Project Monitoring Report
SECTION A: Project profile
Project number & title:
ATC 01 2013A - Scientific Workshop on measurement and
mitigation of greenhouse gases in livestock systems for
green production and environment of APEC members
Time period covered in
January 2014 – March 2015
Date submitted: 26 Feb 2015
report:
Committee / WG / Fora:
Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG)
Project Overseer Name:
Dr. Kalaya Boonyanuwat
Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Genetic improvement,
Department of Livestock Development (DLD), Ministry of
Agriculture and Cooperatives. Thailand
Organization / Economy
SECTION B: Project update
Briefly answer each of the questions below to a maximum of 2-3 pages. If you have submitted
previous Monitoring Reports, focus on progress since the last report.
1. Current status of project:
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On schedule: NO
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On budget: NO
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On target to meet project objectives: YES
If NO, provide details: How far off schedule, budget or objectives? What actions are being taken to
resolve delays? What support is needed from your Committee or the Secretariat?
The workshop is finished on December 4, 2015. The draft report is sent to Program Executive to consider.
But for the budget, the reimbursement is not received for some participant, and other payment for hosting
cost and contractor. The project is extended to 31 March.
2. Implementation: Describe progress against the project work plan and proposed objectives.
 Were adjustments made to the scope or timing of the project? Yes (timing)
 What outputs (e.g. agenda, report, workshop, tools, best practices) have been delivered? How
have/are these outputs being utilised?
The final report will send to APEC after this monitoring report. The final report is concluded from workshop
discussion and post discussion among PO, speakers, and participants through email discussion. The details
of final report are activities among APEC economies about climate change in livestock sector, mitigation
options, and enteric methane measurement.
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.
3. Evaluation: What are the indicators developed under the project to measure progress/success?
Has baseline information or evaluation results been collected? How will any potential impacts on
gender be measured? If relevant please provide details.
- 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. Challenges: If not covered in Q1, describe any issues which impacted (or might still impact) on
the effective delivery of the project. How have these affected the objectives, deliverables, timeline or
budget? What are the risk management strategies in place to manage potential or real risks
The project will complete on 31 March 2015. Now, there is only financial process that is not complete. The
risk management is processed to complete documents.
5. Engagement: Describe the engagement and roles of stakeholders in the implementation of the
project, including other APEC fora, experts and participants.
Each economies will use output from this workshop to do research and set for strategic plan about mitigation
option, GHG measurement, and adaptation for climate change in livestock sector in each economy.
FOR APEC SECRETARIAT USE ONLYAPEC comments: Is the project management effective?
How could it be improved? Are APEC guidelines being followed?
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Project event was implemented late (less than a month before the original project expiry
date) despite reminders and guidelines sent by the Secretariat.
Due to several outstanding matters (administrative and financial), the project was
granted extension until 31 March 2015. PD and PE have sought advice from APEC
PMU on how to manage the outstanding matters and will continue to guide the P.O. in
completing the project by the extended deadline of 31 March 2015.
P.O. cited delay of allocation of funding on Thailand’s part as the main reason why the
Project could not be completed on schedule.
There are some outstanding issues that need to be addressed before budget
reimbursement can take place.
PD and PE have been in constant contact with the P.O. to give advice about the Project’s
budgetary guidelines in order to ensure full compliance.