Agriculture & Nature Panel

Nick HutchingsBarbara Amon

Rainer Steinbrecher

Agenda

Apologies for absence Guidebook

Errors and omissions Other feedback from users

Maintenance and improvement of Guidebook - workplan

Work plan for 2010-2011 Report from Task Force on Reactive

Nitrogen

No NFR subcode for NMVOC emissions from crops (4D) (Liechti, CH)

Temporary solution: 4 D 2 a Farm-level agricultural operations

including storage, handling and transport of agricultural products

Please note the emissions separately in IIR

Will suggest creation of new NFR code, for adoption in next update

Guidebook – errors and omissions (1)

Guidebook – errors and omissions (2)

Error in units Table 3-1 (NMVOC emissions from crops (4D))? (Mikkelsen, DK)

Will liaise with Rainer

Workplan

2009-2010 Review of NMVOC emissions in 4B Review of ammonia emission from fertilisers

2010-2011 Methodology for ammonia emissions from

biogas facilities

NMVOC emissions (4B)

NMVOC emissions from Animal Husbandry and Manure Management (4B)

Method but no emission factors for 4B Placeholder table in Guidebook Included review in Maintenance Plan

No funding = no review

4B NMVOC – action

Ongoing US study US-EPA plan to establish emission

factors in 2011 Postpone review until 2011 If no funding available

Will use/adapt US-EPA values Pragmatic but unsatisfactory solution

Ammonia emission from fertilisers

Current methodology and emission factors are old

No funding was available = no review Postpone until next year

LivestockAnimalhousing

Biogasreactor

Manurestorage Fields

Organic wasteEnergy crops

Feed

NH3, NyOx, NH3, NyOx,

NH3, NyOx

Powergeneration

NOx,CO2

Emissions from biogas production

Emissions to bereported under NFR 4B

Emissions to be reported under NFR 1.A.1

Modification to 4B Tier 2

Modify Step 7 Currently accounts for addition of nitrogen in

bedding to solid manure Insert mass of nitrogen added to biogas reactor

in organic waste or energy crops

No changes to later Steps Modified mineralisation rate and emission

factors would be Tier 3

Ammonia emission from crops

Report written by Willem Asman Main focus on The Netherlands

Available in PDF from author (willem.asman@gmail.com)

Conclusion: Few data No general conclusion possible without further

measurements Measurements should extend over the whole

year

Workplan

2009-2010 Methodology for ammonia emissions from

biogas facilities

2010-2011 Review of NMVOC emissions in 4B Review of ammonia emission from fertilisers

Longer term

Methodologies in Guidebook NMVOCs, NH3 emissions from fertiliser

NH3 (and NMVOC?) emissions from crops

Greater focus on helping Parties to improve reporting Software tools Guidelines for information that can helpfully be

reported in IIRs Guidance on gridding emissions

Task Force on Reactive Nitrogenhttp://www.clrtap-tfrn.org/

4th meeting this week in Prague Main focus – Annex IX of Gothenburg

Protocol Obligatory measures for abatement of

ammonia emissions Nothing finalised

Include measures to reduce emissions from cattle

Detailed specification of obligatory measures Need to monitor implications for

reporting