MAGGnet: An international network to foster mitigation of agricultural greenhouse gases.

Published in Carbon Management, v. 7(3-4):243-248
Authors

Liebig, M.A., Franzluebbers, A.J., Alvarez, C., Chiesa, T.D., Lewczuk, N., Pi neiro, G., Posse, G., Yahdjian, L., Grace, P., Machado-Rodrigues-Cabral, O., Martin-Neto, L., de Arag ao-Ribeiro-Rodrigues, R., Amiro, B., Angers, D., Hao, X., Oelbermann, M., Tenuta, M., Munkholm, L.J., Regina, K., Cellier, P., Ehrhardt, F., Richard, G., Dechow, R., Agus, F., Widiarta, N., Spink, J., Berti, A., Grignani, C., Mazzoncini, M., Orsini, R., Roggero, P.P., Seddaiu, G., Tei, F., Ventrella, D., Vitali, G., Kishimoto-Mo, A., Shirato, Y., Sudo, S., Shin, J., Schipper, L., Savé, R., Leifeld, J., Spadavecchia, L., Yeluripati, J., Del Grosso, S., Rice, C. and Sawchik, J.
Publication year 2016
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2016.1180586
Affiliations

USDA-ARS, P.O. Box 459, Mandan, ND, USA, USDA-ARS, NCSU Campus Box 7620, Raleigh, NC, USA, National Institute of Agricultural Technology, Manfredi, Córdoba, Argentina, IFEVA, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, San Martin 4453, Buenos Aires, Argentina, National Institute of Agricultural Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, IFEVA, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, San
Martin 4453, Bienos Aires, Argentina, National Institute of Agricultural Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, IFEVA, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, San Martin 4453, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queesland, Australia, Embrapa Environment, RODOVIA SP340 KM 127, 5, São Paulo, Brazil, Embrapa Headquarters, Parque Estac¸ão Biologica - PqEB s/n, Brasília, Brazil, Embrapa Soils, Rua Jardim Botânico, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Québec, Québec, Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, University of Manitoba, Department of Soil Science, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Dept. of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, Postboks 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Tietotie 4, FI31600 Jokioinen, Finland, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), UMR1402 Ecosys, 78850
Thiverval-Grignon, France, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Paris, France, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Orleans, France, Thünen Institute of ClimateSmart Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany, Indonesian Soil Research Institute, Jl. Tentara Pelajar No. 12, Cimanggu,Bogor 16114, Indonesia, Indonesian Center for Food Crop Research and Development, Jalan Merdeka 147, Bogor 16111, Indonesia, Oak Park Crops Research Centre, Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland, Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti risorse Naturali e Ambiente (DAFNAE), Università di Padova, Agripolis, Viale dell&rsquoUniversità 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Largo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy, Department of Agronomy and Agroecosystem Management (DAGA), University of Pisa, Via S. Michele degli Scalzi 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari e Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy, Nucleo di Ricerca sulla Desertificazione and Dipartimento di Agraria, Università di Sassari, viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy, Nucleo di Ricerca sulla Desertificazione and Dipartimento di Agraria, Università di Sassari, viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy, Dept of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy, Research Unit for Cropping Systems in Dry Environments (CRA-SCA), Via Celso Ulpiani 5, 70125 Bari, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze agrarie, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, via Zamboni 33, 40126 Bologna, Italy, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8604, Japan, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8604, Japan, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8604, Japan, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Seoul, South Korea, Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046, Zürich,
Switzerland, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Area 1B Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, United Kingdom, SW1P 3JR, The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland, United Kingdom, USDA Agricultural Research Service, 2150 Centre Ave., Building D, Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO, USA, Kansas State University, 2701 Throckmorton Ctr., Manhattan, KS, USA, National Institute for Agricultural Research Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
IAI Program

CRN3
IAI Project CRN3095
Keywords
Carbon sequestration
Global Research Alliance
Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Network
Nitrous oxide

Abstract

Research networks provide a framework for review, synthesis and systematic testing of theories by multiple scientists across international borders critical for addressing global-scale issues. In 2012, a GHG research network referred to as MAGGnet (Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Network) was established within the Croplands Research Group of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA). With involvement from 46 alliance member countries, MAGGnet seeks to provide a platform for the inventory and analysis of agricultural GHG mitigation research throughout the world. To date, metadata from 315 experimental studies in 20 countries have been compiled using a standardized spreadsheet. Most studies were completed (74%) and conducted within a 1&ndash3-year duration (68%). Soil carbon and nitrous oxide emissions were measured in over 80% of the studies. Among plant variables, grain yield was assessed across studies most frequently (56%), followed by stover (35%) and root (9%) biomass. MAGGnet has contributed to modeling efforts and has spurred other research groups in the GRA to collect experimental site metadata using an adapted spreadsheet. With continued growth and investment, MAGGnet will leverage limited-resource investments by any one country to produce an inclusive, globally shared meta-database focused on the science of GHG mitigation.