Cálculo de la huella de carbono de Finca Panamá, Agropecuaria Atitlán S.A., Santa Bárbara, Suchitepéquez.

Osorio Rosales, Juan Carlos (2022) Cálculo de la huella de carbono de Finca Panamá, Agropecuaria Atitlán S.A., Santa Bárbara, Suchitepéquez. ["eprint_fieldopt_thesis_type_phd" not defined] thesis, USAC.

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Abstract

Abstract Finca Panamá, Agropecuaria Atitlán S.A. It is located in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Santa Bárbara, department of Suchitepéquez. It is located 132 kilometers from the capital city, bordered to the north by Los Andes farm, to the south by El Esfuerzo neighborhood, to the east by Los Andes, Santa Adelaida, San Agustín and La Ermita farms, and to the west by San Francisco Miramar farm. The farm has a territorial extension of 1553.61 hectares, where, as a company, it cultivates, processes and distributes the following products: Hass avocado (Persea americana), coffee (Coffea arabica), macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia), bamboo (Bambusoideae), honey (Apis mellifera), natural rubber (Hevea brasiliensis), allspice (Pimenta dioica), cinchona (Cinchona officinalis), mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) and lemon (Citrus latifolia). The aim of the investigation was to calculate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the year 2020, of the operations of Finca Panamá, Agropecuaria Atitlán SA, in order to continue with the traceability of the production of its GHG emissions and know the impact generated by the activities carried out in said company. The study area was delimited under the concept of control of operations that considers all GHG emissions and/or removals in the facilities over which it has control of operations and financial control. The operating limits were separated into the following categories: direct emissions or scope I, secondary emissions or scope II, and tertiary emissions or scope III. The calculation of emissions was based on historical consumption, for which detailed information on energy consumption, receipts, registration of fertilizer applications, fuel consumption (gasoline and diesel) and maintenance was collected.

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