Livestock manure management practices Bangladesh

A research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute analyzing livestock manure management systems in Bangladesh, quantifying the distribution of manure use and the resulting methane emissions across different livestock types and farm scales.

• Manure from large ruminants is primarily managed through solid storage (56.2% to 57.0%) and as burned fuel (37.3% to 43.0%), while anaerobic digestion accounts for 4.80% and liquid slurry losses account for 1.65%.
• The use of solid storage for manure is significantly higher (p<0.01) in commercial farms compared to subsistence farms, regardless of the area. The use of manure as burned fuel is significantly higher (p<0.05) in commercial farms in sub-humid areas, but lower in humid and rainfed areas.
• Annual methane emissions were estimated at 62.98 Gg for dairy and other cattle, 92.3 Gg for buffalo, 7.97 Gg for small ruminants, and 7.62 Gg for poultry. The calculated methane emission factors per head per year were 6.77 kg for dairy and other cattle, 6.41 kg for buffalo, 5.42 kg for small ruminants, 0.203 kg for poultry, and 0.024 kg for poultry (though the text lists five factors for five categories, the final two are 0.203 and 0.024).
• The primary obstacles preventing improved manure management for farmers are a lack of awareness, weak capacity, and credit problems.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2017). Livestock manure management practices Bangladesh. https://www.sei.org/publications/livestock-manure-management-practices-bangladesh/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Livestock manure management practices Bangladesh. 2017. https://www.sei.org/publications/livestock-manure-management-practices-bangladesh/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2017livestock, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Livestock manure management practices Bangladesh}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2017}, month = jul, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/livestock-manure-management-practices-bangladesh/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }