Presentation to government and researchers in Ethiopia in October 2017 as part of ILRI and CCAFS work on low emissions development in livestock. Implemented with support form USAID.
Presentation to Kenyan government and project leaders in agriculture in October 2017.
ILRI and CCAFS low emissions development efforts, conducted with support from USAID.
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Sabrina Rose, Policy Consultant at CCAFS, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
The document discusses low carbon livestock development and options for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector. It notes that livestock provide important food and livelihood benefits but also contribute significantly to global GHG emissions. Key mitigation options discussed include increasing production efficiency, reducing enteric methane emissions from livestock, increasing soil carbon sequestration through improved grazing and pasture management, and improving waste recycling and nutrient management. The document concludes that low carbon livestock is possible through existing mitigation options and that concerted global action and a "basket" approach across options will be needed to significantly reduce emissions.
Mike May-'Los retos del Planeta y propuestas de soluciones desde la bioeconomía'Fundación Ramón Areces
El 1 de febrero de 2017 dedicamos en la Fundación Ramón Areces un simposio internacional a 'Los retos del Planeta y propuestas de soluciones desde la bioeconomía'. Organizado en colaboración con la Asociación BioEuroLatina, fue inaugurado por la Secretaria de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Carmen Vela. Durante toda la jornada, los ponentes debatieron sobre cómo la bioeconomía, conjunto de actividades económicas que utilizan de manera sostenible los recursos de origen biológico, contribuye a producir alimentos, y energía de soporte para el conjunto del sistema económico.
Presentation builds onto National Discussions on Priority Adaptation and Mitigation Actions for Agriculture in the National Climate Change Action Plan 2013-2017
More information: http://ccafs.cgiar.org/national-adaptation-planning-event-agriculture#.UhcfJD-LKdk
Nigel Davies Practical Sustainability Profiting from Sustainability Conferenc...Stevencann1
This document discusses sustainability in business and manufacturing. It addresses reducing carbon footprints through various means like using green electricity, anaerobic digestion, low carbon farming practices, and influencing suppliers. Specific examples are provided about reducing the carbon footprint in malt production, beer brewing, and baking through techniques like using compost to improve soil quality, precision farming, and altering recipes. The overall message is that practical sustainability approaches can provide environmental benefits and reduced costs.
Presentation at the Low Emissions Livestock: Supporting Policy Making and Implementation through Science in East Africa regional awareness raising workshop held at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 2 and 4 July 2018.
Presentation to government and researchers in Ethiopia in October 2017 as part of ILRI and CCAFS work on low emissions development in livestock. Implemented with support form USAID.
Presentation to Kenyan government and project leaders in agriculture in October 2017.
ILRI and CCAFS low emissions development efforts, conducted with support from USAID.
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Sabrina Rose, Policy Consultant at CCAFS, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
The document discusses low carbon livestock development and options for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector. It notes that livestock provide important food and livelihood benefits but also contribute significantly to global GHG emissions. Key mitigation options discussed include increasing production efficiency, reducing enteric methane emissions from livestock, increasing soil carbon sequestration through improved grazing and pasture management, and improving waste recycling and nutrient management. The document concludes that low carbon livestock is possible through existing mitigation options and that concerted global action and a "basket" approach across options will be needed to significantly reduce emissions.
Mike May-'Los retos del Planeta y propuestas de soluciones desde la bioeconomía'Fundación Ramón Areces
El 1 de febrero de 2017 dedicamos en la Fundación Ramón Areces un simposio internacional a 'Los retos del Planeta y propuestas de soluciones desde la bioeconomía'. Organizado en colaboración con la Asociación BioEuroLatina, fue inaugurado por la Secretaria de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación del Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Carmen Vela. Durante toda la jornada, los ponentes debatieron sobre cómo la bioeconomía, conjunto de actividades económicas que utilizan de manera sostenible los recursos de origen biológico, contribuye a producir alimentos, y energía de soporte para el conjunto del sistema económico.
Presentation builds onto National Discussions on Priority Adaptation and Mitigation Actions for Agriculture in the National Climate Change Action Plan 2013-2017
More information: http://ccafs.cgiar.org/national-adaptation-planning-event-agriculture#.UhcfJD-LKdk
Nigel Davies Practical Sustainability Profiting from Sustainability Conferenc...Stevencann1
This document discusses sustainability in business and manufacturing. It addresses reducing carbon footprints through various means like using green electricity, anaerobic digestion, low carbon farming practices, and influencing suppliers. Specific examples are provided about reducing the carbon footprint in malt production, beer brewing, and baking through techniques like using compost to improve soil quality, precision farming, and altering recipes. The overall message is that practical sustainability approaches can provide environmental benefits and reduced costs.
Presentation at the Low Emissions Livestock: Supporting Policy Making and Implementation through Science in East Africa regional awareness raising workshop held at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 2 and 4 July 2018.
