass
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg dry or as-received basis, with basis declared
Amount rule: measured or calculated residue mass by destination and moisture basis
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_seed_field_output_records
Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
Range: Provisional field-residue screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 100,000
- Unit: kg/ha
- Basis: all declared field residue destinations on a common moisture basis
- Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Nitrous oxide from managed seed-crop soil (`field_n2o_emission`)

Record direct and indirect soil nitrous-oxide emissions only from a declared geographically applicable method using the nutrient, residue, soil, water, and climate records for the same crop cycle.

Selected flow: Nitrous oxide emission to air from managed soil
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg N2O
Amount rule: calculate from fertilizer and amendment nitrogen, residue nitrogen, and applicable direct or indirect pathways; report the factor set and basis
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: N input (n_input)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_seed_field_emission_activity
Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
Range: Provisional soil-N2O screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 100
- Unit: kg N2O/ha
- Basis: one crop cycle and declared nitrogen input; replace with selected regional method
- Basis kind: N input (n_input)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

The final exchange is kg N2O. Keep species-specific elemental-N activity and any N-based factor/range in a separate calculation ledger. Convert that species-specific N mass by 44/28 exactly once before normalization; never reconvert compound mass or apply an N-based range directly to compound mass. A total nitrogen-loss pool is not this species without a supported split. Retain the actual receiving compartment and method boundaries; unknown identity or activity is not zero.

Ammonia from seed-crop nutrient management (`field_ammonia_emission`)

Record ammonia volatilization when the selected method and nitrogen application records support it. Keep product form, application method, timing, and receiving medium in the foreground record.

Selected flow: Ammonia emission to air from seed-crop nutrient management
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg NH3
Amount rule: calculate by nitrogen source, application method, timing, and applicable factor
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: N input (n_input)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_seed_field_emission_activity
Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
Range: Provisional ammonia screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 50
- Unit: kg NH3/ha
- Basis: one crop cycle and declared nitrogen input; replace with a geographically applicable ammonia method
- Basis kind: N input (n_input)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Nitrate loss to water from the seed crop (`field_nitrate_emission`)

Record nitrate leaching or runoff only when supported by a monitored balance, an applicable model, or a reviewed inventory method. Keep the water pathway and receiving medium explicit.

Selected flow: Nitrate emission to water from seed-crop field
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg NO3-
Amount rule: calculate from nitrogen inputs, soil and water conditions, drainage or runoff, and the selected method; do not infer a loss from fertilizer mass alone
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per crop cycle and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: N input (n_input)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_seed_field_emission_activity
Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
Range: Provisional nitrate-loss screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 200
- Unit: kg nitrate/ha
- Basis: one crop cycle; replace with site water-balance or regional leaching method
- Basis kind: N input (n_input)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

The final exchange is kg NO3-. Keep species-specific elemental-N activity and any N-based factor/range in a separate calculation ledger. Convert that species-specific N mass by 62/14 exactly once before normalization; never reconvert compound mass or apply an N-based range directly to compound mass. A total nitrogen-loss pool is not this species without a supported split. Retain the actual receiving compartment and method boundaries; unknown identity or activity is not zero.

Process: Vegetable seed harvest and seed extraction (`vegetable_seed_harvest_and_extraction`)

Inputs

Product flows

Harvested seed-bearing material entering extraction (`harvested_material_extraction_input`)

Record the harvested material transferred from field production into threshing, pod opening, fruit maceration, fermentation, or another seed-extraction operation. Match its lot and moisture basis to the field output record.

Selected flow: Harvested vegetable seed-bearing material before extraction
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured incoming mass matched to field, harvest date, seed-bearing organ, and moisture basis
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per extraction batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_extraction_records
Sources: fao-seed-processing-manual
Range: Provisional extraction-input screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 100
- Upper: 100,000
- Unit: kg/1 kg released seed
- Basis: broad route-dependent ratio; replace with matched batch records and common moisture basis
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Water supplied for wet extraction (`wet_extraction_water_input`)

Record wash, maceration, fermentation, or separation water only when the species and route require wet extraction before conditioning. Dry extraction records zero or not applicable with a route declaration.

Selected flow: Process water for wet seed extraction
Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
Amount rule: meter or batch record for water added to wet extraction and washing
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per extraction batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_extraction_records
Sources: fao-seed-processing-manual
Range: Provisional wet-extraction water screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 200
- Unit: m3/1,000 kg incoming seed-bearing material
- Basis: wet routes only; replace with species and equipment records
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity for harvest and extraction (`extraction_electricity_input`)

Record electricity for threshing, shelling, maceration, separation, pumping, and extraction equipment that occurs before the conditioning process.

Selected flow: Electricity supply for seed harvest and extraction
Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
Amount rule: meter record or equipment power multiplied by verified operating time, matched to extraction batches
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per extraction batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_extraction_records
Sources:
Range: Provisional extraction-electricity screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 250
- Unit: kWh/1,000 kg incoming seed-bearing material
- Basis: extraction batch; replace with meter and equipment records
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Raw extracted vegetable seed (`raw_extracted_seed_output`)

Record seed separated from the seed-bearing organ before final drying, cleaning, and grading. Identify the lot, species, variety or hybrid, and moisture state.

Selected flow: Raw extracted vegetable seed before conditioning
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured recovered seed mass on a declared as-received moisture basis
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per extraction batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_extraction_records
Sources:
Range: Provisional raw-seed recovery screening estimate
- Range role: Typical range (typical_range)
- Lower: 0.1
- Upper: 500
- Unit: kg/1,000 kg incoming seed-bearing material
- Basis: broad range across dry-pod and fleshy-fruit extraction routes
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Non-seed extraction residue (`extraction_residue_output`)

Record fruit flesh, pods, husks, pulp, fermentation solids, and other non-seed material by destination. A saleable agricultural co-product requires a documented recipient, use, and hand-off.

Selected flow: Non-seed material from vegetable seed extraction
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg on a declared moisture basis
Amount rule: measured residue mass by material class and destination, reconciled to incoming and recovered seed
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per extraction batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_extraction_records
Sources: mass-balance-identity
Range: Provisional extraction-residue screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 999
- Unit: kg/1,000 kg incoming seed-bearing material
- Basis: material remaining after recovered seed and documented useful outputs
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Wastewater from wet extraction (`extraction_wastewater_output`)

Record wastewater from fermentation, washing, and separation when it leaves the extraction boundary. Declare treatment, discharge, reuse, or storage fate.

Selected flow: Wastewater from wet vegetable seed extraction
Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
Amount rule: measured discharge or water-balance estimate, with suspended solids and treatment or discharge route recorded where available
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per extraction batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_extraction_records
Sources: mass-balance-identity
Range: Provisional extraction-wastewater screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 200
- Unit: m3/1,000 kg incoming seed-bearing material
- Basis: wet extraction routes only
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Particulate matter from extraction handling (`extraction_particulate_emission`)

Record dust or particulate released from dry threshing, shelling, conveying, or extraction handling when it crosses the boundary; retain the species, particle or method basis, and capture system.

Selected flow: Particulate matter emission to ambient air from seed extraction
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg particulate matter
Amount rule: measured, captured-mass balance, or method-calculated particulate release with the selected particle basis disclosed
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per extraction batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_harvest_extraction_records
Sources:
Range: Provisional extraction-particulate screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 5
- Unit: kg/1,000 kg incoming seed-bearing material
- Basis: dry handling and extraction operations; replace with capture or emission records
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Vegetable seed drying, cleaning, grading, and quality release (`vegetable_seed_conditioning_and_grading`)

Inputs

Product flows

Raw extracted seed entering conditioning (`raw_seed_conditioning_input`)

Record the raw seed received by the conditioning line, including moisture, contamination, lot identity, and any pre-cleaning or temporary holding state.

Selected flow: Raw extracted vegetable seed before conditioning
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured incoming seed mass and moisture for each conditioning batch
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per conditioning batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_records
Sources: fao-seed-processing-manual
Range: Provisional conditioning-input screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 1,000
- Upper: 2,000
- Unit: kg/1,000 kg accepted conditioned seed
- Basis: incoming mass on a declared moisture basis; replace with matched batch records
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity for seed conditioning (`conditioning_electricity_input`)

Record electricity for pre-cleaning, air-screen cleaning, aspiration, separation, conveying, drying fans, grading, and testing equipment.

Selected flow: Electricity supply for vegetable seed conditioning
Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
Amount rule: meter record or equipment power multiplied by verified operating time and matched to processed mass
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per conditioning batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_records
Sources: fao-seed-processing-manual
Range: Provisional conditioning-electricity screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 300
- Unit: kWh/1,000 kg accepted conditioned seed
- Basis: cleaning, grading, fans, conveying, testing, and attributable drying equipment
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Delivered process heat for seed drying (`conditioning_heat_input`)

Record supplied heat for drying when the site receives a heat service or a measured delivered-heat stream. Declare carrier, inlet and outlet conditions, and moisture reduction.

Selected flow: Purchased process heat for seed drying
Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
Amount rule: measured delivered heat or validated heat balance for the drying batch
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per conditioning batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_records
Sources: fao-seed-processing-manual; fao-vegetable-seed-drying-storage
Range: Provisional drying-heat screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 5,000
- Unit: MJ/1,000 kg accepted conditioned seed
- Basis: heat delivered to remove measured moisture; replace with equipment and batch energy records
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Water supplied for conditioning (`conditioning_water_input`)

Record water for wet cleaning, de-mucilaging, or other conditioning steps only when the route uses it. Dry conditioning records zero or not applicable with the route and equipment declared.

Selected flow: Process water for vegetable seed conditioning
Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
Amount rule: meter or batch water record matched to the conditioning line and wastewater fate
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per conditioning batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_records
Sources: fao-seed-processing-manual
Range: Provisional conditioning-water screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 200
- Unit: m3/1,000 kg accepted conditioned seed
- Basis: wet conditioning routes only
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Conditioned and graded seed (`conditioned_seed_output`)

Record accepted seed after moisture adjustment, cleaning, grading, and pre-release sampling, before optional treatment, coating, pelleting, or final packaging.

