Design of software to calculate the carbon and water footprint during coffee production

Irlesa Indira Sánchez Medina

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Ferley Medina Rojas

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Jaime Malqui Cabrera Medina

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Introduction: The article derives from the research “Software design for carbon and water footprint calculation in coffee production” conducted at the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Neiva, in the period 2016-2017.

Aim: To design software for calculating carbon and water footprints in coffee production.

Methods: The research process is both qualitative and quantitative, acknowledging opinions, contexts and experiences of coffee farmers in the municipalities of Acevedo, San Agustín, San José de Isnos and Pitalito.

Results: The design of a web application to calculate carbon footprints and water footprints in coffee growing, integrating technologies under a free software license that show performance efficiency and effectiveness.

Conclusion: The xp methodology ensures flexible development in software design, which will allow carbon and water footprint calculation adaptable to changes and requirements in a short time and at a low cost.

Originality: So far there is no evidence in the literature of a design for carbon and water footprint calculation in coffee production in southern Huila.

Limitations: This project used a methodology that may be applied to various crops; however, footprint calculations are specific to these areas given the environmental variables

Keywords: environmental footprint, carbon footprint, water footprint, environmental footprint software
Published
2018-01-01

How to Cite

[1]
I. I. Sánchez Medina, F. Medina Rojas, and J. M. Cabrera Medina, “Design of software to calculate the carbon and water footprint during coffee production”, ing. Solidar, vol. 14, no. 24, pp. 1–12, Jan. 2018, doi: 10.16925/in.v14i24.2159.
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