Carbon footprint for farms in the Czech Republic: a benchmark-based assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate change is a pressing environmental and social challenge that demands effective monitoring of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One widely adopted approach for this is quantifying the carbon footprint (CF). Given that agriculture is a major contributor to GHG emissions, we have developed a comprehensive framework for CF accounting at the farm level. This framework has been tested on 12 farms in the Czech Republic to assess both data availability and calculation accuracy.

Results

Our study examines how various farm characteristics, such as turnover, land area and number of employees, influence the overall CF and enable meaningful comparisons between farms. We found that absolute farm CFs are significantly influenced by the size effect, making them unsuitable f

SUBMITTER: Kovanda J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12355336 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature