Assessing greenhouse gas emissions from conventional farms based on the farm accountancy data network

Abstract

Our paper uses the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines in combination with the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) to estimate agricultural greenhouse gas emissions at the farm level. The study adopts a cross-cutting approach that combines emissions related to different categories (agriculture and energy/fuel). Overall, the aim was to assess the intensities of emissions from conventional farms classified according to production type, economic size, and utilized agricultural area (UAA). The results show that large variations in farms justify the micro approach to farm evaluation. Applying the methodology revealed that conventional dairy farm types, medium-small (25≤€<50) and medium-large (20