Selected flow: Conditioned and graded vegetable seed before treatment or packaging
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured accepted seed mass, moisture, grade, and lot identity after conditioning
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per conditioning batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_records
Sources: fao-seed-processing-manual; ista-seed-testing-rules
Range: Provisional conditioned-seed recovery screening estimate
- Range role: Typical range (typical_range)
- Lower: 700
- Upper: 1,000
- Unit: kg/1,000 kg incoming raw seed
- Basis: accepted conditioned seed after moisture adjustment and removal of foreign matter; replace with batch mass balance
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Seed screenings and off-grade material (`conditioning_screenings_output`)

Record weed seed, other-crop seed, inert material, undersize, damaged seed, and other screenings by material class and destination. A useful co-product requires documented positive use and hand-off.

Selected flow: Seed-conditioning screenings and off-grade material
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg on a declared moisture basis
Amount rule: measured screening and off-grade mass by material class and fate
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per conditioning batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_records
Sources: fao-seed-processing-manual; mass-balance-identity
Range: Provisional conditioning-screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 300
- Unit: kg/1,000 kg incoming raw seed
- Basis: removed foreign matter and nonconforming seed on a declared moisture basis
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Conditioning wastewater (`conditioning_wastewater_output`)

Record wastewater generated by wet cleaning or de-mucilaging and its treatment, discharge, reuse, or storage fate. Dry routes record zero or not applicable with evidence of the route.

Selected flow: Wastewater from vegetable seed conditioning
Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
Amount rule: measured discharge or water-balance estimate matched to conditioning batches and treatment or discharge records
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per conditioning batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_records
Sources: mass-balance-identity
Range: Provisional conditioning-wastewater screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 200
- Unit: m3/1,000 kg accepted conditioned seed
- Basis: wet conditioning routes only
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Particulate matter from conditioning (`conditioning_particulate_emission`)

Record dust released from aspiration, screens, conveyors, dryers, and grading equipment after capture controls, retaining the particle or method basis and capture fate.

Selected flow: Particulate matter emission to ambient air from seed conditioning
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg particulate matter
Amount rule: measured, captured-mass balance, or method-calculated particulate release with capture and receiving medium disclosed
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per conditioning batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_records
Sources:
Range: Provisional conditioning-particulate screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 5
- Unit: kg/1,000 kg accepted conditioned seed
- Basis: dry cleaning, aspiration, drying, and grading operations
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Vegetable seed treatment, packaging, storage, and release (`vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage`)

Inputs

Product flows

Conditioned seed entering final preparation (`conditioned_seed_treatment_input`)

Record the accepted conditioned seed transferred into treatment, coating, pelleting, packaging, or pre-gate storage. Match the lot, moisture, grade, and quality status to the conditioning output.

Selected flow: Conditioned and graded vegetable seed before final preparation
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured incoming seed mass by lot and treatment or packaging batch
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per final-preparation batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_treatment_packaging_records
Sources: fao-seed-processing-manual
Range: Provisional final-preparation input screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 1,000
- Upper: 1,100
- Unit: kg/1,000 kg released seed
- Basis: incoming conditioned seed before product additions, packaging, and documented losses
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity for treatment, packaging, and storage (`final_preparation_electricity_input`)

Record electricity for treatment, coating, pelleting, weighing, bagging, sealing, labelling, warehouse ventilation, and pre-gate storage when those operations are inside the boundary.

Selected flow: Electricity supply for seed treatment, packaging, and pre-gate storage
Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
Amount rule: meter record or verified equipment operating time allocated to the treated or released lot
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per final-preparation batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_treatment_packaging_records
Sources: fao-vegetable-seed-drying-storage
Range: Provisional final-preparation electricity screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 250
- Unit: kWh/1,000 kg released seed
- Basis: treatment, packaging, warehouse, and pre-gate storage operations
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Released market-ready vegetable seed (`vegetable_seed_release_output`)

Record the measured accepted output of vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage 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: Vegetable seed, except beet seed, market-ready lot
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Weigh the accepted net lot output of the actual operation under cp_treatment_packaging_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_treatment_packaging_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: Reference flow (reference_flow)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_treatment_packaging_records
Sources: mass-balance-identity; eu-vegetable-seed-directive

Waste flows

Failed or diverted seed lot (`failed_seed_lot_output`)

Record seed that fails the declared release criteria or is diverted to a documented non-sowing destination. Do not credit it as released seed unless it is reconditioned and passes the release checks as the same declared lot.

Selected flow: Failed, rejected, or diverted vegetable seed lot
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
Amount rule: measured nonconforming or diverted seed mass by reason and destination
Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per final-preparation batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
Collection protocol: cp_treatment_packaging_records
Sources: eu-vegetable-seed-directive; ista-seed-testing-rules
Range: Provisional failed-lot screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 200
- Unit: kg/1,000 kg conditioned seed
- Basis: nonconforming, damaged, expired, or diverted seed before release
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Treatment and pelleting particulate emission (`treatment_particulate_emission`)

Record airborne particulate or treatment dust leaving the treatment or pelleting boundary after capture controls, with treatment identity and receiving medium retained.

