Cattle urine’s planet-warming power can be curtailed with land restoration

CALI, COLOMBIA (29 January 2019) – New research demonstrates that when cow urine falls on degraded land, it releases far more nitrous oxide – a …read more

Open- and crowd-sourced MRV for agroforestry?: Preliminary results and lessons learned from a pilot study using Collect Earth to identify agroforestry on multiple land uses in Viet Nam and Colombia

Key messages Forty percent of developing countries plan to use agroforestry to meet climate and development goals, yet available systems for measurement, reporting and verification …read more

Tracking mitigation in the livestock sector: Country experiences

Exchange on measurement, reporting and verification systems for greenhouse gas emissions in the livestock sector identifies innovations and remaining challenges. The livestock sector in Latin …read more

Model of enteric methane emissions supports climate change mitigation in Colombia’s cattle sector

Key messages The RUMINANT model qualifies as an advanced or “Tier 3” method for estimating emissions from enteric fermentation in ruminant livestock. The RUMINANT model …read more

Scaling up sustainability in commodity agriculture: Transferability of governance mechanisms across the coffee and cattle sectors in Brazil

Farmers and climate to profit from more precise fertilizer management

Seminal study on nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizer in large-scale irrigated wheat cropping systems shows that reducing nitrogen fertilizer rates significantly cuts emissions, without reducing …read more