The Animal Health & GHG Emissions Intensity Network is a UK led initiative of the Livestock Research Group of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. The aim of the Network is to bring together researchers from across the world to investigate links and synergies between efforts to reduce livestock disease and GHG emissions intensity reductions.
The First workshop of the Network was held in Dublin on the 25th March 2014 in the margins of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) conference. Download the report here.
Newsletter 11 of the Livestock Research Group is now available. See the link on the Livestock Research Group page or download here to read about the group’s activities for 2014.
EU FP7
Ruminomics
Connecting the animal genome, gastrointestinal microbiomes and nutrition to improve digestion efficiency and the environmental impacts of ruminant livestock production.
Summer School
July 8th – 10th, 2014
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy
For information and application go to http://www.ruminomics.eu/index.php/2014-summer-school/
The Global Research Alliance is pleased to welcome Paraguay as its newest Member. The Alliance team is looking forward to working with Paraguay and welcoming them at the upcoming Council meeting in the Netherlands.
Paraguay is the Alliance’s 41st member. For a full list of members see the Alliance Member Countries page here.
The summary from the Soil Carbon & Nitrogen Cycling Cross-Cutting Group Workshop held in Paris, 19 – 21 March 2014, is now available.
The workshop brought together the the CN-MIP, Models4Pastures, COMET-Global and MAGGNET projects which have recently been funded by a multi-partner call, and other modelling groups. Attended by 65 participants from 15 Alliance member countries, the workshop gathered scientists from various GRA research groups, projects and initiatives related to the common topic of agricultural GHG modelling.
To read more about the workshop and the full list of meeting outcomes see the summary here.
The World Farmers Organisation (WFO) is now a Partner of the Global Research Alliance. The development of this Partner Relationship is a very important step for the Alliance, and supports the objective for the 2013 Council meeting to widen the reach of the Alliance to farmers through such farmer organisations.
For more information on the WFO see their website here.
A new webpage has been set up under the Livestock Research Group: the Greenhouse Gas Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC) page. The page provides links to existing documents, resources and institutions working on marginal abatement cost curves in individual countries, or across regions.
This web page will be kept updated as we receive notifications of publications and completed reports. Please contact Victoria Hatton ([email protected]) if you wish to include documents on this page.
The 10th newsletter of the Livestock Research Group is now available. The Livestock Research Group of the Global Research Alliance is focused on promoting ways to improve the greenhouse gas intensity of livestock production systems and increase the quantity of soil carbon stored in those soils. Read the latest newsletter here.
Summary Reports from the fifth meetings of the Croplands Research Group and the Paddy Rice Research Group are now available for you to download and read.
The Croplands Research Group met for the fifth time on 7 November in Tampa, Florida, USA alongside the ASA-CSSA-SSSA “Tri Societies” annual meeting. The meeting was attended by 21 Alliance member countries, Alliance Partners and other invited speakers. The short summary version of the 2013 meeting report is now available from the Croplands Research Group page.
The Paddy Rice Research Group held their fifth meeting in Bogor, Indonesia on 25 October alongside the ESAFS11 and was attended by representatives from 6 Alliance member countries, other invited experts and Alliance Partners. To read the summary report for this meeting visit the Paddy Rice Research Group page.
Both these Research Groups have agreed to meet again in the second half of 2014 for their sixth Group meetings.
The 9th newsletter of the Livestock Research Group is now available. The Livestock Research Group of the Global Research Alliance is focused on promoting ways to improve the greenhouse gas intensity of livestock production systems and increase the quantity of soil carbon stored in those soils. Read the latest newsletter here.
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We are seeking an experienced Crop Modeller to contribute to our global food security and environmental sustainability research agenda. Working with experimental scientists, you will focus on modelling interactions between crop genetics, physiology, phenotypic traits and the environment, and evaluate crop characteristics and management practices that enhance resource use efficiency and reduce risks associated with climate change.
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This post can be based in either Aberdeen or Dundee; there may be a requirement to travel between sites.Further information is available from www.hutton.ac.uk/careers. To apply, please submit a covering letter and CV (including the names and addresses of three referees, one of which must be your current or most recent employer) by e-mail to [email protected] or by post to HR Office Dundee, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA by 3rd November 2013. Please quote reference number JHI-46-12 in all correspondence.
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