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Nitrogen optimization: Strategies to address the climate crisis in food production

Start Date: 12/10/2022
End Date: 11/08/2026

Description

Regional technical cooperation project to optimize nitrogen fertilizer use and reduce nitrous oxide emissions in cropping and pasture systems in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Panama and the Dominican Republic. It measures field emissions to generate specific emission factors, evaluates nitrogen sources, rates and mitigation strategies, and develops best-practice recommendations (4R) to strengthen national greenhouse gas inventories.

Action scope

Multicountry

Evaluated

No

Stage

Completed

Temporalidad

No especificado

Number of Years

4 - Year -s

Related elements

Budget in USD

Budget in USD
$400,000.00
Counterpart Budget
$637,451.00
Total Budget
$1,037,451.00
Annual Average Budget
$259,363.00

Institutions

Institutions Institutions rols
INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology (Argentina) Execution and operation
FONTAGRO Execution and operation
MPI: Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand) Execution and operation
GRA: Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Execution and operation
INIA: Agricultural Research Institute (Chile) Execution and operation

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