Assessment and accounting of greenhouse gas (GHG) and ammonia emissions from livestock under conventional and organic farming conditions Project leader Diāna Ruska Team of project Daina Jonkus Daina Kairiša Līga Paura Lilija Degola Elita Aplociņa Aiga Nolberga-Trūpa Lāsma Cielava Iveta Kļaviņa-Blekte Indra Eihvalde Inga Muižniece Viktorija Nikonova Dace Bārzdiņa Duration 2022 - 2025 Research focus 4. Development and adaptation of technologies for obtaining high-value agricultural and forest products, as well as in veterinary medicine Source of funding Ministry of Agriculture projects Project partners Farmers ~20 Description of project The aim of research Data collection, aggregation, and evaluation from selected farms, with further use of this data in GHG and ammonia emission calculation models. Determine the level of GHG emissions for agricultural animals raised in Latvia (dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, horses) under different farming conditions. Based on the obtained results, develop recommendations for choosing farming models that reduce (or neutralize) GHG and ammonia emissions. The tasks of project: Select farms for data collection in accordance with the research methodologyVisit the farms, introduce them to the research methodology, collect initial data and samples, and conduct live weight measurements in accordance with the research methodologyTest the collected samples in the laboratory in accordance with the research methodologyCompile the obtained data and provide it to conducting GHG and ammonia emission calculations Results Ruska D., L. Berzina , L. Paura, E. Aplociņa, L. Cielava (2024) The effect of dairy farming system on GHG emission estimations in Latvia pilot farms. 75th annual meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, Florence, Italy, 1-5 September, 2024. (oral presentation)
