WUN Global Challenge: Responding to Climate Change · 2019-03-19 · Soil Organic Carbon...
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WUN Global Challenge: Responding to Climate Change Partners Activities (2016 – 2017) • University of Bristol (UB) • University of Alberta (UA) • University of Leeds (UL) • University of Sydney (US) • University of Western Australia (UWA) • Zhejiang University (ZU) • Bahir Dar University (BDU) • Kansas State University (KSU) • Kerala Veterinary & Animal Science University (KVASU) • Massey University (MU) • Penn State University (PSU) • University of Wisconsin Madison (UWM) • National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) • Small Scale Livestock and Livelihoods Programme (SSLLP) • Rothamsted Research – North Wyke (RR-‐NW) • International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT – Kenya) The major activity will be focused grant-writing workshops to target specific funding streams for each of the sub- ‐projects. Support was asked the WUN for Sub-Projects 1 and 2; 3 and 4 are in the ‘pipeline’. 1. New Unified Dairy Genetics – Towards the ‘Dairy Stabiliser’ for the Tropics 2. Towards State-‐of-‐the-‐Art Breeding in Grassland Production Systems 3. Soil Organic Carbon – devising a single proxy measure for the sustainability of pastoral systems 4. Global potential of deep rooting perennial grasses to counter climate change VISIT: https://wun.ac.uk/article/steps-to-sustainable-livestock
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WUN Global Challenge: Responding to Climate Change
Partners Activities (2016 – 2017)• University of Bristol (UB)
• University of Alberta (UA)
• University of Leeds (UL)
• University of Sydney (US)
• University of Western Australia (UWA)
• Zhejiang University (ZU)
• Bahir Dar University (BDU)
• Kansas State University (KSU)
• Kerala Veterinary & Animal Science University (KVASU)
• Massey University (MU)
• Penn State University (PSU)
• University of Wisconsin Madison (UWM)
• National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA)
• Small Scale Livestock and Livelihoods Programme (SSLLP)
• Rothamsted Research – North Wyke (RR-‐NW)
• International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT – Kenya)
The major activity will be focused grant-writing workshops to target specific funding streams for each of the sub-‐projects. Support was asked the WUN for Sub-Projects 1 and 2; 3 and 4 are in the ‘pipeline’.
1. New Unified Dairy Genetics – Towards the ‘Dairy Stabiliser’ for the Tropics
2. Towards State-‐of-‐the-‐Art Breeding in Grassland Production Systems
3. Soil Organic Carbon – devising a single proxy measure for the sustainability of pastoral systems
4. Global potential of deep rooting perennial grasses to counter climate change
VISIT: https://wun.ac.uk/article/steps-to-sustainable-livestock
Programme Summary
