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Vi står overfor en stor udfordring, når dansk landbrug skal være klimaneutralt om mindre end 10 år. Det kræver nye teknologier, metoder og strategier. Forskningskonferencen ”Zero Green House Gas Emission in High Productive Agriculture” sætter nye innovative muligheder for reducering af klimagasser på en effektiv og bæredygtig måde d. 3.-5. maj 2022. Og det endelige program er nu fastsat.

Aarhus Universitet er værter for en international konference om 'Zero Greenhouse Emission in High Productive Agriculture - ZEA' d. 3.-5. maj 2022. Foto: International conference on Zero Greenhouse Gas Emission in High Productive Agriculture

Når Aarhus Universitet e. 3.-5. maj er værter for den internationale konference ”Zero Greenhouse Gas Emission in High Productive Agriculture” (ZEA) bliver det med nogle af verdens førende forskere som keynote speakers. Emnet for konferencen er også bydende nødvendigt, dansk landbrug har en deadline i 2030. Her skal erhvervet, på lige fod med mange andre erhverv, være klimaneutralt.

I forskningsområderne og i mange virksomheder er der stor viden om mulighederne for at reducere udledningerne af klimagasser fra landbruget. Men skal denne viden nyttiggøres, så skal den omsættes til teknologier, som erhvervet er villige til at investere i. For det er dyrt at udvikle nye innovative klimaløsninger.

Der er et tvingende behov for at øge udviklingen og implementeringen af helt nye, effektive og omkostningssikre klimateknologier, som hurtigt kan anvendes i praksis, hvis ikke målet om en reduktion på 70 procent skal ”koste” betydelig reduktion af dansk fødevareproduktion. Og det er netop temaet på ”ZEA”-konferencen, som afholdes d. 3.-5. maj 2022 i Novo Nordisk Fondens lokaler på Tuborg Havnevej 19, 2600 Hellerup.

Endeligt program

Når forskere fra hele verden mødes i Hellerup til maj, bliver det for at beskrive udfordringer og finde løsninger på landbrugets klimakrise, og hvilke teknologier, der kan spille en rolle, og hvordan. Det handler ikke alene om teknologierne, men også hvordan de kan bringes i anvendelse på en fornuftig, driftssikker og økonomisk fornuftig måde.

Keynote speakers fra blandt andet USA, New Zealand, Tyskland, Italien og Kina vil lægge op til debat indenfor konferencens syv temaer. Der er med andre ord rig mulighed for at deltage i debatten om, hvilken vej landbruget skal bevæge sig for at opnå målet om klimaneutralitet.

Her er programmet for konferencens tre dage:

Tirsdag d. 3. maj 2022

09:00 – 10:00

Registration

10:00 – 11:45

Welcome and introduction

10:00 – 10:20

Welcome to the conference
Professor Jørgen E. Olesen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

10:20 – 10:50

Opening talk: Options for achieving carbon neutrality in agriculture
Senior Researcher Scholar Timothy D. Searchinger, Princeton Univeristy, and Technical Director, Food Program, World Resources Institute, USA

10:50 – 11:15

Agrifoodture roadmap

Professor Jørgen E. Olesen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

11:15 – 11:45

TBA

11:45 – 12:45

Frokost

12:45 – 14:20

Livestock (Chair: Professor Peter Lund, Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, Denmark)

12:45 – 13:15

Keynote: Livestock production and feeding reducing GHG emission from livestock
Dr. André Bannink, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

13:15 – 13:35

Bob Orskov Memorial Talk: Methane mitigation in ruminants fed tropical feedstuffs

Dr. Juan Ku Vera, Department of Animal Nutrition, University Yucatan, Mexico

13:35 – 13:50

Enteric methane emission of dairy cows fed with fresh or ensiled sugar beets

Postdoc Dana Olijhoek, Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, Denmark

13:50 – 14:05

Enteric and manure emissions from dairy cattle fed grass silage- or maize silage-based diets
Dr. Sanne van Gastelen, Animal Nutrition, Wageningen Livestock Research, The Netherlands

14:05 – 14:20

Five flash talks:

