Presentations 2019

Final Meeting in Jyväskylä, Finland on February 12-13th, 2019

“Acidification of slurry to reduce nitrogen loss from agriculture” – presentations of results from the Baltic Slurry Acidification project

• Decreasing nitrogen loss from agriculture with slurry acidification techniques by Erik Sindhöj, RISE
• Feasibility studies: safety, acid consumption, technical considerations by Lena Rodhe, RISE
• Slurry acidification effect on soil by Lina Edesi & Valli Loide, ECRI (presented by Kalvi Tamm, ECRI)
• Pilot investments in slurry acidification by Jānis Kažotnieks, LRATC
• Final conclusions and recommendations based on field trials by Sari Peltonen, ProAgria
• Policy framework analysis: legislative bottlenecks by Valters Zelcs, Farmers Parliament
• Economic impacts of slurry acidification by Kalvi Tamm, ECRI
• Environmental impacts of slurry acidification by Andras Baky, RISE (presented by Erik Sindhöj, RISE)
• Policy recommendations by Henning Lyngsø Foged, Organe Institute

“Solving the ammonia emission problem and reducing nutrient loss from agriculture – Perspectives on best measures and policies for sustainable manure management”

Guest presentations at the policy workshop

• Ammonia emissions and measures for reduction in Estonia by Riina Maruštšak, Ambient Air and Radiation Department / Senior Officer Ministry of the Environment of Estonia
• Ammonia emission reduction in Latvia by Ieva Braņicka, Ministry of Agriculture/Department of Agriculture
• Agricultural ammonia emissions in France by Anne-Sophie Langlois, Chambre d’Agriculture de Bretagne
• How policy can be used in Lithuania to promote sustainable agriculture by Zigmas Medingis, Counselor of Plant productions and Agri-environment division, Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania