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Background
This project addressed the Agricultural Water Use Efficiency priority of the Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program funded by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The research team studied the effects of different agricultural water management strategies viz. sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation, and water table management on greenhouse gas emissions –nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane– in various crop production systems in Eastern Canada.
Four years of extensive scientific and economic data were collected from farms in Quebec, Ontario, and Nova Scotia and has led to new analytical models and assessment tools for greenhouse gas mitigation strategies under intensive agricultural production systems. A very significant database on greenhouse gas emissions has been created, which can help drive policy decision making, and to inform the setting of realistic targets in climate change policy. Research results will provide agricultural producers with verified water management strategies that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance economic competitiveness of the Canadian agri-food sector.
The project had a very strong outreach and training component. Research results have been shared with agricultural producer groups and researchers. Canadian capacity in greenhouse gas mitigation has been strengthened by the training of several new scientists in the study regions.
Symposium Program | Wednesday March 30, 2016
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9:00-9:05 AM |
Welcoming Remarks |
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9:05-9:25 AM |
Building Resilience in Agricultural Landscapes |
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9:25-9:40 AM |
Overview of the McGill led AGGP on the Effects of Agricultural Water Management Systems on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Eastern Canada |
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9:40-10:00 AM |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cultivated Muck Soils under Sprinkler Irrigation in Quebec |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Session title to be confirmed |
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10:30-10:45 AM |
Coffee Break |
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10:45-11:05 AM |
Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in an Annually Cropped Temperate Agro-Ecosystem with Water and Fertilizer Management Practices |
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11:05-11:25 AM |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Muck Soils in the Holland Marsh |
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11:25-11:45 AM |
Subsurface Recycling Irrigation of Perennial Dairy Pasture in Maritime Canada |
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11:45-1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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1:30-1:50 PM |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions as Affected by Fertilization and Water Table Management in Southwestern Ontario |
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1:50-2:10 PM |
Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions during Production of Woody Perennial Horticultural Crops using Water Conservation Practices |
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2:10-2:30 PM |
The Economics of Controlled Tile Drainage and Sub-Irrigation and Field Drainage in Quebec |
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2:30-2:45 PM |
Coffee Break |
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2:45-3:05 PM |
Economic Analysis of Surface and Sub-Surface Irrigation and Drainage in Eastern Canada |
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3:05-3:25 PM |
Rapid Soil CO2 Analyzer (RSCA) |
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3:25-4:00 PM |
Closing Remarks |
Location
Macdonald Campus of McGill University
Macdonald-Stewart Building, Faculty Lounge (room MS2-022)
21111 Lakeshore Road
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, H9X 3V9
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About the Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program
The AGGP represents Canada's initial contribution to the Global Research Alliance, an international network of more than 30 member-countries that will coordinate and increase agricultural research on greenhouse gas mitigation and make new mitigation technologies and beneficial management practices available to farmers. For more information on the Global Research Alliance, visit www.globalresearchalliance.org/
More Information
For more information, please contact Eduardo Ganem Cuenca by eduardo.ganemcuenca [at] mcgill.ca (email) or by phone: (514) 398-8779.
