Colombia |
USDA-FAS
Bogota
Anthony.gilbert@fas.usda.gov
Telephone:
(011-57-1)
275-2770
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
The
following
targeted
research
areas
apply
to
all
of
the
countries
eligible
for
the
Global
Research
Alliance
Borlaug
Fellowships:
1.
Developing
Tools
for
Greenhouse
Gas
and
Carbon
Sequestration
Assessments
- Develop easily used methods for measuring or estimating greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural settings.
- Develop easily used methods for measuring or estimating carbon sequestration in agricultural soils.
- Develop and field test user-friendly software for quantifying and reporting emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
2.
Reducing
Greenhouse
Gas
Emissions
Intensity
in
Crop
Production
Systems
- Identify agricultural management strategies leading to reduced net greenhouse gas emissions per unit of commodity produced in agronomic (including rice), horticultural, or agroforestry crop systems.
- Develop models for application of experimental data in decision support tools for different crop or agroforestry systems in different countries.
3.
Reducing
Greenhouse
Gas
Emissions
Intensity
in
Livestock
Production
Systems
- Identify agricultural management strategies leading to reduced net greenhouse gas emissions per unit of commodity produced in grazing or confined animal production systems.
- Develop models for application of experimental data in decision support tools for livestock production systems in different countries.
4.
Developing
Databases
and
Strategies
for
Synthesis,
Integration
and
Decision
Support
to
Manage
Greenhouse
Gas
Emissions
and
Carbon
Sequestration
in
Agricultural
Systems
- Develop databases assembled from different research teams working on identifying methods to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration.
- Develop process models as a foundation for projecting emissions and sequestration in different agricultural systems and for decision support tools.
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