Selected flow: Particulate matter emission to ambient air from seed treatment or pelleting
Flow property / unit: Mass / kg particulate matter
Amount rule: measured, captured-mass balance, or method-calculated release from treatment or pelleting, with capture and particle basis disclosed
Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per final-preparation batch and converted to 1 kg released seed.
Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
Collection protocol: cp_treatment_packaging_records
Sources:
Range: Provisional treatment-particulate screening estimate
- Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
- Lower: 0
- Upper: 5
- Unit: kg/1,000 kg released seed
- Basis: treatment, coating, encrusting, or pelleting operations
- Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
- Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

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: Vegetable seed, except beet seed, market-ready lot (UUID unresolved)
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`)

Selected flow: Vegetable seed, except beet seed, market-ready lot (UUID unresolved)
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

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
`allocation_avoid_by_subdivision`	shared field and processing operations	Subdivide records by species, variety or hybrid, seed class, lot, route, and batch wherever measurement permits. Attribute inputs and outputs directly before using allocation.	`iso-14044-2006`
`allocation_marketable_co_products`	edible fruit, vegetable material, or other useful outputs from a seed crop	Treat a non-seed output as a co-product only when its quantity, quality, recipient, use, and hand-off are documented. If burdens cannot be subdivided, use a declared physical or economic allocation basis and disclose sensitivity.	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`
`allocation_field_residue`	field residues and non-harvested biomass	Retained or incorporated residues remain part of the seed-crop foreground and are not credited as exported co-products. Removed material is separated into documented useful output, treatment, or waste fate.	`ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o`; `iso-14044-2006`
`allocation_conditioning_and_packaging`	shared conditioning, treatment, packaging, storage, and testing equipment	Allocate shared meters, equipment, packaging service, and storage by measured seed mass, machine time, or documented service cycles. Do not allocate the full shared burden to a lot when matched batch data are available.	`iso-14044-2006`; `mass-balance-identity`
`allocation_failed_lots`	failed or diverted lots	Keep failed, reprocessed, diverted, and released seed as separate outputs. A reprocessed lot receives the burdens of the additional operation; a diverted lot receives no sowing-product credit unless its declared downstream use is established.	`mass-balance-identity`

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
`field_fuel_input_specific_input`	`cp_seed_field_activity_records`	Operation vegetable_seed_field_multiplication: Record fuel used by tractors, harvest equipment, pumps, and other mobile machinery assigned to the seed crop. Contractor fuel is included when the activity crosses the boundary and is not already embedded in a supplied service dataset. Original quantity method: tank record, invoice, fuel-meter record, or contractor activity converted to the declared carrier basis
`crop_protection_input_specific_input`	`cp_seed_field_activity_records`	Operation vegetable_seed_field_multiplication: Record each crop-protection formulation used for the seed crop, including active ingredient, formulation, rate, application method, and any seed-health or pollination restrictions. The identity requires foreground binding before publication. Original quantity method: sum actual formulated-product applications by field and crop cycle, preserving active-ingredient and formulation identity
`flexible_packaging_input_specific_input`	`cp_treatment_packaging_records`	Operation vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage: Record flexible bags, sachets, liners, films, or other flexible primary packaging introduced before the release gate, including material and mass and whether the package is reusable. Original quantity method: packaging ledger and packing record by material, lot, and released seed mass
`carton_packaging_input_specific_input`	`cp_treatment_packaging_records`	Operation vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage: Record cartons and boxes used before release, with material, mass, reuse, and allocation information. Original quantity method: packaging ledger and packing record allocated to released seed mass
`pallet_crate_input_specific_input`	`cp_treatment_packaging_records`	Operation vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage: Record pallets and crates used for storage or dispatch before release, including reusable service cycles, return losses, and allocation basis. Original quantity method: packaging ledger divided by documented service cycles and allocated to the released seed batch

