Author
Franzluebbers, Alan | |
ANGERS, DENIS - Agri Food - Canada | |
CLARK, HARRY - New Zealand Institute Of Plant & Food Research | |
EHRHARDT, FIONA - Inra, Génétique Animale Et Biologie Intégrative , Jouy-En-josas, France | |
GRACE, PETER - Queensland University Of Technology | |
MARTIN-NETO, LADISLAU - Embrapa | |
MCCONKEY, BRIAN - Agri Food - Canada | |
PALMER, LEANN - Queensland University Of Technology | |
RECOUS, SYLVIE - Inra, Génétique Animale Et Biologie Intégrative , Jouy-En-josas, France | |
RODRIGUES, RENATO - Embrapa | |
SCHOLTEN, MARTIN - Wageningen Agricultural University | |
Shafer, Steven | |
SLATTERY, BILL - Department Of Environment And Primary Industries | |
SOUSSANA, JEAN-FRANCOIS - Inra, Génétique Animale Et Biologie Intégrative , Jouy-En-josas, France | |
VERHAGEN, JAN - Wageningen Agricultural University | |
YAGI, KAZUYUKI - National Institute For Agro-Environmental Sciences | |
ZORILLA, GONZALO - National Agricultural Research Institute(INIA) |
Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 10/1/2014 Publication Date: 7/16/2015 Citation: Franzluebbers, A.J., Angers, D., Clark, H., Ehrhardt, F., Grace, P., Martin-Neto, L., Mcconkey, B., Palmer, L., Recous, S., Rodrigues, R., Scholten, M., Shafer, S.R., Slattery, B., Soussana, J., Verhagen, J., Yagi, K., Zorilla, G. 2015. Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. In Zolin, C.A., Rodrigues, R.A.R. (eds) Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Agriculture. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. Book Chapter. p. 39-60. Interpretive Summary: Increasing human population pressure on the Earth is of great concern and a key reason why agricultural and natural resource sciences must be fully engaged to develop solutions for a sustainable future. Increasing population puts pressure on the demand for food, clean water, healthy soil, and a stable climate. USDA scientists along with scientists from 40 other countries have become a part of the Global Research Alliance (GRA) on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases to share scientific resources globally to make more rapid change toward adoption of best management practices for greater productivity and mitigation of greenhouse gases under the diversity of agricultural conditions in the world. This report outlines the short-term objectives of the croplands, livestock, and paddy rice research groups in the Alliance. The Alliance was undertaken to transcend the science of natural resource management beyond political borders to secure a sustainable future. Technical Abstract: The Global Research Alliance (GRA) on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases was formed to build upon the positive scientific understanding of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions research within the agricultural community of many countries, as well as to bring greater visibility to the larger role that agriculture could undertake in mitigating global GHG emissions. The original and continued goal of the GRA was to reduce GHG emissions intensity of agricultural production systems and increase their potential for soil carbon sequestration. This chapter described the five groups of the GRA that are organized around themes of croplands, livestock, paddy rice, soil carbon and nitrogen cycling, and inventories and measurement. |