Emission Factor

Organic potassium fertiliser - as k2o (nutrient supply from manure - liquid - cattle)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Fertilisers are substances that furnish essential nutrients for plant growth, thereby improving the yield and in some cases the quality of plant products. 'Organic potassium fertiliser, as K2O' is a fertiliser with strictly organic origin (natural) that is supplying the nutrient of Potassium to the plants. The product represents an equivalent form of Potassium that is present in the fertiliser and is expressed as a mass of Potassium oxide (K2O). 'Organic potassium fertiliser, as K2O' can originate from one or more from the following sources: animal excreta (manure), agricultural by-products, crop residues, leftovers from agricultural processing, decomposed organic matter (compost) and various others. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameOrganic potassium fertiliser - as k2o (nutrient supply from manure - liquid - cattle)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryArable Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.8
Region
Unit Type
Year
2016
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 11Version log
  • Replaced by: abfcc386-601a-45b4-94d4-e4bded2639ba

API Reference

Activity ID
arable_farming-type_organic_potassium_fertiliser_as_k2o_nutrient_supply_from_manure_liquid_cattle
UUID
5d46fcee-c20c-41a0-91b4-d5f25e40046c_318bc688-5b2f-56fa-8bab-3c071c0f52bb
Code Snippet
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