Mitigation of methane production from dairy cows is critical to reduce the dairy industry’s contribution to the production of greenhouse gases. None of current used methane measurement methods are flawless and application of the methods is limited to assess the effects of methane mitigation methods under practical conditions. The main objective of ...
The overall objective of this thesis is to study the energy efficiency, GHG emission savings, and the economic viability of biofuels as energy for transportation and to examine the impacts of biofuel policies on food production, welfare, and emission in Vietnam.
The National Emission Model for Agriculture (NEMA) is used to calculate emissions to air from agricultural activities in the Netherlands on a national scale. Emissions of ammonia (NH3) and other N-compounds (NOx and N2O) from animal housing, manure storage, manure application and grazing are assessed using a Total Ammoniacal Nitrogen (TAN) flow mod...
In 2010 the dairy farmers of Cows & Opportunities have started working on a new project goal: gaseous emissions. To continue their role as pilot farm within the future developments in the dairy sector new goals have been added to their original goals on optimizing the nitrogen en phosphorus cycle: reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ammonia. The ...
Production of food has re-emerged at the top of the global political agenda, driven by two contemporary challenges: the challenge to produce enough nutritious food to feed a growing and more prosperous human population, and the challenge to produce this food in an environmentally sustainable way. Current levels of production of especially animal-so...
Biofuels can be an important instrument to decarbonise the transport sector. However, the greenhouse gas performance of biofuels can be negatively impacted by Indirect land use change (ILUC) effects. In this report, Ecofys proposes two methodologies to identify and demonstrate low ILUC risk biofuel feedstock production through the application of yi...
ABSTRACT Production of food contributes to climate change and other forms of environmental impact. Input data used in environmental impact assessment models, such as life cycle assessment (LCA) and nutrient balance (NB) analysis, may vary due to seasonal changes, geographical conditions or socio-economic factors (i.e. natural variability). Moreover...
Op verzoek van de ministeries van Economische Zaken en van Infrastructuur & Milieu heeft de Commissie Deskundigen Meststoffenwet (CDM) samen met het Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), de Omgevingsdienst Zuidoost-Brabant, de Technische commissie bodem (TCB) en diverse instellingen van de ministeries van Economische Zaken en Infras...
Dit rapport beschrijft wat het voor de melkveehouder betekent om reductiemaatregelen voor methaan in de bedrijfsvoering te implementeren. Het gaat om de beleving en de praktijkervaring van de 16 Koeien & Kansen deelnemers en hun bedrijfsadviseurs. De effectiviteit van de toegepaste maatregelen is in een ander Koeien & Kansen rapport beschreven (Gos...
