Sharing expertise to quantify and mitigate GHG in the agriculture and land use sector in Argentina and the UK
Lead Research Organisation:
Scotland's Rural College
Department Name: Research
Abstract
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Publications
Ryan M
(2023)
The UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank: a utility and model for supporting Phytobiomes research
in CABI Agriculture and Bioscience
| Description | Food Security Advisory Group - Applied Microbiology International |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://appliedmicrobiology.org/advocacy-policy.html |
| Description | Farmers Weekly Question Time - panel member |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I was an expert panel member, and representative member of SRUC. Farmers Weekly Question Time gives farmers the opportunity to speak directly with top politicians and industry leaders on issues affecting UK agriculture. Farmers face huge challenges, such as rising input costs, volatile markets, unpredictable weather and declining support payments. Question Time will give farmers a voice to raise these topics with the panel. The four events will be filmed in front of a live studio audience. Each debate will be covered in Farmers Weekly and FWi, with features, podcasts, and on-demand video. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.fwi.co.uk/sp/questiontime/sruc-02-03-2023 |
| Description | SRUC_INTA workshop on Workshop to farm data models and activity data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | An initial scoping workshop was held to share knowledge and understanding of farming systems in Argentina and the UK, with a focus on approaches to understanding GHG emissions and carbon sequestration. Different modelling approaches will be compared and the availability of activity data to drive the emission calculations assessed. Microbial functional traits with respect to nutrient cycling in the soil are included in the assessment. The socio-economic barriers and opportunities will be considered for the use of carbon calculators to support approaches to agricultural GHG mitigation. The workshop identified priority areas for improvement of the Agrecalc carbon footprinting tool, which is likely to require additional information on management activity, livestock breeds, crop and soil management, and climate. We summarised that it possible to add richness to GHG emission mitigation tools by adding data related to microbial functions associated with nutrient cycling in soil / on plants, their resilience and how environmental factors influence them. The UK team will visited three locations representative of main production systems in Argentina to gain the required knowledge about how the UK resources need to be adapted appropriately: the Pampas Region (San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires province, agriculture and beef production), Balcare (Buenos Aires province, beef production) and Rafaela (Santa Fe province, dairy production). A series of research visits were agreed on to provide Argentinian scientists the opportunity to visit the UK. A researcher will assess the utility of bioinfomatics tools to investigate microbial functional traits in nutrient cycling. Another will assess how regional emission factors could be implemented for calculating GHG emissions in an Argentinian context. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |