APEC Project Completion Report
SECTION A: Project profile
Project number & title:
Project time period:
Committee / WG / Fora:
Project Overseer Name /
Organization / Economy:
ATC 01 2013A Scientific Workshop on Measurement and Mitigation of
Greenhouse Gases in Livestock Systems : Building Capability to meet the
Challenge of APEC Members
January – December 2014
Date submitted:
August 2015
Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG)
Dr. Kalaya Boonyanuwat
Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Genetic improvement, Department of
Livestock Development (DLD), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
Thailand
SECTION B: Project report and reflection
1. Project description: In 3-4 sentences, please describe the project and its main objectives.
The workshop will improve understanding of the diversity of livestock management systems in APEC member
economies, the greenhouse gas emissions and the special characteristics of those systems. A key goal of the
workshop is to identify opportunities for future collaboration and coordinated capacity building activities in
livestock mitigation research across member economies.
2. Meeting objectives: Describe how the project met each of its proposed objectives. Please outline any
challenges you may have encountered in delivering the activity.
1. To establish the network and cooperation and coordinated capacity building activities in livestock mitigation
research across member economies.
2. To be a platform for exchanging, discussing and sharing experience on measurement and mitigation of
greenhouse gases in livestock systems between APEC members in order to increase capability on livestock
production for food security and green environment of the member officers and scientists.
3. Evaluation: Describe the process undertaken to evaluate the project upon completion. (e.g. evaluation
through participant surveys, peer reviews of outputs, assessments against indicators, statistics
demonstrating use of outputs etc.). Provide analysis of results of evaluations conducted and where
possible include information on impacts on gender. Evaluation data needs to be included as an appendix.
- Participants gained knowledge of mitigation option, manure management, and enteric methane measurement
methods.
- Enteric methane measurement methods described by speakers and discussion among participants.
- Mitigation options in livestock sector described by speakers and discussion among participants.
- Next steps for capacity building for adaptation and mitigation in livestock sector.
- Knowledge of mitigation option, manure management, and enteric methane measurement methods were concluded
from each economies and added new technology from speaker.
- This workshop has potential impacts equally on men and women. But it is given the important role women
played in the entire climate change in livestock sector, this project aims to highlight the crucial role of female in
measurement and mitigation of greenhouse gases in livestock systems for green production and environment
and to embed women’s perspectives in related topics as appropriate. In this workshop, there are female
speakers, moderator, and participants. The female participants joined in every activities.
4. Output indicators:Describe the main project outputs below. This may include workshops, tools,
research papers, reports, recommendations, best practices, action plans.
.
Indicators
# planned # actual Details or notes
(Edit or Insert rows as needed)
# workshops / events
# participants (M/F)
1
20/20
1
2-4 December 2014
25/14 6 lecturer, 11 APEC, 22 Thai
7 economies
11
# economies attending
22
# speakers engaged
6
6
9
9
# publications distributed
2
2
DLD, MOAC, OAE, KU, KKU,ARDA, TGO,
NRCT, KMUTT
Workshop document/report
# recommendations agreed on
1
1
In final report
# other organizations engaged
Australia/New Zealand/Thai
Other:
Comments: Reccommendation
The workshop agreed on the following priority issues and actions, subject to APEC member economies
being able to secure necessary funding to deliver on these action points.
1. The establishment of an international scientific network aimed at adaptation and mitigation through
improved animal production by using feeding, farming, manure management, and genetic improvement.
APEC economies scientists would take primary responsibility for the establishment and management of the
Network. While this network will initially involve scientists working in the area of mitigating methane
emissions intensity and adaptation, the option of including research around other greenhouse gases as the
network progresses, is open
2. The establishment of a common database for the storage of GHG emission in area of adaptation and
mitigation are recorded. These data would be available for use in wide association studies.
3. Continue discussions on defining which co-benefit between mitigation and adaptation should be targeted
and how these will be incorporated into objectives.
4. Develop a set of common protocols to guide the search for the rapid measurement of CH4 and intake when
repeated measurements on large numbers of animals are required.
5. Outcomes: Describe any specific medium-term changes to policy, processes or behaviour that can be
attributed to result from this activity. Please include details on:
 What indicators were used to measure medium-term impact? (Example indicators: type/number of
policies/ regulations/processes changed, % of businesses conforming to new standards, change in
sector’s commercial activity, # individual action plans developed, # agencies using resource or tools
etc.)
