on-farm mulit-metric sustainable contact: …...done. project runs april 2016-april 2017 new...
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CFT
Farmerfocussed
Sciencebased
Industrybacked
Crops&livestock
Global
On-farmmulit-metricsustainableagriculturecalculatorforindustry FoundingPartners
Members
Farm-scalebiodiversityassessmentthatboilscomplexityintoaseriesofmulCplechoicequesCons,scoredbasedonevidenceandexpertjudgment.• Provenuser-friendly,usingtheGaiaYardsCckframework• Eachmeasurethoroughlyassessed,groundedinscienCficevidenceandcollecCve
experCse,withtheCambridgeexpertevidenceassessment• Industrysupportedandendorsed,throughincorporaConintheCoolFarmTool
ThisisajointprojectbetweenLynnDicksatUEA,CLM,andCoolFarmAlliance.TemperateForest–availablenow.MediterraneanBiome:inprocess.
Biodiversity
TheCoolFarmAllianceisbuildingfirstonlinewateraccounCngtool,ledbyBenjaminKayatzandMarCnWaUenbachatGFZPotsdamthatcanbeusedtodeterminewaterconsumpCon,thewaterfootprintandthesoilwaterbalanceglobally.Thetool:• Worksonfieldlevel• Cansimulate25cropsorcropgroups.
• Workswithminimalfarmerdata.• SimulatesdifferentirrigaConmanagementsanddifferentsoilproperCes.• ProvideoneofthefewwaterfootprintwithvalidaCon.TimeframeQ12017
Water
Up-to-datereviewoftheinformaConpublishedinpeer-reviewjournalsondirectN2Oemissionsfromagriculturalsystemsglobally.ScienCstsstaCsCcallyanalyzenet-N2O-NemissionstoesCmateannualN2Oemissionfactors(N2O-EFs)usingaGeneralizedAddiCveMixingModel(GAMM).LedbyDrs
UpdatedN2O
Updatedmethodforallmajorlivestockspecies.Updatedfeedemissionfactorsandon-farmcroppingpracCceslinkedtomeatordairyfootprints,newandre-designeduserinterface,diaryscoape,andboundariesincompliancewithInternaConalDairyFederaConstandards.IncoordinaConwithleadingindustrytools.Stakeholdersinclude:CAP2er(France),Danone,FAOLEAP,FarmSmart(US),FEFAC,InternaConalDairyFederaCon,PepsiCo,Unilever.Researchledby
DairyandLivestock
ImproveCOMET-FarmandtheCoolFarmToolforquanCfyingtheimpactsoflanduseandmanagementpracCcesonsoilCandGHGemissions.EnabletheindustrytodeliverimprovedstorytellingbeyondthelabelandhelptoidenCfyopportuniCestoimprovebothproducCvityandprofitabilityaswellasdeliveroncorporatecommitmentstomeetGHGreducCongoals.AcCviCes:• Synthesizeandintegratedataoncovercrops,organicamendmentsand
managementintensivegrazingintoCOMET-FarmandtheCoolFarmTool;
ImprovedSoilCarbon
ConnectedtoFarmManagementSodwarethroughAPI.AgriCircle–DONE.InconversaConwithmulCpleothers
includingSAIPlaeorm’sFarmerSustainabilityAssessmenthostedbyITC.LinkingTooltoremotesensing,
invesCgaCngprecisionofremotely-senseddata,tesCngwithfoodchain&carbonmarketOngoing..
FarmManagementSodware
EmissionsfrommineralferClizerproducConareknowntovarybetweenproducttype,technology,andtheoperaCngefficiency.ProducConefficienciesvarywithgeographic
locaCon.EmissionsfactorsintheCFTaredifferenCatedintotothreeregionsandsoontobeupdatedto10:Europe,North
America,China,Russia,LaCnAmerica,SouthAsia,SouthEastAsia,Africa,OceaniaandMiddleEast.AllcalculaConsonemissionsfrommineralferClizersarebasedonLCAprinciples,i.e.theyincludeallrelevantacCviCesandemissionsfromraw
materialsupplyuptothefinalproductatfactorygate.TimeframeQ42016
GlobalFerClizerEF’s
AddingSpanishandatleastoneotherlanguage.TimeframeQ12017
Languages
A12-monthprojecttoaddaddiConalfeaturestoexisCngmodelsfortrees,shrubs,herbaceousplantsandvinesintheCoolFarmTool,withpotenCalapplicaConforbioenergycropslikemiscanthusandshortrotaConcoppice.TheprojectaddsinformaCononcropresidues(quanCCesandN-content),morenaCvetreespeciesandallometricequaCons,fieldoperaConsandothercropspecificconsideraCons.TheprojectconsidersGHGsrelatedtoaboveandbelowgroundbiomass,andfarmoperaCons.DrAliciaLedoatAberdeenleadstheprojectwithDrJonHillier.Thecategoriesandcrops:temperatetrees(apple,citrus,hazelnuts,shortrotaConcoppice),temperateshrubs:(blackcurrant,raspberries,cranberries),tropicaltrees(oilpalm,banana,mango),tropicalshrubs:(coffee,tea,cocoa),herbaceousperennials(perennialgrasses-sugarcane,miscanthus,strawberries,pineapples),vines(hops,grapevines).ApplesandcitrusnowDONE.ProjectrunsApril2016-April2017
NewDevelopments
MorePerennialFeatures
Contact:DaniellaMalin,[email protected],[email protected],www.sustainablefood.org
FabrizioAlbanitoandJonHillieratAberdeenUniversity.Timeframe:Q12017
• Engagingdiversestakeholdergroupstoassess,refine,andtestimproveddecisionsupportsystemsthatreflectrealisCcmanagementpracCcesLedbyMeaganSchipanskiandKeithPausCan.Timeframe:2017-2020
JanPeterLesschenandOeneOenemaWageningenUniversity.TimeframeQ12017
TestedandadoptedwidelybyindustryUsedbyover10,000farmsin62countries,allmajorcrops
Interac>ve,managementsensi>ve