  1. A dose-response study investigating effects of “Compound X” on enteric methane emission from dairy cows
    PhD student Mirka Thorsteinsson, Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
  2. Safety Assessment Method of Novel Methane Reducing Feed Additives Fed to Dairy Cattle
    PhD student Marie Rønn, Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
  3. Microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) in diet to sheep for DNA profile of rumen microbiomes
    Scientist Vibeke Lind, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway
  4. Effect of dietary fat on mitigation of methane from dairy cows
    Senior advisor Christian Børsting, Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
  5. Methane emissions from Norwegian dairy cattle – a first look
    Scientist Grethe H.M. Jørgensen, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

14:20 – 15:20

Poster sessions and refreshments

15:20 – 16:55

Manure and fertilizers (Chair: Professor Sven G. Sommer, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Denmark)

15:20 – 15:50

Keynote: Manure management for greenhouse gas mitigation
Professor Søren O. Petersen, Aarhus University, Denmark

15:50 – 16:05

Dutch research program to reduce climate impact of livestock: an integral approach to decrease methane- as well as ammonia emission
Senior researcher Karin Groenestein, Wageningen Livestock Research, The Netherlands

16:05 – 16:20

Effect of frequent removal of manure on methane emission from animal houses,

Senior advisor Lise Bonne Guldberg, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Denmark

16:20 – 16:35

Emissions of Ammonia and Methane from Tent Covered Manure Storage Tanks,

Senior consultant Pernille Lund Kasper, SEGES Innovation, Denmark

16:35 – 16:50

Five flash talks:

  1. Large potential for mitigation of methane emissions from slurry tanks with early tank acidification
    Postdoc Jesper Nørlem Kamp, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Denmark
  2. Methane reduction from pig units with frequently flushing of manure or daily removal of manure by scraper
    Chief consultant Michael Holm, SEGES Innovation, Denmark
  3. Pilot testing three methane oxidation techniques on practical farm sites: soil filter, biofilter and flare
    Researcher Rik Maasdam, Wageningen Livestock Research, The Netherlands
  4. Reduction of Methane, Ammonia and Odor Emissions from Livestock Manure Slurry
    PhD Simon Svane, Department of Green Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
  5. Measuring emissions from full-scale manure stockpile by an inverse dispersion method: evaluation by controlled release
    PhD student Yolanda M. Lemes, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Denmark

16:50 – 17:30

Poster session

Onsdag d. 4. Maj 2022

From 08:30

Registration and refreshments

09:00 – 10:30

Mitigating GHG emissions in crops production systems (Chair: Professor Anne Winding, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Denmark)

09:00 – 09.30

Keynote: Mitigation potential with crop varieties and cultivation systems
Dr. Annette Freibauer, Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Germany

09:30 – 09:40

Catch Crops for Carbon Capture and Reduction of Nitrous Oxide Emissions - results from CatCap
Research assistant Maria Skovgaard Andersen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

09:40 – 09:50

Synthesizing the evidence of nitrous oxide mitigation practices in agroecosystems

Postdoc Diego Grados Bedoya, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

09:50 – 10:00

Effects of nitrification inhibitors on non-targeted soil microorganisms
Researcher Rumankanta Sapkota, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Denmark

10:00 – 10:10

Linking microbial guild abundance with soil N2O emission: Dilemmas in bridging laboratory and field studies
Tenure Track Researcher Ji Chen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

10:10 – 10:30

Six flash talks

  1. Quantification of N2O emissions from German arable soil during biological nitrogen fixation by using “closed chamber technique”
    Scientist Ambreen Shah, ProteinCrop Denmark, Denmark
  2. Identifying methane oxidation in Danish agriculture
    PhD student Line Vinther Hansen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  3. N2O emissions related to the soil microbiome impacted by fertigation in potato cropping
    PhD student Laura Storch, Microbiome Biotechnology, ATB-Postdam, Germany
  4. Nitrous Oxide emissions from sandy loam soil: Effects of straw, tillage, and cover crop
    Senior Specialist Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
  5. Short- and Long-term effects of digestate fertilization on nitrous oxide emissions and yield Formation
    PhD student Felizitas Winkhart, School of Life Sciences Technical University of Munich, Germany
  6. Mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from mineral and organic fertilizers in agricultural soil with nitrification inhibitors
    Postdoc Azeem Tariq, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