 Monitoring plans in place and proposed indicators to measure impacts, including any impacts on
gender. Please summarise relevant information.
Workshop findings
Participants at the workshop agreed that:
- CH4 emissions differ between sub-categories of animals. So in each economy should develop own emission
factors for each sub-category
- To develop own emission factors for each sub-category, each economy should develop and establish GHG
measurement instrument.
- There are many methods in mitigation method such as: feeding improvement, genetic improvement, farm
management, and manure management.
- About feeding management, each economy can use feed suplement, feed additives, feed processing, local
feed, high quality feed.
- We can use knowledge of rumen microorganism genetics to produce methanogen inhibitor vaccine or
methanogen inhibitor feed additives.
- There are many agriculture by-products such as: mangosteen peel, Leucaena leaf.
- About genetic improvement, they can be used in adaptation and mitigation practice. For mitigation practice,
they can use genetic improvement of low residual feed intake and low CH4 emission, and also for genetic
improvement of forage crop.
- Genetic selection and targeted breeding could reduce methane emissions per unit product through selecting
genetic traits that increase the general efficiency of production (eg milk yield and reproductive efficiency per
animal)
- About farm management, they can improve for cooling house, good ventilation house.
- About manure management, they can produce biogas and compost fertilizer.
- It is very important that livestock production is important for food security. So in term of mitigation, we can
reduce GHG emission per production unit.
- To reduce GHG emission per production unit, we can improve production efficiency.
- About GHG measurement method, especially enteric methane, we use respiration chamber and SF6 technic.
- It is very important to arrange about GHG measurement method training course supported by APEC.
- There is valuable in establishing a network in the research area of mitigation. To combine database and
exchange knowledge about climate change in livestock sector among APEC economy is very important.
- It is very important to arrange the workshop continuously once per year.
- The other thing, to set the strategy about adaptation for climate change in livestock sector is very important.
It is more benefit.
Reccommendation
The workshop agreed on the following priority issues and actions, subject to APEC member economies
being able to secure necessary funding to deliver on these action points.
1. The establishment of an international scientific network aimed at adaptation and mitigation
through improved animal production by using feeding, farming, manure management, and genetic
improvement. APEC economies scientists would take primary responsibility for the establishment
and management of the Network. While this network will initially involve scientists working in the
area of mitigating methane emissions intensity and adaptation, the option of including research
around other greenhouse gases as the network progresses, is open
2. The establishment of a common database for the storage of GHG emission in area of adaptation
and mitigation are recorded. These data would be available for use in wide association studies.
3. Continue discussions on defining which co-benefit between mitigation and adaptation should be
targeted and how these will be incorporated into objectives.
4. Develop a set of common protocols to guide the search for the rapid measurement of CH4 and
intake when repeated measurements on large numbers of animals are required.
5.
Participants (compulsory for events): Must be gender-aggregated. May be included as appendix.
Economy
(Insert rows as needed)
11
Other: 28
# male
# female
Details
7
4
7 economies
18
10
9 organizations
Comments: What was the approach undertaken for participant nomination/selection and targeting?
Please provide details. What follow-up actions are expected? How will participants/beneficiaries continue
to be engaged and supported to progress this work?
- nomination for economies and organizations
- Selection for speakers
6. Key findings: Describe 1-3 examples of key findings, challenges or success stories arising from the
project (e.g. research or case studies results, policy recommendations, roadblocks to progress on an
issue, impacts on gender).
Workshop findings
Participants at the workshop agreed that:
- CH4 emissions differ between sub-categories of animals. So in each economy should develop own emission
factors for each sub-category
- To develop own emission factors for each sub-category, each economy should develop and establish GHG
measurement instrument.
- There are many methods in mitigation method such as: feeding improvement, genetic improvement, farm
management, and manure management.
- About feeding management, each economy can use feed suplement, feed additives, feed processing, local
feed, high quality feed.
- We can use knowledge of rumen microorganism genetics to produce methanogen inhibitor vaccine or
methanogen inhibitor feed additives.
- There are many agriculture by-products such as: mangosteen peel, Leucaena leaf.
- About genetic improvement, they can be used in adaptation and mitigation practice. For mitigation practice,
they can use genetic improvement of low residual feed intake and low CH4 emission, and also for genetic
improvement of forage crop.
- Genetic selection and targeted breeding could reduce methane emissions per unit product through selecting
genetic traits that increase the general efficiency of production (eg milk yield and reproductive efficiency per
animal)
- About farm management, they can improve for cooling house, good ventilation house.
