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Objectives / Outcomes
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Countries involved
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“The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (FONTAGRO) Project 2” In Progress |
Two regional projects, one on Andean dairy production systems and the second on central American silvo-pastoral production systems, aims to improved national greenhouse gas inventory reporting and develop specific mitigation options related to local farming conditions. |
NZ, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
“IDB FONTAGRO Project 1” Completed |
This regional project on beef production systems in Latin American has improved national greenhouse gas inventory reporting and developed specific mitigation options related to local farming conditions. |
NZ, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Uruguay |
“South East Asia inventory project” Completed |
New Zealand supported these countries to work together to identify common areas of need in livestock emission research, improving relations among researchers in New Zealand and in the countries involved. Further collaborations developing a number of projects based on the priority areas identified are underway. |
NZ, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia |
“African Inventory and Monitoring workshop”NZ, 27-31 July 2015 Completed |
African regional inventory compilers and/or agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU)/agriculture sector experts attended an inventories workshop in NZ to understand benefits of improving national agriculture greenhouse gas inventory reporting. |
NZ, Botswana, Ghana, South Africa |
“SE Asia Inventory and Monitoring workshop”Bangkok, Thailand 23-25 September 2015 Completed |
Demonstrated the benefits of higher-Tier GHG inventories for livestock systems and improved participating countries’ inventories consistent with their national circumstances, priorities and capacities by demonstrating identifying the steps needed to be taken. |
NZ, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam |
“Measurement and mitigation of greenhouse gases in South-East Asian livestock systems”Bangkok, ThailandMarch 2012 CompletedHanoi, Vietnam September 2012 Completed |
New Zealand supported the LRG to hold a workshop identifying mitigation options common across SE Asian Livestock Systems. Following the technical workshop New Zealand funded an additional meeting to develop a 12-month regional project involving Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia to build capability in GHG emission measurement and mitigation. |
NZ, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam |
“Measurement and mitigation of greenhouse gases in African livestock systems: building capability to meet the challenge”Nairobi, Kenya 24-26 September 2012 Completed |
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) hosted by MPI, ILRI and Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in support of the objectives of the LRG. Improved understanding of the diversity of livestock systems in the region, the greenhouse gas emissions and the special characteristics of those systems. Also showcased existing research programmes and document critical data, knowledge and capability gaps in order to identify activities that would help enhance the region’s ability to measure, monitor and develop options to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions intensity from livestock systems while improving the livelihoods of small holder farmers. |
NZ, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda |
“Workshop on building capability in measurement, inventory and mitigation of greenhouse gases for African farming systems”Accra, Ghana November 2012 Completed |
Measurement and inventory of agricultural greenhouse gases in African farming systems. Improved understanding of farming systems and documented critical data, knowledge, and capability gaps that need to be addressed to enhance the countries’ ability to measure, monitor, and inventory greenhouse gas emissions in order to inform ways to improve productivity and resiliency of agriculture under climate change in a sustainable manner. |
NZ, Canada, France, Netherlands, BeninGabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Niger, South Africa, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
“Methods of measurement of methane emissions from forage-fed ruminants”Palmerston North, NZ January 2013 Completed |
Participants received ‘hands-on’ training to develop skills that when applied in their home organisation/country will improve the measurement of and understanding of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. This will facilitate their future or ongoing participation in research, development and extension activities or programmes directly related to the mitigation of livestock greenhouse gas emissions. This course covered aspects of methane measurement using both the SF6 and chamber techniques. |
NZ, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Uruguay |
“Training course in livestock and climate change, and methods for measuring GHG emissions”South Africa, September 2014 Completed |
An introduction to the issues facing ‘Livestock and Climate Change’ was provided followed by technical training on nitrous oxide measurements from manual/automatic chambers and methane emission measurements from ruminants using the SF6 tracer technique and respiration chambers. |
NZ, Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |