Jun 2024 - Jun 2028

Develop a decision-making tool to define the most efficient and strategies for a livestock farm limiting air emissions, soil and water contaminants.

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Livestock farming is a key sector that involves 40 % of the total agricultural activity in Europe. representing a total value for products equal to € 170 billion. However, there is an increasing concern due to livestock farming’s contribution to environmental pollution since it generates more than 1.4 billion tonnes/year of manure leading to significant greenhouse gases (GHG) and air pollutants emissions(NH3, NOX) as well as to soil and water contamination caused by hazardous manure chemicals and biological contaminants (called here emerging contaminants). In this context extensive effort has been carried out for years to assess the detrimental effects of farming systems and to develop abatement methods to be implemented. However, despite major advancements, many fundamental issues are beyond the scope of existing legislation. The main objective of NUTRITIVE is to develop a decision-making tool (DSS, decision support system) able to define the most efficient and sustainable (in its three pillars: environmental, economic, and social) manure management strategies for a given livestock farm limiting manure air emissions as well as soil and water contaminants. This will allow for the formulation of technical guidelines and recommendations that will support policy makers with enhanced knowledge to establish requirements for future European policies. To fulfil this objective, the project is divided into six work packages (WP): WP1 Up-to-date inventory; WP2 Novel management strategies/technologies investigation; WP3 Modelling and LCA; and WP4 Guidelines formulation; WP5 Communication, dissemination, and exploitation; WP6 Management. NUTRITIVE anticipates a wide spread of the project outcomes, with the synthesis of the consortium as a baseline: 22 partners (4 Chinese) from 8 different countries across Europe, covering 6 climatic regions (2 Chinese ones), representing the whole supply chain experts, from animal feed to soil application.

Program

HORIZON

Budget

7 M€

Duration

48 months

Partners

Medrar Smart Solutions S.L.

AINIA

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS

ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES MINES DE PARIS

EIGEN VERMOGEN VAN HET INSTITUUT VOOR LANDBOUW- EN VISSERIJONDERZOEK

LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR AGRARTECHNIK UND BIOOKONOMIE EV

VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V.

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

A4F ALGAFUEL SA

DETRICON

ALVARO RODRIGUEZ EIRAS SL

CECOAGRO CENTRAL DE COMPRAS SL

STA ENGINEERING SRL SIGLABILE STA SRL

AGENCIA GALLEGA DE LA CALIDAD ALIMENTARIA

REGIONE LOMBARDIA

TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

ASOCIACIÓN AGRARIA DE JÓVENES AGRICULTORES

Xihua University

Sichuan Qinghe Technology Co., Ltd

Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Chengdu Jiyi Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.

A4F Role

Microalgae will be applied for N and P recovery from raw pig manure and pig manure anaerobic digestate and the obtained biomass may be used as an added value fertilizer. In this subtask, Nannochloropsis sp. will be optimized at lab-scale to determine: (1) the existence of compounds that could inhibit microalgae growth; (2) determine the existence and concentration of nutrients essential for microalgae production. From lab assays the optimal medium composition and preparation method will be selected to test pilot scale tests (5 m2 photobioreactors). Effluent treatment efficiency will be evaluated by measuring different parameters regarding organic matter.

Website

https://nutritive.es/about-project/

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