Livestock and environment

Abstract

Relevance. With the development of the application of the achievements of scientific and technological progress in agricultural production, agriculture began to take more from nature, and instead throw in there a huge amount of waste generated as a result of activities. Therefore, the problem of environmental protection in agricultural production, especially in industrial animal husbandry, has become urgent. Livestock and poultry farming with their manure, dung, greenhouse gases and other wastes have begun to pollute the environment more. These pollutants reduce soil fertility and productivity, and deteriorate the quality of water and atmospheric air. As a result, agricultural production itself suffers, agricultural products are received in less amount and the quality of products deteriorates.Materials and research methods. The material of the study was the data of environmental statistical reporting of the Russian Federation and its subjects over the last 10 years, as well as materials of periodical scientific publications on environmental problems. In the course of the research, abstract-logical, monographic, computational-constructive, comparative analyzes and statistical methods were used.Results. According to the state reports “On the state and protection of the environment of the Russian Federation”, the agro-industrial complex in modern conditions continues to be the main pollutant of land and other elements of the environment. More than 45 types of pollutants are emitted into the environment from livestock farms and complexes and poultry farms. Atmosphere air is contaminated with microorganisms, dust, ammonia and other animal waste products. Large volumes of manure and droppings generated in the course of the activity of livestock enterprises, the complexity of their processing and disposal indicate the need to use a variety of ways to solve the problem of effective treatment of manure and droppings. In this sense, the chinese waste disposal technology is of particular interest. China is now took the leading positions in the world in the biological disposal of food and agricultural waste with the help of black lion fly larvae.