On June 3, the Institute of Agricultural Environment organized a workshop titled 'Supporting greenhouse gas inventories in agriculture: Enhancing technical and governance insights for rice production in Vietnam'.
The workshop “Supporting greenhouse gas inventories in agriculture: enhancing technical and governance insights for rice production in Vietnam” is part of a series of activities under the project Supporting greenhouse gas inventory in rice production in Vietnam.
The project is funded by the Australian Government and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), and jointly implemented by the Institute of Agricultural Environment and Queensland University of Technology.
According to Mr. Mai Van Trinh, Director of the Institute of Agricultural Environment, developing the carbon credit market in agriculture is one of the Institute's priority directions. Photo: Khanh Ly.According to Mr. Mai Van Trinh, Director of the Institute of Agricultural Environment, improving greenhouse gas inventory methodologies, selecting appropriate emission reduction measures, developing and implementing measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems, and advancing the carbon credit market in agriculture are currently among the Institute’s top priorities.
The workshop is an opportunity for the Institute to share project outcomes on the application of emission factors and the improvement of greenhouse gas inventory quality, results from field experiments to develop greenhouse gas emission factors, the use of the DayCent model to simulate greenhouse gas mitigation solutions, as well as proposals for greenhouse gas inventory management measures in agriculture based on rice production systems - with the potential for scaling up to other crops.
Mr. Leigh Vial, Research Program Director at ACIAR (Australia), emphasized that climate is a central theme across all of ACIAR’s research programs. Within the framework of cooperation with the Institute of Agricultural Environment, ACIAR places particular importance on integrating both mitigation and adaptation strategies to climate change - two essential elements that must be implemented in parallel to achieve sustainable outcomes.
According to Mr. Leigh Vial, adaptive capacity to climate change has not yet received adequate investment, even though it is a key factor in stabilizing agricultural production. To develop sustainable agriculture, we need to build a set of practical tools that can be transformed into concrete solutions for farmers. I believe this workshop will generate many initiatives and technologies that can be widely applied in the future. Climate adaptation requires even more creative efforts — because farmers are at the heart of all solutions.
Overview of the workshop 'Supporting greenhouse gas inventories in agriculture: Enhancing technical and governance insights for rice production in Vietnam'. Photo: Khanh Ly.Ms. Nguyen Giang Thu, Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology, highly appreciated the support and collaboration of ACIAR and Queensland University of Technology with the Institute of Agricultural Environment in implementing the project “Supporting greenhouse gas inventory in rice production in Vietnam.”
Deputy Director Nguyen Thu Giang believes that through this workshop, participants have the opportunity to come together to share research experiences, propose and recommend policy mechanisms, and build a connected network to develop a greenhouse gas inventory system for rice cultivation in particular, and for the agriculture sector in general.