The Climate and Clean Air Coalition, a Partner in the Global Research Alliance (GRA), is producing a comprehensive integrated assessment on greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants (SCLP) from the Agricultural and Food sector. The report, to be presented at COP 30 in Brazil, will develop national scale SLCP and GHG emission scenarios for 2050. These will explore ‘emission pathways’ comprising combinations of policies and mitigation measures designed to reduce emissions through e.g. changes in national diets, livestock and crop production technologies and practices, and from improvements in food waste management. The attached presentation further outlines the approach being taken.
To help develop these future ‘emission pathway’ scenarios the Agricultural and Food report is using the ADOPT model, developed by CSIRO in Australia. ADOPT is designed to provide a quantitative estimate of peak adoption rates and time to peak adoption of mitigation measures based on the characteristics of the farming population implementing these measures and of the measures themselves.
To help ensure that as far as is possible the data used in the modelling reflects the experience of practitioners working across the globe, the CCAC is consulting on the predicted peak adoption and time to peak adoption values. This consultation will comprise a survey in which participants are asked to provide their answers to a selection of ADOPT questions for a subset of the >100 mitigation measures being considered in the report.
The survey, which is open until December 16th, 2024, can be accessed HERE. It can be completed by phone or PC.
Could you please also distribute the survey to your networks – the more respondents, the more robust the mitigation assumptions will be.
The Systems Microbiology & Natural Products Laboratory (www.HessLab.com ) at UC Davis will be hiring several additional postdocs in the next 12 months.
The new hires will work on different aspects of rumen microbiology with emphasis on:
• isolation, cultivation and metabolic engineering of methanogens and acetogens
• hydrogen and carbon flow during anaerobic digestion/fermentation
• rumen fungi
Feel free to share this with potential candidates. Start dates are negotiable – opening great opportunities for students who are graduating in the next 12 months.
Potential candidates can reach out directly to Dr. Matthias Hess ([email protected] ) or his lab manager Dr. Saumya Wickramasinghe ([email protected] ).
The GRA is refreshing its Strategic Plan for 2025-2030, and we need your input!
As a valued member of our community, help us shape the next phase of our work to address agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
Take Our Short Survey HERE
The survey should only take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Your responses will help us:
- Assess progress of the 2021-2025 Strategic Plan.
- Understand the capabilities and needs of members and partners.
- Gather perspectives to guide the development of the new Strategic Plan.
Deadline: 31 December
We encourage broad participation to ensure the new Strategic Plan reflects the diversity and needs of our community.
Thank you for your time and contributions to this important process!
The RiceMoRe project is led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and supported by the government of New Zealand.
Co-organized by IRRI Vietnam and the Paddy Rice Research Group of the Global Research Alliance, the webinar aimed to share our success story and lessons learned from the development and implementation of Rice Activity Monitoring and Reporting System (RiceMoRe) in Vietnam, as well as to explore opportunities to support other countries in the SEA region.
Rumen Microbial Genomics Network webinar recording available!
The Seeding the Future Global Food System Challenge, hosted by Seeding the Future Foundation in partnership with the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), has opened its fourth annual application period. This challenge, now open for applications until January 6, 2025, provides a competitive platform for visionary teams and organizations worldwide to address pressing food system challenges with impactful innovations. By awarding up to $1 million in funding across three award categories–Seed Grants, Growth Grants, and Grand Prizes–the initiative seeks to advance scalable solutions that contribute to nutritious, sustainable, and equitable food systems.
This year, applicants who advance through the review phases gain the additional benefit of being listed in a new Innovation Database and Network. This interactive database connects innovators with global organizations such as the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Program, as well as potential investors, broadening their reach and support opportunities.
For more information on how to apply, visit https://www.ift.org/food-system-challenge or contact [email protected].
Under the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), New Zealand’s Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) initiative has been supporting developing countries like Vietnam towards building capability to meet international standards relating to trade in agriculture products. The CSA is a New Zealand-funded international development programme that aims to strengthen climate action by helping countries to effectively account for, and mitigate, their agricultural GHG emissions.
“New Zealand is supporting Vietnam with a GHG inventory and measurement project, developing Vietnam’s agricultural emissions measurement capabilities to accurately track and claim emissions reductions and identify high-impact mitigation options while maintaining productivity”.
