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Increased value creation in food production through characterizing and mitigating emissions of greenhouse gases from agriculture in Norway
Ane Gro Siri SkjelfjordProsjektleder: Odd Magne Harstad
KMB ledet fra IHA.
Øvrige konsortiedeltagere: AAFC, IPM, NILF, Skog og Landskap, Meteorologisk Institutt, Felleskjøpet Fôrutvikling, TINE, Animalia, Nortura, IKBM, Bioforsk
Food production results in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. On the other hand, agricultural soils also have a potential to sequester carbon, and thus mitigate C02 emission. Optimizing food production while minimizing net GHG emissions represents a significant challenge for Norwegian agriculture. In Norway, methane contributes with about 45 % of the total GHG emission from agriculture, and of that enteric fermentation of ruminants is responsible for about 85 %. Accordingly, it is important to reduce methane emission from ruminants. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has developed a model (Holos) that enables the GHG emissions from a single farm to be estimated from a systems perspective, and they have already developed considerable expertise in methane mitigating strategies. In the present project Norwegian research institutions will cooperate with AAFC to:
I. Develop a Norwegian version of the Canadian Holos model to predict net GHG emissions from agriculture
II. Elucidate the potential for additives that can mitigate methane emissions from ruminants
The primary objectives of the present project are:
a) To increase the value creation in food production through increased efficiency, i.e. more food with less GHG emission from agriculture in Norway
b) To support the development of a science-based approach for estimating and mitigating agricultural GHG emissions in Norway
The potential for enhanced value creation as a result of this project is considerable. Assuming a 180 NOK per tonne C02, a 10% reduction of net GHG emission from the agricultural sector would amount to as much as 86 mill NOK yearly.
Oppdatert: 14.10.10
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