Reducing emissions from livestock rearing – individual measures
The goal of the EmiMin project was to identify ways to reduce emissions in livestock farming. The project team conducted research on different types of livestock sheds to determine how emissions were influenced both by specific technical measures used in their construction and by various combinations of these measures. Their focus was not only on emissions such as ammonia and methane but also on odour emissions.
ZB MED’s role in the project
ZB MED’s primary responsibility in the EmiMin project was to develop a systematic method for managing the data. As a first step, the ZB MED project team collaborated with researchers to develop a data management plan, which was dynamically updated throughout the project. To achieve this, ZB MED used the Research Data Management Organizer (RDMO) tool created by the German Research Foundation (DFG). One of the project’s goals was to tailor RDMO to the specific requirements of agricultural science, providing a dedicated tool for future applications. Another key step involved determining which data would be published and digitally preserved in ZB MED’s Specialist Repository for Life Sciences. The majority of the data consisted of measurements taken in animal sheds. To facilitate reuse in future research projects, the data was indexed and made available online through the ZB MED search portal LIVIVO.
Duration
1 July 2018 – 31 March 2024
Funding bodies
Scheme to promote innovation run by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) with funding from the German Federal Republic’s Special Purpose Fund managed by the Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank development agency in Frankfurt am Main
Partners
- KTBL Darmstadt (German association for technology and structures in agriculture), Dr. Martin Kunisch
- Institute of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Kiel, Prof. Dr. habil. Eberhart Hartung
- Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Department of Engineering for Livestock Management, Uni.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Amon
- Institute of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Bonn, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Büscher
- Institute of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Hohenheim, apl. Prof. Dr. Eva Gallmann
