- 02.11.2011 A Greener Agriculture for a Bluer Baltic Sea
Project title: Baltic Forum for Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Manure Management
Application call: 3
Priority: 3. Baltic Sea as a common resource
Project website: www.balticmanure.eu

Lead Partner:
MTT Maa- ja elintarviketalouden tutkimuskeskusMTT
31600 Jokioinen
FI
Markku Järvenpää
E-mail: markku.jarvenpaa@mtt.fi
Phone: +358 40 5930811
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Project Manager:
MTT Maa- ja elintarviketalouden tutkimuskeskusMTT/Animale, Tietotie
31600 Jokioinen
FI
Sanna Marttinen
E-mail: sanna.marttinen@mtt.fi
Phone: +358 40 3529741
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Information Manager:
Agro Business ParkNiels Pedersens Allé 2
8830 Tjele
DK
Knud Tybirk
E-mail: kt@agropark.dk
Phone: +45 4030 1141
Fax: +45 8999 2599
Summary description of the project:
The Baltic Sea Basin is an area of intensive, and intensifying agricultural production. There are about 36 million units of cattle, 67 million units of pigs, and 190 million units of poultry in the region. (Gren, I.-M. et al., 2008: Cost of nutrient reductions to the Baltic Sea - technical report). Intensifying and concentration of animal production has resulted in environmental problems caused by manure based nutrient surplus and water eutrophication in some regions. Whilst animal manure is still considered mainly as an environmental problem, agriculture uses substantial amounts of non-renewable nutrients and energy. Indeed, manure must be considered as a resource instead of a problem. It is calculated, that manure contains 981 000 ton of Nitrogen and 281 000 ton of Phosphorus, currently not utilised properly (BalticSea2020 report "best available technologies for manure treatment"). The Baltic Sea Strategy Priority Area 9 Flagship project
Baltic MANURE is turning the perception of manure and intensive animal husbandry from an environmental problem into an opportunity for business innovation. The project develops and utilizes the high potential and know-how for innovative solutions for manure management, such as production of renewable energy, organic fertilisers and other added value products. Innovation potential of SME's in the region will be improved by joint efforts of the institutions and countries involved through conferences, fairs and B2B events. Common norms for manure quality are required in order to develop sound and coherent policies and regulations, which may stimulate business development in the field. Close scientific cooperation and technological insight are needed also to address the challenge of more efficient phosphorous recycling. Life Cycle Analysis is used to assess environmental aspects of different manure handling technologies and as a basis for recommendations.
Project Objectives:
• To establish a needed manure knowledge forum by transnational R&D efforts, communication and business innovation
• To evaluate the existing systems and technologies for animal housing and manure processing in the Baltic Sea Region
• To evaluate the existing norms for manure in relation to animal housing and technologies to reach sustainable fertilization, with a special emphasis on Phosphorus
• To perform sustainability analysis of new technologies
• To identify and analyse the commercial potentials of manure technologies, e.g. for energy purposes
• To evaluate the incentive structure and national interpretations of EU directives influencing the development of inventive manure processing technologies
• To stimulate business innovation for manure technologies and recommend specific investments
Achievements of the project so far:
Baltic Manure studied sustainable manure management, built up business contact networks, and contributed to policy development. As an example of combining the three dimensions, the project co-organised three conferences under the label “A Greener Agriculture for a Bluer Baltic Sea” together with other BSR Programme projects and the WWF. The first conference was in Stockholm 2011, the second in Copenhagen in 2012, and the third conference in Helsinki in 2013 (with additional organisers: HELCOM, CIEC and NJF). The conference continues after the project period and enhances policy dialogue between agri-environmental stakeholders.
For research, examples of existing manure handling technologies aiming at reduced environmental impacts of manure have been reported. Recommendations for animal feeding have been given as feeding strategies directly affect manure quality and its nutrient content. Economic analyses of manure separation technologies have shown potential for improved manure use.
Phosphorus (P) use of manure was studied and the results published as reports on the project website. A manure and soil P database was created. The project proved that agricultural use of recycled P-fertilizer products and a site-specific and demand-driven nutrient management are valuable contributions towards resilient P-utilisation in the BSR.
National scenarios with ideas on how to implement manure energy potential as biogas in the BSR were created. The results show the importance of both technology development and steady and well-directed support mechanisms in ensuring successful harnessing of manure energy. The different BSR countries are in very different stages in this process.
Alternative technology chains were assessed with Life Cycle Analysis to evaluate environmental consequences of manure handling. Reference scenarios (business-as-usual) were built, covering 5 countries and 4 animal production types.
All reference scenarios and life cycle inventory reports as well as the actual LCA reports were finalised and made available on the project website. Moreover, all data used for the LCAs was made available to all as a large databank. A manure tool for simple assessment of the environmental impacts of different manure management choices was also created and planced on the project website.
Baltic Manure was a broker of new technologies and latest research insights for companies and scientists. Business plans were made for different manure handling solutions. The business forum at website holds opportunities for business contacts. The project enhanced business networking by organising manure technology match-making events at Poleko fair, Poland, in 2011, at World Bioenergy conference, Sweden, at Agromek Fair, Denmark, in 2012 and with national seminars and field visits. The project presents annual Baltic Manure Handling Award to highlight novel manure handling technologies.