How can agriculture help achieve the 2°C climate change target? Delivering food security while reducing emissions in the global food system
November 2, 2015
Event co-sponsored by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security and the World Bank
Presentation
Delivering on a transformed food sector:
Rethinking livestock production and diets
Pierre Gerber, Senior Livestock Specialist, World Bank
Olivia Knight Adams Coca Cola Profiting from Sustainability Conference York D...Stevencann1
Coca-Cola is committed to sustainable agriculture to ensure a secure supply chain and meet changing consumer preferences. It works with suppliers and farmers to promote practices like optimizing fertilizer use and minimizing pesticides. Coca-Cola's 2020 goals aim for all priority commodities, like sugar, corn, and coffee, to meet sustainable standards. The company supports projects globally and partners with organizations in key regions to implement solutions tailored to local challenges, such as improving water management on the River Nar in England to reduce agricultural runoff pollution.
Richard Bramley - Yorkshire Farmer. Profiting from Sustainability Feedback Se...Stevencann1
Richard Bramley operates Manor Farm, a 500-acre farm in Kelfield that grows a variety of crops including wheat, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, oilseed rape, and industrial hemp. The farm uses cover cropping extensively to boost biodiversity, trap nutrients, reduce pollution, increase soil organic matter, and suppress weeds. Cover cropping provides many benefits to the farmer and environment with little downside and no extra paperwork. Bramley argues that sustainable farming is important as farms form the foundation of food and the environment, and that policy should support rather than hinder farmers' progress toward sustainability through sensible, effective, and coordinated regulation.
Dr Nigel Davies - Muntons PLC - Profiting from Sustainability Feedback Sessio...Stevencann1
The document discusses reducing greenhouse gas emissions from crop production through various methods like improved nitrogen management, precision farming, soil carbon sequestration, and plant breeding. It notes that 40% of farms have no nitrogen management plan and the highest emissions occur with high nitrogen application or warm, wet soils. Precision farming techniques could save on fertilizer use and overlap. The government aims to support voluntary measures and sustainable intensification to meet emission reduction targets. Future farmer meetings will focus on topics to help low carbon barley production in a cost-effective way without disadvantaging procurement.
Presentation at the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture.
Title: ITC’s Climate Smart Agriculture: Livelihood Improvement through Low Emission Technologies
Speaker: _VIJAY VARDHAN VASIREDDY
The document discusses the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) approach to supporting sustainable forest management (SFM) during its sixth replenishment period (GEF-6). The GEF aims to achieve environmental, social, and economic benefits from improved forest management. It has invested $700 million during GEF-5, leveraging $4.6 billion in co-financing. For GEF-6, its goal is sustainable management of forest resources to improve livelihoods while providing environmental benefits. It has four objectives: maintaining forest resources, enhancing forest management, restoring degraded forests, and increasing regional and global cooperation on forest issues.
Jan Renier de jong Skylark Profiting from Sustainability Conference York Dec ...Stevencann1
This document summarizes the Skylark initiative in the Netherlands which aims to promote sustainable agriculture. It discusses how Jan Reinier de Jong, a farmer, has participated in Skylark since 2010 to shape sustainability on his 100 hectare farm. Skylark began in 2002 with 10 pilot farmers and has now grown to over 400 participating farmers. The key elements of the Skylark method include farmers developing individual sustainability plans with consultants and participating in regional groups to share knowledge and continuously improve their sustainability practices.
Harvest bourne - mass recycle 2015-03-30 finalMassRecycle
This document summarizes information about Harvest Power, a company that operates anaerobic digestion facilities to process organic materials. It discusses Harvest Power's strategic footprint across North America, with operations in multiple Canadian provinces and US states. It also provides details about Harvest Power's proposed Bourne Energy Garden Project, which would construct a new anaerobic digestion facility in Bourne, Massachusetts to process food waste, biosolids, and landfill gas into fertilizer. The presentation indicates the facility would have an electrical output of 5 MW and leverage Harvest Power's experience from other operating digestion facilities.
Climate Smart Landscapes: addressing trade-offs and delivering multiple benef...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
The document discusses efforts to mitigate the carbon footprint of beef production in several European countries including Italy. It outlines that agriculture accounts for 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions and provides data on beef cow and cattle imports in Italy. The project involves 100 demonstration farms and 20 innovative farms in Italy to assess greenhouse gas emissions from beef production and identify mitigation strategies. Strategies identified include improving cattle diets and digestion, increasing productivity, improving manure management, increasing carbon sinks on farms, and utilizing renewable energy. The overall strategy is to encourage lower emission beef production practices and disseminate innovative approaches identified.
Developing partnerships between CIFOR and the private plantation sectorCIFOR-ICRAF
This document discusses potential areas of partnership between CIFOR and private plantation sectors, including assessing labor trends, developing company-community partnerships, and addressing other emerging issues like plantation productivity and ecosystem services. CIFOR could provide research expertise and resources to help industries improve management, while gaining access to research sites and ensuring results are applied. Partnerships may assess labor intensity, contracts, and productivity over time, as well as the impacts of energy prices and labor complementarities with local activities. They may also involve increasing local population involvement for land access and diverse community partnership models with various outcomes.