- About manure management, they can produce biogas and compost fertilizer.
- It is very important that livestock production is important for food security. So in term of mitigation, we can
reduce GHG emission per production unit.
- To reduce GHG emission per production unit, we can improve production efficiency.
- About GHG measurement method, especially enteric methane, we use respiration chamber and SF6 technic.
- It is very important to arrange about GHG measurement method training course supported by APEC.
- There is valuable in establishing a network in the research area of mitigation. To combine database and
exchange knowledge about climate change in livestock sector among APEC economy is very important.
- It is very important to arrange the workshop continuously once per year.
- The other thing, to set the strategy about adaptation for climate change in livestock sector is very important.
It is more benefit.
7. Next steps:Describe any planned follow-up steps or projects, such as workshops, post-activity
evaluations, or research to assess the impact of this activity. How will the indicators from Question 5 be
tracked? How will this activity inform any future APEC activities?
Reccommendation
The workshop agreed on the following priority issues and actions, subject to APEC member economies
being able to secure necessary funding to deliver on these action points.
1. The establishment of an international scientific network aimed at adaptation and mitigation
through improved animal production by using feeding, farming, manure management, and genetic
improvement. APEC economies scientists would take primary responsibility for the establishment
and management of the Network. While this network will initially involve scientists working in the
area of mitigating methane emissions intensity and adaptation, the option of including research
around other greenhouse gases as the network progresses, is open
2. The establishment of a common database for the storage of GHG emission in area of adaptation
and mitigation are recorded. These data would be available for use in wide association studies.
3. Continue discussions on defining which co-benefit between mitigation and adaptation should be
targeted and how these will be incorporated into objectives.
4. Develop a set of common protocols to guide the search for the rapid measurement of CH4 and
intake when repeated measurements on large numbers of animals are required.
5. Feedback for the Secretariat: Do you have suggestions for more effective support by APEC fora or the
Secretariat? Any assessment of consultants, experts or other stakeholders to share? The Secretariat
examines feedback trends to identify ways to improve our systems.
Secretariat assisted to process this workshop for distributing letters to economies, activities for workshop, report writing, etc.
SECTION C: Budget
Attach a detailed breakdown of the APEC- provided project budget, including:
 Planned costs: (using most recently approved budget figures) 183060 USD (contractor + hosting =
33,460 USD)
 Actual expenditures contractor + hosting = 14,762 USD
 Variance notes: An explanation of any budget line under- or over-spent by 20% or more.
SECTION D: Appendices
Please attach the following documentation to the report as required. Note that the participant contact list is a
mandatory requirement for all Project Completion Reports.
SPEAKERS
S/N
Title
Name
Position
Organization
Email
1
Mr
Peter Ettema
Manager,
Resource
Information &
Analysis
Ministry of Primary
Industry
New Zealand
Peter.Ettema@mpi.
govt.nz
2
Assoc.
Prof. Dr.
Krittapol Sommart
Associated
Professor
Khon Kaen University.
Khonkaen Province.
Thailand.
kritapon@kku.ac.th
3
Dr.
Kalaya
Boonyanuwat
Senior Animal
Scientist
Department of Livestock
Development. Thailand
kaayabo@yahoo.c
om
4
Dr
Arux Chaiyakul
Senior
Veterinarian
Department of Livestock
Development. Thailand
Aruxch@yahoo.co
m
5
Dr
Cesar Pinares
Patino
Research
Scientist
Cesar.Pinarespatin
o@csiro.au
6
Assoc.P
rof. Dr
Amnat
Chidthaisong
Assoc.Prof.
CSIRO. Australia
Agriculture Flagship,
Integrated Agricultural
Systems Canberra
AUSTRALIA
King Mongkut’s
University of Technology
Thonburi (KMUTT)
Thailand
Organization
Email
amnat@jgsee.kmut
t.ac.th
PARTICIPANTS
S/N
Title
Name
Position
Economy: Chinese Taipei
1
Miss
Ai-Yen SHIH
(Chinese Taipei)
Associate
Technical
Specialist
Council of Agriculture
aiyen@mail.coa.go
v.tw
Senior
Researcher
Indonesian Research
Institute for Animal
Production, IRIAP,
IAARD
yeni_widiawati14@
yahoo.com
Economy: Indonesia
2
Dr.
RA Yeni Widiawati
3
Ms.
