Agri-footprint - Bugs & Issues
Solved and known issues

We believe that making the agri-food sector and society more sustainable and healthier begins with accurate and clear information. To facilitate this we developed the LCA-database Agri-footprint. The first version of the database has been released in 2014, followed by yearly updates. Agri-footprint is under continuous development and we are always looking for opportunities to enhance, extend and improve the database. Inevitably, the database contains certain 'bugs & issues'. Our Data & Model team is right on top of these flaws and they are making an effort to solve every issue.
We are convinced that transparency is essential in the development of sustainable agri-food chains, which is why we want to be open about the current 'bugs & issues' in Agri-footprint. Below you find an overview of the 'bugs & issues' related to different Agri-footprint versions, including the solution we envision. And of course, please reach out to us if you want to raise any bug, issue or shortcoming you encountered.
Overview of known bugs & issues in Agri-footprint
Agri-footprint 7.0
Known issues, not corrected yet
Process |
Description of issue |
Solution |
Price data for Linseed expeller |
The price data for "Linseed expeller" in the processing tool is not correct, leading to wrong Economic allocation percentages for linseed crushing (pressing). The economic value for "Linseed expeller" should be 616 . |
Planned to be fixed in AFP 7.1 |
Agri-footprint 7.0
Corrected issues
Process |
Description of issue |
Solution |
Rapeseed Oil |
Agri-footprint includes 2 rapeseed crushing (solvent) processes: an EU and a US version. The mass balance for these regions is different. In the methodology document, the process for EU is presented. The process for the US is erroneously omitted from the methodology document. |
Mass balance for US process will be added to the documentation, when updated. |
Rapeseed meal |
The economic value for rapeseed meal is not updated like it should have been. This means that the old value (of 213$/ton) instead of the new value (275$/ton) is used to calculate the allocation (for both the EU and the US processes). |
Updated in Agri-footprint 7.0 |