ASGGN updateOct 14
Dear all,
I would like to share a few messages
with you:
- Joint
network meeting in Reading, UK (June 2015)
- GRA-LRG
Newsletter
- Upcoming
ASGGN meeting during GGAA-conference on Sunday February 14, 2016
Joint network
meeting
The first joint meeting of the Networks
of the LRG was held on the 26th June 2015.
Research networks of the GRA Livestock
Research Group (LRG) held a joint workshop at the University of Reading, United
Kingdom, on 26th June 2015. The objectives were to improve communication and
collaboration amongst the Networks and explore interdisciplinary approaches for
tackling greenhouse gas emissions from animal agriculture. The workshop was
attended by 52 participants representing 18 countries, from Africa, the
Americas, Asia and Europe. Presentations on each of the Networks and scientific
presentations made for a very informative morning session and the afternoon
breakout discussions addressed the benefits and roadblocks to enhanced
collaboration within and between Networks and ideas for ways to increase joint
activities.
Please find here: 
Report-jointLRGworkshop (0.80MB) the workshop report
which details the key discussions, action points and outcomes from the
workshop. The report is aimed towards all Network members and
researchers/research funders interested in the links between animal health and
GHG mitigation. Please share the report with interested colleagues.
GRA-LRG newsletter
For those that have not received it
directly from the secretariat of the Livestock Research Group, the latest
newsletter is available at
http://globalresearchalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Livestock-Research-Group-August-2015-Newsletter.pdf
ThisThe publication includes the following articles:
- Update from the Co-Chairs
- Update from the Livestock Research
Group meeting
- Towards an international research
program on soil carbon sequestration and food security
- ‘Feeding the Planet: Energy for
Life’ at Expo Milano 2015
- Significant steps towards reducing
methane emissions from livestock
- Collaborating on global mitigation
potential: an update on progress
- Update from the Research Networks
- LEARN PhD researchers find ways to
help farmers increase nutrient use efficiency when applying farm effluent
Upcoming ASGGN
meeting
The next ASGGN meeting will be held on Sunday,
February 14th, 2016 attached to the GGAA conference in
Melbourne, Australia. We are setting up a very interesting programme in which
we cover topics related to (a) direct and indirect measurements of methane; (b)
microbial profiles; and (c) adaptation versus mitigation. When you would
like to join this meeting, please don’t forget to tick that box when
registering for the GGAA conference (it is called “Pre conference workshop –
Satellite – Genetics on enteric methane and feed efficiency”).
We hope to see many of you there, and we
are looking forward to a fruitful and interesting day filled with discussions
and (new) collaborations.
Best wishes,
Yvette
