Table 2 Embodied GHG emissions of food...

Table 2

Embodied GHG emissions of food consumption in Taiwan

Food categories	Food items	Domestic production	Foreign production	International transportation	Sum
Staple food	Rice	6,027.63	433.91	4.42	6,465.55
	Wheat	0.66	1,077.48	81.22	1,159.36
	Corn	51.07	2,398.86	392.35	2,842.28
	Sorghum	0.00	11.35	1.29	12.64
	Other grains	0.18	6.28	1.26	7.72
Side dishes	Sugar	4.21	397.05	24.06	425.32
	Honey	0.23	1.60	0.06	1.89
	Soybeans	0.75	4,196.36	186.37	4,383.48
	Other oilseeds	75.66	54.61	0.93	131.20
	Vegetables and mushrooms	360.57	52.08	29.03	441.68
	Root and tuber vegetables	206.94	102.89	49.51	359.34
	Pork	3,681.55	388.44	17.30	4,087.29
	Beef	276.55	5,221.31	28.30	5,526.17
	Lamb	38.85	367.13	2.17	408.15
	Poultry	1,786.80	504.06	48.94	2,339.80
	Eggs	489.41	0.06	0.01	489.48
	Aquatic products	659.18	1,370.97	19.82	2,049.97
	Milk	729.04	367.25	40.37	1,136.66
Fruit	Fruit	921.48	183.42	81.63	1,186.53
Sum		15,310.76	17,135.11	1,009.04	33,454.91

Food categories	Food items	Domestic production	Foreign production	International transportation	Sum
Staple food	Rice	6,027.63	433.91	4.42	6,465.55
	Wheat	0.66	1,077.48	81.22	1,159.36
	Corn	51.07	2,398.86	392.35	2,842.28
	Sorghum	0.00	11.35	1.29	12.64
	Other grains	0.18	6.28	1.26	7.72
Side dishes	Sugar	4.21	397.05	24.06	425.32
	Honey	0.23	1.60	0.06	1.89
	Soybeans	0.75	4,196.36	186.37	4,383.48
	Other oilseeds	75.66	54.61	0.93	131.20
	Vegetables and mushrooms	360.57	52.08	29.03	441.68
	Root and tuber vegetables	206.94	102.89	49.51	359.34
	Pork	3,681.55	388.44	17.30	4,087.29
	Beef	276.55	5,221.31	28.30	5,526.17
	Lamb	38.85	367.13	2.17	408.15
	Poultry	1,786.80	504.06	48.94	2,339.80
	Eggs	489.41	0.06	0.01	489.48
	Aquatic products	659.18	1,370.97	19.82	2,049.97
	Milk	729.04	367.25	40.37	1,136.66
Fruit	Fruit	921.48	183.42	81.63	1,186.53
Sum		15,310.76	17,135.11	1,009.04	33,454.91

Note(s): Unit: thousand tonnes of CO₂e

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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