Table 2 Animal waste production: the country and the analyzed site values in 2014 [24,25,26,27,28]
Item | National production (million heads) | Site production on average (thousand heads) | Dry matter production (kg/head/day) | National dry matter production (kg/year) | Site’s dry matter production on average (kg/year) | Carbon content on average | Biogas potential (m3/kg and kg/kg of dry matter) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cattle | 19.54 | 22.97 | 2.860 | 2.04× 1010 | 2.40× 107 | 22.5% | 0.20 and 0.24 |
Goat | 72.47 | 85.16 | 0.552 | 1.46× 1010 | 1.72× 107 | 29.5% | 0.25 and 0.30 |
Pig | 7.07 | 8.30 | 0.661 | 1.71× 109 | 2.00× 106 | 40.7% | 0.56 and 0.67 |
Sheep | 41.33 | 48.56 | 0.329 | 4.96× 109 | 5.83× 106 | 31.4% | 0.25 and 0.30 |
Chicken | 144.95 | 170.33 | 0.043 | 2.28× 109 | 2.67× 106 | 32.6% | 0.28 and 0.34 |
Horse | 0.11 | 0.13 | 3.3 | 1.30× 108 | 1.54× 105 | 41.5% | 0.30 and 0.36 |
Total | 285.46 | 335.45 | N/A | 2.04× 1010 | 5.22× 107 | N/A | N/A |