Abstract
Agriculture is essential for providing food and maintaining food security while concurrently delivering multiple other ecosystem services. However, agricultural systems are generally a net source of greenhouse gases and ammonia. They, therefore, need to substantively contribute to climate change mitigation and net zero ambitions. It is widely acknowledged that there is a need to further reduce and mitigate emissions across sectors, including agriculture to address the climate emergency and emissions gap. This discussion paper outlines a collation of opinions from a range of experts within agricultural research and advisory roles following a greenhouse gas and ammonia emission mitigation workshop held in the UK in March 2022. The meeting identified the top mitigation priorities within the UK’s agricultural sector to achieve reductions in greenhouse gases and ammonia that are compatible with policy targets. In addition, experts provided an overview of what they believe are the key knowledge gaps, future opportunities and co-benefits to mitigation practices as well as indicating the potential barriers to uptake for mitigation scenarios discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 268-280 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Frontiers of Agricultural Science & Engineering |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 6 May 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jun 2023 |
Event | Agricultural greenhouse gases and ammonia mitigation: Solutions, challenges, and opportunities - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 22 Mar 2022 → 24 Mar 2022 https://www.aab.org.uk/event/exploring-innovative-strategies-to-reduce-agricultural-ghg-and-ammonia-outputs/ |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgementsMany thanks to the Association of Applied Biologist’s for organising and hosting the ‘Agricultural greenhouse gases and ammonia mitigation: Solutions, challenges, and opportunities’ workshop. This work was supported with funding from the Scottish Government’s Strategic Research Programme (2022-2027, C2-1 SRUC) and BBSRC (BBS/E/C/000I0320 and BBS/E/C/000I0330). We also acknowledge support from UKRI694 BBSRC (United Kingdom Research and Innovation-Biotechnology and Biological Sciences 695 Research Council; United Kingdom) via grants BBS/E/C/000I0320 and BBS/E/C/000I0330. and Rothamsted Research's Science Initiative Catalyst Award (SICA) supported by BBSRC.
Keywords
- greenhouse gas
- ammonia
- agriculture
- mitigation
- net zero