Owens Poultry is a 57,000 poultry layers farm in Herefordshire. With growing scrutiny on the environmental impact to the Wye valley basin from agricultural runoff from farms, our feasibility project aims to reduce the environmental damage caused by untreated chicken manure being spread on fields. The project will continue initial exploratory work in finding a circular economy solution for the chicken manure, working on field testing an exciting new technology called Rapid Fermentation Technology with our local Technical Partner, LOHAS Recycling, based in Shropshire. The six month feasibility study on the farm, will allow Owens Poultry to test the technology in a live farm environment, before significant capital is spent on potential widespread adoption.

LOHAS Recycling Ltd applies the newest available bio-technology in managing poultry manures effectively and up-cycling the valuable organic nutrient effectively. The enzyme-based process stabilises the nitrogen in the organic manure completely and convert the organic matter into fully-fermented high value fertiliser, so as to avoid the nitrogen loss in the form of Ammonia Emission to the air. The enzyme-based process to treat and process poultry manure and produce safe and stable organic-based fertiliser from poultry manure, has been through 12 month's lab tests and has been approved by Animal and Plant Health Agency as a safe and effective new method in treating animal by-product: Manure. The treated manures keep all its valuable nutrient, especially Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potassium, **AND** the treated manures are free from pathogens or harmful bacteria, making them suitable for long term storage , but without causing ammonia emissions. This project will support the up-taking of the technology within the Poultry farmers, proving them a new emerging technology, to reduce the ammonia emissions from the manures, for responsible and sustainable farming, reserve our environment, for human health and biodiversity. We are confident we can achieve this goal, if we take action now. The enzyme-based process is simple to operate. The enzyme technology will do the hard work, so the farmers can focus on their farming business. The investment is low, the economical and environmental returns are high. The farmers can create a new revenue from the manure waste, by turning the organic agricultural waste into high value organic-based fertiliser. LOHAS Recycling will work closely with the stakeholders to develop the solution in Phase 1\. The well-designed solution will then come to the real life environment in Phase2\. We will set up a Rapid Fermentation Unit on a Chicken Farm, who has the need to adopt a new agri-tech to manage the manure on their farm, to reduce ammonia emission, and be the first 'customer' to see the technology work. We will expect the collaborating farm to support our work in making improvement to the solution based on the farm-based experience and research; be willing for us to run open days on the farm to demonstrate to the stakeholders the technology working in real life; and allowing us to make a video on the 1st field study to promote the technology and build a case study. Thank you.

Inflation, Ukraine war, the shortage of fuel and gas supply, Brexit, food security and climate change, we address these challenges by enhancing a brand new patent pending biotechnology based process that can improve the current organic fertiliser manufacturing process effectively, reduce the reliance on natural gas, and improve food production with lower cost. In this application, we will explain why and how the enzyme technology could do what it claims to deliver. The claims will be tested by our partner research organisation: The Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC). A Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) will be carried out by top UK Agricultural University: Harper Adams University (HAU, subcontractor to LOHAS Recycling) to see the sustainability of the enzyme-based process. Organic agricultural waste, such as livestock manure, contains valuable nutrients for plants' growth, especially poultry manure, its balanced blend of nutrients, as a perfect feedstock to manufacture organic-based fertiliser, that is suitable for a wide range of crops and leafy plants and vegetables. However, without the effective and sustainable technology and process to manage and treat the poultry, the bio-based material brings negative environmental impacts, such as ammonia emission, GHG emission and river pollution. Previous work has been done on processing the poultry manure from a random choice of farms in England and Mid Wales, including broiler farms and egg farms. The output from the enzyme-based process has been tested for its safety (free from pathogens) by Sci-Tech, and its nutrient content and organic matter comparing before and after the process by NRM. The 12 months self-funded tests and trials have supported our application and our process in treating animal by product: poultry manure, has been successfully approved by Animal and Plant Health Agent as a new method. We have also carried out a commercial project with HAU on the broccoli growth trials to test our novel fertiliser. The results are positive: stable chemical form, rich in organic matter, odourless after field application (because it is fully fermented), perform well in combination with synthetic fertiliser for the best Nitrogen Usage Efficiency, but maintaining the yield. This call offers an opportunity for the UK science research and innovation base collaborate to address the challenges. We aim to turn the challenge of problematic manure feedstock into golden opportunities with the unique enzyme technology for a more resilient and sustainable UK organic-based fertiliser manufacturing industry.

There is increasing interest in large poultry farms to invest in drying and pelleting system to make chicken manure pellets. There are obvious reasons for this, such as the dry pellets will be easier to be transported. The dynamic farmers are looking to create new revenue by adopting this existing technology, that has been commonly-used in other European countries, such as Netherland, Belgium, and France. This should be encouraged and supported, since the cost on Nitrogen fertiliser and fuel has increased dramatically. We do have the abundant organic N nutrients in our country. Saying that, 1.94 million tons of manures are produced in our country every year. Livestock manures often thought of as waste. Regional intensive farming is a barrier. The nutrients resource from one type of farming is not easy to be transported to another type of farming. For example, there are many poultry farms in Herefordshire, that the land there just cannot take any more nutrients. Whist, a veg/fruits grower in Kent or Southampton need to import dry manure pellets from overseas. This is the challenge we will be addressing in this project. Existing technology, which has attracted quite a few farmers interest is the drying and pellets system, like the one supplied by Big Dutchman. Our focus in this project is to improve and add value to the solution and its end product for UK farmers to uptake the technology, for smooth and successful operational process, and also considering our environment: reduce energy usage, reduce GHG emission and ammonia emission. Considering the location and weather of the UK, it is necessary to bring our farmers attention to the potential barriers they might meet when uptake an existing technology from overseas. This project will better manage and optimise manure characteristics, reduce nitrogen nutrients loss and better valorise manures for greater benefit to soils, pasture or crops. We will define practical models for more circular agriculture that work for the farmers, both practically and financially. Contributing to Levelling Up, with both small and more substantial farms avoiding the need to import, this project helps to improve economic stability and sustainability. With costs reduced, farmers can take better command of their productivity outlays, offsetting this for the benefit of public consumers.