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_seed_field_activity_records`	`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication`	planting seed; nutrient or soil amendment; irrigation; field fuel; crop protection; land	field log, input invoice, product label, application record, meter, or contractor record	field_id; protected_or_open_route; area; species; variety_or_hybrid; seed_class; parent_role; input_product; amount; nutrient_basis; active_ingredient; date; operation; water_source; contractor_scope	reconcile physical inputs, field area, and operation records to each field and crop cycle; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by physical identity and field; calculate nutrient totals without merging products; normalize with same-cycle accepted released seed `field_fuel_input_specific_input`: Operation vegetable_seed_field_multiplication: Record fuel used by tractors, harvest equipment, pumps, and other mobile machinery assigned to the seed crop. Contractor fuel is included when the activity crosses the boundary and is not already embedded in a supplied service dataset. Original quantity method: tank record, invoice, fuel-meter record, or contractor activity converted to the declared carrier basis 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. `crop_protection_input_specific_input`: Operation vegetable_seed_field_multiplication: Record each crop-protection formulation used for the seed crop, including active ingredient, formulation, rate, application method, and any seed-health or pollination restrictions. The identity requires foreground binding before publication. Original quantity method: sum actual formulated-product applications by field and crop cycle, preserving active-ingredient and formulation identity 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; kg nutrient; L; MJ; m3; ha	every application or operation	complete crop cycle	every represented field or protected unit	per declared reference flow	dated logs; invoices; labels; calibrated meters; application records
`cp_seed_field_output_records`	`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication`	harvested seed-bearing material; field residues	weighbridge, yield monitor, harvest ticket, moisture test, residue record, or destination record	field_id; harvest_date; seed_bearing_organ; maturity; harvested_mass; moisture; accepted_transfer_mass; residue_mass; residue_fate; co_product_destination	match harvest and residue records to field area, crop cycle, and extraction lot; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum each harvest and destination separately and close field-to-extraction transfer	kg; %; ha	each harvest and residue transfer	complete crop cycle	all represented fields	per declared reference flow	scale or yield-monitor calibration; moisture tests; destination or sales records
`cp_seed_field_emission_activity`	`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication`	nitrous oxide; ammonia; nitrate loss	nutrient, soil, water, weather, residue, and emission-model record	fertilizer_product; N_input; organic_N; residue_N; application_method; timing; soil; climate; drainage; runoff; factor_set; model_version	calculate each emission with one declared geographically applicable method and the same activity data used for nutrient accounting; Raw aggregation and attribution: calculate per field and pathway, then normalize with same-cycle accepted released seed	kg N; kg emission; ha	each event and crop-cycle calculation	complete crop cycle	all represented fields	per declared reference flow	source records; factor provenance; model file; method review
`cp_harvest_extraction_records`	`vegetable_seed_harvest_and_extraction`	harvested material; wet extraction water; extraction aids; electricity; raw seed; residue; wastewater; particulate	batch ticket, scale, moisture test, water meter, formulation ledger, electricity meter, and destination record	batch_id; source_field; seed_bearing_organ; incoming_mass; incoming_moisture; water; aid_product; electricity; recovered_seed; recovered_moisture; residue; wastewater; capture; destination	reconcile each extraction batch and distinguish dry, wet, fermentation, and mechanical routes; Raw aggregation and attribution: close incoming mass to recovered seed, useful output, residue, wastewater, and measured losses on declared basis	kg; %; m3; kg product; kWh	each extraction batch	all pre-conditioning extraction	all included equipment and batches	per declared reference flow	calibrated scales and meters; moisture tests; formulation labels; destination and treatment records
`cp_conditioning_records`	`vegetable_seed_conditioning_and_grading`	raw seed; electricity; heat; drying fuel; water; conditioned seed; screenings; wastewater; particulate	batch ticket, scale, moisture and purity tests, meter, fuel record, and destination record	batch_id; incoming_mass; incoming_moisture; electricity; heat; fuel; water; accepted_mass; accepted_moisture; grade; screenings; rejects; wastewater; capture; sample_mass	match conditioning inputs, outputs, quality tests, and meters to the same lot and batch; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum matched batches and allocate shared meters by measured mass or verified machine time `conditioning_fuel_input_specific_input`: Record fuel burned in a stationary dryer or boiler when heat is generated inside the conditioning boundary. Do not duplicate fuel already represented as delivered process heat. fuel meter, tank record, or invoice matched to drying batches and converted to the declared carrier basis This is a mandatory specific-input collection requirement, not a selected exchange. Identify every actual formulation, carrier or independently supplied service from primary records, with physical identity, state, native quantity and supplier specifications. Create a separate concrete card for each actual input before dataset completeness; verify a compatible UUID or explicitly retain its unresolved identity. Product mass and contained active-substance mass are different ledgers: convert only using documented composition and never count both as two purchases. Finished feed and separately added ingredients must not duplicate its recipe. Distinguish fuel purchase, purchased electricity/heat and inclusive machinery services; charge only their actual boundaries once. Preserve the original operation, period, attribution and final-output normalization. Missing identity or records do not establish zero use; no universal component range or invented recipe is supplied. - Range: Provisional drying-fuel screening estimate	kg; %; kWh; MJ; L; m3	each batch or meter period	all pre-release conditioning	all included lines and batches	per declared reference flow	calibrated scales, moisture and purity test records, meter reconciliation, destination evidence
`cp_treatment_packaging_records`	`vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage`	conditioned seed; treatment; coating or pelleting; packaging; electricity; released seed; failed lot; packaging waste; treatment particulate	treatment log, formulation label, scale, packing ledger, warehouse record, electricity meter, quality certificate, and waste record	lot_id; incoming_seed_mass; treatment_product; active; coating_material; dose; packaging_material; packaging_mass; reuse_cycles; electricity; storage_start; storage_end; released_mass; moisture; germination; purity; failed_mass; waste_mass; dust_capture; destination	reconcile each treatment, packaging, storage, and release batch; preserve lot identity and final quality status; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by lot and material; allocate reusable packaging by documented service cycles; close incoming seed to released, failed, and losses `flexible_packaging_input_specific_input`: Operation vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage: Record flexible bags, sachets, liners, films, or other flexible primary packaging introduced before the release gate, including material and mass and whether the package is reusable. Original quantity method: packaging ledger and packing record by material, lot, and released seed mass 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. `carton_packaging_input_specific_input`: Operation vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage: Record cartons and boxes used before release, with material, mass, reuse, and allocation information. Original quantity method: packaging ledger and packing record allocated to released seed mass 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. `pallet_crate_input_specific_input`: Operation vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage: Record pallets and crates used for storage or dispatch before release, including reusable service cycles, return losses, and allocation basis. Original quantity method: packaging ledger divided by documented service cycles and allocated to the released seed batch 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. `seed_treatment_input_specific_input`: Record chemical or biological treatment applied to seed only when the declared product state includes that treatment. Preserve formulation, active ingredients, carrier, dose, application equipment, and treatment lot. measured formulation mass per treated seed mass, with active or biological component identity retained This is a mandatory specific-input collection requirement, not a selected exchange. Identify every actual formulation, carrier or independently supplied service from primary records, with physical identity, state, native quantity and supplier specifications. Create a separate concrete card for each actual input before dataset completeness; verify a compatible UUID or explicitly retain its unresolved identity. Product mass and contained active-substance mass are different ledgers: convert only using documented composition and never count both as two purchases. Finished feed and separately added ingredients must not duplicate its recipe. Distinguish fuel purchase, purchased electricity/heat and inclusive machinery services; charge only their actual boundaries once. Preserve the original operation, period, attribution and final-output normalization. Missing identity or records do not establish zero use; no universal component range or invented recipe is supplied. `eu-vegetable-seed-directive` `packaging_waste_output_specific_output`: Record damaged bags, off-cuts, rejected labels, broken cartons, and other packaging waste generated before the release gate, including take-back or treatment fate. packaging ledger reconciliation by material, damage or reject cause, and destination This is a mandatory specific-output collection requirement, not a selected exchange. Preserve every actual waste, residue, reject and co-product from this operation. Create separate cards for physically distinct streams with actual material, composition/state, quantity, receiving route and Product/Waste role before dataset completeness; verify a compatible UUID or explicitly retain its unresolved identity. A genuinely mixed stream may remain one physically defined mixture supported by composition records; never invent separation or count its components again. Keep liquid and solid treatment quantities separate. Preserve original period, output balance, reference normalization and allocation rules; missing records do not establish zero or exclusion. `mass-balance-identity`	kg; %; kWh; item; days	each lot and release batch	all included treatment, packaging, and pre-gate storage	all included lots and equipment	per declared reference flow	formulation and packaging labels; calibrated scales; quality certificates; warehouse logs; waste and take-back records

