FACCE JPI (http://www.faccejpi.com) has published a call for proposals for international projects (2-4 yrs). Letters of intent by consortia of institutions of three eligible countries (including at least one of the eligible European country) must be submitted by 27 March 2013.
Proposals must address at least on of the following Themes and at least one of the following Topics. Theme 1: Improved methodologies for quantifying GHG emissions and removals in agricultural systems and in national inventories. Theme 2: Study of mitigation options at the field, animal and manure management scales with quantification of their technical potential for a range of agricultural systems and regions. Theme 3: Quantification of the costs and benefits and of the impacts for food production and for the environment of GHG mitigation options. Topic 1: Greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector arising from agricultural soils including crops and grasslands, domestic livestock and waste management systems. Topic 2: Greenhouse gas removals, e.g. through carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. Topic 3: Lifecycle of agricultural and food products. GHG mitigation studies taking account of other sectors such as industry, transport, energy and land use change that add to the net greenhouse gas emissions. Detailed information: https://www.submission-faccejpi.com/lw_resource/datapool/_items/item_17/call-announcement-facce-greenhouse-gas.pdf Eligible countries: Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA. FACCE MACSUR, is offering a contact forum for research groups looking for consortium partners. http://macsur.eu/index.php/forum1/public The FACCE-JPI is an intergovernmental initiative of 21 European Member States and Associated Countries who are committed to addressing the global challenges of Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change. The mission of FACCE-JPI is to achieve, support and promote integration and alignment of European national resources, and joint implementation of a common research and innovation strategy set out in a Strategic Research Agenda. It seeks to work with international partners to address the diverse and global challenges in agriculture, food security and climate change. Climate change mitigation is one of the 5 core research themes of the FACCE – JPI Strategic Research Agenda. ----| http://sci.martinkoechy.de | [email protected] |---- Dr. Martin Köchy (Koechy) ℡ +49 531 596-5324 ℻ +49 531 596-5399 vCard: http://sci.martinkoechy.de/Koechy.vcf Thünen Institut für Marktanalyse (TI-MA) Thünen Institute of Market Analysis Bundesallee 50 * 38116 Braunschweig * GERMANY http://www.ti.bund.de/de/startseite/institute/ma.html --------------------------\ Projects /--------------------------- MACSUR: http://www.macsur.eu (executive coordinator), @macsurhub GLOWA Jordan River: http://www.glowa-jordan-river.de COCOS: http://www.cocos-carbon.org
