Animal Production Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Research from a Country’s Perspective SLOVAKIA National Agricultural and Food Centre Dipl. Ing. Andrea Strmeňová Engaging Workshop, Warsaw Poland, 8-9 March 2014
Clim ate Researchs Climate Research in Slovakia The principal investigator's institution is The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMI). - specialized organization providing hydrological and meteorological services. - the successor of similar institutions in Slovakia from the mid-19th century. - state-subsidised organisation operating under the Slovak Ministry of Environment. Engaging Workshop, Warsaw Poland, 8-9 March 2014
SHMI's activities include the following: - monitoring of quantitative and qualitative parameters of the air and water - collecting, verifying, interpreting and archiving data and information on the condition and regime of air and water - describing developments in the atmosphere and hydrosphere and issuing forecasts - warnings and other information regarding the atmosphere and hydrosphere - data, information and other research are made available to the public Engaging Workshop, Warsaw Poland, 8-9 March 2014
Climate research in relation to Agriculture and Animal production National Agricultural and Food Centre Research Institute of Animal Production
Mission of NPPC The main purpose: find complex scientific and research solutions of problems in the sphere of biology and farming animals in form of goal oriented fundamental and applied research up to the verification of realization in the user’s sphere.
Mission of RIAP Main objective: solve the tasks of science and technical development for the branch of animal production, mainly in the sphere of breeding, housing, nutrition and feeding, conservation and treatment of feeds, biotechnology, reproduction, ethology, technology and ecologization of husbandry, biology and technique of farm animals, quality of meat, milk, wool, economy of production in animals. The RIAP is a complex integrated workplace of the departmental research Further activity of the NPPC and RIAP - creation of scientific programmes, concepts and prognoses in the sphere of animal production, expertise and extension work as well as education of scientific and professional workers.
Clim ate Project • Example of a prominent climate related project in Slovakia Effect of internal and external factors on harmful gases emission and concentration in housing of pigs, chicken, and dairy cows (current project of the Slovak Research and Development Agency Bratislava, No. APVV-0632-10) What is special about this project? • This research project was developed on the basis of following knowledges: - agriculture has large impact on environment - it also produces a lot of organic waste (manure, slurry, droppings, litter) releasing emissions of ammonia (NH3), greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O a H2O) and odor - it can have undesirable influence to the water, air and soil quality Engaging Workshop, Warsaw Poland, 8-9 March 2014
• ammonia and greenhouse gases emissions are a global concern • less knowledge’s about noxious gases emissions - start research on farms with high capacities of poultry and pigs • ammonia can be harmful by long-term exposure - negative influence on housed animal’s performance • effort to reduce ammonia releasing from decomposed excrement’s from animal buildings, slurry and manure storages and land application (fertilization)
What are for your country important knowledge questions related to greenhouse gas emissions in relation to agriculture and animal production? Purpose of our research Determination of ammonia and greenhouse gases emission factors for • fattening pigs housed on a slatted floor • to evaluate the effects of clinoptilolite application into slurry on ammonia concentrations • to discover the effects of season, age and hybrid combination of broilers on the levels of ammonia and carbon dioxide; obtain the effects of season, milk production and bedding type on the concentration of NH 3 and GHG in dairy cows Engaging Workshop, Warsaw Poland, 8-9 March 2014
Objective 1 : To determinate of emission factors in the fattening pigs category housed on the slatted floor. Hypotheses • The amount of slurry under slatted floor affects gas concentration and emissions The concentrations and emissions of gases will increase with the age of • animals • The concentrations and emissions are influenced by the animal behavior Higher ventilation capacity decreases the concentration and increases • the emission of gases • Higher interior temperature increases gas concentration and emissions • The season of the year has an impact on the concentration and emissions of gases
Objective 2 To evaluate the levels of ammonia and carbon dioxide and their dependence on season, age and hybrid combination of broilers Hypotheses • Ammonia and carbon dioxide concentrations You are dangerous vary during the year for Earth • Ammonia and carbon dioxide concentrations increase with the age of the animal • Ammonia and carbon dioxide concentrations are similar in Me ? hybrid combinations ROSS a COBB
Objective 3 Monitoring of microclimatic parameters (NH3, CO2, CH4, temperature, relative humidity, air flow) and their dependance on season, milk productivity of animals, and applied housing technology in the housing of dairy cows Hypotheses • Ammonia, carbon dioxide and methane concentrations are the highest in the winter season • The rise in milk productivity will increase ammonia, carbon dioxide and methane concentrations • The choice of bedding material (straw, mattress) affects the concentrations of ammonia, carbon dioxide and methane
Our former scientific projects on the similar topics Effects of cold temperatures on milk yield, behaviour and physiological parameters of cows • Estimation of cold stress on dairy cows • Impact of thermal-humidity index on milk yield under conditions of different dairy management • Effect of high temperature on growth performance of calves maintained in outdoor hutches • Effect of hot temperatures on the hematological parameters, health and performance of calves • Effects of heat environment on performance, behaviour, and physiological responses of dairy cows • Mapping of harmful gases concentrations and emmissions in Slovak in animal husbandry- cattle, pigs and chickens
What are your international connections in this field of research? Research cooperation with • Utah State University, Logan, Utah,USA; AM University in College Station, Texas, USA; • INRA France • WUR the Netherlands • University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Agriculture, Czech Republic. • Research Institute of Animal Production, Praha – Uhrineves, Czech Republic; • Slovak Agricultural University, Nitra, Slovakia Engaging Workshop, Warsaw Poland, 8-9 March 2014
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