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THE BICHEL COMMITTEE

 

 

Table 7.16 Overall nitrogen balance for the agricultural sector (mill. kg per year), together with the net supply to the soil and the reduction of this compared with Danish agriculture 1995/96
 

Danish
agriculture
1996

APAE II

Organic scenarios

Present level of yield

Improved level of yield

      0% import 15/25% Unlimited 0% import 15/25% Unlimited
N-balance

418

305

146

209

245

167

229

238

Ammonia loss

76

69

45

57

67

50

65

67

N to soil (mill. kg)

342

236

101

152

178

117

164

171

Reduction in N to soil (mill. kg)

112b

241

190

164

225

178

171

     

+/¸ 53c

+/¸ 53

+/¸ 53

+/¸ 57

+/¸ 57

+/¸ 57

N to soil (kg/ha)

126

87

37

56

65

43

60

63

a The expected effects of APAE II are not included in the organic scenarios.
b Incl. reduction of 5.6 mill. kg as a consequence of increased denitrification
c This interval gives an uncertainty on the estimate for nitrogen fixation in clover grass.