Additional calculators for aquaculture and wine are currently in development, with ongoing industry engagement to incorporate rice and forestry calculators. These new calculators will enhance the EAP’s coverage, supporting a wide variety of mixed enterprises across the broadest range of commodities.

The release of the horticulture and dairy calculators see them join 13 other commodities covered in the EAP – all of which reflect the current Australian default standard, the University of Melbourne’s Greenhouse Accounting Framework (GAF) Tools. Commodities covered include grains, beef, sheep, cotton, pork, feedlot, poultry, eggs, sugar, wild sea fisheries, goat, buffalo, deer.

With a Technical Advisory Panel of Australia’s leading experts, including creator of the GAF Tools Professor Richard Eckard, the EAP provides producers and their industries with a standardised approach to carbon accounting.

AIA CEO, Sam Brown, said that the EAP was a unique solution which simplifies carbon accounting for producers and supports the entire industry, by enabling easy access to consistently updated and maintained calculators.

"Producers and mixed enterprises can use our online platform to calculate their own carbon footprint at both a commodity and enterprise level. Their farm management software and service providers can also integrate with the EAP, enabling them to offer carbon footprint services to clients.”

Currently, the dairy calculator is accessible to providers integrated with the EAP via API (Application Programming Interface). The horticulture calculator is available both to integrators and to producers via the EAP online platform.

“AIA works closely with our Technical Advisory Panel and industry stakeholders to continually improve and enhance the digitised GAF calculators. We are currently conducting usability testing with representatives from the dairy and horticulture industries to ensure those calculators are fit for purpose and provide an optimal user experience", said Sam Brown.

“After completing user testing and implementing usability improvements, the dairy calculator will also be accessible to producers through the EAP online platform.”

Anyone interested in participating in the user testing should contact AIA at contact@aginnovationaustralia.com.au

For more information www.aiaeap.com