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
`calc_field_to_reference_seed`	field inputs, land, residues, and emissions	Crop-cycle quantity / accepted released seed from the same cycle × 1 kg	field quantity; area; accepted released seed; moisture basis	quantity per 1 kg released seed	`mass-balance-identity`
`calc_nutrient_product_basis`	fertilizer and soil-amendment input	Sum each product mass and calculate nutrient content from the declared product label or assay; preserve product and nutrient totals as separate fields	product mass; nutrient fraction or assay; reporting basis	product mass and kg N, P, K, or organic matter by source	`mass-balance-identity`
`calc_managed_soil_emissions`	nitrous oxide, ammonia, and nitrate loss	Apply the selected geographically applicable method to nutrient inputs, residue fate, application practice, soil, climate, drainage, and runoff; report method and factor version	field activity; soil and water data; residue fate; factors	emission quantity by pathway and receiving medium	`ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o`
`calc_extraction_mass_balance`	extraction outputs	Incoming seed-bearing material = recovered raw seed + documented useful output + residue + wastewater-associated solids + measured losses on a common basis	incoming mass and moisture; output and loss records	reconciled extraction outputs and difference	`mass-balance-identity`
`calc_conditioning_mass_balance`	conditioning outputs	Incoming raw seed = accepted conditioned seed + screenings and rejects + moisture loss + measured other loss on a common moisture basis	incoming and accepted mass; moisture; screenings; rejects; loss records	reconciled conditioning outputs and difference	`mass-balance-identity`
`calc_treatment_and_packaging_mass`	treatment, coating, pelleting, and packaging	Keep incoming seed, added treatment or coating materials, final net seed, packaging, and waste as separate quantities; report whether additives are included in net product mass	lot ledger; formulation dose; packaging ledger; final mass	treated or packaged lot mass and material inventory	`mass-balance-identity`
`calc_reusable_packaging`	reusable pallets and crates	Packaging mass / documented service cycles, with return loss assigned to the applicable lots	packaging mass; service cycles; loss; lot mass	allocated packaging service per released seed	`iso-14044-2006`
`calc_reference_scaling`	terminal released seed	Scale all foreground quantities by 1 kg / measured accepted released seed, retaining moisture and quality qualifiers	accepted released seed; all normalized quantities	one-kilogram reference-flow inventory	`mass-balance-identity`
`planting_seed_input_identity_and_fate`	`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication`	For the original planting_seed_input 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_seed_field_activity_records`	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records
`extraction_aid_input_identity_and_fate`	`vegetable_seed_harvest_and_extraction`	For the original extraction_aid_input 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_harvest_extraction_records`	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records
`seed_coating_pelleting_input_identity_and_fate`	`vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage`	For the original seed_coating_pelleting_input 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_treatment_packaging_records`	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records	`fao-seed-processing-manual`
`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_seed_field_emission_activity`; species-specific activity ledger, method pathway and factor basis, matched accepted output	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records

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System boundary rules · 4

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`boundary_seed_multiplication_cycle`	field establishment and management	Include attributable planting, isolation, roguing, pollination, nutrient and crop-protection management, irrigation, fuel and direct field emissions for the declared seed crop cycle. Exclude variety breeding, parent maintenance, and unrelated infrastructure unless they are explicitly assigned to the lot.	fao-seed-systems, oecd-seed-schemes, ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
`boundary_harvest_to_release`	harvest, extraction, conditioning, treatment, and release	Include harvest, seed extraction or threshing, drying, cleaning, grading, testing, treatment, coating, pelleting, packaging, handling, and pre-gate storage that occur before the declared release gate. Include each operation only once even when a contractor record embeds upstream energy.	fao-seed-processing-manual, fao-vegetable-seed-drying-storage, eu-vegetable-seed-directive
`boundary_wet_extraction`	fleshy-fruited or mucilaginous seed routes	Include wet extraction, fermentation, wash water, wastewater, and treatment or discharge when they occur before release; record zero or not applicable only with a route declaration showing that dry extraction is used.	fao-seed-processing-manual, mass-balance-identity
`boundary_post_release_exclusion`	downstream activities	Exclude post-release distribution, retail, sowing, vegetable crop cultivation, consumer use, seed end-of-life, machinery and building manufacture, and land-use change unless a separate study scope explicitly adds them.	eu-vegetable-seed-directive

