mcconkey gra methods oct 2011
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Presentation for CCAFS - FAO workshop Smallholder Mitigation: Whole Farm and Landscape Accounting 27 - 28 October 2011TRANSCRIPT
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Enhancing cooperation in
agricultural greenhouse gas research
Structure, Vision and Work plans for
Research Groups and Cross-cutting Groups
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Our Collective Vision
• Increase agriculture production with lower emissions
Feeding the world within the carrying capacity of earth
• Improve global cooperation in research & technology
Accelerate/strengthen knowledge and technology
development that would not happen without the Alliance
• Work with farmers and partners, provide knowledge
Develop relevant mitigation options and strengthen
productivity and resilience of food systems
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Concerted Actions
Paddy Rice Research Group
Croplands Research Group
Livestock Research Group
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Livestock Research Group
Harry Clark & Martin Scholten
• Livestock is key agricultural sector in all regions with GHG emissions arise from animals, manure, and soils
Stocktake shows more than 40% of all current research
is in livestock; two thirds funded by governments • Almost all Alliance members participate
• Two subgroups:
Ruminants
(rumen and soils) Non Ruminants
(manure)
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Livestock – Action Plan
Near-term actions: (achieved / in progress)
Stocktake analysis
Best practice guides
Technical manuals
Collaborative projects
Awards / fellowships
Targeted networks
Technical synthesis reports
Medium-term priorities: (planned for 2011/2012)
• Publish near-term action results
• Update the Stocktake
• Identify possibilities for joint research
• Identify critical factors related to
GHG emissions
• Identify options for measures
• Operationalize our long-term ambition
Wellington Banff Clermont/Versailles Amsterdam
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Croplands Group
• Coordinators
USA (Steve Shafer, Alan Franzluebbers)
• Sub-groups
Management and net GHG emissions: France (Guy Richard), USA (Charles Rice)
Emission of GHGs in agricultural peatlands and wetlands: Norway (Lillian Oygarden)
Models for C and N emissions: France (Sylvain Pellerin)
• Focus areas
Establish scientific teams; develop literature database;
standardize protocols; initiate collaborative research
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Croplands – Action Plan
• Near-term actions
Establish working relationships among scientists
• Longer term actions
Evaluate success of different management practices to
reduce GHG emissions across ecological conditions
• Achievements to date
Scientific commitment, literature database, inventory of
scientific activities across countries
• Support arrangements
Global Research Alliance Borlaug fellowships (USA)
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Paddy Rice Group
• Rice is staple food for > 2 billion people
• Paddy rice cultivation systems have different GHG
emissions than other cropping systems
• 18 countries are members of the paddy rice group
• Coordinated by Japan and Uruguay
• Stocktake shows currently 64 research projects
underway in 16 different countries
− Two major topics: GHG accounting/LCA and agronomy
− Two primary outcomes: mitigation and inventory
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Paddy Rice – Goals & Benefits
• Primary goal is limiting emissions of methane (CH4),
but trade-offs with nitrous oxide (N2O) and soil carbon will
need to be considered
• Consideration of links between mitigation,
productivity and adaptation: optimize relationship
between CH4, productivity and water use
• Standardization of measurement techniques:
- Survey to understand gaps in current methodology
- Indicates potential to establish standard method for
developing national inventories and mitigation options
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Soil Carbon-Nitrogen Cycles Cross-Cutting Group (FRANCE / AUSTRALIA )
Improved methodologies and models for mitigation
• Define common objectives across Research Groups
• Build a common modelling platform from multiple models
• Build collective expertise on applicability of models,
uncertainty and range of mitigation options
Workshops and activities to advance these goals:
• First workshop (Orléans, March 3, 2011):
stock-take of C-N models and datasets
• Second workshop (Leuven, July 2011):
model-data intercomparison, including hands-on training
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Inventories and Measurement Cross-Cutting Group (CANADA / NETHERLANDS )
Concentrate on addressing issues that affect and
benefit more than one Research Group
• Complement and support the Research Groups
• Further consistent methodological approaches
Information, knowledge, and data sharing
• Inventory methods, common priorities for collaboration
• Improve quantification of emissions and mitigation actions
• Meeting Nov. 8-10, 2011, Ottawa, Canada
Guidelines for measurements
• Improve comparability, coherence, quality, verifiability