”Zero Greenhouse Gas Emission in High Productive Agriculture” – the conference program is now official

High productive agriculture is at a crossroad, where the need for change is imminent to avoid the rapidly growing threat of a climate crisis, but how to we proceed and which technologies can help to achieve large reductions in greenhouse gases? The international conference on “Zero Greenhouse Gas Emission in High Productive Agriculture” will shed the light on new innovative possibilities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the most effective and sustainable manner. It all takes place 3-5 May 2022 in Hellerup near Copenhagen, and the program has now been finalized.

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

23 March 2022 by Camilla Brodam

“It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and biosphere have occurred.” So, states the very first lines of the IPCC report on Climate Change 2021.

The need for action and change is more imminent than ever. Since high production agriculture accounts for a large proportion of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, there is a need for developing new technologies and management systems. This needs a collective global effort to ensure speedy development and implementation of suitable, efficient and safe technologies. There is also a large need to support this development of technologies with efficient and verified monitoring systems to ensure reliability of the technologies being implemented.

And that is precisely the theme of the conference 'Zero Emission Agriculture in High Porductive agriculture' which will be held on 3-5 May 2022 at Tuborg Havnevej 19, 2600 Hellerup.

The program is here

When researchers from all over the world will meet in May, it is with an aim to create an extended overview of potential technologies for efficiently reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. The focus will be on the efficiency to reduce emissions, economic viability as well as sustainability in regards to other aspects such as environment, biodiversity, animal welfare and human health.

Keynote speakers from the USA, New Zealand, Germany, Italy and China, among others, will kick of debates within the conference's seven themes. In other words, there is ample opportunity to take part in the debate on which path agriculture should take in order to achieve climate neutrality.

Here is the program for all three conference days:

Tuesday 3 May 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: 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 Safety Assessment Method of Novel Methane Reducing Feed Additives Fed to Dairy Cattle PhD student Marie Rønn, Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, Denmark Microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) in diet to sheep for DNA profile of rumen microbiomes Scientist Vibeke Lind, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway Effect of dietary fat on mitigation of methane from dairy cows Senior advisor Christian Børsting, Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, Denmark 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: 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 Methane reduction from pig units with frequently flushing of manure or daily removal of manure by scraper Chief consultant Michael Holm, SEGES Innovation, Denmark Pilot testing three methane oxidation techniques on practical farm sites: soil filter, biofilter and flare Researcher Rik Maasdam, Wageningen Livestock Research, The Netherlands Reduction of Methane, Ammonia and Odor Emissions from Livestock Manure Slurry PhD Simon Svane, Department of Green Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark 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

Wednesday 4 May 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 Quantification of N2O emissions from German arable soil during biological nitrogen fixation by using “closed chamber technique” Scientist Ambreen Shah, ProteinCrop Denmark, Denmark Identifying methane oxidation in Danish agriculture PhD student Line Vinther Hansen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark N2O emissions related to the soil microbiome impacted by fertigation in potato cropping PhD student Laura Storch, Microbiome Biotechnology, ATB-Postdam, Germany Nitrous Oxide emissions from sandy loam soil: Effects of straw, tillage, and cover crop Senior Specialist Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark 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 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 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 Greenhouse gas balances of annual and perennial cropping systems Assistant Professor Johannes W.M. Pullens, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Standardization of N2O measurement methods at Danish farmers’ fields Business Developer Ann Britt Værge, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark Development of a continuous soil GHG emission measurement system and implementation in irrigated Mediterranean conditions Postdoc Maria Alonso-Ayuso, Spanish National Research Council, Spain Continuous dynamic monitoring of nitrous oxide diffusion and reduction in agricultural soil at variable moisture Researcher Kiril Manevski, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark 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

Thursday 5 May 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 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 Danish Farmers’ Climate Tool (DFCT), registration and mitigation options based on farm data Consultant Majken Husted, Innovation Center for Organic Farming, Denmark 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 Distances to climate targets in EU-27 agriculture: explorative analysis Dr. Alisa Spiegel, Coordination Unit Climate, Thüenen Institute, Germany Life cycle assessment of peat substitutes: sustainability of Danish growing media, Postdoc Fatemeh Hashemi, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark 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

Additional information

The conference is hosted and financially supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the venue is Tuborg Havnevej 19, DK-Hellerup. It is free to attend, but registration is required. All seats for the conference are booked, but it is possible to sign up for a waiting list, and thus be offered a seat if there is a cancellation from participants.

”Zero Greenhouse Gas Emission in High Productive Agriculture” – the conference program is now official

The program is here

Tuesday 3 May 2022

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