Carbon & Water Footprint of Oranges and Strawberries - SAI Platform

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Table 5: Total carbon footprint respectively production carbon footprint for strawberries from different
sources. Values in italics have been calculated. For detailed information on the system boundaries and the
methodology used to calculate the CF refer to Table 6.
Source
Producing Product
Carbon Footprint
Country
Total
Production
The Co-operative
(2009)
REWE Group
(2009)
Williams et al.
(2008)
kg CO2-eq. per
strawberry punnet
kg CO2-
eq./kg
strawberries
kg CO2-eq./kg
strawberries
in % of the
total
Spain Strawberries 1.50 0.47 31 a
Spain Strawberries 0.88 0.27 b 30
Spain Strawberries 0.91 0.35 c 38
Lillywhite (2008) UK Strawberries 1.20 d
University of
Hertfordshire
(2005)
Williams et al.
(2008)
The Co-operative
(2009)
The Co-operative
(2009)
Yoshikawa et al.
(2009)
UK Strawberries 0.44 e
UK Strawberries 0.99 0.85 c 86
UK
Strawberries
(Growth medium:
peat bag)
2.13 1.36 a 64
UK Strawberries
(Growth medium:
soil)
1.18 0.54 a 46
Japan Strawberries 3.99 f
a The value includes only the cultivation stage.
b The production CF includes the relevant emissions from the agricultural production the raw material production
(cultivation and transport of seedlings), energy use on the farm, fertilisers (subdivided into N-, P- and K-
fertilisers), pesticides (subdivided into insecticides, fungicides and herbicides), the polytunnel and plastic mulch
production and the polyethylene waste transport and disposal.
c The value includes fertilisers, cultivations, containers, polytunnels etc. (personal communication Adrian
Williams, 29.10.2009)
d The value includes the energy required to store, dry and cool the strawberries.
e Mean value calculated by the authors of the present report with data on the GHG emissions from 8 different
production systems with reference to first year outputs of strawberries all scenarios.
f The production CF includes seeds, fertilisers, chemicals, other materials, fuel, electricity and clean water
machines as well as equipments buildings and horticultural facilities, irrigation, NO 2 -fertiliser, NO 2 - and CH 4 -
fuel combustion (personal communication Naoki Yoshikawa, 28.10.2009).
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