Greenhouse Gases and Animal Agriculture Conference 2010

Poster Presentations

0950 - 1100 Monday, October 4
Morning Session (1) Role of livestock production in GHG issues - the big picture
Session Chair: Dr. Richard Eckard, University of Melbourne, Australia


The role of livestock production in greenhouse gases emissions in Ghana. Christopher Antwi, E.L.K. Osafo and D. S. Fisher, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana

Enteric methane emission factors for dairy and beef cattle in Argentina. Laura Finster, Guillermo Berra, Ricardo Buala and Silvia Valtorta, National Institute for Agricultural Technology (INTA), Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Comparison of methane production between temperate and tropical forages: A quantitative review. Harry Archimede, Eugene Maguy, Marie-Magdeleine Carine, Martin Cécile, Diego Morgavi, Philippe Lecomte and Michel Doreau, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France

Life cycle assessment of GHG emissions from Japanese pork production using feed from food residuals. Tatsuo Hishinuma, Hideaki Kurishima, Yutaka Genchi, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

More meat production with greater production efficiency and less GHG. Scott L. Kronberg, Mark A. Liebig and John R. Hendrickson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Mandan, ND, USA

Systematic estimation of non-CO2, GHG emissions from global agricultural activities. Tomoko Hasegawa and Yuzuru Matsuoka, Kyoto University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu, Japan

GHG emission profiles of the European livestock sectors. Jan Peter Lesschen, H. P. Witzke, M. van den Berg, H. J. Westhoek and O. Oenema, Alterra, Wageningen-UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Global warming and animal agriculture sector of India. Dr. Poonam Kataria and Dr. Manju Wadhwa, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

The New Zealand livestock industry challenge of reducing methane and nitrous oxide. Mark Aspin and Mark Leslie, Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium, Wellington, New Zealand

Carbon sequestration in irrigated pasture soils. Glenn E. Shewmaker, Robert E. Sojka and James A. Entry, University of Idaho, Twin Falls, ID, USA

The role of livestock in the agricultural sector emissions of Bolivia in 2002 and 2004. E. Garcia-Apaza, David Cruz Choque and Wilma Angulo Veizaga, National Program on Climate Change, La Paz, Bolivia

Livestock production in Brazil - A prospect for GHG emissions. Helio Rezende Lima Neto, Newcastle University, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, UK

Carbon footprint due to dairying in India and mitigation measures. Amit Saha, IDFA, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Environmental and economic perspectives of milk production in feedlot and grazing systems. Othman Alqaisi, Assah Ndambi and Torsten Hemme, IFCN Dairy Research Centre, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

The value of extension for greenhouse gas communications in the Victorian livestock sector. Zita Ritchie, Chris Gerbing and Sarah Holland-Clift, Department of Primary Industries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Possibility of biodegradable polymer as restoration technologies in semi-arid region. Akiko Koike, Tomohito Honda, Hiromi Kitano, Toshio Hara, Chinobu Okamoto and Kiyotaka Kabata, Tokai University, Aso-gun, Kumamoto, Japan

The relationship between methane observation from satellite and livestock populations. Akio Takenaka, Japan International Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Consumption of wood and economic payback for small scale digesters in Tanzanian villages. by R. B. Morrison, K. Hartwig and C. Parker

Agriculture in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. by E. van Reenen