JIRCAS-NARO International Symposium
on Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) and National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) in collaboration with the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) are jointly organizing an international symposium on "Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation" as detailed below.
Date: August 31, 2017
Venue:?Tsukuba International Congress Center (Epochal Tsukuba), Convention Hall 200
(2-20-3 Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0032, Japan)
Organized by: Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Sponsored by: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council (AFFRC), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Supported by: Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA)
Rationale:
In order to achieve the Paris Agreement goals of keeping the temperature rise well below 2°C or even 1.5°C, all countries would need to make fair and ambitious contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions at all economic sectors. The agriculture sector is expected to play an important role in reducing its own emissions, because the sector currently produces 14 percent of the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions, about the same as the transport or stationary energy sectors. In addition, a dramatic increase in food production is projected to cause a 30-40 percent rise in agricultural emissions from 2005-2050.
The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), which was launched in December 2009 and now has 48 member countries from all regions of the world, is seeking opportunities to enhance cooperation and investment in research to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production, as well as increase the potential of soil for carbon sequestration, and improve the efficiency, productivity, resilience, and adaptive capacity of agricultural production systems. Members of the Alliance aim to deepen and broaden mitigation research efforts across the agricultural sub-sectors of paddy rice, cropping and livestock, and coordinate cross-cutting activities across these areas.
The JIRCAS-NARO International Symposium on Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation is organized in line with the activities of GRA and scheduled in conjunction with the 2017 GRA Council meeting which will be held during August 29-30, 2017, in Tsukuba, Japan.
Objectives:
- Exchanging the status quo of problems and the latest results of studies on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions for mitigating climate change while sustaining production, in particular those in Asian countries;
- Discussing the direction of future research and ways to strengthen collaboration to meet the challenges within the framework of the GRA.
Program:
| Time | Session / Presentation | Presenter |
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09:00 |
Registration starts |
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| Opening Ceremony (09:30-09:50) |
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| Opening address | Masa Iwanaga President, JIRCAS |
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| Welcome address | TBD | |
| Keynote Lectures (09:50-10:50) |
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| Agriculture and climate change: From challenges to solutions | Jean-Francois Soussana INRA, France |
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| Outlines of GRA research activities | Kazuyuki Yagi, NARO, Japan |
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| Coffee/Tea Break (10:50-11:05) | ||
| Session 1: Livestock (11:05-12:20) |
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| Methane emissions and energy utilization of cattle in the tropics | Kritapon Sommart Khon Kaen Univ., Thailand |
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| New feed additives for mitigating methane from ruminant livestock | Yasuo Kobayashi Hokkaido Univ., Japan |
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| Nitrous oxide, methane and ammonia mitigation trials in swine wastewater purification | Takashi Osada NARO, Japan |
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| Lunch Break (12:20-13:30) | ||
| Session 2: Paddy Rice (13:30-15:10) |
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| Greenhouse gas mitigation by alternate wetting and drying water management in irrigated rice paddies in southeast Asia | Kazunori Minamikawa NARO, Japan |
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| Greenhouse gas mitigation in the rice-based Mekong Delta agricultural system | Yasukazu Hosen JIRCAS, Japan |
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| IRRI's activities on greenhouse gas mitigation in rice cultivation | Bjoern Ole Sander IRRI |
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| Advances in climate change mitigation for irrigated rice systems in Latin America and the Caribbean | Ngonidzashe Chirinda CIAT |
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| Coffee/Tea Break (15:10-15:25) | ||
| Session 3: Cropland & Integrative (15:25-17:05) |
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| Climate change mitigation potential of Japanese agricultural soils | Ayaka W. Kishimoto-Mo NARO, Japan |
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| Biological nitrification inhibition technology to tackle agricultural greenhouse gas emissions | Guntur V. Subbarao JIRCAS, Japan |
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| Introduction to the Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia (WGIA) | Hiroshi Ito GIO, NIES, Japan |
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| Climate-Smart Village: an integrated scaling up approach to mitigating climate change in African agriculture | Robert B. Zougmore CCAFS, ICRISAT Bamako |
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| Closing | ||
| 17:05 | Closing address | Tokio Imbe President, NARO |
| 17:15 | Symposium close | |
Registration:
URL: https://pursue.dc.affrc.go.jp/form/fm/jircas/gra
Registration deadlines: 2017-08-21 17:00 PM (JST)
Secretariat:
JIRCAS:
Information and Public Relations Office, JIRCAS
1-1 Ohwashi, Tsukuba 305-8686, Japan
Telephone: +81-29-838-6708
FAX: +81-29-838-6337
URL: https://pursue.dc.affrc.go.jp/form/fm/jircas/contact
NARO:
Planning and Cooperation Section, NIAES, NARO
3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8604, Japan
Telephone: +81-29-838-8180
FAX: +81-29-838-8167
E-mail: niaes-GRA@ml.affrc.go.jp
