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AGRIBALYSE data can be accessed in different formats.

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AGRIBALYSE data is available in two main formats:

  • a simplified version, accessible to all

  • a full version, which requires the use of LCA software.

AGRIBALYSE® data are relatively complex, and users are advised to consult the "User Guide" (avaible only in french) and, more generally, the methodological documentation in order to facilitate the interpretation of the work.

There are two types of data produced by AGRIBALYSE:

Life cycle inventories (=LCIs)

Lifecycle Inventories (LCIs) are models of each stage in the lifecycle leading to the finished product (the product consumed by the consumer in the case of food products, or the product leaving the farm in the case of agricultural products). These data are available in the LCA software packages SimaPro, Brightway and OpenLCA. This data is used to display production information (details of agricultural production, yields from the various processing stages, etc.). This data is free of charge and can be adapted for use in LCA software. Remember to update the ‘characterisation methods’ in your software.

🌍Brightway (format provided by G. Coste, SustainCERT for ADEME): Import guide; Brightway general documentation; Agribalyse ICV database. Please note that some substances used by Agribalyse are not yet available in Brightway, which may lead to small discrepancies in some results.

AGRIBALYSE version 3.2 is currently being implemented in LCA software. It should be available in early 2025. In the meantime, the version generated by ADEME in Simapro format is available on request.

AGRIBALYSE version 3.2 is currently being implemented in LCA software. It should be available in early 2025. In the meantime, the version generated by ADEME in Simapro format is available on request.

The environmental impacts of products (=impact indicators) calculated using the Environmental Footprint method

These impacts are available:

    • a spreadsheet for conventional raw agricultural produce (farm gate)

    • a spreadsheet for organic produce (farm gate)

  • CSV, in 3 files:

    • summary of results

    • detail by stage of life cycle stage

    • detail by ingredient

To access CSV files, click on the “Download data” icon on the right-hand side of the data.ademe page.

🌍: download the complete LCI DB directly from the platform. The ‘original’ version of Agribalyse is developed on Simapro: these are the reference values to be considered in the event of discrepancies in results with other software.

🌍: free LCA software.

As AGRIBALYSE is available in disaggregated format in LCA software, and mobilizes ecoinvent background data (non-agricultural/food processes), use of AGRIBALYSE in such software requires an ecoinvent License (Academic, Commercial or Enterprise). Similarly, the integration of ecoinvent background processes present in Agribalyse into tools is subject to an ecoinvent License (Developer). For further information, please refer to the conditions.

For finished products (products consumed by the consumer): via the AND via an online spreadsheet on , which provides information on each of the 2,516 finished products: English names, French names, CIQUAL code, quality rating (DQR), environmental impacts of finished products, but also distinction by life cycle stage, and by ingredients for recipe-based products.

For raw agricultural products leaving the farm, via Excel spreadsheets on :

a specific spreadsheet for animal feed (Ecoalim), also available

In addition to Excel format, simplified versions for ready-to-eat food products are also available in :

Complementary LCA data to Agribalyse can be identified in platform.

SimaPro
SimaPro
openLCA
ecoinvent license
Agribalyse online data exploration portal
DATAVERSE AGRIBALYSE
DATAVERSE AGRIBALYSE
on the INRAE website
data.ademe.fr
GLAD
4MB
Agribalyse-Guide-VF_Planche (1).pdf
pdf
User guide Agribalyse 3.0 ( in french)