David Paterson from Heineken PLC - Profiting from Sustainability Feedback Ses...Stevencann1
Presentation by David Paterson from HEINEKEN at the Profiting from Sustainability Feedback Session in York during April 2015 organised by Future Food Solutions Ltd
N2O and CH4emissions from cattle manure heaps in Kenya are lower than IPCC es...ILRI
Poster prepared by Sonja Leitner, Dónal Ring, George Wanyama, Daniel Korir, David Pelster, John Goopy and Lutz Merbold, for the Virtual Livestock CRP Planning Meeting, 8-17 June 2020
This document summarizes the development of tools to assess greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints of beef production systems across several European countries. The project aimed to create a common framework for these tools, update existing tools, and conduct baseline assessments of beef farms. Preliminary results from Irish beef farms found substantial variation in greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints across different production systems. The analysis highlights opportunities to mitigate emissions through improved production practices. A wider environmental assessment is also being developed to evaluate additional impacts like biodiversity, air, and water quality.
Assessing the roles of forests in reducing poverty and enhancing climate resilience in the Philippines.
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
Mr. Jim O'Toole - Assessing the Sustainability of the Global Beef Value Chain...John Blue
Assessing the Sustainability of the Global Beef Value Chain - An Irish Perspective - Mr. Jim O'Toole, Director, Meat & Sustainability Development, Bord Bia, from the 2016 Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), October 5 - 6, 2016, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
More presentations at http://trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2016-global-roundtable-sustainable-beef
Multi-functionality in a conservation landscape: the case of Bac Kan Province...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
The CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) is a global partnership that harnesses the potential of crops to alleviate poverty, improve food security, nutrition, climate change resilience, and boost incomes in the semi-arid and sub-humid dryland agroecologies of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
1) The document discusses strategic objective 2 (SO2) of making agriculture, forestry, and fisheries more productive and sustainable.
2) SO2 aims to benefit people and conserve natural resources through multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral approaches that integrate environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
3) FAO and CGIAR centers currently collaborate on research related to climate-smart agriculture, ecosystem services and biodiversity, efficient resource use through sustainable intensification, and developing indicators for nutrition-sensitive agriculture.
Carbon insetting in the dual purpose cattle value chain in NicaraguaILRI
Presented by Rein van der Hoek, Peter Läderach, Lucía Gaitán, Lisette Phelan, Alexandra Köngeter and Martín Mena at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Milan, Italy, 9-14 August 2015
How can agriculture help achieve the 2°C climate change target? Delivering food security while reducing emissions in the global food system
November 2, 2015
Event co-sponsored by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security and the World Bank
Presentation
Delivering on a transformed food sector:
Rethinking livestock production and diets
Pierre Gerber, Senior Livestock Specialist, World Bank
Olivia Knight Adams Coca Cola Profiting from Sustainability Conference York D...Stevencann1
Coca-Cola is committed to sustainable agriculture to ensure a secure supply chain and meet changing consumer preferences. It works with suppliers and farmers to promote practices like optimizing fertilizer use and minimizing pesticides. Coca-Cola's 2020 goals aim for all priority commodities, like sugar, corn, and coffee, to meet sustainable standards. The company supports projects globally and partners with organizations in key regions to implement solutions tailored to local challenges, such as improving water management on the River Nar in England to reduce agricultural runoff pollution.
Richard Bramley - Yorkshire Farmer. Profiting from Sustainability Feedback Se...Stevencann1
Richard Bramley operates Manor Farm, a 500-acre farm in Kelfield that grows a variety of crops including wheat, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, oilseed rape, and industrial hemp. The farm uses cover cropping extensively to boost biodiversity, trap nutrients, reduce pollution, increase soil organic matter, and suppress weeds. Cover cropping provides many benefits to the farmer and environment with little downside and no extra paperwork. Bramley argues that sustainable farming is important as farms form the foundation of food and the environment, and that policy should support rather than hinder farmers' progress toward sustainability through sensible, effective, and coordinated regulation.
Dr Nigel Davies - Muntons PLC - Profiting from Sustainability Feedback Sessio...Stevencann1
The document discusses reducing greenhouse gas emissions from crop production through various methods like improved nitrogen management, precision farming, soil carbon sequestration, and plant breeding. It notes that 40% of farms have no nitrogen management plan and the highest emissions occur with high nitrogen application or warm, wet soils. Precision farming techniques could save on fertilizer use and overlap. The government aims to support voluntary measures and sustainable intensification to meet emission reduction targets. Future farmer meetings will focus on topics to help low carbon barley production in a cost-effective way without disadvantaging procurement.
Presentation at the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture.
Title: ITC’s Climate Smart Agriculture: Livelihood Improvement through Low Emission Technologies
Speaker: _VIJAY VARDHAN VASIREDDY
The document discusses the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) approach to supporting sustainable forest management (SFM) during its sixth replenishment period (GEF-6). The GEF aims to achieve environmental, social, and economic benefits from improved forest management. It has invested $700 million during GEF-5, leveraging $4.6 billion in co-financing. For GEF-6, its goal is sustainable management of forest resources to improve livelihoods while providing environmental benefits. It has four objectives: maintaining forest resources, enhancing forest management, restoring degraded forests, and increasing regional and global cooperation on forest issues.
