EDGAR-FOOD provides greenhouse gas emissions data disaggregated by stage of the global food system. The inventory covers emissions from production, distribution, consumption, and disposal for all countries annually from 1990 to 2015. It was developed by Crippa et al. (2021) and complemented with FAO data on agricultural land use emissions.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in packaging emissions over the 1990-2015 time series.
- Compare the share of total emissions from the distribution stage versus the production stage across countries.
- Model the relationship between land use change emissions from agriculture and other food system stages.
- Assess national contributions to global food system GHG emissions by stage.
- Evaluate changes in consumption-related emissions following policy interventions.
Strengths
- Consistent yearly data for 26 years (1990-2015).
- Covers all countries and each stage of the food chain.
Limitations
- Data ends in 2015, lacking recent trends.
- Specific column names and granularity are unknown.
- Row count and sample size are unspecified.
Provenance
- Source
- EDGAR-FOOD inventory and FAOSTAT database.
- Collection Method
- Emission inventory methodology detailed in Crippa et al. (2021).
- Time Range
- 1990 to 2015
- Geography
- Global, all countries