It’s been a busy year. One of the goals we have set ourselves is to work with international partners to help us move
from research to action and deliver benefits to farmers.
We are therefore pleased to announce
the release of a new global collaboration:
“Reducing
greenhouse
gas
emissions
from livestock: Best practice and emerging
options”
.
This document has harnessed the power
of global collaboration. This joint effort
between science and industry includes
knowledge and inputs from the Beef and
Dairy Working Groups of the Sustainable
Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform and
experts from the six global research
networks of the LRG to demonstrate GHG
reduction actions that we can take now,
and areas where industry and researchers
can work together to expand future options
for reducing the GHG emissions intensity of
livestock food production.
The document covers intervention options
for animal feed and nutrition, genetics
and
breeding,
rumen
modification,
animal health, manure, and grassland
management. It provides a readily accessible
guide to current best practices that can
help reduce emissions intensity of livestock
production, but also outlines current areas
of active research that offer opportunities for
industry to engage with the science sector to
help expand the range of options and their
effectiveness in different farm systems.
We sincerely hope that the information we
have been able to compile will be useful
for industry partners and policy agencies,
to provide information about existing
opportunities to reduce emissions, and
to collaborate in the development and
dissemination of additional options.
The document was commissioned by the
New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas
Research Centre (NZAGRC) on behalf of the
LRG co-chairs and the SAI Platform.
The input from industry experts and the
global science community is gratefully
acknowledged, and warm thanks are
extended for their contribution to this
document.
You can download the document at
globalresearchalliance.orgAll the best for the Holiday season and we
will see you in Lodi next June.
Harry and Martin
Update from the Co-Chairs
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