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United States participants in the 2018 GRA Council Meeting and associated events.
“There are opportunities to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration by improving efficiency and productivity of agricultural systems through improved management practices and technologies. This can also help to build the resilience and adaptive capacity of these systems to meet the increasing demand for food in a sustainable manner.” –Joint Ministerial Statement
The United States is:
- a founding Member of the GRA
- a past GRA Council Chair (2015-6)
- Co-Chair of the Croplands Research Group
- A major research contributer to the GRA research groups
The United States supports GRA activities
The US has hosted recent GRA meetings:
- 2017 Livestock Research Group annual meeting in Washington DC
- 2016 Croplands Research Group annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona
- 2016 Americas subgroup meeting of the Paddy Rice Research Group in Stuttgart, Arkansas
The US has contributed to the development of the GRA, its networks, and related databases:
- Emergence of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases editorial, printed in Carbon Management, Volume 2 (2011).
- Development of the Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Network (MAGGnet)
- Development and implementation of the Croplands Research Group Publication Database, supported by Kansas State University.
The Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology GRA Fellowship Program provides three-month fellowships to select scientists in GRA member developing countries. A US-Canada Memorandum of Understanding on agroforestry systems supports the work of the GRA.
USA activities align with the GRA
The USDA Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) Climate Change Program Office (CPPO) coordinates USDA efforts on global change program and policy issues
- Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity-Scale Inventory
- USDA Regional Climate Hubs
- National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
- Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation
- USDA Climate Change Science Plan (2010-2015)
The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) conducts ongoing activities:
- Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network (LTAR)
- Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network (GRACEnet)
- Nutrient Use and Outcome Network (NUOnet)
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) supports climate change mitigation and adaptation research. The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) conducts research and evaluation on climate change impacts on society.