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The Implications of Animal Manure Management on Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Technology for Environmentally Friendly Livestock Production

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Abstract

High livestock densities and the subsequent generation of large quantities of manure, in some areas of the world, generate hotspots of increased environmental risks through ammonia (NH3) and greenhouse gas (methane, CH4; nitrous oxide, N2O) emissions. Livestock production is therefore facing increased pressures from society to comply with environmental legislation, so that production systems are managed in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner. A key solution to minimize or avoid environmental and health concerns associated with manure is to ensure appropriate feeding strategies as well as manure management techniques through the entire manure management chain from animal housing, storage of manure, treatment operations and finally application to soil. An integrated framework is needed to allow practical, cost-effective on-farm strategies to be selected, which will reduce losses and improve resource use efficiencies.

In this chapter, we first analyse the contribution of manure management to NH3 and GHG emissions with focus on bovine, pig and poultry manure. We then describe different mitigation options for reducing gaseous emissions along the manure management chain in terms of their efficiency to decrease NH3 and GHG emissions and their applicability. Finally, we present and assess two case studies of integrated manure management strategies to reduce gaseous emissions.

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The present study was supported by (1) the Project Nutri2Cycle: H2020-SFS-30-2017- ‘Transition towards a more carbon and nutrient efficient agriculture in Europe’, funded from the European Union, Program Horizon 2020 (Grant Agreement No 773682); (2) the Project CleanSlurry ‘Animal slurry hygienization for use in industrial horticulture, funded by FCT (PTDC/ASP-SOL/28769/2017); (3) LEAF (Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Unit), funded by FCT (UID/AGR/04129/2020) and CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences), funded by FCT (UIDB/04033/2020), and (4) the project Ferticycle: New bio-based fertilisers from organic waste upcycling – MSCA-ITN- 2019-860127, funded by the EU H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions European Training Network (ETN). This document reflects only the authors’ view, and the Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

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Fangueiro, D., Merino, P., Pantelopoulos, A., Pereira, J.L.S., Amon, B., Chadwick, D.R. (2023). The Implications of Animal Manure Management on Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. In: Bartzanas, T. (eds) Technology for Environmentally Friendly Livestock Production. Smart Animal Production. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19730-7_5

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