Ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and nutrients in the Baltic Sea region

This research paper presents a systematic map of evidence regarding the effectiveness of ecotechnologies used for the recovery and reuse of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in agriculture within the Baltic Sea region and similar boreo-temperate systems, focusing on literature from 2013 to 2017.

• The most common ecotechnologies identified in the evidence base are soil amendments, anaerobic digestion, and (vermi)composting, which together account for 40.7% of the findings.
• Manure is the primary waste source for recovering carbon or nutrients, appearing in 55.4% of the studies, followed by a mix of manure and crop residues at 22%.
• The evidence base shows a disparity between recovery and reuse: 51 studies detailed the recovery of both carbon and nutrients (mainly through anaerobic digestion and (vermi)composting), while only 27 studies focused on the reuse of these recovered elements via soil amendments.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2020). Ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and nutrients in the Baltic Sea region. https://www.sei.org/publications/ecotechnologies-agriculture-recovery-reuse-carbon-nutrients-baltic/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and nutrients in the Baltic Sea region. 2020. https://www.sei.org/publications/ecotechnologies-agriculture-recovery-reuse-carbon-nutrients-baltic/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2020ecotechnologies, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and nutrients in the Baltic Sea region}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = jan, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/ecotechnologies-agriculture-recovery-reuse-carbon-nutrients-baltic/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }