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Practice: BAP 8: Manure Handling. Implemented for: DRP Small Grants: 1.3 (Agriculture).

Overview

Name BAP 8: Manure Handling - There should be storage capacity for at least 6 months production of livestock manure at the farm. Production systems with use of bedding material need storage capacity for liquid and solid manure. Production systems with deep bedding can store the manure on the field for at least 6 months if the manure has a dry matter content of minimum 30%. for

Practice BAP 8: Manure Handling

Project DRP Small Grants: 1.3 (Agriculture)

Beneficiary country: Danube Countries

Region: Central and Eastern Europe Danube-Black Sea

Details

Description: Implemented on 8 family farms

Lessons learned: Detailed reports summarises successes through good involvement of farmers and advisory services

Comments: Demos in Siberia

Implementation start date: 2005-01-01

Implementation end date: 2007-12-31

Link to project documents: Project documents www.undp-drp.org

Link to project reports: Project reports www.undp-drp.org

Results

Annual tons of nitrogen reduced: Estimated for 'model farm' as ~2 tonne/year

Annual tons of phosphorous reduced: Estimated for 'model farm' as ~ 800 kg/yr

Finance

Total co-finance (USD): n/a

Total GEF/WB investment: USD 0.6 million

Contacts

Co-finance partners: www.icpdr.org

Project Manager: Ivan Zavadsky

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