10:30 – 11:00

Short break with refreshments

11:00 – 12:30

Carbon storage in crop production systems (Chair: Professor Lars Munkholm, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark)

11:00 – 11:30

Keynote: New production systems and crops that contribute to soil carbon storage
Dr. Claire Chenu, INRA-AgroParisTech, Grigon, France

11:30 – 11:45

Soil carbon sequestration potential of grass-clover leys
Postdoc Johannes Lund Jensen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

11:45 – 12:00

Managing roots to foster soil organic carbon storage
Associate Professor Carsten Müller, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

12:00 – 12:15

Soil organic carbon stocks in permanent and temporary grasslands
PhD student Claudia Dǎmǎtîrcǎ, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Italy

12:15 – 12:30

Four flash talks

  1. Exploring the influence of shallow water table on the carbon cycle under different cropping systems
    PhD Matteo Longo, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Italy
  2. Greenhouse gas balances of annual and perennial cropping systems
    Assistant Professor Johannes W.M. Pullens, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark
  3. Soil management effects on soil organic matter properties and carbon sequestration (SOMPACS)
    Professor Jerzy Weber, Institute of Soil Science and Environmental Protection, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
  4. Soil organic carbon content is related to climatic temperature and soil properties in maize cropland
    PhD student Weijun Zhang, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch and poster session

14:00 – 15:45

Effect of land use on GHG emissions (Chair: Tenure Track Diego Abalos, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark)

14:00 – 14:30

Keynote: Net zero; the implications for agriculture and landuse
Professor Bob Rees, Carbon Management Centre, Scotland’s Rural College, United Kingdom

14:30 – 14:45

Can we close global yield gaps while achieving reduced greenhouse gas emissions?

Dr. Clemens Scheer, Environmental Smart Agriculture, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

14:45 – 15:00

Abatement costs of climate friendly peatland management options for agriculture Dr. Bernhard Osterburg, Coordination Units Climate and Soil, Thüenen Institute, Germany

15:00 – 15:15

Scenarios for sustainable land-use and biomass production for biorefining in Denmark anno 2030
PhD student Esben Øster Mortensen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

15:15 – 15:30

Five flash talks

  1. Impact of Climate and Land-use Change on Soil Properties and Carbon Sequestration in Agro-ecosystems West Africa
    Lecturer Abdulhakeem Lawal, Federal University Dutse, Nigeria
  2. The Use of Deficit Irrigation as a Sustainable Technique on GHG Emissions from Valencia orange Orchard Fertilized with Cow Organic Matter under Semi-Arid Climate Dr. Islam F. Hassan, National Research Center, Egypt
  3. Zeolite and alternate wetting-drying irrigation improves yield while mitigating gaseous emissions from paddy in China
    PhD student Yan Sha, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark
  4. Environmental Impact Assessment of Sustainable Future Irrigation Practices in the Indus Basin of Pakistan
    PhD student Muhammad Muzammil, Landscape, Water and Biogeochemical Cycles, Justus-Liebig University, Germany
  5. Reduction of peat use in horticulture: the challenge of reliable data
    Dr. Bernhard Osterburg, Coordination Units Climate and Soil, Thüenen Institute, Germany

15:30 – 16:00

Poster session with refreshments

16:00 – 17:30

Monitoring (Chair: Professor Jørgen E. Olesen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark)

16:00 – 16:30

Keynote: Title to be announced
Dr. Simona Bosco, EU joint Research Centre, Italy

16:30 – 16:45

Predicting methane emissions from pig manure: effects of feeding and manure management,
Researcher Paria Sefeedpari, Livestock and Environmental Department, Wageningen Livestock Research, The Netherlands

 

Measurements of methane emissions from pig farms with different manure management strategies
PhD student Nathalia T. Vechi, Department of Environmental Engineering, DTU Orbit, Denmark

 