New Zealand CSA funding has been used to develop a digital rice activity monitoring and reporting system “RiceMoRe” through a collaboration between the International Rice Research Institute and Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Read more about it HERE.
Closing Date: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until positions are filled
Location: Advanced research institutions in the USA, Germany and New Zealand
We’re hiring postdocs for a project in the Enteric Fermentation R&D Accelerator to tackle methane emissions in livestock using cutting-edge microbial genetics.
For more information and to express your interest, please see the below attachment.
Closing Date: 21st November 2024
Location: Wexford, Ireland
The position involves the monitoring of greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from a range of experimental treatments to identify new mitigation measures. The Research Officer will be responsible for the writing of scientific papers from previously completed experiments. The Research Officer will co-ordinate the project tasks involving the characterization of gaseous emissions from Irish soils and the impact of management on these emissions.
For more information, click HERE.
The November 2024 Circular Food Systems Network (CFS) Newsletter is now available online!
In this jam-packed edition you can find information about our attendance at two conferences, our CFS summer school and more.
You can read the newsletter HERE.
If you’d like to subscribe to receive future CFS Newsletters, sign up here.
Closing Date: 22nd November 2024
Location: UCD Lyons Farm, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Two Research Masters Opportunities are available in the area of ‘Sustainable High Output Grass Based Dairy Production’
For more information and how to apply, please see the document below.
UCD Lyons Farm is a 250 hectare farm located near Newcastle in Co. Dublin, just 30km away from the UCD Belfield campus. UCD Lyons Farm is a Centre of Excellence for Animal, Crop, Food and Veterinary Sciences at University College Dublin and is a key university resource supporting research, teaching and learning.
Closing Date: 25th November 2024 (10am CET)
Location: Poznan, Poland
We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated PhD student to join our research team in the project titled: “Biologically active components of rugosa rose (Rose rugosa Thunb.) as potential modulators of methane emission, fatty acids biohydrogenation, and milk quality in dairy cows“.
This project, supported by the National Science Center, Poland, project number: UMO-2023/51/B/NZ9/00792/R and the subsequent recruitment to the Poznań University of Life Sciences Doctoral School
Requirements:
a) PhD candidates should have an MSc in agricultural science (zootechnic), veterinary, life sciences, or related disciplines.
b) High motivation and competence in conducting research in the laboratory, specifically with dairy cows. Practical knowledge of short- and long-term ruminal fluid incubation techniques and working with animals with a rumen fistula.
c) Knowledge of gas chromatographic techniques used in the analysis of volatile fatty acids and long-chain fatty acids in various biological materials (feed, rumen fluid, milk, blood).
d) Fluent in English, confirmed by a certificate.
e) Having a valid driver’s license for Poland
Description of activities:
The research that the candidate will participate in will include working in in vitro and in vivo experiments as follows: (1) a short-term batch-culture experiment testing the effect of total polyphenols and/or unsaturated fatty acids; (2) a short-term in vitro batch-culture experiment testing the effect of selected shares of the TMR; (3) a long-term in vitro study – RUSITEC system evaluating the effect of replacing the TMR components in part by RFPF and RFPS (the optimal variant derived from the experiment) as well as pure/blend BAC, pure/blend UFA, and blend BAC/UFA to determine the mode of action and mechanisms by which BACs will be responsible for observed changes. The in situ (4) rumen in sacco experiment on degradation kinetics and effective degradability of RFPF and RFPS, and (5) in vivo experiments on cannulated dairy cows, where rumen fluid and milk will be examined.
Deadline for offer submission: 25.11.2024, 10.00 a.m. CET, with the proviso that in case of earlier application of candidates who meet the requirements, the competition will be completed before the deadline.
Approximate date of competition results: 02.12.2024, 6 p.m. CET, or as mentioned above.
Documents need to be submitted electronically to: [email protected]
Conditions of employment:
A Ph.D. scholarship for a period of 4 years starting from 1.01.2025. The Ph.D. student scholarship holder will be admitted to the Poznań University of Life Sciences Doctoral School. The scholarship amount will be 3 815.82 net PLN a month for the first two years (until the date of the mid-term evaluation), while after a positive mid-term evaluation it will be 4 880,70 net PLN a month for the next two years.
More details are in the attachment.