Agenda
International Meeting and Workshop on Building Perspective
and Capacity to Measure Climate Change Impacts due to Changes in Agricultural
Practices
Tuesday 31 October – Saturday 4
November 2017
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Event Overview
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Tuesday 31 October: Field Visit to Farms in West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh.
Pre-dinner meeting with session-chairs and Rapporteurs at 7.30 pm. 31st
evening dinner/meeting at 8.30 pm (@forum 1)
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Wednesday 1 November – Thursday 2 November: High Level Leadership Meeting, Venue: The Gateway Hotel, MG Road,
Vijayawada
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Friday 3 November – Saturday 4 November: Technical Capacity-Building Workshop, Venue: Fortune Murali Park,
MG Road, Vijayawada
Tuesday 31 October 2017
Field Visit to Farms in Andhra Pradesh
8.30 am – 4:00 pm – Interactive tour of farms in Andhra Pradesh and farmer
engagement opportunity
(Vehicles
will start from Hotels by 8 am. Some of the participants will be picked up at
airport on the way by 8.45 am).
Wednesday 1 November 2017
High Level Leadership Meeting, Venue:
The Gateway Hotel, MG Road, Vijayawada
8:30 am
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Registration
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9:00 – 10:15 am
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Exhibition by RySS and Farmers from Clusters (Grand Central
Hall 3)
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10:15 – 14:00 am
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Inaugural Session (Grand Central Hall 1,2)
Inviting
dignitaries
Welcome
CRZBNF
Film (7 min)
Experience
Sharing by Farmers on CRZBNF: Facilitation by Mr. T Vijay Kumar and Dr. DV Raidu
11:45 – 12:15 noon Tea Break
Introductory remarks:
Sri
K.S.Srinivas, Joint Secretary, MoACFW, Delhi
Dr.
M Hari Jawaharlal, Special Commissioner of
Agriculture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
Meeting Purpose and Expectations
Sri. T. Vijay Kumar, IAS (Rtd), Advisor to the Govt of
Andhra Pradesh (Agr & C), RySS
Sri Ananthapadmanabhan, CEO, Azim Premji Philanthropic
Initiatives
Global view on why this is important and
Introduction to sessions: Ms.
Debbie Reed, Executive Director, C-AGG
Address by the Chief Guest
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2:00 – 2:45 pm
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Lunch
Break
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Participants will opt between 2 Parallel
sessions
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2:45 – 6:00 pm
(each presentation for 15 min followed by 10
min clarifications/ discussion)
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Parallel Session I: Climate Change Resilience in Agriculture: Soil
Quality, Organic Carbon, Sequestration, Biological & Physical Status (Grand Central
Hall 1,2)
Chair: Rasha Omar, Country Programme Manager, IFAD
Rapporteurs: Ms. Tasqeen
Macchiwalla, APPI and Dr. Zakir Hussain, RySS
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Promoting
Climate Resilience in Dry Land Agriculture
Dr. Indu K Murthy, Centre for Sustainable
Technologies, IISc, Bengaluru
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Building
organic carbon – An essential requirement to maintain soil quality and
practice sustainable agriculture
Dr. K P C Rao, Principal Scientist, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
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4.00 to 4.30 pm Tea Break
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Measurement
Approaches
Dr. Ravi Prabhu, Dy Director General, World Agro Forestry
Centre, Nairobi
With two of his colleagues on Skype (4.30
to 5.10 pm)
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Soil
Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation
Dr. DLN Rao, ICAR-Emeritus Scientist, Consortium Leader,
India UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
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Soil
Fertility, Soil Physical Properties
Dr. Ray J.G., Professor, School of Bio Sciences, Kottayam,
Kerala
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2:45 – 6:00 pm
