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Title: COMPOSTING AS ONE OF THE SIMPLE AND CHEAPEST METHODS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS FROM COW MANURE - CONCLUSIONS FROM THE MILKEY AND MELS PROJECTS
COMPOSTING AS ONE OF THE SIMPLE AND CHEAPEST METHODS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS FROM COW MANURE - CONCLUSIONS FROM THE MILKEY AND MELS PROJECTS

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Damian Janczak; Jacek Dach; Jakub Pulka; Wojciech Czekala; Dawid Wojcieszak
10.5593/sgem2022V/4.2/s19.27
10.5593/sgem2022V/4.2
1314-2704
978-619-7603-50-7
English
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4.2
•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE 
•    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
Air Pollution and Climate Change
The aim of the work was to present the role of composting as one of the simple and cheapest methods to reduce GHG emissions from cow manure - conclusions from the MilKey and MELS projects.
The article contains both the results of some studies analyzed within the above projects, as well as the methodology of conducting composting studies.
The method of managing animal waste by composting or co-composting has been known for a long time and used in many places around the world. However, this is not always done in an appropriate way, both economically and ecologically. Improper storage of manure, its holding time, the way it is applied to the field and finally its use as fertilizer are quite significant for ammonia and greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions.
These types of issues are typical of areas of intensive animal production, where farmers use natural fertilizers (slurry, manure) to increase the humus layer on agricultural fields.
Most developing or still underdeveloped countries (including Poland) are undergoing intensive changes in the area of sustainable processing of natural fertilizers. The modern rules of the new Common Agricultural Policy of Poland, defined for 2021-2027, provide for the transition of farmers to sustainable agricultural production. One of the key elements for Polish farmers will be the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from farms by introducing agricultural techniques (e.g. through appropriate nutrition or agrotechnical treatments). In addition, increasing market pressure is expected due to consumer expectations to confirm the sustainability of animal production.
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This publication was made thanks to 2018 Joint Call FACCE ERA-GAS, SusAn and ICT-AGRI2 on “Novel technologies, solutions and systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in animal production systems” of the project “Decision support system for sustainable and GHG optimized milk production in key European areas” No. ICTAGRI-3 ID 39288, Acronym MilKey, and was carried out as part of research at the Poznan University of Life Sciences.
The author also acknowledges the financial support through the partners of the Joint Call of the Cofund ERA-Nets SusCrop (Grant N° 771134), FACCE ERA-GAS (Grant N° 696356), ICT-AGRI-FOOD (Grant N° 862665) and SusAn (Grant N° 696231); This publication was made carried out as part of research at the Poznan University of Life Sciences.
The work was financed by the National Center for Research and Development as a "Decision support system for sustainable and greenhouse gas-optimized milk production in key areas of Europe" project no. SUSAN/II/MILKEY/02/2020, Acronym: MilKey, No. ICT AGRI 3 ID 39288, and as a “Mitigating emissions from livestock systems", Acronym: MELS" project ID for MELS is ID: 39258; the contract number for MELS with the National Center for Research and Development is: SUSAN/II/MELS/01/2020.
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Proceedings of 22nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2022
22nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2022, 06-08 December, 2022
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cow manure; fertilizer; biogas plant; fermentation; digestate; GHG; energetic calculation; milk cows; cattle