Financial supported by the Council for Development Research (RUF)
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The overall objective of SUSANE-research is to enhance the scientific research capacity in Vietnam for developing sustainable management and use of animal manure.
Background
Animal manure is a valuable source of plant nutrients and a source of spreading of diseases. Further manure is also a potential hazard to the environment. The small producers are increasing their pig production significantly on properties with very little land, this will increase risks for an inefficient use of animal manure, for environmental pollutions and spreading of pathogens.
This newsletter presents in short a decision support model, which is one of the results from a 3 year PhD study of Dr. Vu Thi Khanh Van. The PhD thesis was defended successfully in November 2009. Dr. Van has developed a decision support model for planning manure management on pig farms. The focus in this first generation model is nitrogen flow on the pig farms, where the entire manure management chain from feed for grower-finisher pig production to post-manure storage is considered. The model has been used when developing a manure management decision tool, which is presented in this newsletter.