Ani Susilawati
Researcher
Swamp Land
Agricultural Research
Center, IAARD
ani.nbl@gmail.com
Researcher
National College of Post
Graduated Agricultural
Studies COLPOS
cobos@colpos.mx
Economy: Mexico
4
Dr.
MARIO ANTONIO
COBOS PERALTA
Economy: Thailand
5
Mrs.
Varocha Jumparat
Animal Scientist
Rakornrachasrima
Livestock Research and
Breeding Center. Bureau
of Animal Husbandry
and
Genetic
Improvement.
Department of Livestock
Development.
j_varocha@yahoo.
com
6
Mr
Kamon
Chaweewan
Animal Scientist
Rakornrachasrima
Livestock Research and
Breeding Center. Bureau
of Animal Husbandry
and
Genetic
Improvement.
Department of Livestock
Development.
krawan2001@gmai
l.com
Philippine Carabao
Center, Department of
Agriculture
Bureau of Animal
Industry, Department of
Agriculture
dalla_1358@yahoo
.com
Institute of Animal
Sciences for Southern
Viet
Nam (IASVN);
Hochiminh. Viet Nam.
Department of Animal
Genetic and
Breeding
kinh.lavan@iasvn.v
n
Economy: Philippines
7
Mr.
Daniel Lopez
Aquino
8
Mr.
MR. HERNANDO
F. AVILLA
Supervising
Agriculturist
hernand.bai@gmail
.com
Economy: Viet Nam
9
Dr
Kinh Lavan
Assoc. Prof.
10
Dr.
NGUYEN HUU
TINH
Head
tinh.nguyenhuu@ia
svn.vn
Ministry:Agriculture and
Rural Development
Economy: USA
11
Mr.
Sakchai
Preechajarn
THAI PARTICIPANTS
No.
Name
Senior
Agricultural
Specialist
U.S. Department of
Agriculture
Position
sakchai.preechaj@f
as.usda.gov
Organization
1
Dr. Thanit Anekwit
Department of Livestock
Development
Mrs. Prapawan Sawasdee
Deputy Director
Director of Bureau of Animal
Husbandry and Genetic
Improvement
Animal Husbandry Technical
Officer
4
Mr. Sontipan Phasutdee
Expert
5
Mr. Sakson Aramvanitch
Legal
6
Dr. Suwit Anothaisinthawee
7
Mr. Chalermchai Janthasorn
8
Mr. Visarn Srisuriya
Expert
9
Dr. Wutipong Intaratham
Expert
10
Mrs. Sontana Mimapan
Veterinary medicine
11
Mr. Thanee Pak-uthai
Economist
12
Mrs. Supaluck Harrison
13
Ms. Kanokkarn Poosuwan
14
Ms. Maytawee Tamprateep
Veterinary medicine
15
Mr. Ake Noksang
Audiovisual official
Department of Livestock
Development
Department of Livestock
Development
Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives
Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
and Genetic Improvement
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
and Genetic Improvement
Livestock Academic
Development Group
Livestock Academic
Development Group
National Institute of Animal
Health
Bureau of Livestock Extension
and Development
Bureau of Animal Nutrition
Development
Bureau of Animal Nutrition
Development
Bureau of Livestock Standards
and Certification
Office of the secretary
16
Ms. Siriwat Suwannasri
Economist
Office of Agricultural Economics
17
Economist
Office of Agricultural Economics
Professor
Kasetsart University
19
Mr. Napat ouicharoen
Asst. Prof. Dr. Skorn
Koonawootrittriron
Mr. Jirayut Ksemsawat
PhD Student
20
Mrs. Suparat Tubcharoen
Planning and policy analyst
21
Ms. Chanpen Boontong
Analyst
22
Ms. Natthasiree Chulinrak
Academic
Kasetsart University
National Research Council of
Thailand
Agricultural Research
Development Agency (Public
Organization)
Thailand Greenhouse Gas
Management Organization
(Public Organization)
2
Mr. Tossaporn Srisakdhi
3
18
Animal Husbandry Technical
Officer
Animal Husbandry Technical
Officer
Animal Husbandry Technical
Officer
Animal Husbandry Technical
Officer

/
Participant contact list: contact info, gender, job titles (mandatory)
/
Experts / consultants list: contact info, job titles, roles, gender
/
Event Agenda
Appendices
Reports, websites or resources created: links or soft copies
Notes
Website is generating
Post activity survey or other evaluation data (raw and/or aggregated) Continuing distribute to participant
Other information or resources
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