On Monday June 20th and Tuesday June 21st 2011 the Product Board Animal Feed and Wageningen University and Research organise an international Workshop ‘Carbon Footprint Animal Nutrition. The target group is the stakeholders in the agricultural industry in the widest sense. The system boundaries of the project comprises crop production (as the first step) up to and including the conversion of animal feed into animal product (as the last step). Therefore the workshop is meant for the following organisations and companies: crop producers, primary food processors, (compound) feed industry, animal husbandry, the dairy, meat and egg industry.
The brief outline of this programme is as follows:
Monday, June 20th 2011
Venue: Congress hotel ‘Hof van Wageningen', Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Opening by Theun Vellinga (project leader, senior researcher at WUR, Lelystad)
Various sessions chaired by Brian Lindsay (Project Manager Dairy and Livestock at the SAI Platform)
Session 1: The importance of a transparent / public and uniform / harmonised and widely supported calculation of the Carbon Footprint
With presentations by representatives of, respectively, the European Commission, the ‘Primary Food Processors', the slaughterhouses and meat processing industry, the dairy industry and the retail trade.
Session 2: State of the art in methodology and data quality
Various presentations covering the following subjects: developments in methodology, data collection and data quality and harmonisation of calculation methods in a number of European countries.
Session 3: Presentation of the calculations
After an explanation and exploration of a sample calculation model, assignments will be carried out in groups. The purpose of a first-rate calculation model is that each link in the chain can use it to direct its actions. The assignments carried out will be used to formulate what is good about the sample calculation model and where changes or improvements are desired. In addition, the following general aspect will be discussed: What is necessary - for a link in the chain - to link an optimal action perspective to a calculation.
Session 4: Discussion of topics which result from the harmonisation of calculation methods and the sample calculation model.
Discussion between a panel (speakers and some participants) and the audience.
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Excursion to the experimental facility of Provimi in Velddriel
The reduction of methane emission by cattle is one of the subjects on which the research by Provimi is focused. In addition, research is also conducted into the sustainability of feed in other production animals.
After an explanation of the measuring techniques with regard to methane emission and the highlights of the research by Provimi, the experimental facility will be visited in groups.
Field trip to the dairy farm of the partnership firm Van Wijk in Waardenburg
The partnership firm Van Wijk is one of the participants in the project ‘Koeien en Kansen' (Cows and Opportunities). This is a project which has been running for many years. In this project a number of ‘pioneer companies' explore how new challenges in the environmental field can be taken up at the company level. They receive guidance on this from WUR-LR in Lelystad by means of knowledge instruments, among other tools. The dairy farm will be visited after an explanation of the objectives of the project has been given first. Also, a short presentation will be given of the way in which Dutch dairy farms have to deal with ‘Land Use Change'.
Participation fee
- Participation to the Workshop: € 325,-
In this price all costs of the workshop are included: attending the lectures, excursions, lunches, coffee/tea and (on June 20th) a dinner - Extra:
- Two overnight stays in Congress hotel ‘Hof van Wageningen' (arrival on June 19th, departure on June 21st): € 125,- (breakfast included).
- Extra overnight stays (e.g. arrival on June 18th and/or departure on June 22nd): € 82,50 per night (breakfast included).
Entry and registration
Entry for the workshop can be done by filling in a digital registration form.
Participants receive a confirmation immediately after sending in the registration form, stating that they are allocated in principle. Payment should be made on receipt of the confirmation. After receiving the amount due, definite registration will be confirmed.
Payment
Payment must be made by transferring the amount owed to bank account no. 973017 with ING Bank in the name of Productschap Diervoeder in The Hague, the Netherlands with the reference Int. Workshop CFP.
For more information about this project the page ‘Carbon Footprint Animal Nutrition'.
