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September 19, 2023   •   News

Closing Date: 27 September 2023

Location: NZAGRC, New Zealand

The New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC) is expanding due to increased investment and is seeking a Senior / Principal Science Advisor.

Working across international and domestic spheres, the role will be responsible for the elaboration of complex scientific research and development programmes focussed on reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. The International role will support the NZAGRC Science Team to deliver on the vision and mission of New Zealand’s investment in the Global Research Alliance on Greenhouse Gases (GRA).

The NZAGRC is looking for someone with excellent scientific, communication and relationship skills and a strong familiarity with the workings of government departments and international science and policy fora.

LEARN MORE AND APPLY HERE

(Note: Closing date extended from 20 September 2023)

September 18, 2023   •   News

An updated version of the GRA brochure is now available to download and share. Check it out here or by clicking on the image below.

September 4, 2023   •   News

Preliminary call: Joint Colombia-NZ PostDoc project in Global Research Alliance Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) programme

Overall aim: Understanding the key controlling points of BNI in tropical and temperate systems in relation to N2O emissions.

This 2-year PostDoc position for researchers from developing countries, is part of a collaboration with the Alliance Bioversity & CIAT (Colombia) and AgResearch (New Zealand) on the role of Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) for reducing N2O emissions from livestock systems. The project is funded by the New Zealand Government in support of the objectives to the Livestock Research Group of the Global Research Alliance (GRA). The position is primarily based at CIAT campus, located in Cali, Colombia, but will be conducted in close collaboration with researchers in New Zealand.

The project focusses on identifying and quantifying the key control points of BNI in both tropical and temperate systems for maximising reductions in N2O emissions. It is an interdisciplinary project, involving plant, soil and systems scientists and will use the G x E x M framing to identify key genetic, environmental and management factors and their interactions.

The project will include conceptualisation of this framework, development, and meta-analysis of a quantitative database of information available in global BNI literature, and targeted experimental work to fill key gaps in the knowledge of controls of BNI effects on N2O emissions.

Register your interest for this position by completing the form HERE.

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Past Featured Events

November 2022

Webinar: Introducing the GRA Flagship Projects (II)

November 3, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:15 am UTC

Join the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) on Thursday 3 November at 10am UTC for the second session in our Flagship Project webinar series. Learn more about two of the current GRA Flagship Projects, their key partners and how YOU could get involved. GRA Flagship Projects develop new knowledge to better understand agricultural greenhouse gases, have global relevance and applicability and generate high scientific impact. This session will introduce the following two Flagship Projects: Development of context-specific…

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Webinar: Wetlands – crucial for national climate commitments

November 10, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm CET

The organisation of this event is being led by Wetlands International. The panelists and speakers will discuss the inclusion of wetlands, in particular peatlands and mangroves in climate commitments, such as the Nationally Determined Contributions, NDCs. The event will: highlight the crucial role of wetlands, in particular peatlands and mangroves, in achieving national climate goals,share insights and lessons learned on countries’ inclusion of wetlands into their climate commitments, including with the Global Peatlands Initiative,launch a summary brief and share the…

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Webinar: Future Farm Systems – shaping a low-emissions future for agriculture

November 16, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am NZDT

Join the NZAGRC for the next of their State of Science webinars, this time focused on their research into options for mitigating agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. Topic: Future Farm Systems Programme - shaping a low-emissions future for agriculture Presenter: Erica van Reenen (AgFirst) and Lee Matheson (Perrin Ag) Chair: Nicky Hyslop (Farmer Director, Beef + Lamb New Zealand Board and member of the NZAGRC’s Stakeholder Advisory Group) In mid-2022, after a year-long scoping phase, the NZAGRC launched a new ‘Future…

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Webinar: Predicting Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in Long-term Agricultural Experiments

November 28, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm UTC

Join the GRA Croplands Research Group for their next webinar titled "Predicting Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in Long-term Agricultural Experiments Using the CQESTR Model" presented by Dr Hero Gollany (USDA). Register HERE.

