Fig. 3: MET considering combinations of contextual parameters. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: MET considering combinations of contextual parameters.

From: Contextual conditions define maximum energy-use threshold in low-carbon controlled environment agriculture for agri-food transformation

Fig. 3: MET considering combinations of contextual parameters.

The boxplot reflects the median (blue center bar), interquartile range ( ± 25% of median), whiskers (1.5 times the interquartile range), and outliers (triangle markers outside of whisker cap). The solid orange line represents the average energy use-productivity of indoor farms for respective crops. Orange, upward arrows denote that the average energy use-productivity of indoor farms is well above the highest MET and is not captured within the displayed range. The green solid line represents the average energy use-productivity of greenhouse for respective crops. All locations are identified with ISO3166 Alpha3 codes. Literature pertaining to indoor farming of strawberries and greenhouse cultivation of wheat and soybeans was not found. Hence, wheat and soybean do not have an average estimate for greenhouse, while strawberry does not have an average estimate for indoor farming. All countries, except the top five outliers, are not labelled for legibility. Full data are provided in Supplementary Data 1. The factors taken into consideration when calculating the MET are shown below the country code legend. (Note: Wheat icon is licensed under an MIT license. Electric current symbol is designed by Freepik.).

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