European Agricultural Emissions Inventory Reseachers Network - Leitung und Teiln
EAGER is a core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations. Through the exchange they strive to continuously improve their respective N flux models.
Factsheet
- Lead school School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
- Institute Resource-efficient agricultural production systems
- Research unit Sustainability and ecosystem
- Funding organisation Others
- Duration 01.01.2003 - 05.07.2016
- Project management Thomas Kupper
- Head of project Thomas Kupper
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Project staff
Thomas Kupper
Harald Menzi -
Partner
LEI-Agricultural Economics Research Inst.
Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali
Swedish Inst. of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
Agrotechnology & Food Innovations B.V.
Monteny Milieu Advies, NL
Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft FAL
Dept. of Agric. Engineering Research Centre Bygholm
IGER North Wyke
Dept. of Agric. Engineering Research Centre Bygholm
AEA Technology U.K.
Cemagref Rennes
Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e.V.
Plant Research International B.V.
IIASA-Int. Inst. for Applied Systems Analysis - Keywords emissions, inventory, ammonia, model
Situation
EAGER aims at achieving a detailed overview of the present best available inventory techniques, compiling and harmonizing the available knowledge on emission factors (EF) and initiating a new generation of NH3 emission inventories.
Course of action
Six N-flow models used to calculate NH3 emissions from agriculture for inventories and policy implementation in UK, DK, NL, DE, CH were compared using standard activity data sets. For liquid manure the results were well comparable. For solid manure larger differences indicated greater uncertainties. In a third WP a survey on punlished and unpulished experimental data on emissions from solid manure was therfore conducted.
Result
EAGER is a core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations. Through the exchange they strive to continuously improve their respective N flux models.
Looking ahead
EAGER regularly communicates its experiences and conclusions to official international expert groups, e.g. in the framework of the UNECE Gothenborg protocol and the CORINAIR. The need for the network and its tasks are regularly assessed.
