Agricultural waste manual
Abstract
Agricultural waste management is a rapidly changing technology. It is
subject to government regulation and sensitive to population growth patterns,
community attitudes and land use changes. It is influenced by
variables such as soil type, topography, climate, crop and livestock
production practices. The trend towards larger and more concentrated livestock
operations has accentuated the problems of waste management. This
has necessitated better management methods, not only to hold down labour
requirements and cost, but also to minimise detrimental effects on the
environment. Agricultural waste management, and particularly that related to housed
livestock, became a topic of considerable importance to farmers, their
advisers and related authorities in New Zealand in the 1960s and 1970s.
The passing of the Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 gave statutory
expression to public concern about pollution of natural water, among other
concerns.
In the late 1970s, a Dairy Wastes Advisory Committee was meeting under the
auspices of the Dairy Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
and a Piggery Wastes Committee was working with similar aims under the
auspices of the then Pork Industry Council. Members of both committees
were concerned at the lack of published, authoritative information in New
Zealand related to planning, design and management for agricultural wastes.
This manual has been written: "to provide authoritative information for competent designers of
animal waste management systems"·... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
agricultural waste; waste management; dairy farming; dairy farming wastes; pig farming; pig farming wastes; waste regulation; waste planning; waste management design; waste authorities; housed livestock; land use changeDate
1984-12Type
Commissioned Report for External BodyCollections
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