Allocation rules · 7

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`allocation_avoid_by_subdivision`	shared field and processing operations	Subdivide records by species, variety or hybrid, seed class, lot, route, and batch wherever measurement permits. Attribute inputs and outputs directly before using allocation.	iso-14044-2006
`allocation_marketable_co_products`	edible fruit, vegetable material, or other useful outputs from a seed crop	Treat a non-seed output as a co-product only when its quantity, quality, recipient, use, and hand-off are documented. If burdens cannot be subdivided, use a declared physical or economic allocation basis and disclose sensitivity.	iso-14044-2006, mass-balance-identity
`allocation_field_residue`	field residues and non-harvested biomass	Retained or incorporated residues remain part of the seed-crop foreground and are not credited as exported co-products. Removed material is separated into documented useful output, treatment, or waste fate.	ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o, iso-14044-2006
`allocation_conditioning_and_packaging`	shared conditioning, treatment, packaging, storage, and testing equipment	Allocate shared meters, equipment, packaging service, and storage by measured seed mass, machine time, or documented service cycles. Do not allocate the full shared burden to a lot when matched batch data are available.	iso-14044-2006, mass-balance-identity
`allocation_failed_lots`	failed or diverted lots	Keep failed, reprocessed, diverted, and released seed as separate outputs. A reprocessed lot receives the burdens of the additional operation; a diverted lot receives no sowing-product credit unless its declared downstream use is established.	mass-balance-identity
`allocation_rule_6`	foreground_burden_allocation	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.
`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

Validation rules · 10

Rule ID	Applies to	Rule	Source IDs
`validation_rule_1`	foreground_dataset_conformance	Validation output must report accepted input, checks performed, checks skipped, findings, and completeness. An identity evidence gap, unexplained mass difference, missing lot-quality evidence, or inconclusive fate check remains a finding and is not converted to zero.
`validation_reference_output`	terminal released seed	Exactly one terminal vegetable-seed output equals 1 kg after scaling and declares species, variety or hybrid, seed class, moisture, purity, germination or viability, treatment, packaging, lot, and gate qualifiers.	mass-balance-identity, eu-vegetable-seed-directive
`validation_seed_scope`	PCR identity and process map	Confirm that the record is vegetable seed for sowing and excludes beet seed, vegetative planting material, ornamental seed, food or feed products, and post-release crop production.	eu-vegetable-seed-directive
`validation_field_cycle`	field multiplication	Confirm that inputs, area, isolation and pollination records, harvest, residues, and field emissions belong to the same species or variety or hybrid and crop cycle.	fao-seed-systems, oecd-seed-schemes
`validation_extraction_balance`	harvest and extraction	Reconcile incoming seed-bearing material to raw extracted seed, useful outputs, residue, wastewater, and measured losses on a common moisture basis.	mass-balance-identity
`validation_conditioning_balance`	drying, cleaning, and grading	Reconcile raw seed to conditioned seed, screenings, rejects, moisture loss, wastewater, and particulate capture; explain any remaining difference.	mass-balance-identity
`validation_lot_quality`	sampling, tests, treatment, packaging, and release	Confirm homogeneous lot identity, sampling and test records, purity, germination or viability, health, treatment disclosure, packaging, sealing or label information, and declared net quantity appropriate to the selected market scheme.	ista-seed-testing-rules, eu-vegetable-seed-directive
`validation_allocation_and_fate`	co-products, residues, failed lots, and waste	Confirm allocation basis, documented recipient or fate, treatment or discharge route, and no double counting of retained residues, reprocessed lots, shared energy, reusable packaging, or waste.	iso-14044-2006, mass-balance-identity
`validation_flow_identity`	every reference and inventory flow	Verify each actual exchange against its concrete flow UUID, physical state, property and unit; preserve explicit unresolved identities when confirmation is unavailable.
`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

Processes and inputs/outputs · 5

Process ID	Process name	Input flows	Output flows
`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication`	Vegetable seed crop establishment and field multiplication	9	5
`vegetable_seed_harvest_and_extraction`	Vegetable seed harvest and seed extraction	3	4
`vegetable_seed_conditioning_and_grading`	Vegetable seed drying, cleaning, grading, and quality release	4	4
`vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage`	Vegetable seed treatment, packaging, storage, and release	2	3
`declared_reference_handoff`	Accepted-product measurement at declared handoff	1	1

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Vegetable seeds, except beet seeds

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Classification mapping

Source

1. Scope and Applicability

2. Product Category Identity

3. Reference Flow

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Boundary Rules

6. Process Inventory Structure

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Process: Vegetable seed crop establishment and field multiplication (vegetable_seed_field_multiplication)

Inputs

Product flows

Urea fertilizer (vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea)

Ammonium sulfate fertilizer (vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_ammonium_sulfate)

Triple superphosphate fertilizer (vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_triple_superphosphate)

Potassium chloride fertilizer (vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride)

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure)

Composted plant residues applied to soil (vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_plant_compost)

Irrigation water supplied (irrigation_water_input)

Diesel fuel (field_fuel_input_diesel)

Elementary flows

Agricultural land occupation (field_land_occupation)

Outputs

Product flows

Harvested seed-bearing material (harvested_seed_bearing_material)

Waste flows

Field residues and non-harvested biomass (field_residue_output)

Elementary flows

Nitrous oxide from managed seed-crop soil (field_n2o_emission)

Ammonia from seed-crop nutrient management (field_ammonia_emission)

Nitrate loss to water from the seed crop (field_nitrate_emission)

Process: Vegetable seed harvest and seed extraction (vegetable_seed_harvest_and_extraction)

Inputs

Product flows

Harvested seed-bearing material entering extraction (harvested_material_extraction_input)

Water supplied for wet extraction (wet_extraction_water_input)

Electricity for harvest and extraction (extraction_electricity_input)

Outputs

Product flows

Raw extracted vegetable seed (raw_extracted_seed_output)

Waste flows

Non-seed extraction residue (extraction_residue_output)

Wastewater from wet extraction (extraction_wastewater_output)

Elementary flows

Particulate matter from extraction handling (extraction_particulate_emission)

Process: Vegetable seed drying, cleaning, grading, and quality release (vegetable_seed_conditioning_and_grading)

Inputs

Product flows

Raw extracted seed entering conditioning (raw_seed_conditioning_input)

Electricity for seed conditioning (conditioning_electricity_input)

Delivered process heat for seed drying (conditioning_heat_input)

Water supplied for conditioning (conditioning_water_input)

Outputs

Product flows

Conditioned and graded seed (conditioned_seed_output)

Waste flows

Seed screenings and off-grade material (conditioning_screenings_output)

Conditioning wastewater (conditioning_wastewater_output)

Elementary flows

Particulate matter from conditioning (conditioning_particulate_emission)

Process: Vegetable seed treatment, packaging, storage, and release (vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage)

Inputs

Product flows

Conditioned seed entering final preparation (conditioned_seed_treatment_input)

Electricity for treatment, packaging, and storage (final_preparation_electricity_input)

Outputs

Product flows

Released market-ready vegetable seed (vegetable_seed_release_output)

Waste flows

Failed or diverted seed lot (failed_seed_lot_output)

Elementary flows

Treatment and pelleting particulate emission (treatment_particulate_emission)

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

Inputs

Product flows

Process: Vegetable seed crop establishment and field multiplication (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication`)

Urea fertilizer (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea`)

Ammonium sulfate fertilizer (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_ammonium_sulfate`)

Triple superphosphate fertilizer (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_triple_superphosphate`)

Potassium chloride fertilizer (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride`)

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure`)

Composted plant residues applied to soil (`vegetable_seed_field_multiplication_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_plant_compost`)

Irrigation water supplied (`irrigation_water_input`)

Diesel fuel (`field_fuel_input_diesel`)

Agricultural land occupation (`field_land_occupation`)

Harvested seed-bearing material (`harvested_seed_bearing_material`)

Field residues and non-harvested biomass (`field_residue_output`)

Nitrous oxide from managed seed-crop soil (`field_n2o_emission`)

Ammonia from seed-crop nutrient management (`field_ammonia_emission`)

Nitrate loss to water from the seed crop (`field_nitrate_emission`)

Process: Vegetable seed harvest and seed extraction (`vegetable_seed_harvest_and_extraction`)

Harvested seed-bearing material entering extraction (`harvested_material_extraction_input`)

Water supplied for wet extraction (`wet_extraction_water_input`)

Electricity for harvest and extraction (`extraction_electricity_input`)

Raw extracted vegetable seed (`raw_extracted_seed_output`)

Non-seed extraction residue (`extraction_residue_output`)

Wastewater from wet extraction (`extraction_wastewater_output`)

Particulate matter from extraction handling (`extraction_particulate_emission`)

Process: Vegetable seed drying, cleaning, grading, and quality release (`vegetable_seed_conditioning_and_grading`)

Raw extracted seed entering conditioning (`raw_seed_conditioning_input`)

Electricity for seed conditioning (`conditioning_electricity_input`)

Delivered process heat for seed drying (`conditioning_heat_input`)

Water supplied for conditioning (`conditioning_water_input`)

Conditioned and graded seed (`conditioned_seed_output`)

Seed screenings and off-grade material (`conditioning_screenings_output`)

Conditioning wastewater (`conditioning_wastewater_output`)

Particulate matter from conditioning (`conditioning_particulate_emission`)

Process: Vegetable seed treatment, packaging, storage, and release (`vegetable_seed_treatment_packaging_and_storage`)

Conditioned seed entering final preparation (`conditioned_seed_treatment_input`)

Electricity for treatment, packaging, and storage (`final_preparation_electricity_input`)

Released market-ready vegetable seed (`vegetable_seed_release_output`)

Failed or diverted seed lot (`failed_seed_lot_output`)

Treatment and pelleting particulate emission (`treatment_particulate_emission`)

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

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

Reference product at declared handoff (`reference_product_at_declared_handoff`)