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The third chapter explores the carbon footprint methodology. Particularly, it presents both methodologies and standards to calculate the Organizational carbon footprint (OCF) and the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF). Moreover, the chapter presents the main methodological issues related to carbon accounting in the agri-food sector.
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Acampora, A., Ruini, L., Pratesi, C.A., Lucchetti, M.C. (2022). Putting a Farm into an Emissions Test Lab. In: Carbon Neutrality in the Agri-food Sector. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88048-4_3
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