EDGAR-FOOD provides the first consistent global inventory of methane emissions from the entire food chain for all countries. Data covers emissions from production, distribution, consumption, and disposal stages annually from 1990 to 2015. The inventory was developed by researchers and integrates data from EDGAR-FOOD and FAOSTAT.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in methane emissions from agricultural production versus food distribution stages over the 25-year period.
- Model country-level contributions to food system methane using yearly national emission estimates.
- Correlate changes in food system methane with policy interventions or economic indicators using the time-series data.
- Benchmark national methane emissions from food waste disposal against other stages like consumption.
Strengths
- Covers all countries with yearly data for a 26-year period (1990-2015).
- Integrates emissions data for each stage of the food chain from two authoritative sources.
Limitations
- Data is not updated beyond 2015, creating a significant temporal gap.
- Specific column names and granular metrics like sub-sector breakdowns are not provided in the description.
Provenance
- Source
- EDGAR-FOOD global emission inventory, complemented by FAOSTAT data on agriculture land use emissions.
- Collection Method
- Inventory developed using a consistent methodology covering all food system stages, as documented in Crippa et al. (2021).
- Time Range
- 1990 to 2015
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Global, covering all countries.