Closing date: 30 September 2022.
We are pleased to announce that the Special Round of the NZ-GRADS Programme is now open for applications.
The New Zealand – Global Research Alliance Doctoral Scholarship (NZ-GRADS) is a programme financed by New Zealand through the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA). NZ-GRADS aims to build capability by supporting students from developing countries to study at a New Zealand research institute to conduct research on agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation.
We invite students who meet the following criteria to apply:
- You cannot hold citizenship or permanent residency status in New Zealand or Australia.
- You must be from a developing country. Click here for current classification.
- Your PhD research must be conducted in New Zealand (not from a distance)
Learn more about the Special Round of the NZ-GRADS Programme and how to apply HERE.
A recording of the third session of the Inventories and NDC (I&NDC) Network 2022 Webinar Series titled “Commissioning and managing agriculture inventory research projects” is now available to view.
It is crucial to effectively determine research priorities when resources for research are limited. Developing multilateral research projects and working with international research organisations facilitates collaboration across countries with similar production systems and agricultural circumstances.
In the first part of the session, we heard from experts on the process of designing research to meet inventory needs and ensuring new research results in inventory improvements. In the discussion, we considered multinational research prioritisation: timing, scaling and developing research projects with higher global relevance.
Speaker biographies can be found here.
We are pleased to welcome Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform (SAI Platform) as the newest formal Partner of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA).
Both organisations are actively working to drive the development and adoption of more sustainable agriculture practices at scale while feeding the growing human population. With companies and Governments committed to targets on carbon reduction, nature, regenerative agriculture and human rights including livelihoods, the GRA and SAI Platform see real value in cooperating and supporting each other to achieve their common ambitions.
SAI Platform is a global, not-for-profit organisation transforming the food and drink industry to source and produce more sustainably. With almost 160 member companies of the food and drink industry, it is at the forefront in pioneering sustainable agriculture around the world. It enables members to share expertise, create solutions to common challenges and promote sustainable agriculture in a precompetitive environment. By developing tools and principles it aims to create secure and resilient agricultural supply chains.
The GRA brings 66 countries together to find ways to grow more food without growing greenhouse gas emissions. It consists of member countries and partner organisations who contribute to the expertise and evidence-based research available through the GRA. Activities of the GRA are increasingly relevant to both global and national priorities as more importance is placed on global food security and addressing climate change.
We are excited to bring together the GRA’s research approach, backed by government membership, and SAI Platform’s on farm and industry supply chain approach, backed by food and beverage companies and farm input providers. By collaborating and sharing knowledge going forwards, we believe that both organisations will benefit greatly.
Closing date: 1 September 2022
We are pleased to announce Round 5 of the CLIFF-GRADS Fellowship Programme is now open for student applications!
The Climate, Food and Farming, Global Research Alliance Development Scholarships (CLIFF-GRADS) Programme is a joint initiative of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) and the CGIAR. CLIFF-GRADS builds capability in early-career scientists from developing countries to conduct applied research in agriculture greenhouse gas emissions quantification and mitigation.
We invite PhD students who meet the following criteria to apply:
- From developing countries;
- Undertaking their PhD in a University in a developing country; and
- Who have not previously been awarded a CLIFF-GRADS grant.
Successful applicants to the CLIFF-GRADS programme will go on short term (4-6 month) research stays at a host institution and will:
- Gain experience in the measurement, modelling and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, or carbon storage in agricultural systems relevant to developing countries;
- Build networks and experience other cultures; and
- Gain access to equipment and methodologies used by other institutions.
Learn more about the R5 opportunities and how to apply in the call document HERE.
Check out the first edition of the RUFORUM Agri-GHG Newsletter which includes projects supported by the GRA.
Title: The role of microbiomes in the health, welfare and productive performance of beef and dairy cattle
Closing date: 29 July 2022
Location: Ireland
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Kohimarama is an indigenous-led climate change mitigation and adaptation workshop supported by the Global Research Alliance. Drawing on indigenous experience, ingenuity and resilience, this workshop acts as a platform for indigenous people worldwide to align in the exchange of traditional knowledge, empowering indigenous youth to deliver climate change solutions for a more sustainable future.
Closing date: 11 July 2022
Location: Germany
A Scientific Assistant position is available in the Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, Section Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics starting 01.09.2022. Tasks include:
- Scientific collaboration and support, in research and teaching, in the field of Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics on topics of animal nutrition, animal-environment interactions, ecosystem services of livestock-based land use systems, and greenhouse gas emissions with a regional focus on Africa and Asia.
- Independent acquisition of third-party funding and own research in at least one of the fields mentioned above.
- Teaching in the Bachelor’s and (English-language) Master’s programmes at the universities of Kassel and Göttingen.
- The successful candidate will be employed by the University of Kassel; work hours are to be distributed equally across the universities of Kassel (Witzenhausen campus) and Göttingen. In the context of supervising research projects in various (sub-)tropical countries, up to three stays abroad of several weeks duration are to be anticipated each year.
Further information can be found here.
Closing date for abstracts: 30 June 2022
The 2022 edition of the Biennial Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Stakeholders Conference is scheduled for 14th to 16th of September 2022. This edition is providing opportunities for researchers, academicians and students to share their research findings.
Learn more below.
A recording of the second session of the Inventories and NDC (I&NDC) Network 2022 Webinar Series titled “National agriculture inventory data collection and management” is now available to view.
Policies for agriculture mitigation strategies 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 for compilers from Annex I and non-Annex II countries alike.
The aim of this webinar was to increase awareness on overcoming a lack of good quality data, and on setting up data management frameworks to support increasing emissions reporting from Tier 1 to Tier 2 levels.
The session brought together expert speakers whose work focuses on improving agriculture inventory activity data related issues.
Speaker biographies can be found here.
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) has published the first of three calls for proposals for 2022 to support implementation of the 2030 Strategy. A total of $9 million of CCAC funding is available this year.
Funding for the first call aims at advancing national policy and planning to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) in 23 countries.
- Opening date: 8 June 2022
- Closing date: 30 June 2022
- Total Estimated cost: US$ 3,000,000
The next two calls will support SLCP mitigation in the main emitting sectors, both through national government and industry actions.
Learn more here.
Closing date: 28 June 2022
Location: Ghana / Benin
Sustainable land management is increasingly important to maintain the fragile balance between human demands and ecosystem services of available natural resources, to enhance food security, to reduce the risk of conflicts, and to foster adaptation to climate change. DecLaRe is a project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and aims to identify recommendation domains for scalable innovations towards sustainable crop production and animal husbandry in West Africa. Focussing on northern Benin and Ghana DecLaRe builds on available local and scientific knowledge and databases. It combines their use with problem-oriented research at the field level and modelling at the national to regional level. DecLaRe’s ultimate goal is to construct a decision support system (DSS) that can be used for land use and land management as well as for policy development.
In this context, the project will employ nine West African PhD candidates, who will be affiliated to one of the three West African DecLaRe partners: University for Development Studies (UDS, Ghana), University of Parakou (UP, Benin), and the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL, Burkina Faso).
Organisation/Funding Institution: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), University for Development Studies (UDS, Ghana), University of Parakou (Benin), West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL, Burkina Faso), University of Kassel (Germany), University of Göttingen (Germany), University of Hohenheim (Germany), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK, Germany)
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