Jan Renier de jong Skylark Profiting from Sustainability Conference York Dec ...Stevencann1
This document summarizes the Skylark initiative in the Netherlands which aims to promote sustainable agriculture. It discusses how Jan Reinier de Jong, a farmer, has participated in Skylark since 2010 to shape sustainability on his 100 hectare farm. Skylark began in 2002 with 10 pilot farmers and has now grown to over 400 participating farmers. The key elements of the Skylark method include farmers developing individual sustainability plans with consultants and participating in regional groups to share knowledge and continuously improve their sustainability practices.
Harvest bourne - mass recycle 2015-03-30 finalMassRecycle
This document summarizes information about Harvest Power, a company that operates anaerobic digestion facilities to process organic materials. It discusses Harvest Power's strategic footprint across North America, with operations in multiple Canadian provinces and US states. It also provides details about Harvest Power's proposed Bourne Energy Garden Project, which would construct a new anaerobic digestion facility in Bourne, Massachusetts to process food waste, biosolids, and landfill gas into fertilizer. The presentation indicates the facility would have an electrical output of 5 MW and leverage Harvest Power's experience from other operating digestion facilities.
Climate Smart Landscapes: addressing trade-offs and delivering multiple benef...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
The document discusses efforts to mitigate the carbon footprint of beef production in several European countries including Italy. It outlines that agriculture accounts for 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions and provides data on beef cow and cattle imports in Italy. The project involves 100 demonstration farms and 20 innovative farms in Italy to assess greenhouse gas emissions from beef production and identify mitigation strategies. Strategies identified include improving cattle diets and digestion, increasing productivity, improving manure management, increasing carbon sinks on farms, and utilizing renewable energy. The overall strategy is to encourage lower emission beef production practices and disseminate innovative approaches identified.
Developing partnerships between CIFOR and the private plantation sectorCIFOR-ICRAF
This document discusses potential areas of partnership between CIFOR and private plantation sectors, including assessing labor trends, developing company-community partnerships, and addressing other emerging issues like plantation productivity and ecosystem services. CIFOR could provide research expertise and resources to help industries improve management, while gaining access to research sites and ensuring results are applied. Partnerships may assess labor intensity, contracts, and productivity over time, as well as the impacts of energy prices and labor complementarities with local activities. They may also involve increasing local population involvement for land access and diverse community partnership models with various outcomes.
David Paterson from Heineken PLC - Profiting from Sustainability Feedback Ses...Stevencann1
Presentation by David Paterson from HEINEKEN at the Profiting from Sustainability Feedback Session in York during April 2015 organised by Future Food Solutions Ltd
N2O and CH4emissions from cattle manure heaps in Kenya are lower than IPCC es...ILRI
Poster prepared by Sonja Leitner, Dónal Ring, George Wanyama, Daniel Korir, David Pelster, John Goopy and Lutz Merbold, for the Virtual Livestock CRP Planning Meeting, 8-17 June 2020
This document summarizes the development of tools to assess greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints of beef production systems across several European countries. The project aimed to create a common framework for these tools, update existing tools, and conduct baseline assessments of beef farms. Preliminary results from Irish beef farms found substantial variation in greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints across different production systems. The analysis highlights opportunities to mitigate emissions through improved production practices. A wider environmental assessment is also being developed to evaluate additional impacts like biodiversity, air, and water quality.
Assessing the roles of forests in reducing poverty and enhancing climate resilience in the Philippines.
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
Mr. Jim O'Toole - Assessing the Sustainability of the Global Beef Value Chain...John Blue
Assessing the Sustainability of the Global Beef Value Chain - An Irish Perspective - Mr. Jim O'Toole, Director, Meat & Sustainability Development, Bord Bia, from the 2016 Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), October 5 - 6, 2016, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
More presentations at http://trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2016-global-roundtable-sustainable-beef
Multi-functionality in a conservation landscape: the case of Bac Kan Province...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
The CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) is a global partnership that harnesses the potential of crops to alleviate poverty, improve food security, nutrition, climate change resilience, and boost incomes in the semi-arid and sub-humid dryland agroecologies of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
1) The document discusses strategic objective 2 (SO2) of making agriculture, forestry, and fisheries more productive and sustainable.
2) SO2 aims to benefit people and conserve natural resources through multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral approaches that integrate environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
3) FAO and CGIAR centers currently collaborate on research related to climate-smart agriculture, ecosystem services and biodiversity, efficient resource use through sustainable intensification, and developing indicators for nutrition-sensitive agriculture.
Carbon insetting in the dual purpose cattle value chain in NicaraguaILRI
Presented by Rein van der Hoek, Peter Läderach, Lucía Gaitán, Lisette Phelan, Alexandra Köngeter and Martín Mena at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Milan, Italy, 9-14 August 2015
Eco enterprises opportunity for greening economy in key sectorsJared Omondi Buoga
A presentation on opportunities for greening the economy in Key Sectors. Presented during the 5th National Youth Conference on Climate change at Mully Children's Home.
