Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 1
Written by Nourhan KASSAB, Tarek FOUDA

The study was conducted to determine the carbon footprint of poultry farms. Breeder farms were included in the study. The fuel and electricity bills from farm, house size and age, flock size and number of flocks per year, and manure management were all collected. The methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide equivalent emissions were calculated, as well as the effect of these gases on breeder farms productivity, as well as determining the carbon footprint of breeder farms to reduce the negative effects of greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to providing necessary information on breeder’s chicken performance and advising poultry farmers on the relative merits of different climatic conditions to help set standards for different production traits. The experiments were conducted of closed farms in the city of Mansoura during the period from May 2019 to December 2021 and the capacity of the farm was 43,300 breeders’ chickens. The results showed that the amount of methane gas produced from the farm was 1.76 ton ch₄ yr^-1 and nitrous oxide gas was 0.13 ton n₂o yr^-1 for manure management. Thus, the total emissions of manure management are estimated at 81.65 tons of co₂-eq. The amount of greenhouse gas emissions for diesel is 5.23 tons of co₂-eq. The amount of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) for the electricity used in the farm is 0.15 tons of co2-eq. In the end, the total amount of emissions produced from the farm is 87.04 tons of co2-eq. In the end, the total amount of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions generated from Egypt’s farms is 271.8 (kiloton co₂-eq).

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