The Global Strategy is a comprehensive framework for improving the availability and use of agricultural and rural data, necessary for evidence-based decision making and for national MRV. This Strategy is based on three pillars:
- The establishment of a minimum set of core data that countries will collect to meet current and emerging demands.
- The integration of agriculture into national statistical systems in order to satisfy the demands of policy makers and other users who rely on comparable data across locations and over time. The integration will be achieved by implementing a set of methodologies that includes the development of a master sample frame for agriculture, the implementation of an integrated survey framework, and with results available in a data management system.
- The foundation that will provide the sustainability of the agricultural statistics system through governance and statistical capacity building.
FAO, World Bank, UN Statistical Commission
2010
The Global Office of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS) is hosted by the FAO’s Statistics Division (ESS) in Rom
The Strategy was published by the World Bank, Washington D.C.
The FAO World Program for the Census of Agriculture (WCA) promotes the use of standard international concepts, definitions and methodology. Data collected provides a snapshot of the state of a country’s agricultural sector – from size of holdings, land tenure, land use, area harvested, irrigation, livestock, labour and other agricultural inputs. This information is vital in agricultural planning and policy-making, research and development and monitoring the impact of agriculture on the environment. Resources and information about the 10-year round program can be found on this United Nations FAO website. The website provides whole site translation is several languages.
FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome, Italy
This document outlines steps used to estimate methane emissions from enteric fermentation for the years 1990-2015. Methane emissions were estimated for seven livestock categories: cattle, horses, sheep, swine, goats, American bison, and the non-horse equine (mules, asses). The enteric emissions were reported in tables within this document.
USA
2017
Annex 3.10 in National Inventory Report
This report provides information about a methane inventory model for ruminant animals developed to calculate annual methane production from the main ruminant animal species in New Zealand. The report aims to review the national methane inventory model by reviewing the accuracy and validity of data used in the national inventory model, identifying limitations and consequences, and identifying what further research and development work is needed.
Muir P, Thomson B, Hegarty R
2011
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) Technical Paper: 2011/76
This study developed an alternative methodology based on animal energy requirements derived from field measurements of live weight, live weight change, milk production and locomotion to estimate intake. Researchers used on-farm data to analyze feed sample to produce estimates of digestibility by season and region, then and used these data to estimate daily methane production by season, area and class of animal to produce new emission factors (EF) for annual enteric CH4 production.
Goopy J, Onyango A, Dickhoefer U, Butterbach-Bahl B
2018
Journal: Agricultural Systems
Animal identification and recording systems can be a valuable source of data on parameters used to calculate enteric methane emissions from livestock. This report provides guidelines to help countries design and implement such a
system. The guidelines are divided into three parts. Part 1 provides background information on the potential uses of animal recoding systems, explains the rationale behind the development of these guidelines, and demonstrates the need for adopting a multipurpose approach and translating the latter into an integrated multipurpose system. Part 2 develops conceptual frameworks for: animal identification and registration, animal traceability, animal health information, and performance recording. Part 3 addresses the development of a strategic plan for establishing an animal recording system, including a national legal framework.
FAO
2016
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome, Italy.
The aim of this manual is to provide guidance and tools to countries in developing National Feed Assessments (NFAs), based on what has already been learned from current approaches across a wide range of feed situations. This manual is composed of three sections. Section I provides a broad perspective of the current state of knowledge on the livestock feed situation. Global and country level feed situations are reviewed to highlight the needs for quantitative assessments of livestock feeds in both developed and developing countries. Section II contains broad guidelines for the development of NFAs are provided, followed by detailed case studies and descriptions of methodologies that have been implemented in a variety of countries world-wide. Section III contains detailed descriptions of case studies. The case studies include examples of spatially intensive and spatially extensive production systems, and examples from highly developed as well as developing countries. Based on inputs from a group of experts who met in Rome in November 2010, a set of recommended stepwise procedures is given for implementing NFAs, including procedures for their planning, establishing and updating.
FAO – Coughenour MB & Makkar HPS
2012
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome, Italy.
Feedipedia is an open access information system on animal feed resources that provides information on nature, occurrence, chemical composition, nutritional value and safe use of nearly 1400 worldwide livestock feeds. Additionally, Feedipedia is a world-wide compendium of up-to-date information on feed resources, covering feeds mainly available in tropical, subtropical and Mediterranean regions but also includes common feeds used in temperate countries.
Feedipedia
2012-2017
INRA CIRAD AFZ and FAO
This report discusses dry matter intake, including factors that affect intake and methods of predicting it, animal’s diet, environment, and physiological makeup, relevant management issues, and equations for predicting dry matter intake. The report address energy, including information pertaining to energy requirements, lactation, activity, and pregnancy as well as tissue mobilization and repletion and the effects of environment. Digestibility and energy values of fat are also discussed. A comprehensive review of carbohydrates is reviewed as well as all aspects of protein and amino acid nutrition. Requirements for macrominerals and trace minerals, and information on toxic minerals are also included in the report. Other topics, such as vitamins, metabolism, nutrition and nutrition requirements, feed chemistry and processing, lactation of small- and large breed cows, and evaluation of computer models, are also included in this extensive report.
National Research Council (NRC)
2001
National Academies Press: Washington D.C.
This report discusses the requirements for growing and finishing cattle on the basis of medium- and large-frame animals, re-calculated energy requirements and energy contents of feed stuffs for beef cattle, processing feed stuffs and environmental influences on nutrient requirements of beef cattle, predicting equations to permit estimates of feed intake, energy, protein, calcium and phosphorus requirements, and weight gain, estimated water intake of cattle, and composition of feeds and mineral supplements.
National Research Council (NRC)
1984
National Academies Press: Washington D.C.
