Online seminar "Current Research on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Arable Land and Grasslands, Drainage and Soil Health in Latvia"

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) Secretariat are organizing an online seminar on February 26th, starting at 10:00, titled "Current Research on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Arable Land and Grasslands, Drainage, and Soil Health in Latvia." Among the seminar speakers are representatives from the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LBTU) – Dr.sc.ing. Ainis Lagzdiņš, Dr.geogr. Raimonds Kasparinskis, Dr.oec. Dina Popluga, Dr.oec. Aleksejs Nipers, and expert Anna Vītola-Helviga.

Interested participants are invited to pre-register by completing the application form [LV].

Seminar Agenda:

• 10:00 - 10:30: "Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Arable Land and Perennial Grassland Management and the Improvement of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sequestration Accounting Systems, as well as the Development of Relevant Methodological Solutions" (presented by Dr.silv. Andis Lazdiņš, Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava")
• 10:30 - 11:00: "Impact Assessment of Drainage in Mitigating Climate Change (Flood Risk Reduction)" (presented by Dr.sc.ing. Ainis Lagzdiņš, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies)
• 11:00 - 11:30: "Identification, Collection, and Research of Genetic Resources of Locally Grown Food and Agricultural Plants and Their Wild Relatives in Latvia" (presented by Dr.biol. Dainis Ruņģis, Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava")
• 11:30 - 12:00: "Development and Testing of an Integrated Soil Monitoring Indicator System for Identifying and Assessing Long-term Changes in Soil Health and the Risk of Soil Degradation" (presented by Dr.geogr. Raimonds Kasparinskis, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies)
• 12:00 - 12:30: "Updating Latvia's Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC) for the Agricultural Transition to Decarbonization" (presented by Dr.oec. Dina Popluga, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies)
• 12:30 - 13:00: "Assessment of the Impact of Hydrological Regime Restoration" (presented by Dr.oec. Aleksejs Nipers, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies)
• 13:00 - 13:30: "AgroSEG: Online E-Service for Determining Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions at the Farm Level in Legume and Beef Production" (presented by Dr.oec. Aleksejs Nipers, Anna Vītola-Helviga, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies)