Regulatory and Technical

Reducing Emissions from Agriculture: Advisor Workshop

Objectives

• To build on existing knowledge and develop a rich understanding to confidently advise farmers on best practice for achieving GHG and ammonia targets.
• To develop a comprehensive understanding of the current GHG and Ammonia challenges faced in agriculture and the significance of employing sustainable measures.
• To gain an understanding of the MACC measures and demonstrate the ability to adopt the most and least cost-effective approaches to mitigation.
• To investigate why nitrogen efficiency is key to decreasing agricultural GHG and ammonia emissions.
• To gain the knowledge and skills to be able to develop a strategic approach to managing Nitrogen.
• To evaluate the functional importance of using protected Urea and adopting LESS technologies to reduce Nitrogen loss and increase profitability.
• To inform participants of new developments and current measures available for pollution control when managing land.
• To understand and interpret strategies for improving carbon efficiency.

Content includes

• Foodwise and Sustainability Update
• Explaining the MACCs
• Managing Nitrogen
• More of LESS
• Strategies for Pollution Control
• Role of Forestry in GHG Emissions
• Breeding - EBI, Dairy Beef and Eurostar
• Land Management

Who should attend

This session is designed for all those in the agri-food industry, who are interacting with farmers and are in a position to positively influence decisions made by farmers to adopt mitigation technologies.

Qualification

Uncertified

Upcoming dates:

No training dates available at the moment.