The value of manure - Manure as co-product in life cycle assessment
Autor: | Stefan Hörtenhuber, Richard K. Koelsch, Camillo De Camillis, M. Fernanda Aller, Chunjiang Liu, Matthew Redding, Alexander N. Hristov, Greg Thoma, Nsalambi V. Nkongolo, Julio Cesar Pascale Palhares, Françoise Vertès, Ruben Sakrabani, Aimable Uwizeye, Cláudia M.d.S. Cordovil, Adrian Leip, Janne Helin, Michael Binder, Cargele Masso, Hongming Dong, Stewart Ledgard, Mariana C. Rufino, Alessandra Fusi, Barbara Amon, Amlan Kumar Patra, Ying Wang |
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Přispěvatelé: | European Commission - Joint Research Centre [Ispra] (JRC), Farm Systems & Environment Group, AgResearch Ltd, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Embrapa Southeast Livestock, Environmental Impacts and Water Management in Livestock, I.S. environment, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), University of Zielona Góra, Evonik Nutrition&Care, Abbott GmbH & Co. KG, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Insituto Superior de Agronomia, FAO Animal Production and Health Division (FAO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [Rome, Italie] (FAO), Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences [Manchester], University of Manchester [Manchester], Unit of Bioeconomy and Environment, Natural resources institute Finland, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture - Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), Penn State System, University of Nebraska System, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University [Shanghai], International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dept of Agriculture and Animal Health, ARC Institute for Soil, Climate and Water, Department of Animal Nutrition, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, School of Water, Energy & Environment, Cranfield University, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Sol Agro et hydrosystème Spatialisation (SAS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Department of Biological Sciences-Lancaster University, AGROCAMPUS OUEST-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Environmental Engineering
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] 0208 environmental biotechnology Allocation Environmental Sciences & Ecology 02 engineering and technology Agricultural engineering 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law resource 01 natural sciences Article nitrogen Animal Production Systems 12. Responsible consumption soil Green manure nutrient use Life cycle assessment Fertilizer Production (economics) Animals Agricultural productivity Fertilizers Waste Management and Disposal Life-cycle assessment 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 2. Zero hunger Dierlijke Productiesystemen Food security carbon Environmental impact of agriculture Agriculture use efficiency General Medicine Nutrients 15. Life on land Manure Crop Production 020801 environmental engineering livestock 13. Climate action Sustainability Environmental science Livestock supply chains protein performance energy |
Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Management, 241, 293-304 Journal of Environmental Management Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier, 2019, 241, pp.293-304. ⟨10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.059⟩ Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Journal of Environmental Management 241 (2019) |
ISSN: | 0301-4797 1095-8630 |
Popis: | Livestock production is important for food security, nutrition, and landscape maintenance, but it is associated with several environmental impacts. To assess the risk and benefits arising from livestock production, transparent and robust indicators are required, such as those offered by life cycle assessment. A central question in such approaches is how environmental burden is allocated to livestock products and to manure that is re-used for agricultural production. To incentivize sustainable use of manure, it should be considered as a co-product as long as it is not disposed of, or wasted, or applied in excess of crop nutrient needs, in which case it should be treated as a waste. This paper proposes a theoretical approach to define nutrient requirements based on nutrient response curves to economic and physical optima and a pragmatic approach based on crop nutrient yield adjusted for nutrient losses to atmosphere and water. Allocation of environmental burden to manure and other livestock products is then based on the nutrient value from manure for crop production using the price of fertilizer nutrients. We illustrate and discuss the proposed method with two case studies. Highlights • New method to value manure for its beneficial effects on crop production is proposed. • Manure can be considered as a co-product in Life Cycle Assessments when applied according to crop nutrient requirements. • The method encourages farmers to use manure sustainably in livestock and crop production systems. |
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