The workshop focused on discussing innovative practices and technologies to mitigate enteric methane, the main GHG produced by livestock in grazing systems.
On September 12, at the facilities of the AGROSAVIA El Nus Research Center (San Roque, Antioquia), the first workshop was held with livestock producers, technicians and professionals in the sector. The objective was to socialize the actions that will be implemented within the framework of the project "Innovations to reduce methane emissions in ruminants", identified as RF-20637-RG. This project aims to reduce by 10% the emission intensity (g of CO2 Eq/kg of meat) in bovine production systems, through the implementation of technological innovations developed in Latin America for the quantification and mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHG).
The initiative is supported financially by FONTAGRO, the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) and the Global Research Alliance on Agriculture Greenhouse Gases (GRA). In Colombia, AGROSAVIA leads this initiative from the research centres El Nus, Tibaitatá and Turipaná, in collaboration with the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) of Argentina, the University of the Andes of Colombia and the National University of Córdoba of Argentina.
One of the highlights of the workshop was the discussion on innovative practices and technologies that contribute to reducing GHG emissions, in particular enteric methane generated by livestock farming in pasture-based systems.
Additionally, participants completed a survey promoted by GRA 1, with the aim of evaluating the current status of the implementation of enteric methane mitigating feed additives in the industry, compared to scientific advances.
This event was the first in a series of workshops that will seek to document the advances, challenges and future perspectives in the use of feed additives and technologies for the reduction of enteric methane in ruminant livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean.
1 Hegarty RS, Cortez Passetti RA, Dittmer KM, Wang Y, Shelton S, Emmet-Booth J, Wollenberg E, McAllister T, Leahy S, Beauchemin K, Gurwick N. 2021. An evaluation of emerging feed additives to reduce methane emissions from livestock. Edition 1. A report coordinated by Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC) initiative of the Global Research Alliance (GRA).
To learn more about this initiative, access the following video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwgLmIx3YY&list=LL&index=4&t=1s
