Particle Emissions from Animal Husbandry

Apart from industry, traffic and private households, the agricultural sector is a considerable contributor to emissions of particulate matter (PM). Agricultural activities such as plant and animal production on both farm sites and fields cause PM emissions. Although a reduction of PM emissions is observed for Europe, an increasing proportion of primary PM10 emissions originates from agriculture including emissions from animal housing (Tab. 2.1). An earlier estimate by Klimont and Amann (2002) showed also a similar trend, i.e., European emissions from animal housing representing 2.7 and 4.3 % of total PM10 in 1990 and 2000, respectively. Klimont and Amann (2002) estimated that the major source of PM emissions from housing are poultry and pig livestock operations, which are responsible for 57 % and 32 % of PM10