EDGAR-FOOD provides a global inventory of greenhouse gas emissions disaggregated by stage of the food system. The database covers all countries with yearly data for the period from 1990 to 2015. It was developed by Crippa et al. and integrates data from FAOSTAT.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in emissions from food production stages over the 1990-2015 period for specific countries.
- Compare the share of total food system emissions attributed to agriculture versus distribution or consumption stages.
- Model the relationship between land use change emissions from FAOSTAT and other food system stages from EDGAR-FOOD.
- Benchmark national emissions from food production against global totals for climate reporting.
- Assess the contribution of energy demand and use emissions within the composite food system.
Strengths
- Database consistently covers each stage of the food chain for all countries.
- Provides yearly frequency data spanning a 26-year period (1990-2015).
- Integrates data from two authoritative sources: EDGAR-FOOD and FAOSTAT.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with the latest year covered being 2015.
- Specific column names, row counts, and sample data are unavailable for assessment.
- Methodology details are referenced but not directly provided in the description.
Provenance
- Source
- EDGAR-FOOD inventory and FAOSTAT database (FAO, 2020).
- Collection Method
- Developed to aid understanding of energy demand, agriculture, and land use change emissions across food system stages.
- Time Range
- 1990-2015
- Geography
- Global, covering all countries.