Agriculture & Nature Panel Nick Hutchings Barbara Amon Rainer Steinbrecher

Agenda  Apologies for absence  Guidebook  Errors and omissions  Other feedback from users  Maintenance and improvement of Guidebook - workplan  Work plan for  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   Review of NMVOC emissions in 4B  Review of ammonia emission from fertilisers   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

Livestock Animal housing Biogas reactor Manure storage Fields Organic waste Energy crops Feed NH 3, N y O x, NH 3, N y O x Power generation NO x, CO 2 Emissions from biogas production Emissions to be reported 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  Conclusion:  Few data  No general conclusion possible without further measurements  Measurements should extend over the whole year

Workplan   Methodology for ammonia emissions from biogas facilities   Review of NMVOC emissions in 4B  Review of ammonia emission from fertilisers

Longer term  Methodologies in Guidebook  NMVOCs, NH 3 emissions from fertiliser  NH 3 (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 Nitrogen  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