(each presentation 20 min followed by 15 min
clarifications)
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Parallel Session II: GHG Emissions (Grand Central Hall 3)
Chair: Mr. Richie Ahuja, Regional Director for Asia,
Environmental Defense Fund
Rapporteurs: Thayer Tomlinson, C-AGG
and Prateek U, APPI
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Importance of reduction in GHG emissions:
national and international commitments and approaches
Debbie Reed, Executive Director, C-AGG, Washington DC,
USA
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Issues with Measuring GHG Emissions and Reductions
Sudha Padmanabha, Senior CDM Specialist, Fair Climate Network,
Bengaluru
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4.00 to 4.30 pm Tea Break
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Emissions
from Agricultural Production systems including livestock
Dr. G Pratibha, Principal Scientist, CRIDA, Hyderabad
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UNFCCC
GHG Accounting Approaches: IPCC Tiers 1, 2 and 3; difference between NDC
accounting and project-level accounting; how that relates to India
Dr. Jagadeesh Yeluripati, Senior Research Scientist, The James
Hutton Institute
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Thursday 2 November 2017
High Level Leadership Meeting, Venue: The Gateway Hotel, MG Road, Vijayawada
8:45 am
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All participants will opt between 2
parallel sessions
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9:00 – 1:00 pm
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Parallel Session III: International
Experience Sharing on Climate Change Resilience (Grand Central
Hall 3)
Chair: Dr. Ray J.G., Professor, School of Bio Sciences, Kottayam,
Kerala
Rapporteurs: Mr. Jacob, APPI and Dr. Renuka Rani, MANAGE
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Climate
Resilient Agriculture Case Studies from the US
Debbie
Reed, Executive Director, C-AGG
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AgResults program case study from
VietNam
Mr.
William Salas, President and Chief Scientist, Applied Geosolutions
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11.00 to 11.30 am Tea Break
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GHG emission measurements to
modelling and policy: EU case studies
Dr. Jagadeesh Yeluripati, Senior Research Scientist, The James Hutton Institute
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Climate
Smart Agriculture—from Theory to Practice. Lessons from Programs in USA,
Vietnam, and India
Mr.
Richie Ahuja, Regional Director for Asia, Environmental Defense Fund
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9:00 – 1:00 pm
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Parallel
Session IV: National
Experience Sharing on Climate Change Resilience (Grand Central
Hall 1,2)
Chair: Zulfiquar Haider, Chief Strategy & Programme Officer, APPI
Rapporteurs: Dr. Amarender Reddy A,
MANAGE and Dr. Pratibha, CRIDA
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CRIDA - NICRA experiences and case
studies
Dr. Prabhakar M, Principal
Scientist, CRIDA, Hyderabad
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Natueco Farming to Reduce Global
Warming
Mr.
Shabil Krishna, Eco Health foundation, Kerala
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11.00 to 11.30 am Tea Break
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GIZ-Pro-Soil Project Experiences
Dr.
Indraneel Ghosh, Senior Advisor, NRM Prog,
GIZ, New Delhi
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Climate smart farming in four
agro-ecological regions in peninsular India
Dr. Sarat Kannepalli, Environmental Defense Fund
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Organic
Farming towards Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Dr
Ramesh, Principal Scientist NAARM
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1:00 – 2:00 pm
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Lunch
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2:00 – 4:30 pm
(with tea break at 3.00 pm)
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Plenary: Concluding and Way forward (Grand
Central Hall 1,2)
Chair: Sri.
