Waste to Worth

Work to date October 15, 2013

Human health

Livelihoods

Environment

Food security

Source: SOFA 2009Developing countries

Industrialised countries

Work to date I

Since the Nairobi meeting (January 2013):o Manure Management Improvement Program

• Manure Kiosk: Funding proposal submitted to Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)

• Pilot projects: inventory Vietnam, project definition Kenya

• Mapping Manure Management: livestock Wiki, first analysis results

o Team structure:• Core team active, but very small• Continuity required• Representation Guiding Group• Meeting in Bangkok, August 2013

Preliminary activities

o Global inventory on manure production and management: • production of NPK in manures; • current manure management practices; • actual use of manure as fertilizer and associated

nutrient balances. • FAO/ILRI/IIASA/WUR, the livestock Wiki

o Target and prioritize the development of planning tools and regulatory and incentive frameworks; • support viable manure management; • create opportunities for nutrient recycling • Manure Kiosk as the vehicle

Manure Kiosk

o Proposal Manure Kiosk: knowledge infrastructure for: • Awareness raising and learning at policy and technical

levels • Catalysing manure management improvement • Capacity building, training • Networking and practical collaboration

o Structure: • Information Hubs: central and regional (3), use existing

structures/institutions • People for contacts, training, workshops, etc. • Roster of experts, for consultation and service provision • Internet site for information, lessons, market place • Livestock-geo-wiki

Manure Kiosk

o Current partners: • Climate and Clean Air Coalition • Global Methane Initiative • Global Agenda of Action• Global Research Alliance • World bank • Wageningen Livestock Research • Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education

Center (CATIE)• International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) • Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) – Bangkok

Office

o Advanced negotiations / Proposal for funding submitted

From the global approach to local action

o From a global initiative to local regional action

Waste to Worth Meeting, Bangkok

o Recruit new members into focus area / Agenda o Strengthen the programme of work o Identify existing multi-stakeholder initiatives o In-country opportunities to catalyze innovation

networks o Regional centre

Waste to Worth Meeting, Bangkok

Manure Management Perspectives

o Policy development:East Africa, South East Asia, Latin America• National and regional governments

o Pilot projects:• Manure refinery: bio-enzymes and nutrient separation,

feed industry, intensive livestock sector • Manure management pig farms Vietnam• Dairy farms Kenya, on-farm research and extension

o Network extensiono Livestock Wiki

• Analyse and inform

Source: Robinson, Gilbert et al. (2013)

Livestock distributions

Pigs

Chickens

Ducks

• Updated sub-national statistics

• 1km MODIS data (2001-2008)

• Standardised to FAOSTAT 2006

• New, improved modelling approach

• Accuracy estimates (internal)

• Cluster computing (SIB)

Ruminant production systems (v5)

Manure management (int. pigs)

Dry lot

Lagoon

Liquid/slurry

Pit Solid storage

Proportion of manure managed in the five main systems

100%

0%

Manure is like money

Accumulated it’s a problem

Well spread it’s a blessing

You need the stuff

to keep the system going!

Waste to Worth: creating action on the ground