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December 2022

Training of Trainers on Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCSA) in West Africa

December 8, 2022 @ 9:00 am - December 9, 2022 @ 5:00 pm GMT

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) in Partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) is putting together the “Training of Trainers on Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCSA) in West Africa”. The training is scheduled as follows:- Date: December 8th and 9th 2022- Time: 09:00 am Greenwich Mean Time Kindly register for this training using the zoom link HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the training. Training Conditions: 1. The trainee…

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Webinar: Implementing climate action through peatlands

December 8, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CET

Join Wetlands International and their collaborators for the 2nd session in their webinar series on peatlands and climate commitments. The webinar will discuss how to implement peatland-related climate commitments (including those contained in NDCs and LTS), empowering countries to implement climate action in peatland landscapes, taking into account the many tools and resources available, good practices and lessons learned. Case examples from different regions will be presented. There will also be an ‘Ask the Expert’ space allocated, where you will…

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Webinar: ReGenerative Grazing as a Soil, Climate, and Livelihoods Solution

December 14, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm UTC

Join the international “4 per 1000” Initiative and their partners from Soil4Climate for their upcoming webinar titled “ReGenerative Grazing as a Soil, Climate, and Livelihoods Solution: The Science, Practice and Policy” on Wednesday 14 December at 17:00 UTC. The event will look at the science, practices and policies of regenerative grazing as a soil, climate, and livelihoods solution. Particular attention will be given to grasslands, soils, and pastoral people and agriculturally dependent communities. You can find the Zoom link and…

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January 2023

Joint CRG & IRG Meeting

January 17 @ 8:00 am - January 18 @ 5:00 pm CET

The GRA Croplands and Integrative Research Group are holding a joint meeting in Seville, Spain on the 17th and 18th of January 2023. The joint meeting will be held before the IX Congreso Internacional de Agroecología in Seville, Spain, which runs from 19-21 January 2023. The abstract submission deadline is 15 October 2022. The IX Congreso Internacional de Agroecología will have sessions in any of the following languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish, but without simultaneous translation. This is an invitation…

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February 2023

Webinar: “Rethinking Tools To Assess Impacts From Dairy Farms Beyond GHG Emissions”

February 9 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CET

The GRA Farm to Regional Scale Integration Network are very happy to invite you to their upcoming webinar on the topic “Rethinking Tools To Assess Impacts From Dairy Farms Beyond Greenhouse Gas Emissions”: Date: Thursday, 9th February 2023 Hours: 15.00 – 16.00 CET (GMT+1) Registration link: https://thuenen.webex.com/weblink/register/r5f531793c543000711c641cda7d2a586 Agenda: After the webinar, we are offering an optional 30 minutes Deep Dive Session (16.00 – 16.30 CET) with some of the speakers to discuss further open questions. We are very much looking forward to welcoming many…

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2023 CaSSECS annual meeting

February 20 @ 8:30 am - February 23 @ 4:00 pm WAT

The programme for the 2023 CaSSECS annual meeting (to be held in Niamey, Niger) can be found below. If you would like to attend the meeting, or would like further information, please contact Anaïs Boury-Esnault.

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Webinar: Methane emissions from manure management – monitoring and mitigation

February 23 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CET

In this webinar, Anne Mottet (FAO), Dong Hongmin (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) and Andrew Vanderzaag (Agriculture & AgriFood Canada) will first present global trends in livestock production and methane emissions, and discuss methods of monitoring, mitigation and accounting. A new approach for estimation of methane emissions from manure management via measurements and an empirical model will then be introduced. This methodology was investigated in the ERA-Net project M4Models and will be presented by Søren O. Petersen and Paria Seefedpari. 

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New Zealand Agricultural Climate Change Conference 2023

February 28 @ 8:00 am - March 2 @ 5:00 pm NZDT

The New Zealand Agricultural Climate Change Conference and associated meetings will be held from 28 February thru 2 March 2023 at Te Papa, Wellington. The two-day conference will showcase the latest research and policy developments and implementation actions being undertaken to reduce agricultural greenhouse gases in New Zealand. The conference is aimed at primary sector, science and government leaders and practitioners interested in agricultural greenhouse gas and climate change developments and the latest research on reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. Updates will be posted on the NZAGRC website. 

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