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2 September 2017 SECRETARIAT UPDATE

PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

Potential Partners The Council agreed to re-issue invitations to the Asian Development Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development to be partners of the GRA. Accepted the request for partnership from the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC). Agreed to pursue partnerships with the following organisations: Global Agri-business Alliance (GAA) World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform (SAI Platform) International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) Caribbean Agricultural Research & Development Institute (CARDI) Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)

2017 COUNCIL MEETING OUTCOMES Germany confirmed as vice –Chair Proposal to host a GRA Conference jointly with FACCE, alongside the 2018 Council meeting Livestock and Paddy Rice Research Groups call for Members to support a 3rd Co-Chair of each Group. Develop an inventory of capability building needs - and survey of capability fellowships and training events. Research Groups proposed developing regional capability building activities, coordinated across all Groups. Facilitate capability building support – including fellowships Council Members to identify the Flagship projects they will support.

WEBSITE UPDATES Expansion of Research Group Pages – to showcase Networks and activities

WEBSITE UPDATES Highlight workplan elements and activities Focus on priority projects

WEBSITE UPDATES Resource Library – access publications, documents, fellowship opportunities and project information

Outline of Work updated 2017+

CROPLANDS RESEARCH GROUP Co-Chairs Jane Johnson, USDA-ARS, USA Ladislau Martin, EMBRAPA, Brazil Rosa Mosquera, Spain Group Activities Landscape management Network – Obtained funds - China and UNEP, granted by National Natural Science Foundation of China. (China and Kenya). Conservation Agriculture Network-published factsheet, obtained funds for meta data compilation. Proposal for a N2O “Asia Pacific Regional Network for Greenhouse Gases” (pending) Next Meeting 8 September, Hatfield, UK

LIVESTOCK RESEARCH GROUP Co-Chairs Harry Clark, NZAGRC, New Zealand Martin Scholten, Wageningen UR, the Netherlands Group Activities Conclusion of stage 1 of project with FAO,CCAC, NZ - ‘Reducing enteric methane for improving food security and livelihoods’. Demonstrated options to reduce emissions intensity at the same time as increasing productivity in 13 countries. Regional training for South/South-East Asian countries White Paper on MRV of livestock GHGs Co-published an informative guide on the benefits of Tier 2 inventories to increase policy options (climate & agriculture) Next Meeting May 2018, Vietnam

INTEGRATIVE RESEARCH GROUP Co-Chairs Brian McConkey, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lee Nelson, Department of Agriculture, Australia Jean-François Soussana, INRA, France Group Activities Soil carbon network: C-MIP, testing soil carbon models on a global network of long-term bare fallow sites (launched) Field scale network: GHG-MIP, N2O emissions and yields of crop rotations and grasslands at 10 sites across 4 continents. Farm-Region: global map showing organic carbon inputs to soils required to reach the 4 per 1000 target Coordination of international soil carbon sequestration research (CIRCASA) 17 countries. Next Meeting 17-19 January 2018, Paris, France – including 1 day symposium. Grasslands Soil carbon Field Farm, region Inventories

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