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The revision of the German Fertiliser Ordinance in 2017

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The Nitrates Directive is the core legislation to reduce nitrate emissions from agriculture to water bodies in the EU. In Germany, the directive is mainly implemented by the national Fertiliser Ordinance (FO) which aims, besides nitrate, at ammonia and phosphate losses. The FO has been currently revised as a reaction to infringement proceedings against Germany by the European Commission. The revision includes considerable changes, among others: a compulsory and clearly specified fertilizer planning, the inclusion of biogas digestate from plant origin in the organic nitrogen application threshold, a new methodology to calculate an obligatory nitrogen and phosphate balance, a reduction of legal nutrient balance surpluses, stricter blocking periods for fertilizer application in autumn, a stepwise introduction of reduced ammonia emission application techniques and the possibility to introduce additional measures in pollution hot spots. Research on the environmental and economic impact of the revision is still rare. The discussion paper at hand contributes a summary of the most relevant changes by opposing the FO from 2007 and 2017. A detailed scientific analysis on the revised FO is necessary to clarify the economic impact on farms and the contribution to reaching existing environmental targets.

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  • Till Kuhn, 2017. "The revision of the German Fertiliser Ordinance in 2017," Discussion Papers 262054, University of Bonn, Institute for Food and Resource Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ubfred:262054
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.262054
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    1. Muhammad Waseem & Jannik Schilling & Frauke Kachholz & Jens Tränckner, 2020. "Improved Representation of Flow and Water Quality in a North-Eastern German Lowland Catchment by Combining Low-Frequency Monitored Data with Hydrological Modelling," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-26, June.
    2. Pahmeyer, Christoph & Kuhn, Till & Britz, Wolfgang, 2020. "‘Fruchtfolge’: A crop rotation decision support system for optimizing cropping choices with big data and spatially explicit modeling," Discussion Papers 305287, University of Bonn, Institute for Food and Resource Economics.
    3. Kuhn, T. & Enders, A. & Gaiser, T. & Schäfer, D. & Srivastava, A.K. & Britz, W., 2020. "Coupling crop and bio-economic farm modelling to evaluate the revised fertilization regulations in Germany," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    4. Schaefer, David & Britz, Wolfgang & Kuhn, Till, 2020. "Modelling policy induced manure transports at large scale using an agent-based simulation model," Discussion Papers 305270, University of Bonn, Institute for Food and Resource Economics.
    5. Venus, Terese E. & Strauss, Felix & Venus, Thomas J. & Sauer, Johannes, 2021. "Understanding stakeholder preferences for future biogas development in Germany," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).

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