Project Duration: | Sep 2010 - Dec 2013 |
Approximate total project budget in EUR: | 3.722.940,00 |
ERDF co-financing: | 2.845.500,00 |
ENPI co-financing: | 0,00 |
Norwegian national contribution: | 0,00 |
List of partners
MTT Agrifood Research Finland | ||||||||
30600 Jokioinen | FINLAND MTT Region: Etelä-Suomi |
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Contact person: Markku Järvenpää Phone: +358 9 2242 5266 E-mail: markku.jarvenpaa@mtt.fi Web: www.mtt.fi |
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Finnish Environment Institute | ||||||||
250 Helsinki | FINLAND Mechelininkatu 34 A Region: Etelä-Suomi |
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Contact person: Juha Grönroos Phone: +358 40 526 3139 E-mail: juha.gronroos@syke.fi Web: www.ymparisto.fi |
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Agro Business Park A/S, Innovation Centre for Bioenergy and Environmental Technology | ||||||||
8830 Tjele | DENMARK Niels Pedersens Allé 2 Region: Midtjylland |
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Contact person: Knud Tybirk Phone: +45 8999 2520 E-mail: kn@cbmi.dk Web: www.cbmi.dk |
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Aarhus University | ||||||||
8830 Tjele | DENMARK Department of Animal Health and Bioscience, Resear Region: Midtjylland |
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Contact person: Hanne Damgaard Poulsen Phone: +45 89991386 E-mail: HanneDamgaard.Poulsen@agrsci.dk Web: www.agrsci.dk |
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University of Southern Denmark | ||||||||
5230 Odense | DENMARK Niels Bohrs Allé 1 Region: Syddanmark |
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Contact person: Henrik Wenzel Phone: +45 27787374 E-mail: henrik.wenzel@kbm.sdu.dk Web: www.sdu.dk |
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JTI-Swedish Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Engineering | ||||||||
75007 Uppsala | SWEDEN P.O. Box 7033 Region: Östra Mellansverige |
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Contact person: Lena Rodhe Phone: +46 18 30 33 51 E-mail: lena.rodhe@jti.se Web: www.jti.se |
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Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI) | ||||||||
38116 Braunschweig | GERMANY Bundesallee 50 Region: Braunschweig |
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Contact person: Silvia Haneklaus Phone: +49 531 596 2121 E-mail: silvia.haneklaus@jki.bund.de Web: www.jki.bund.de |
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Estonian University of Life Sciences | ||||||||
51014 Tartu | ESTONIA Fr.R. Kreutzwaldi 1 Region: Eesti |
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Contact person: Argo Normak Phone: (+372) 731 3001 E-mail: argo.normak@emu.ee Web: www.emu.ee |
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University of Rostock | ||||||||
18059 Rostock | GERMANY Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6 Region: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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Contact person: Andrea Schuech Phone: +49 381 3866 400 715 E-mail: andrea.schuech@uni-rostock.de Web: www.auf.uni-rostock.de/uiw |
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Green Federation GAJA | ||||||||
70-374 Szczecin | POLAND ul. 5 Lipca 45 Region: Zachodniopomorskie |
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Contact person: Jakub Skorupski Phone: +48 091 489 42 33 E-mail: jakub@gajanet.pl Web: www.gajanet.pl |
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University of Helsinki Department of Agrotechnology | ||||||||
00790 Helsinki | FINLAND Koetilantie 3 Region: Etelä-Suomi |
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Contact person: Laura Alakukku Phone: +358 9 191 58682 E-mail: laura.alakukku@helsinki.fi Web: www.helsinki.fi/yliopisto |
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University of Gdansk | ||||||||
80-952 Gdansk | POLAND Bazynskiego 1a Region: Pomorskie |
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Contact person: Ksawery Kuligowski Phone: +48 58 735 11 20 E-mail: kk@pomcert.pl Web: www.ug.gda.pl |
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Latvia Agricultural University | ||||||||
LV-3001 Jelgavā | LATVIA Lielajā ielā 2 Region: Latvija |
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Contact person: Kaspars Vartukapteinis Phone: +371 63023825 E-mail: kaspars.vartukapteinis@llu.lv Web: www.llu.lt |
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Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry | ||||||||
58344 Kedainiai | LITHUANIA Instituto al. 1 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Sigitas Lazauskas Phone: 8-347-37789 E-mail: sigislaz@lzi.lt Web: www.lzi.lt |
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Innovation and Education Centre Hohen Luckow IBZ German Biogas Association Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | ||||||||
18239 Hohen Luckow | GERMANY Bützower Strasse 1a Region: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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Contact person: Horst Ludley Phone: +49 (0)38295-741 26 E-mail: hludley@t-online.de Web: www.biogas.org |
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Swerea SWECAST AB/Enterprise Europe Network | ||||||||
553 22 Jönköping | SWEDEN Tullportsgatan 3 Region: Småland med öarna |
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Contact person: Ellen Carlsson Phone: +46 36-30 1246 E-mail: ellen.carlsson@swerea.se Web: http://www.swerea.se/swecast/ |
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Turku Science Park Oy | ||||||||
20520 Turku | FINLAND Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4 B Region: Länsi-Suomi |
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Contact person: Sami Uusitalo Phone: E-mail: sami.uusitalo@turkusciencepark.com Web: www.turkusciencepark.com |
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Estonian Research Institute of Agriculture | ||||||||
75501 Saku | ESTONIA Teaduse 13 Region: Eesti |
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Contact person: Helena Pärenson Phone: (+372) 6711 549 E-mail: helena@eria.ee Web: www.eria.ee |
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