The Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO (NIAES) published the "Handbook of Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification for a Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Project with Water Management in Irrigated Rice Paddies" Version 1.0. The handbook has become available (Online ISBN: 978-4-908914-01-0) from February 16, 2018.
The MRV is a series of processes that includes monitoring or measurement (M), reporting (R), and verification (V) to ensure accuracy and reliability of emissions of greenhouse gas (GHG) and is essential for planning a systematic reduction of GHG emission. The handbook provides basic information necessary for developing MRV methodology for water management in irrigated rice paddies.
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Public Relations Section, Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO
TEL: 029-838-8191
E-mail: niaes_kouhou@ml.affrc.go.jp
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Related Links
- Guidelines for Measuring CH4 and N2O Emissions from Rice Paddies by a Manually Operated Closed Chamber Method, Version. 1 (2015)
[PDF:3.2MB] - Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Irrigated Rice Paddies in Southeast Asia: Field Demonstration and Consolidation of Procedures (MIRSA-2)[external link: MAFF, Japan][PDF:3.2MB]