Kevin FredianiHead of Sustainable Land UseBicton CollegeCatchTalk.TV
Kevin Frediani, Head of Sustainable Land Use at Bicton College, discusses the Fossil Fuel Free Farming (F3) project. The project aims to decouple food production from fossil fuel dependence and build resilience against climate change through experimentation. The F3 farm system takes a holistic, systems-based approach integrating crops, livestock, agroforestry, and renewable energy to create a commercially viable and environmentally sustainable model of fossil fuel free farming. The farm will serve as a physical resource for research, education, and developing practices to share within a community of fossil free farmers.
The document discusses the issue of using crops for biofuel production versus using them for food. It presents information about ICRISAT, an organization focused on reducing poverty and environmental degradation in dryland tropics. ICRISAT is exploring the potential of sweet sorghum as a biofuel feedstock that does not compromise food security through their Pro-poor BioPower initiative. The initiative aims to empower smallholder farmers and ensure food, feed, and energy security in a sustainable way.
This document discusses sustainable pork production. It notes that population growth will require more food production in the future. Today's farmers are much more efficient, feeding 155 people on average compared to 26 people in 1960 using fewer inputs. The pork industry aims to safeguard the environment, animal well-being, public health, and natural resources. It has developed metrics to measure its sustainability performance over time in areas like carbon footprint, water footprint, and land use. The goal is to continuously improve practices to benefit people, pigs, and the environment.
Jamie Burr - Sustainability in Pork Production - Pigs, Planet, PeopleJohn Blue
This document discusses sustainable pork production. It notes that population growth will require more food production in the future. Today's farmers are much more efficient, feeding 155 people on average compared to 26 people in 1960 using fewer inputs. The pork industry aims to safeguard the environment, animal well-being, public health, and natural resources. It has developed metrics to measure its sustainability performance over time in areas like carbon footprint, water footprint, and land use. The goal is to continuously improve practices to benefit people, pigs, and the environment.
Sustainability in Pork Production - Pigs, Planet, People National Pork Board
This document discusses sustainable pork production. It notes that population growth will require more food production in the future. Today's farmers are much more efficient, feeding 155 people on average compared to 26 people in 1960 using fewer inputs. The pork industry aims to safeguard the environment, animal well-being, public health, and natural resources. It has developed metrics to measure its sustainability performance over time in areas like carbon footprint, water footprint, and land use. The goal is to continuously improve practices to benefit people, pigs, and the environment.
CIAT is a CGIAR research center focused on reducing hunger and poverty in the tropics through agricultural research. It faces the challenges of feeding a growing population with less land and water and a changing climate. CIAT conducts research to increase crop productivity, improve natural resource management, and inform policies, with a focus on beans, cassava, rice and forages. It works across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to deliver impacts at scale through partnerships.
All of the presentations from the webinar on "Enhancing investment in soil health and carbon storage: Frontiers for linking finance and carbon accounting" held on 10 September 2020.
This event is co-organized by CCAFS, The Nature Conservancy, 4 per 1000 Executive Secretariat, World Bank and the Meridian Institute. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3k68hkr
Panelists included:
-Ciniro Costa Jr., CCAFS
-Tim Mealey, Meridian Institute
-Deborah Bossio, The Nature Conservancy
-Martien van Nieuwkoop, World Bank Group
-Keith Paustian, Colorado State University
-Stefan Jirka, Manager LandScale, Verra
-Dan Harburg, Director, Indigo
-William Salas, President of Dagan, Inc
-Aldyen Donnelly, Director of Carbon Economics, Nori
-Debbie Reed, Executive Director of Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC)
-Beverley Henry, Institute for Future Environments-QUT
-Pamela M. Bachman, Digital Agriculture & Sustainability Lead, The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Bayer
-Ronald Vargas, Global Soil Carbon Partnership - FAO
-Paul Luu, 4per1000
Importance of livestock production from grasslands for national and local foo...ILRI
Presented by Iain A Wright, Polly Ericksen, Andrew Mude, Lance W. Robinson and Jason Sircely at the International Grassland Congress, New Delhi, 20-24 November 2015
Feeds and forage research and development under SIMLESA project: Achievements...africa-rising
Presented by Endalkachew Wolde-Meskel, Aberra Adie, Melkamu Bezabih and Peter Thorne, ILRI, at the Africa RISING Ethiopian Highlands Project Review and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, 21–22 May 2019
The document discusses increasing genetic gains in farmers' fields in Africa through public sector crop breeding programs. It notes that current rates of genetic gain achieved by these programs are suboptimal. The key points are:
1. Genetic gain is measured as the annual increase in productivity due to breeding, but is difficult to measure directly in farmers' fields. Estimates suggest average genetic gains of around 0.3% per year for maize in Africa.
2. Higher genetic gains over the long term can transform agriculture by providing steady improvements, effective climate adaptation, and reduced environmental impacts. However, rates of 1-2% per year are needed to have significant impacts.
3. To increase genetic gains, public breeding
Achieving Agenda 2030: Livestock research and the transformation of small-sca...ILRI
1) Global demand for meat, milk, and eggs is rising rapidly in developing countries, where smallholders currently produce much of the supply.
