1. Project Overview kazunori Minamikawa NARO, Japan
General information
Research targets in this final year
Timetable of MIRSA session

2. What is MIRSA?
Ongoing five-year (FY ) international research project funded by the Secretariat of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, in order to support the goals of GRA Paddy Rice Research Group.
Official project name:
Technology development for circulatory food production systems responsive to climate change (Development of mitigation option for greenhouse gases emissions from agricultural lands in Asia) Project nickname: MIRSA-2
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Irrigated Rice Paddies in Southeast Asia (Part 2): Field Demonstration and Consolidation of Procedures
研究開発内容：
国際農業研究協議グループ（CGIAR）傘下の研究機関及びグローバルリサーチアライアンス（GRA）水田グループと連携しながらアジア地域の農地（特に水田）における栽培管理における温室効果ガスの排出削減技術を開発します。
達成目標：
アジア地域の実証試験地で慣行技術と比較して３割の温室効果ガス排出を削減できる技術を開発します。
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3. members Vietnam Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry Thailand
The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, KMUTT
Philippines
Philippine Rice Research Institute
International Rice Research Institute
Indonesia
Indonesian Agricultural Environment Research Institute
Japan
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

4. objective and subjects
To develop improved water management based on AWD that can always reduce soil-derived CO2-eq emission (CH4 + N2O) during rice growing season from irrigated rice paddies in Asian countries by 30% compared to the conventional practice.
Sbj 1: Field demonstration of AWD effect on reducing GHG emissions
Development of improved water management practice based on AWD in Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia
Technical support and integrated analysis of field data
Sbj 2: Development of the guidelines for implementing MRV
Collection of scientific information on MRV
Analysis of social and natural limitation factors of AWD

5. What is AWD? Stands for Alternate Wetting and Drying.
Water saving technique originally developed and being extended by the International Rice Research Institute.
Also effective in mitigating paddy CH4 emission due to soil aeration.

6. What is MRV? Stands for Measurement, Reporting, and Verification.
A system in which the three processes are integrated to ensure the accuracy of GHG emissions and reductions from a certain project compared to the baseline practice.
Basis for a GHG mitigation project driven by carbon pricing, such as carbon tax and market mechanisms.
MRV methodology essential to implement such projects has not been well documented for agricultural sector including rice cultivation.

7. Milestone FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 Field measurement
MRV guideline
Field experiment
Additional exp
Writing papers
M guidelines
MRV guidelines
Social survey
Writing papers

8. Last meeting in Bangkok

9. This final year’s target
Subject 1
To further investigate the mechanisms and solutions for low AWD’s performance on mitigating CH4 emission in Thailand and Philippines.
To publish five research papers internationally.
Subject 2
To polish and publish MRV guidelines for paddy water management.
To publish social-survey papers for the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

10. Timetable for MIRSA session
Topic
Presenter
13:30-13:40
Overview
Kazunori Minamikawa (NARO)
13:40-14:00
Research activity: PhilRice
Evangeline B. Sibayan (PhilRice)
14:00-14:20
Research activity: JGSEE-KMUTT
Amnat Chidthaisong (JGSEE-KMUTT)
14:20-14:40
Research activity: Social survey
Takayoshi Yamaguchi (NARO)
14:40-15:00
Research activity: MRV guidelines
15:00-15:15
SSPN paper summary: Vietnam
Tran Dang Hoa (HUAF)
15:15-15:30
SSPN paper summary: Thailand
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-16:15
SSPN paper summary: Philippines
16:15-16:30
SSPN paper summary: Indonesia
Ali Pramono (IAERI)
16:30-16:45
SSPN paper summary: Synthesis
Agnes Padre (IRRI)
16:45-17:00
Wrap-up & Review
Kazuyuki Yagi (NARO)
Kazuyuki Inubushi (Chiba Univ.)