13th Ramiran International Conference [antikvár]

Preface Organic residues, both as livestock manure and from other sources, are well recognized as an important element of sustainable fertilization making optimal use of local resources. The scientific knowledge on processes concerning organic residue, treatment technology options and potential impacts on the environment is quite advanced in Europe. However the defined best practice for management of such organic residues is often not implemented by farmers, who may be reluctant to adopt new systems, e.g. composting of non-livestock organic residues. To overcome the apparent inadequacy of technology transfer it is important to understand the barriers to implementation at the farm level and to demonstrate simple and innovative solutions for the management of organic residues. To achieve this, the conference especially invites contributions on: - Barriers for the adoption of good practice in the recycling of organic residues - Potential for improvement of management of organic resources in different parts of Europe - Conflicting aims in managing organic resources: economics, ecology, social issues - Low cost livestock manure management options - Composting - Biogas Local Organizing Committee: Vesselin KOUTEV e-mail: [email protected] Nikola KOLEV Lazar KOZELOV Simona RALCHEVA Ekaterina FILCHEVA Ivan YANCHEV Zdravka PETKOVA Milena STOICHKOVA Scientific committee: Barbara Amon, Vienna, Austria Dimitar Slavov, Sofia, Bulgaria Fiona Nicholson, Mansfield, UK Giorgio Provolo, Milano, Italy Harald Menzi, Zollikofen, Switzerland Jacek Dach, Poznan, Poland Jan Venglovsky Kosice, Slovakia Jose Martinez, Rennes, France Juhasz Csaba, Debrecen, Hungary Maria-Pilar Bernal, Murcia, Spain Reinhard Boehm, Stuttgart, Germany Rok Mihelic, Ljubljana, Slovenia Sven G. Sommer, Odense, Denmark Tom Misselbrook, North Wyke, UK Vesselin Koutev, Sofia, Bulgaria