Upscaling promising livestock options for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in Asia
Project description
Reducing emissions intensities from livestock is an opportunity – and necessity – given sectoral trends of increasing per capita meat and dairy consumption in developing countries, where the population is growing.
This project consists of four work packages that test and scale low-emission development (LED) options in Asian dairy production systems:
LED options are focussed on improved feeding, fodder production, and manure management at the farm level and regional level. Strategies developed in this project contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mainly through improved resource use efficiency and contributions to the circular economy. LED options focussed on improved feeding and fodder production can increase farm productivity and income, and improve farmer livelihoods.
Expected outcomes
In terms of emerging outcomes, the dairy cooperative KPSBU in Lembang (4k farmers) has started to monitor discharging of cattle manure and is expected to start a revolving fund for manure management investments in 2019 with support of the SIDPI project. If possible, the National Government (MoA) and the provincial government of West Java will be advised on solutions for dairy waste management, as well as dairy cooperatives in Java (190k dairy farmers). This initiative will be linked to the Indonesian Citarum Harum Program (a program to clean the Citarum river in West Java, which is supported by IMF and ADB).
Gender and youth
Participation of youth and women is stimulated in project activities, i.e. young/female-headed pilot farms, young/female researchers, and participation of youth and women in trainings, focus groups, and demonstrations. Potential benefits of LED options to youth and women will be evaluated in field research in China.
The role of women in dairy farming has been monitored in the project starting from the baseline survey and will continue throughout. SIDPI intends to ensure that women farmers’ incomes and livelihoods improve at least on part with improvements shown by men farmers.
More Information
For more information, please contact project leader Jelle Zijlstra (jelle.zijlstra@wur.nl).
Project Deliverables
Presentation/Poster
Conference poster - Reducing environmental impact&nuisance at landless dairy farming systems in Indonesia
Research workshop report
Stakeholder workshop manure management
Research workshop report
Farmer Focus Group Discussion
Lecture/Training Course Material
Leaflet maize silaging (training low-emission feeding)
Social Media Output
News items Kick-off meeting Sustainable Intensification of Dairy Production Indonesia project
Database/Dataset/Data documentation
Dataset containing baseline characteristics, practices and performance of feed, manure, animal health of dairy farms
Research workshop report
Report: Characteristics of small-scale dairy farms in Lembang, West-Java.
Presentation/Poster
Poster CCAFS SEA annual meeting 2017
Thesis
MSc thesis: Carbon footprint of milk produced by smallholder dairy farms in Lembang, Indonesia
Thesis
MSc thesis: Estimation of nitrogen and phosphorus balances at smallholder dairy farms in Lembang, Indonesia
Multimedia
Animation about low-emission practices for Indonesian dairy farmers
Outcome note
Farmer focus group discussion on implementation of BMPs
Thesis
MSc thesis: Manure management at smallholder dairy farms in Lembang, Indonesia
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
CCAFS Working Paper: Environmental impacts of dairy farming in Lembang, West Java.
Outcome note
Minutes of stakeholder workshop on BMPs
Article for media/Magazine/Other (not peer-reviewed)
Radio broadcast on Results of baseline survey SIDPI project
Presentation/Poster
Oral presentation scientific conference
Research workshop report
Mid-term report on effects of BMPs on herd performance, production costs and GHG emissions in SIDPI pilot farms
Lecture/Training Course Material
Trainings manure management and feeding in dairy farming
Research workshop report
Stakeholder seminar on results SIDPI project & MoU signed dairy-horticulture
Article for media/Magazine/Other (not peer-reviewed)
Article in newspaper on agricultural development on fodder production (Odot and Mulato)
Lecture/Training Course Material
University Lecture Sustainable Livestock Production
Thesis
BSc theses/internship reports
Book
(WP1) Abstract & poster conference Climate Smart Agriculture (CCAFS), Bali, Indonesia, Oct 2019
Research workshop report
(WP2) Greenhouse gas mitigation options on Chinese dairy farms: Expert meeting report
Research workshop report
(WP3) Workshop report about potential of lignin degradation of biomass using fungi
Database/Dataset/Data documentation
(WP4_dutch funded) Dataset on fertilization practices and farmers' perceptions of cattle manure in horticultural farms
Brochure
(WP1) Calendar / radio broadcast
Brochure
(WP1) Practice guidelines (leaflets) on low-emission feeding and manure management
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
(WP4_dutch funded) Report on fertilization practices and farmers' perceptions of cattle manure in horticultural farms
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
(WP1) Report on technical and environmental effects and adoption of feeding and manure management interventions in Indonesian dairy farms
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
(WP1) Scientific publication: Entry Points for Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Small-Scale Dairy Farms: Looking Beyond Milk Yield Increase.
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
Predicting nutrient excretion from dairy cows on smallholder farms in Indonesia using readily available farm data
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Composting dairy cattle feces at Indonesian small-scale dairy farms
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
(WP2) Feasibility of mitigation options on Chinese dairy farms
Partners
- Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)
- China Agricultural University (CAU)
- Chinese academy of agricultural sciences (CAAS)
- Frisian Flag Indonesia (FFI)
- Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD)
- Koperasi Peternak Sapi Bandung Utara (Lembang) (KPSBU)
- Trouw Nutrition Indonesia (TN Indonesia)
- Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR)