Join the virtual online AgMIP Conference on ‘Making Climate-Smart Agriculture Work’ from 24-26 May. Integrating science, modeling and economics to help farmers, ranchers and foresters mitigate and adapt to the challenges of climate change Find the agenda and register HERE.
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Join the Inventories and NDC (I&NDC) Network on 24 May from 13:00 – 14:30 (GMT/UTC) for the first session of their 2022 webinar series titled “The policy relevance of national GHG inventories in guiding mitigation for agriculture”. This webinar will bring together leading experts and industry stakeholders to discuss the relevance of national agriculture inventories in guiding policy decisions and questions including: Why are agriculture GHG inventories so crucial for policy decisions?How can industry organisations and the inventory work together?What…
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Join FFAR for an informational webinar on May 24 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss the Greener Cattle Initiative’s call for research applications and learn more about this program. The Initiative, an industry collaborative created by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, issued a request for applications to advance enteric methane reduction research. This funding opportunity specifically seeks research to develop scalable technologies that reduce enteric methane emissions and enhance sustainable production…
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New Joint Research Mechanism on climate and agriculture launched between Ireland and New Zealand The Joint Research Initiative enables research calls to address the impact of high to medium-intensity grassland livestock systems on the climate and the environment. It builds on established research links between Ireland and New Zealand and strengthens existing cooperation and collaboration between funders and researchers on a bi-lateral basis. The first research call under this initiative has been launched – “Strategies, technologies and novel production systems…
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Join the NZAGRC for their upcoming webinar titled "Managing pastoral systems to maintain or increase soil carbon and reduce nitrous oxide emissions". Soil organic carbon is originally derived from carbon dioxide inputs through photosynthesis while plant respiration continuously returns captured carbon to the atmosphere. Small changes in the balance of photosynthesis and respiration lead to either gains or losses of soil carbon. Globally, about 20% of the extra carbon dioxide accumulated in the atmosphere has come from the management of…
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The 8th International Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture Conference (GGAA) will be held 5 - 10 June 2022 in person in Orlando, Florida, USA and online. GGAA is attended by more than 400 delegates from over 40 countries. The conference will feature six prominent keynote speakers and a series of pre-conference workshops with an attendance limited to approximately 30 delegates per workshop. Meetings of the Global Research Alliance on Agriculture Greenhouse Gases will be hosted after the conference to enhance international…
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The GRA Animal Health & Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity Network (AHN) focuses on the interplay between animal health and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a systemic perspective. AHN aims to gather researchers, governments, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector to: Discuss and find inter-disciplinary approaches to understand and tackle the impacts of climate change on animal health and the impacts of animal health on the environment.Advance the process of integrating animal health interventions to policy settings. Workshop participants will: Have…
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Attend this meeting to find out more about GRA Feed & Nutrition Network (FNN), CEDERS, the Global Network and the Flagship projects. You’ll hear updates about projects in progress and have an opportunity to explore the possibility of joining this concerted effort. FNN provides a collaborative forum for scientists to: Summarize and evaluate available data on mitigating GHG emissions of ruminants by nutritional meansDevelop sound recommendations on methane mitigation by nutritional means for stakeholdersIdentify gaps in knowledge and focus research…
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African countries contribute to about 10% of enteric CH4 emissions from dairy cattle worldwide despite producing only 3.9% of the world’s milk. This is because livestock production in most Sub-Saharan African countries, by virtue of being dependent on low quality crop residues, leads to very high levels of enteric methane per unit of product, as compared to livestock systems in developed regions. Methane also represents an important loss of energy that could be otherwise channeled into growth or milk production…
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The GRA Manure Management Network (MMN) is a global forum for scientists focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production and increasing the nutrient use efficiency of manures. Manure management is the handling, storage and disposal of urine and feces from livestock, other than the manure deposited directly onto pastures by grazing animals. MMN areas of research interest include: Improving our understanding of drivers of greenhouse gas emissions from manuresDeveloping a directory of mitigation strategies that can be applied…
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The Global Methane Pledge - from assessment to action: science, planning and implementation The Global Methane Pledge (GMP) aims to reduce methane emissions by at least 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030. The session demonstrates a science-based roadmap from planning to implementation of sector-specific methane emission reduction activities to reach national GMP targets for developing and developed countries (as a blueprint that can be easily adopted by interested nations). Thematic categories: Primary thematic category: Advancing Implementation - keeping 1,5° alive Secondary thematic categories: NAP/NDC; cities,…
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Join the Inventories and NDC (I&NDC) Network on 14 June from 18:00 – 19:30 (GMT/UTC) for the second session of their 2022 webinar series titled “National agriculture inventory data collection and management”. Policies for agriculture mitigation strategies, as we discussed in the first webinar of the I&NDC Network series, are shaped by accurate national agriculture emissions estimates. However, estimates are only as good as the data that underpin them. National activity data collection and its management is a universal challenge…
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