Inemad improved Nutrient and Energy Management through Anaerobic Digestion Project/Contract number: 289712 Call identifier: fp7-kbbe-2011-5 Funding scheme: Collaborative project Document number

1Introduction 4

1.1INEMAD Project 4

1.2Country Specific General Introduction 4

2Production numbers 5

1.1Agricultural systems 5

1.1.1Geographical overview 5

1.1.2Production and productivity of crop and livestock systems 7

1.1.3Socio-economic analysis 14

1.2Agro-digestion and manure/digestate treatment processes 17

1.2.1Geographical overview 17

1.2.2Production and productivity of processing systems 19

1.2.3Socio-economic analysis 23

2Soil Nutrient Balance 26

2.1Inflows 26

2.1.1Application of mineral fertilizer, manure (N, P, K) and processed products on agricultural land 26

2.1.2Atmospheric deposition on agricultural land 30

2.1.3Use of seeds and plant material 31

2.1.4Biological N-fixation 31

2.1.5Energy consumption 32

2.1.5.1Crop production 32

2.1.5.2Livestock 33

2.1.5.3Processing industry, focus on biogas 33

2.1.6Water Consumption 34

2.1.6.1Crop production 34

2.1.6.2Livestock 34

2.1.6.3Processing industry, focus on biogas 34

2.2Outflows 35

2.2.1Nutrient levels of main and by-products (crops, livestock and processed products) 35

2.2.2Erosion 36

2.2.3Leaching losses from agricultural land to surface and ground water 38

2.2.4Ammonia and acidifying emissions 39

2.2.5Greenhouse Gas Emissions 40

2.2.6Export of nutrients to other countries 41

2.3Net soil balance and geographical distribution of nitrogen/ phosphorus field surplus 42

2.3.1Graphs with net soil balance 42

2.3.2Geographical distribution map 46

3Environmental pressure 48

2.4Nitrate Directive 48

2.5Water Directive 53

3Legislation 56

3.1Manure legislation 56

3.2Support mechanisms for biogas production 60

4Impact Categories 65

4.1NPK 65

4.2Accumulated energy demand 65

4.3Greenhouse Gas Emissions 65

4.4Economics 65

4.5Employment 65

5Conclusion 66

6References 67