Livestock Research Group July 2015 Newsletter

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Technical training programme on
livestock methane emissions
A technical training workshop on the production, estimation
and mitigation of methane emissions from livestock and related
stress and adaptation considerations has been designed for
researchers from countries of the South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the African Union. This
will take place at ICAR, the Indian National Institute of Animal
Nutrition and Physiology and combines presentations from
national and international experts with practical demonstration.
Date: 11-20 August 2015
Location: ICAR, Bengalaru (formerly Bangalore), India
Email: Course coordinators
Dr PK Malik )
Dr AP Kolte )
Dr V Sejian )
Upcoming events
5th Global Research Alliance Council
meeting
Date: 8-11 September 2015
Location: World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, Des Moines,
Iowa, USA
Email:
Public Review & Consultation:
LEAP Partnership products
The FAO is seeking comment on four LEAP Partnership products:
• Principles for the assessment of livestock impacts on
biodiversity
• Environmental performance of large ruminant supply chains:
Guidelines for assessment
• LEAP Partnership Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines on
Livestock supply chains: Methodological notes
• LEAP database on GHG emissions related to feed crops
Download the consultation document and products and submit
by the deadline.
Date: Deadline for comment 15 September 2015
Website:
Email:
3rd LRG technical training course on SF6
measurement techniques for South and
South East Asian countries
Invited participants will receive ‘hands-on’ training to develop
skills in methane emission measurements from ruminants using
the SF6 tracer technique.
Date: 2 – 23 November 2015
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Email:
LRG workshop: improving GHG
inventories from livestock in South and
South-East Asia
This regional LRG workshop is focused on the benefits of higher
tier GHG inventories for livestock systems and the steps needed for
invited participating countries to improve their inventories consistent
with their national circumstances, priorities and capacities.
Date: 23-25 September 2015
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Email:
ALPA 2015: 14th Congress of the Latin
American Association of Animal
Production
This congress brings together the industrial, productive and
scientific sectors to discuss animal production research in Latin
America, particularly focusing on the challenges of animal
science to sustainably meet increasing food demand.
Date: 9-13 November 2015
Location: Puerto Varas, Chile
Website:
66th Annual Meeting of the European
Federation of Animal Science (EAAP)
The 66th EAAP conference has the theme, ‘Innovation in livestock
production: from ideas to practice’ and brings together livestock
and aquaculture scientists as well as policy makers.
Date: 31 August – 4 September 2015
Location: Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Email:
RuminOmics regional workshop:
Improving efficiency of production and
reducing environmental impact
The results of the European Union FP7 RuminOmics project will
be presented at this workshop including discussing how they
can be implemented to derive win-win solutions that benefit
both the efficiency of ruminant production in the region and the
environment.
Date: 1-2 September 2015
Location: The Westin Warsaw, Poland
Email:
workshop-warsaw/