2) Transforming smallholder livestock production into a more productive and resilient system can help achieve several UN Sustainable Development Goals and benefit women and youth.
3) Livestock research plays a key role in this transformation by developing solutions to improve productivity, health, feeding, and management practices for smallholder farmers.
This document provides an update on the Sustainable Intensification of Dairy Production Indonesia (SIDPI) project. It summarizes the project's activities in 2017, including workshops held with farmers and stakeholders to identify low emission dairy solutions. Pilot projects were launched testing interventions like manure and feeding management. Emerging outputs include reports on dairy farm baseline characteristics. The project aims to contribute to Indonesia's national climate targets by developing plans for the dairy sector to reduce emissions through improved practices.
Mitigate+: Research for low-emission food systemsCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Christopher Martius, CIFOR-ICRAF, at "Leveraging the Glasgow Leader’s Declaration on Forests and Land Use to accelerate climate actions - Bonn Climate Change Conference", on 14 Jun 2022
The document provides initial recommendations for a Climate-Smart Agriculture Project proposal in Malawi. It defines Climate-Smart Agriculture as increasing productivity sustainably, enhancing resilience to climate change impacts, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The recommendations focus on the first two pillars of CSA - sustainably increasing productivity and adaptation. Specific recommendations include incorporating flood management techniques, sustainable water management, soil management to increase carbon content, integrating trees into farming systems, and investing in research, extension, and monitoring programs to track progress of CSA interventions.
Agroecology based Food Systems Climate Resilience and NDC – Zimbabwe Way ForwardFrancois Stepman
Presentation by Enos Shumba, WWF, Zimbabwe at the Online Forum on Building climate resilient food systems based on the 10 Ag (27 October 2020). Organized jointly by the Secretariat of the Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Agriculture, Food Security and Land Use at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Biovision Foundation and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), this online forum was the second of a series that addressesed the adaptation and mitigation potential of agroecology in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
The new CGIAR: Food security, global change and international agricultural r...ILRI
The document discusses the new CGIAR strategy and structure for international agricultural research and development. Key points:
1) The new strategy focuses research on reducing rural poverty, improving food security, nutrition/health, and natural resource management through CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs).
2) CRPs are implemented by research centers and partners to achieve impacts aligned with the strategy. They focus on integration, appropriate partnerships, and impact measurement.
3) Examples include CRP 1.1 on dryland agriculture and CRP 3.7 to increase availability of meat, milk and fish for the poor through value chain approaches.
Presentation at the Low Emissions Livestock: Supporting Policy Making and Implementation through Science in East Africa regional awareness raising workshop held at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 2 and 4 July 2018.
Similar to Feasibility of low emissions development interventions in the Kenyan livestock sector (20)
Africa RISING project implementation and contribution in Ethiopia. Presented at Africa RISING close-out event.
24-25 January 2023
ILRI campus- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The document summarizes a field visit by Africa RISING CGIAR partners to sites in Ethiopia where they are implementing their new SI-MFS initiative. It describes some innovative farmers in the Lemo and Doyogena districts who have adopted integrated crop-livestock-NRM practices promoted by Africa RISING, including using protein-rich legume fodder trees, energy-rich grasses, and soil and water conservation practices. It also highlights the challenges of water shortage and disease, and the potential for the new SI-MFS initiative to build on the success stories and learning from Africa RISING farmers.
This document summarizes planned and ongoing agricultural research activities and studies in the Ethiopian highlands for 2022. It discusses field activities related to livestock feed and forage development as well as crop varietal selection. It also outlines planned, ongoing, and completed studies on topics like gender and scaling assessments. The document notes legacy products to be developed and capacity building efforts. It describes plans to broadcast livestock innovations through local radio and concludes with noting the planned closure of the Africa Research project in Ethiopia in early 2023.
Haimanot Seifu provided a communications update on the Africa RISING program in the Ethiopian Highlands. Key activities before the program ends this year include producing extension manuals, policy briefs, a special journal issue, and a photo book. Surveys are also ongoing regarding gender, monitoring impacts, spillover effects, and scaling. Africa RISING is partnering with AICCRA on workshops, surveys, training modules, and broadcasting feed and forage technologies on local radio stations. A new initiative called SI-MFS involving mixed farming systems in 6 countries was also launched in May to run initially for 3 years from 2022-2024. Support is needed from CKM for legacy products, facilitating
Technique de compostage des tiges de cotonnier au Mali-Sudafrica-rising
Poster prepared by Moumini Guindo, Bouba Traoré, Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu, and Alou Coulibaly for the 13th Symposium of the Malian Society of Applied Sciences (MSAS), 01 July – 05 August 2022.
Flux des nutriments (N, P, K) des resources organiques dans les exploitations...africa-rising
Poster prepared by Moumini Guindo, Bouba Traoré, Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu, and Alou Coulibaly for the 13th Symposium of the Malian Society of Applied Sciences (MSAS), 01 July 1 – 05 August 2022.
