Researchers from a number of European countries established a network on animal waste utilisation in 1976. It was restructured in 1990 when the number of working groups was reduced to two and ad hoc expert groups created to address specific issues. The last workshop on animal waste utilisation was held in Gb'dollo in Hungary in October 1996. It was decided at this workshop to expand the network to include municipal and industrial wastes. The network was renamed RAMIRAN (Research Network on Recycling of Agricultural and Industrial Residues in Agriculture) to reflect this change.

Conferences, workshops and consultations

Establishment and main activities

• 1976 Solna Sweden by 24 delegates representing 15 countries as European Cooperative Network on Animal Waste Utilization with six sub-networks and five liaison centres.
• 1988 Publication of „Guidelines for an Economical an d Environmentally safe Use of Slurry on Agricultural Land“. Replacement of sub-networks by two working group
• 1998 Expansion of the activity on Recycling of Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial Residues in Agriculture RAMIRAN.
• 2000 Colleagues from all European countries, and Japan, Canada, USA, and Mexico were present Publication of 14 proceedings on workshop or consultations.

Network Coordinators

EVENTS

May 07 - 29, 2019
VI International Symposium on Agricultural and Agroindustrial Waste Management - VI SIGERA will be held in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, The thematic of the Symposium will be Biotechnologie Applied to the Treatment and Reuse of Wastes.

September 8 - 12, 2019
The XIXth ISAH Congress,
will be held from 8th to 12th September 2019, Wroclaw, Poland.