This overview describes processing technologies for nutrient recovery in agriculture, highlighting innovations and challenges.
The restrictions on nutrient application on the fields combined with the presence of intensive livestock, nutrient scarcity (e.g. phosphorus) and volatile prices for fossil-based mineral fertilisers drive farmers to invest in (nutrient) processing technologies. Processing technologies mainly refer to technologies used to process agricultural products to a better quality, or to treat agricultural waste for fertiliser production, energy generation or to mitigate their environmental impact. Examples of such technologies include anaerobic digestion, composting, solid-liquid separation, thermal drying, incineration, nitrification-denitrification etc. The booklet gives an overview of decision support tools, technologies and recommended practices that are the outcomes of key EIP-AGRI Operational Groups. These groups and associated projects have focused on improving processing technologies to recover nutrients and provide knowledge about innovations and the advantages and challenges of adopting them.
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