Advisory and Knowledge Transfer Tool for Ammonia Emission Mitigation on Pig Farms in Hungary

Autor: Marianna Magyar, Béla Pirkó, Julianna Kótiné Seenger, Nóra Hegedűsné Baranyai, Károly Dublecz, Tibor Vojtela, Renáta Rák, György Borka, Anita Szabó, Zsuzsanna Benedek
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 13, p 5970 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app11135970
Popis: The Ammonia Gas Emission Model for Swine (AGEM-S), a nitrogen flow model, was created with the objective of assisting in the reduction of ammonia emissions in the Hungarian pig sector. Regarding the applied technological processes and considering the factors that influence ammonia emissions, the model quantifies the amount of ammonia emissions of pig farming in all stages (feeding, housing technology, manure storage, and application in the field). The aim of the project was to create a system that performs general calculations using the input data used by practicing farmers, without compromising the information content of the output data. Using this system, the input parameters can be entered as simply as possible and in the shortest possible time. In addition to demonstrating the impact of ammonia emission reduction measures to farmers from an integrated N management approach, AGEM-S has the potential to support the transfer of emission reduction technologies and practices at the farm level as a knowledge transfer tool primarily, but also as a decision support tool for technological change.
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