Farm To Regional Scale Integration Network

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Aiming to develop generic and robust methods for assessing the balance between greenhouse gas emissions and removals in agriculture, and test best practices at farm and regional scale.

A new co-lead for the network was found in March 2021. The objectives of the network are subject to change and will be updated after the relaunch meeting in May 2021

Objectives of the Network:

To provide coordination and increased opportunities for international collaboration in farm and regional scale modelling
To provide opportunities for upskilling network members in modelling and appropriate use of models
To organise workshops associated with major conference events, where members can meet, share their knowledge, cross-train in new models and approaches, seek internal review and exchange ideas
To contribute to capacity building which allows a bridge between local and global mitigation policy design.

Contact:

For further information please contact Nina Grassnick: [email protected]

Network Actions

Short term actions (Year 1)

Establish the network through inviting key modellers to join. The network will need to rely on existing funded projects in each country, offering the value-add of international linkages and collaboration.
Identify potential funding opportunities and sources and initiate funding applications. These funding opportunities could include FACCE-JPI (for EU members), EU-Coordination funding, World Bank (viz the Uruguay soil C project) and the Global Environment Fund.
A stocktake of the relevant groups working in this area
A stocktake of the models and tools being used:
o Farm scale dynamic models (based on member survey and other programs e.g. AGMIP).
o Regional scale models (based on member survey)
o Inventory-based farm GHG calculators, listed by country and region and any studies comparing them (starting with the review by Kätsch & Osterburg (2016)).
Key peer reviewed publications from group members (based on contributions from network members).
Review mitigation efforts expected from the agricultural sector in the Integrated Assessment stabilization scenarios (SSPs x RCPs) by major regions.
A stocktake of current policies in place for GHG mitigation in the agricultural sector.
Review NDCs with respect to the agricultural sector mitigation commitments.
Provide links to the above information through the GRA-IRG network web pages.

Longer term actions (Year 2 onwards)

Aim to secure at least some ‘glue’ funding for network-specific activities.
Use the modelling and tools as a means to assist member countries to move from tier 1 to tier 2 accounting (e.g. through workshops).
Explore commonality and consistency between country emission factors and tier 2 methods. For example, a number of meta-analyses have shown potential for a universal bovine enteric methane equation. Recent publications have also shown increasing alignment of nitrogen fertiliser, dung and urine nitrous oxide emission factors. Ultimately, these dynamic models could form the basis of a move towards an agreed tier 3 approach in some cases.
Work with the Soil Carbon Sequestration network, to develop reduced complexity models (simple empirical models) for use in simple carbon calculators. These can be developed by reverse modelling with Roth C, for example, as well as those used by the SOCRATES model (Grace et al. 2006).
Develop regional scale maps of potential implications for yield, water balance.

Link to other initiatives

Conduct an audit of other relevant national and international initiatives. There are a number of existing coordinated farm and regional scale modelling programs that the network should aim to coordinate and link with (e.g. AgMIP, MACSUR, the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium, Energy Modeling Forum, 4 per mil program).

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