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Practice: A combination of solid and semi-solid slurry for fertilizer . Implemented for: Baltic Sea Regional Project, Tranche 1.

Overview

Name A combination of solid and semi-solid slurry for fertilizer for The Baltic Sea Regional Project, Tranche 1

Practice A combination of solid and semi-solid slurry for fertilizer

Project Baltic Sea Regional Project, Tranche 1

Beneficiary country: Y

Region: Baltic Sea Beneficiary country Central and Eastern Europe

Details

Description: A shift of over 60 percent from the exclusive use of solid manure to a combination of solid and semi-solid manure and slurry for fertilisation, which increases the percentage of nutrients recirculated from manure to fertilisation on farms. In Lithuania, 80 percent of participating farms have shifted completely to slurry use.

Comments: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and the Russian Federation

Implementation start date: 2003-01-01

Implementation end date: 2007-12-31

Link to project documents: Project documents http://www.ices.dk/projects/BSRP.asp

Results

Annual tons of nitrogen reduced: 238

Annual tons of phosphorous reduced: 13

Other outcomes: The area of grassland has been increased to allow the spreading of manure in order to maintain grazing land for cattle.

Finance

Contacts

Project Manager: Jan Thulin

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