Livestock waste treatment systems of the future : a challenge to environnemental quality, food safety, and sustainability. OECD Workshop

M. Vanotti (1) , M. Szogi (2) , M.P. Bernal (3) , José Martinez (4)

1 Coastal Plains Research Center
2 Coastal Plains Research Center
3 Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura
4 UR GERE - Gestion environnementale et traitement biologique des déchets

This Special Issue of Bioresource Technology is dedicated to selected contributions presented at the international Workshop: Livestock waste treatment systems of the future: A challenge to environmental quality, food safety, and sustainability, held 24 April, 2008, in Florence, South Carolina (USA) and sponsored by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Cooperative Research Programme: Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, under Theme (1) the Natural Resources Challenges, and Theme (2) Sustainability in Practice. The aim of the Workshop was to focus on the current state of scientific information on the treatment of animal waste, with the intent to apply this information strategically towards enhancing livestock systems for both the sustainable use and protection of natural resources and sustainable production.

Mots clés: TRAITEMENT DES DEJECTIONS; EFFLUENTS D'ELEVAGE; ENVIRONNEMENT; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; LIVESTOCK WASTES

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement

M. Vanotti, M. Szogi, M.P. Bernal, José Martinez. Livestock waste treatment systems of the future : a challenge to environnemental quality, food safety, and sustainability. OECD Workshop. Bioresource Technology, 2009, 100 (22), p. 5371 - p. 5373. ⟨10.1016/j.biortech.2009.07.038⟩. ⟨hal-00593209⟩