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project info
Start date: 1 August 2015
End date: 30 June 2018
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 750 500,00 €
EU contribution: 280 175,00 € (37,33%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö, yritys- ja alueosaston rakennerahastot ja koheesiopolitiikka -ryhmä
European Commission Topic

Biocarbon to reduce emissions and increase the value of manure in fur farms

Fur farms currently emit nutrients, greenhouse gases and odours. This has called into question the continuity of the industry. New solutions are urgently needed. In the Kalajoki region, fur producers have delivered manure to a composting plant. Manure from fur farms is hazardous waste, the handling of which is subject to a gate fee. By mixing the manure produced by fur animals with a suitable alloying agent, the manure provides the raw material for organic fertilisers by using the manure of fur animals as fertilisers as fertilisers as an efficient way of transferring Baltic phosphorus in the form of fish feed back into the food production chain. The use of biochar as a manure alloying agent is new. The aim of the project is to find the properties of biocoal by utilising business solutions for the utilisation, further processing and reduction of environmental loads of fur farm manure. The main objective of the project is to create network innovation. The project develops co-operation between companies with the aim of creating an innovation network and also reducing the cyclical sensitivity of operators’ business activities. The project brings fur production to its nutrients by further processing into the circular economy. The aim of the project is to explore alternative possibilities for creating business concepts of different sizes for the sector, which have the potential for profitable business operations and the production of composting mix, and which have both national and international demand. The project consists of three main sections, with separate work packages underneath.Section 1) The biocarbon mix is divided into 4 work packages, which explain the correct mixing ratio of the litter mixture, the operational characteristics of the soil mixture in fur farms and the operation of the manure mixture at the composting plant. The suitability of the fertiliser mixture for storage fertilisation as well as the effect of biocarbon’s water retention on the resulting drains and their nutrient content will be examined in a pilot study on the golf course. The field will be designed and implemented for re-evaluation of a single route using biocarbon enriched in the structures. The fertilisation effect of the mixture is determined by a lane test for arable crops. The tests will be carried out on the fur producers’ own fields close to the place where the fertilising mixture is produced. In section 2) Compost as a commercial product is produced with information on the regional concept, its operators, their roles, the resulting material flows and the connection to other operators in the region, as an integral part of the development potential of organic fertilisers and the related regulatory licensing practices. Section 3 includes the coordination, reporting and information of the project. The project results in more efficient phosphorus recycling. Phosphorus is often understood as a point-based load risk. The processing of manure into organic fertilisers and ready-to-growing substrates and thus the transfer of manure to food production results in an effective phosphorus cycle. The natural recycling of phosphorus in the Baltic Sea will also be achieved through the project. The improved circulation of phosphorus has a positive impact on the overall life cycle impacts of livestock and fur products. The production of manure from fur farms will bring about a big change in the sector, which will contribute to the continuity of farming. The acceptability of the whole industry is improved by removing disadvantages and bringing the benefits to the public. The studies and studies carried out in the project result in alternatives and the necessary measures for profitable business. Studies and studies are public and their results will be published in the final seminar of the project.

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