Ground-truthing GHG footprints of commercial crop production at field scale
Dr. Michael Schuppenhauer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California

 

Five flash talks

  1. The Anaerobic Biodegradation Model (ABM): A flexible tool for predicting methane emission from livestock manure
    Postdoc Frederik R. Dalby, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Denmark
  2. Standardization of N2O measurement methods at Danish farmers’ fields
    Business Developer Ann Britt Værge, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark
  3. Development of a continuous soil GHG emission measurement system and implementation in irrigated Mediterranean conditions
    Postdoc Maria Alonso-Ayuso, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
  4. Continuous dynamic monitoring of nitrous oxide diffusion and reduction in agricultural soil at variable moisture
    Researcher Kiril Manevski, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark
  5. Reducing indirect greenhouse gas emissions from field applied fertilizers – comparing micromet and multi-plot approaches for ammonia loss measurements
    Dr. Hannah Götze, Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture, Thüenen Institute, Germany

17:30 – 18:00

Pre-dinner talk: Opportunities to mitigate the GHG footprint of our diets – is GG neutrality achievable?
Professor Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Division Biogeochemical Cycles, Karlsruhe Insitute of Technology, Germany

18:00 – 18:30

Poster session

18:30 – 20:30

Conference dinner

Torsdag d. 5. maj 2022

From 08:30

Registration and refreshments

09:00 – 10:35

System analyses (Chair: Professor Søren O. Petersen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark)

09:00 – 09:30

Keynote: Maximum ambition GHG abatement scenarios in agriculture: opportunities and limitations of integrated modelling approaches
D. Wilfried Winiwarter, International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Austria

09:30 – 09:45

Mitigation Strategies for Liquid Dairy Manure Storage in a Cold Climate: impact of acidification and degree of emptying on net greenhouse gas emissions
Professor Claudia Wagner-Riddle, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Canada

09:45 – 10:00

Identification and analysis of mixed dairy-fodder crop production systems at a European NUTS2 scale
PhD student Xabier Díaz de Otálora, Leibnitz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Germany

10:00 – 10:15

Exploring Tools and Strategies to reach Net Zero on Welsh Beef and Sheep Farms

PhD student Louise McNicol, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom

10:15 – 10:35

Six flash talks

  1. GHG balances of organic and conventional farming systems – results at trial an farm scale
    PhD student Thomas Mösl, Faculty of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Technical University of Münich, Germany
  2. Danish Farmers’ Climate Tool (DFCT), registration and mitigation options based on farm data
    Consultant Majken Husted, Innovation Center for Organic Farming, Denmark
  3. MELS: Mitigation of greenhouse gas and nitrogen emissions from livestock systems PhD student Gültaç Çinar, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, ATB Postdam, Germany
  4. Distances to climate targets in EU-27 agriculture: explorative analysis
    Dr. Alisa Spiegel, Coordination Unit Climate, Thüenen Institute, Germany
  5. Life cycle assessment of peat substitutes: sustainability of Danish growing media, Postdoc Fatemeh Hashemi, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark
  6. Irish Farmers’ position on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An insight into representation, perceived trust and worry
    PhD student Úna Sinnott, University College Dublin and Teagasc, Ireland

10:35 – 10:55

Niels Roland present drawings illustrating the outcome of the sessions
Illustrator Niels Roland

10:55 – 11:15

Short break

11:15 – 12:15

Finalization of conference

11:15 – 12:15

Panel discussion - interaction with audience on road maps of ZEA
Facilitated by Senior Research Scholar Timothy D. Searchinger, Princeton University, and Technical Director, Food Program, World Resources Institute, USA

12:15 – 12:30

Poster awards and concluding remarks
Professor Jørgen E. Olesen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

12:30

Lunch to go

Yderligere information

Konferencen er støttet af Novo Nordisk Fonden og afholdes i fondes lokaler på Tuborg Havnevej 19, 2600 Hellerup. Det er gratis at deltage, men tilmelding er nødvendig. Alle pladser til konferencen er booket, men det er muligt at skrive sig på en venteliste, og dermed blive tilbudt en plads, hvis der kommer afbud fra deltagere.

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