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CFT Farmer focussed Science based Industry backed Crops & livestock Global On-farm mulit-metric sustainable agriculture calculator for industry Founding Partners Members Farm-scale biodiversity assessment that boils complexity into a series of mulCple choice quesCons, scored based on evidence and expert judgment. Proven user-friendly, using the Gaia YardsCck framework Each measure thoroughly assessed, grounded in scienCfic evidence and collecCve experCse, with the Cambridge expert evidence assessment Industry supported and endorsed, through incorporaCon in the Cool Farm Tool This is a joint project between Lynn Dicks at UEA, CLM, and Cool Farm Alliance. Temperate Forest available Biodiversity The Cool Farm Alliance is building first online water accounCng tool, led by Benjamin Kayatz and MarCn WaUenbach at GFZ Potsdam that can be used to determine water consumpCon, the water footprint and the soil water balance globally. The tool: Works on field level Can simulate 25 crops or crop groups. Works with minimal farmer data. Simulates different irrigaCon managements and different soil properCes. Provide one of the few water footprint with validaCon. Timeframe Q1 2017 Water Up-to-date review of the informaCon published in peer-review journals on direct N 2 O emissions from agricultural systems globally. ScienCsts staCsCcally analyze net-N 2 O-N emissions to esCmate annual N 2 O emission factors (N 2 O-EFs) using a Generalized AddiCve Mixing Model (GAMM). Led by Drs Updated N2O Updated method for all major livestock species. Updated feed emission factors and on-farm cropping pracCces linked to meat or dairy footprints, new and re- designed user interface, diary scoape, and boundaries in compliance with InternaConal Dairy FederaCon standards. In coordinaCon with leading industry tools. Stakeholders include: CAP 2er (France), Danone, FAO LEAP, Farm Smart (US), FEFAC, InternaConal Dairy FederaCon, PepsiCo, Unilever. Research led by Dairy and Livestock Improve COMET-Farm and the Cool Farm Tool for quanCfying the impacts of land use and management pracCces on soil C and GHG emissions. Enable the industry to deliver improved storytelling beyond the label and help to idenCfy opportuniCes to improve both producCvity and profitability as well as deliver on corporate commitments to meet GHG reducCon goals. AcCviCes: Synthesize and integrate data on cover crops, organic amendments and management intensive grazing into COMET-Farm and the Cool Farm Tool; Improved Soil Carbon Connected to Farm Management Sodware through API. AgriCircle DONE. In conversaCon with mulCple others including SAI Plaeorm’s Farmer Sustainability Assessment hosted by ITC. Linking Tool to remote sensing, invesCgaCng precision of remotely-sensed data, tesCng with food chain & carbon market Ongoing.. Farm Management Sodware Emissions from mineral ferClizer producCon are known to vary between product type, technology, and the operaCng efficiency. ProducCon efficiencies vary with geographic locaCon. Emissions factors in the CFT are differenCated into to three regions and soon to be updated to 10: Europe, North America, China, Russia, LaCn America, South Asia, South East Asia, Africa, Oceania and Middle East. All calculaCons on emissions from mineral ferClizers are based on LCA principles, i.e. they include all relevant acCviCes and emissions from raw material supply up to the final product at factory gate. Timeframe Q4 2016 Global FerClizer EF’s Adding Spanish and at least one other language. Timeframe Q1 2017 Languages A 12-month project to add addiConal features to exisCng models for trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants and vines in the Cool Farm Tool, with potenCal applicaCon for bioenergy crops like miscanthus and short rotaCon coppice. The project adds informaCon on crop residues (quanCCes and N-content), more naCve tree species and allometric equaCons, field operaCons and other crop specific consideraCons. The project considers GHGs related to above and below ground biomass, and farm operaCons. Dr Alicia Ledo at Aberdeen leads the project with Dr Jon Hillier. The categories and crops: temperate trees (apple, citrus, hazel nuts, short rotaCon coppice), temperate shrubs: (blackcurrant, raspberries, cranberries), tropical trees (oil palm, banana, mango), tropical shrubs: (coffee, tea, cocoa), herbaceous perennials (perennial grasses - sugar cane, miscanthus, strawberries, pineapples), vines (hops, grape vines). Apples and citrus now DONE. Project runs April 2016-April 2017 New Developments More Perennial Features Contact: Daniella Malin, Sustainable Food Lab and Cool Farm Alliance [email protected] , www.coolfarmtool.org [email protected] , www.sustainablefood.org Fabrizio Albanito and Jon Hillier at Aberdeen University. Timeframe: Q1 2017 Engaging diverse stakeholder groups to assess, refine, and test improved decision support systems that reflect realisCc management pracCces Led by Meagan Schipanski and Keith PausCan. Timeframe: 2017-2020 Jan Peter Lesschen and Oene Oenema Wageningen University. Timeframe Q1 2017 Tested and adopted widely by industry Used by over 10,000 farms in 62 countries, all major crops Interac>ve, management sensi>ve

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Page 1: On-farm mulit-metric sustainable Contact: …...DONE. Project runs April 2016-April 2017 New Developments More Perennial Features Contact: Daniella Malin, Sustainable Food Lab and

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