Agriculture

The CCAC Agriculture Initiative is the first action-oriented global effort to reduce methane and black carbon emissions from key agricultural sectors by sharing and implementing best practices, in order to enhance food security and livelihoods in accordance with broader climate change objectives.

The Initiative focuses on identifying and facilitating the implementation of best management practices and technologies tailored to national and local circumstances. This includes needs assessments and studies, raising awareness, training & capacity building, and working with farmers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to overcome barriers to implementation.

The Livestock and Manure Management component aims to facilitate policy and local-level practice change through marginally improving production practices while keeping production levels constant.   

The objective of the Open Agriculture Burning component is to replicate and scale up open burning mitigation options as a result of a) determining the nature of open burning (who burns what, when, where and why) in the target regions of the Eastern Himalayas and Andes and b) creation of regional open burning networks and partners by convening two regional conferences that will feed into project goals and outcomes through information sharing, and c) the development of shovel-ready pilot mitigation projects with specific actions targeted to each region and crop type.

The Paddy Rice Cultivation component seeks to reduce methane emissions from paddy rice production by promoting alternative cultivation practices and educating rice  producers, as well as creating enabling conditions to overcome barriers for improved agricultural methods.

The Enteric Methane component aims to transform ruminant livestock production systems in order to reduce emissions of enteric methane per unit of product, and increase efficiency.