T. Vijay Kumar, Advisor (Agr & C), Govt. of AP
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Presentations by Rapporteurs of
Session I to IV (10 min each)
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Discussion
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Comments of the Chair and panel
members
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Way forward:
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Sri B. Rajasekhar, Principal Secretary, Dept of Agr & Coop., Govt. of AP
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Sri K.S.Srinivas, Joint Secretary, MoACFW, New Delhi
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Sri Ananthapadmanabhan, CEO, APPI
· Ms. Debbie Reed, ED, C-AGG
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4:30 – 4:45 pm
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Vote
of Thanks: Sri Y V Subbarao, DDA,
State Project Management Unit, RySS, Guntur
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For any further details, contact: P. Raghu,
9849298904; Dr. Zakir Hussain, 8826897278
Friday 3 November
2017
Technical Workshop Day One: GHG Accounting Approaches and Methodologies and Specific Data Needs
Technical Workshop Day One: GHG Accounting Approaches and Methodologies and Specific Data Needs
Venue: Fortune Murali Park, MG Road, Vijayawada
9:00 – 9:30 am
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Registration
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9:30 – 10:00 am
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Participant Alignment on Workshop Goals and Objectives
Presenters:
Debbie Reed, C-AGG and Dr. William Salas, Applied GeoSolutions
Workshop Goals and Objectives:
· Build
capacity for APPI to measure, assess and report changes in GHG emissions
associated with changes in agricultural systems in Andhra Pradesh from
conventional to low-input organic agriculture
· Identify
an accounting methodology or approach for APPI to report in India’s NDC
changes in GHG emissions associated with changing from conventional to
low-input organic agricultural systems in Andhra Pradesh
· Document
future steps and activities and a timeline for APPI action
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10:00 – 10:30 am
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Session 1: Setting the
Stage
International Climate
Change Policies and Relevance to National Commitments, GHG Accounting
Approaches and GHG Measurements
Presenter: Debbie Reed,
C-AGG
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Establish common understanding of the international
policy drivers influencing GHG accounting approaches and measurement
scenarios
Suggested Resources:
· UNFCCC 2015 Paris
Agreement http://unfccc.int/files/essential_background/convention
/application/pdf/english_paris_agreement.pdf
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India's INDC to UNFCCC http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/INDC/Published%20Documents/
India/1/INDIA%20INDC%20TO%20UNFCCC.pdf |
10:30 – 11:15 am
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Session 2: High Level Review of UNFCCC GHG
Accounting Approaches and Project Level Accounting Methodologies
Presenter: Dr. Jagadeesh
Yeluripati, The James Hutton Institute
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UNFCCC GHG
Accounting Approaches: IPCC Tiers 1, 2 and 3
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Contrast
national inventory accounting versus project level accounting and measurement
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Summary of
metrics needed to establish project level baseline
GHG emissions and changes in GHG emissions associated with changes in
agricultural practices in Andhra Pradesh
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Identify known gaps in metrics
(e.g. for organic agricultural systems)
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Potential to adapt metrics from
similar eco-regions for application in Andhra Pradesh
Suggested Resources:
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(UNFAO) Estimating GHG
Emissions in Agriculture: A Manual to Address Data Requirements for
Developing Countries
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4260e.pdf
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FAO STAT Emissions Factors
for India http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#country/100
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Smallholder Agriculture
Monitoring and Baseline Assessment (SHAMBA) tool https://shambatool.wordpress.com
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Ex-ante Greenhouse Gas Balance of Agriculture and Forestry Development
Programs http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162010000100005
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11:15 – 11:45 am
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Tea Break
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11:45 – 1:15 pm
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Session 3: Agricultural GHG Measurement Case Studies on Project
Level Accounting Methodologies and Data Collection
Presenters:
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Dr.
Jagadeesh Yeluripati, The James Hutton Institute
Tier 1
Cropland Soil Carbon (C) Estimation Methodologies
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Mr.
Richie Ahuja and Dr. Sarat Kannepalli, EDF
· Dr. William Salas, Applied GeoSolutions
Tier 3 Rice Cultivation System
Methane (CH4) Measurement Methodologies
The speakers will utilize case study
experiences to provide examples of Session 2 accounting approaches and
methodologies, including project level data collection versus utilization of
metrics from existing sources, and how they may differ.
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1:15 – 2:00 pm
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Lunch
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Sessions 4
– 6 Will Engage all Workshop Participants in Facilitated Discussions to
Identify Available GHG Data for Agricultural Systems in Andhra Pradesh
Goal of Sessions 4-6: Narrow Recommendations for Accounting Approaches and
Methodologies Used to Estimate Changes in GHG Emissions Associated with
Changes in Agricultural Management Systems in Andhra Pradesh
Desired Outcomes of Each Session:
· Review available GHG
emissions factors for India and Andhra Pradesh
· Review and invite
information on known or existing data availability for specific agricultural
management practices, to include conventional practices (pre-conversion) and
low-input organic practices (post-conversion)
· Recommend one (or in
some cases more than one) accounting approach and methodology to estimate
changes in GHG emissions associated with changes in agricultural management
practices
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2:00 – 3:00 pm
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Session
4: Facilitated Discussion on Specific Data Needs to Estimate or Measure
Changes in Soil Carbon Stocks
Facilitator: Dr. Jagadeesh Yeluripati
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Review available soil carbon
emission factors for India, Andhra Pradesh
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Invite open discussion of other available
data on soil carbon stocks in Andhra Pradesh and soil carbon measurement or
estimation methodologies planned or in use
Based on known data availability, suggest a soil carbon monitoring
approach for Andhra Pradesh. Potential ancillary topics to cover may include
the potential for a stratification of production activities and systems by
soil types, coupled with measurement protocols to validate and verify changes
in soil carbon stocks over time. Discussion will include temporal nature of
changes in soil carbon stocks and implications for monitoring changes in soil
carbon stocks relative to activities.
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3:00 - 3:30 pm
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Tea Break
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3:30 – 4:30 pm
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Session 5: Facilitated Discussion on Specific
Data Needs to Measure or Estimate Changes in Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
Emissions from Soil Management and Cropping Systems
Facilitators: Mr. Richie
Ahuja and Dr. Sarat Kannepalli, EDF
· Review available soil management and cropping
system nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions factors for India, Andhra
Pradesh
· Invite open discussion of other available
data on soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from soil management
and cropping system practices and N2O measurement or estimation
methodologies planned or in use
Suggested Resources:
· New Studies Point to a Pathway to Find
India’s Most Effective Climate-Smart Farming Practices; http://blogs.edf.org/climatetalks/2016/01/14/new-studies-point-to-a-pathway-to-find-indias-most-effective-climate-smart-farming-practices
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4:30 – 5:30 pm
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Session 6: Facilitated Discussion on Specific
Data Needs to Estimate or Measure Changes in Methane Emissions from Rice
Cultivation Systems
Facilitator: Dr. Bill Salas, AGS
· Review available rice methane (CH4)
emissions factors for India, Andhra Pradesh
· Invite open discussion of other available
data on methane (CH4) emissions from rice cultivation systems and
CH4 measurement or estimation methodologies planned or in use
Suggested Resources:
· SAMPLES Emissions Data (all India data is
rice-related); http://samples.ccafs.cgiar.org/emissions-data
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5:30 – 6:00 pm
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Review and Summarize Day 1 Workshop Outcomes and Implications for Day
2 Workshop Agenda
Presenters:
Debbie Reed, C-AGG and Dr. William Salas, AGS
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Saturday 4 November
2017
Technical Workshop Day Two: GHG Accounting Methodology Selection and Knowledge Transfer
Technical Workshop Day Two: GHG Accounting Methodology Selection and Knowledge Transfer
Venue: Fortune Murali Park, MG Road, Vijayawada
9:00 – 9:30 am
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Review Day Two Agenda and Suggested Modifications
(if necessary)
Presenters: Debbie Reed, C-AGG and Dr. William Salas,
AGS
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Review progress and outcomes to
date
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Identify unresolved or
outstanding questions or issues to address
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9:30 – 10:30 am
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GHG Accounting Methodologies, Tools, and Approaches
Presenter: Dr. William Salas, AGS
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Identify potential accounting
methodology(ies), tool(s), or approach(es) for APPI to capture and report in
India’s NDC changes in GHG emissions associated with conversion from
conventional to low-input organic agriculture in Andhra Pradesh
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Identify relevant known and
potential unknown (requiring further research) implications of selected
approach
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Identify near- and long-term
resource implications of identified methodologies and tools, e.g., labor,
expertise, time commitment, cost implications, etc., to assist APPI with
future planning
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10:30 – 11:00 am
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Tea Break
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11:00 – 1:00 pm
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Panel
Discussion:
Implications of
the Workshop Outcomes for CRZBNF Data Collection Methodologies and Way
forward
Chair:
Mr. T. Vijay Kumar, RySS
Panel:
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Dr D. V. Raidu, RySS
·
Zulfiquar Haider, APPI
·
Ms. Debbie Reed, C-AGG
· Mr. Anwar
Shaik, APPI
· Dr. William
Salas, AGS
Presentation: Review Workshop
Outcomes and Conclusions
(Anwar Shaik, APPI and Debbie Reed, C-AGG)
Panel
Discussion
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Vote of Thanks
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Mr. G. Muralidhar
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1:00 – 2:00 pm
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Lunch
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For any further details, contact: P.
Raghu: 9849298904; Dr. Zakir Hussain: 8826897278