The Africa RISING project in Ethiopia's highlands had the goals of improving food security, gender equality, nutrition, income, and capacity building through sustainable intensification research from 2012-2022. It worked in four regions, implementing tested interventions like improved crops, fertilizers, and mechanization. Over 360,000 households directly benefited from validated technologies in phase two, while over 30,000 people participated in training. The project supported graduate students, published research, and faced challenges like COVID-19 and funding issues before planning its exit strategies.
Eliciting willingness to pay for quality maize and beans: Evidence from exper...africa-rising
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The woman has no right to sell livestock: The role of gender norms in Norther...africa-rising
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This document summarizes two assessments conducted by Africa RISING on sustainable intensification and return on investment from 2011-2020. It finds that:
1) The total value of direct benefits to farmers was $74.6 million, while the total project cost was $15.9 million, resulting in a return on investment of 469%.
2) An assessment of progress towards sustainable intensification analyzed households by total production per hectare and compared indicators across five domains. It found that more intensified households showed improved scores in agricultural production, economics, environment, human welfare, and social indicators.
3) A focus on assessments at the woreda (district) level provided insights into differences between communities and guidance for
The document summarizes the results of a nutrition assessment study and lessons learned from it. The study aimed to identify how Africa RISING interventions contributed to household nutrition. It used a qualitative research approach with key informant interviews and focus group discussions in Ethiopia. The results showed that the interventions helped to produce and consume a more diverse and nutritious diet, generate income, and improve knowledge of food production and preparation. However, diet diversity remained low and certain nutrient-rich foods were still limited. Key lessons were that technical nutrition support needs frequent follow-ups, and engaging community leaders and husbands is important for influencing mothers' nutrition practices.
The document discusses plans for scaling assessment of Africa RISING interventions. It notes that Africa RISING's second phase focused on scaling approaches through recruiting scaling partners, training of trainers, multi-stakeholder meetings, and research backstopping. The assessment aims to document scaling practices, identify areas for increased support, and develop an exit strategy as the program period concludes. It will use ILRI's scaling framework over six months to provide a technical report and scientific paper.
This document summarizes a presentation on conducting on-farm trials at scale using crowdsourcing. It discusses the benefits and challenges of traditional on-farm trials, and proposes a solution using digital platforms and farmer participation. Farmers would receive random combinations of varieties to test on their own farms and provide rankings. Data would be collected and analyzed to provide feedback to farmers. The approach aims to increase representation while reducing costs compared to traditional on-farm trials. It outlines 10 steps for implementation, including defining varieties, designing projects, recruiting farmers, preparing packages, data collection, analysis and discussion.
Contribution of Africa RISING validated technologies, nutrition-education interventions to household nutrition and participatory nutrition-education need assessment with seasonal food availability in Amhara, Oromia and SNNP regions of Ethiopia
When I was asked to give a companion lecture in support of ‘The Philosophy of Science’ (https://shorturl.at/4pUXz) I decided not to walk through the detail of the many methodologies in order of use. Instead, I chose to employ a long standing, and ongoing, scientific development as an exemplar. And so, I chose the ever evolving story of Thermodynamics as a scientific investigation at its best.
Conducted over a period of >200 years, Thermodynamics R&D, and application, benefitted from the highest levels of professionalism, collaboration, and technical thoroughness. New layers of application, methodology, and practice were made possible by the progressive advance of technology. In turn, this has seen measurement and modelling accuracy continually improved at a micro and macro level.
Perhaps most importantly, Thermodynamics rapidly became a primary tool in the advance of applied science/engineering/technology, spanning micro-tech, to aerospace and cosmology. I can think of no better a story to illustrate the breadth of scientific methodologies and applications at their best.
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The binding of cosmological structures by massless topological defectsSérgio Sacani
Assuming spherical symmetry and weak field, it is shown that if one solves the Poisson equation or the Einstein field
equations sourced by a topological defect, i.e. a singularity of a very specific form, the result is a localized gravitational
field capable of driving flat rotation (i.e. Keplerian circular orbits at a constant speed for all radii) of test masses on a thin
spherical shell without any underlying mass. Moreover, a large-scale structure which exploits this solution by assembling
concentrically a number of such topological defects can establish a flat stellar or galactic rotation curve, and can also deflect
light in the same manner as an equipotential (isothermal) sphere. Thus, the need for dark matter or modified gravity theory is
mitigated, at least in part.
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Context. With a mass exceeding several 104 M⊙ and a rich and dense population of massive stars, supermassive young star clusters
represent the most massive star-forming environment that is dominated by the feedback from massive stars and gravitational interactions
among stars.
Aims. In this paper we present the Extended Westerlund 1 and 2 Open Clusters Survey (EWOCS) project, which aims to investigate
the influence of the starburst environment on the formation of stars and planets, and on the evolution of both low and high mass stars.
The primary targets of this project are Westerlund 1 and 2, the closest supermassive star clusters to the Sun.
Methods. The project is based primarily on recent observations conducted with the Chandra and JWST observatories. Specifically,
the Chandra survey of Westerlund 1 consists of 36 new ACIS-I observations, nearly co-pointed, for a total exposure time of 1 Msec.
