Livestock and Climate Change: Applied Research and Knowledge
United States
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Honduras
Mexico
New Zeland
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Spain
Uruguay
Venezuela
Executive Summary
The objective of this project was to create a network on livestock and climate change to exchange information, standardize methodologies, provide mutual technical support and promote collaboration. The project was executed by FONTAGRO/TAS and contemplated the financing of networking and capacity building activities for Latin America and the Caribbean. Furthermore, the project was funded by the New Zealand Government as part of its contribution to the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA).
This project consisted of 3 components.
- The first, Coordination Committee and network meetings, aimed to coordinate, review progress and plan initiatives. Plenary meeting of members was organized every 18 months to share research results, and coordinate activities, to achieve efficiency.
- The second component consisted of the development of a web page to share information and knowledge on livestock and climate change.
- Finally, the third component was aimed at building research capacity on the measurement of GHG emissions and on livestock systems research and modelling among the participating countries. Before the start of the projects, two workshops were conducted to train researchers. At least two professionals per institution were trained on pastures, livestock production systems, and measurement of GHG emissions. Furthermore, funding was provided for several graduate students from the various institutions participating in the consortia.
Results
The objective of this project was to create a network on livestock and climate change to exchange information, standardize methodologies, provide mutual technical support and promote collaboration.
This project consisted of 3 components as follows: Coordination Committee and network meetings, Web-page development, and Capacity Building. Every 1.5 years, plenary meetings took place to coordinate activities among institutions of Latin America and the Caribbean for pastures and livestock production and the measurement of GHG emissions. This resulted in mutual support in the region obtained for the conduction of initiatives on livestock and climate change. The web page helped to exchange information about pastures and livestock production and the measurement of GHG emissions among the institutions. At least 8 institutions were able to establish capacities for GHG emissions measurements and cost-benefit modelling. Furthermore, at least 8 graduate students conducted their studies on pastures and livestock production and GHG emissions measurement.
Beneficiaries
About 64 participants (ministries of agriculture and environment, farmers, and researchers) from 20 countries trained in sustainable intensification of livestock production.
- At least 450 people (scientists, professionals, policymakers, farmer associations, and entrepreneurs) from 25 countries linked by a platform.
- 30 scientists from 14 countries trained on research methods for sustainable livestock systems
- 6 graduate-level theses
Sustainable Development Goals
Main donors
Participating Organizations
Executor
- FONTAGRO
Associated
- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) - Costa Rica
- Instituto Nacional de Innovación y Transferencia en Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) - Costa Rica
- Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM) - Perú
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - Colombia
- New Zealand Government - Nueva Zelanda
- Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria y Forestal (INIAF) - Bolivia
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA) - Uruguay
- Dirección de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (DICTA) - Honduras
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP) - Ecuador
- Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) - Nicaragua
- Instituto de Innovación Agropecuaria de Panamá (IDIAP) - Panamá
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) - Argentina
- Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF) - República Dominicana
- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) - Chile
- Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) - Perú
- Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) - Costa Rica
- Instituto Paraguayo de Tecnología Agraria (IPTA) - Paraguay
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA) - Venezuela
- Programa Cooperativo para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agroalimentario y Agroindustrial del Cono Sur (PROCISUR) - Uruguay
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) - Colombia
- INIFAP - México
- CIPAV - Colombia
- Empresa Brasileña de Investigación Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA) - Brasil
- Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (CORPOICA) - Colombia
- Global Research Alliance (GRA) - Nueva Zelanda
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) - España
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