Additionally, we included 8 archival Chandra/ACIS-S observations. This paper presents the resulting catalog of X-ray sources within
and around Westerlund 1. Sources were detected by combining various existing methods, and photon extraction and source validation
were carried out using the ACIS-Extract software.
Results. The EWOCS X-ray catalog comprises 5963 validated sources out of the 9420 initially provided to ACIS-Extract, reaching a
photon flux threshold of approximately 2 × 10−8 photons cm−2
s
−1
. The X-ray sources exhibit a highly concentrated spatial distribution,
with 1075 sources located within the central 1 arcmin. We have successfully detected X-ray emissions from 126 out of the 166 known
massive stars of the cluster, and we have collected over 71 000 photons from the magnetar CXO J164710.20-455217.
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Thematic analysis in qualitative research is a time-consuming and systematic task, typically done using teams. Team members must ground their activities on common understandings of the major concepts underlying the thematic analysis, and define criteria for its development. However, conceptual misunderstandings, equivocations, and lack of adherence to criteria are challenges to the quality and speed of this process. Given the distributed and uncertain nature of this process, we wondered if the tasks in thematic analysis could be supported by readily available artificial intelligence chatbots. Our early efforts point to potential benefits: not just saving time in the coding process but better adherence to criteria and grounding, by increasing triangulation between humans and artificial intelligence. This tutorial will provide a description and demonstration of the process we followed, as two academic researchers, to develop a custom ChatGPT to assist with qualitative coding in the thematic data analysis process of immersive learning accounts in a survey of the academic literature: QUAL-E Immersive Learning Thematic Analysis Helper. In the hands-on time, participants will try out QUAL-E and develop their ideas for their own qualitative coding ChatGPT. Participants that have the paid ChatGPT Plus subscription can create a draft of their assistants. The organizers will provide course materials and slide deck that participants will be able to utilize to continue development of their custom GPT. The paid subscription to ChatGPT Plus is not required to participate in this workshop, just for trying out personal GPTs during it.
Feasibility of low emissions development interventions in the Kenyan livestock sector
1. Feasibility of Low Emissions Development
Interventions in the Kenyan Livestock Sector
Polly Ericksen (SLS program leader) and Todd Crane
ILRI
SAIRLASecondNationalLearningAllianceWorkshop
ILRI,AddisAbaba,23November2017
2. Why LED and SI?
Livestock production is significant source of
emissions from agriculture
• High intensity of emissions per unit of product
• Countries have now committed to reductions in NDCs
Low productivity of livestock in much of Africa both
an opportunity and a concern
• Improving productivity will reduce emissions
intensities
3. Exploiting yield gaps is key to achieve environmental
benefits in ruminant systems
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methane (CO2eq)/kg milk
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Largest improvements in low producing animals
Gerber et al, FAO 2013
4. Sources of GHG emissions during livestock
production(Dickhoefer et al., 2014)
5. Interventions to reduce emissions
intensities
• Improvements in Feed Quality to increase
productivity
• Supplemental fodder from improved forage
species – Mixed crop-livestock
• Supplemental feeding with concentrates –dairy
• Managed grazing – extensive pastoral
6. Interventions to reduce emissions
intensities
• Manure management
• Biodigesters for methane capture – (zero grazing)
dairy
• Manure storage in covered heaps – mixed crop-
livestock
7. Interventions to reduce emissions
intensities
• Improved animal husbandry
• Reduce chronic disease burden of intestinal
parasites – all systems
• Reduce age at slaughter – pastoral systems
8. Technical Mitigation Potential
• Improved feed quality: Opio et al (2016) suggest
26-28% reductions in intensities for lactating
cattle;
• Concentrates 20-27% reductions in dairy (Opio)
• Managed grazing: similar to improved feed
quality (?)
9. Technical Mitigation Potential
• Biodigesters – can avoid 60 to 80% of methane
emissions
• Manure storage – highly dependent on
management but can reduce N2O and methane
emissions significantly
• Reduce parasite burden – 10% (Kenyon et al
Scotland)
• AI – one estimate of 24%
10. Cross Cutting Themes
• Degree of market orientation is major
precondition for upgrading
• Even with market orientation, low milk prices
inhibit investment in upgrading
• Small land size as major limitation
• Low trust and accountability of input services
11. Improved Forages
• Barriers
– Low availability of land (B) – paddocks?
– Diversified cropping strategies (M, I?)
– Low accessibility of improved planting material (M)
• Potential incentives?
– Field trials to improve farmer awareness
– Investments to stimulate fodder seed
– Financial evaluation of specialization vs diversification
• NB: AI and dairy meal become more attractive
when basal diet improves
12. Biodigestors
• Barriers
– High upfront cost (M)
– Maintenance requirements (I)
– Slurry transport (B)
• Incentives
– Household energy source (direct benefit)
– Improved household health (direct benefit)
– Farmer innovation on slurry transport
– ?
13. Managed Grazing in Rangelands
• Barriers
– Require high institutional governance capacity (O)
– Expansive landscape commitment (O,B)
– Long time horizon to see substantial carbon
sequestration effects (B)
• Incentives
– Improve market access to drive intensification
– Couple with improved herd management and health
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