Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Rice
Assisting the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of GHG Reductions in Rice Cultivation
Providing GHG Mitigation and MRV Expertise
The International Rice Research Institute dedicates its technical expertise to developing national strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and implementing Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) systems in rice cultivation.
Low-emission technologies already transform Viet Nam’s rice sector
In 2020, Viet Nam increased its Nationally Determined Contribution target for the agriculture sector for 2030 by 16MtCO2-eq. 100% of the unconditional target was to come from rice production.
Three major challenges had to be overcome: insufficient emission data, policy endorsement, and demonstrating that emission mitigation is complimentary to agriculture.
Today, Viet Nam serve as a knowledge pool of tried and tested methods for greenhouse gas mitigation in rice.
IRRI's GHG Mitigation and MRV Tools
Tried and Tested in Viet Nam
Rice activity Monitoring and Reporting System (RICEMORE) is designed to monitor and plan rice cultivation at central and local agriculture offices. It enhances accurate and effective data management and reporting for climate-responsive decision-making.
Farm-activity Monitoring and Reporting (FARMORE) is a performance assessment application to track and assess sustainability performance of agroecological practices for systematic, time-series data recording and reporting of farmers.
The Source-selective and Emission-adjusted GHG Calculator (SECTOR) is a greenhouse gas calculator for croplands. It provides a streamlined framework for data entry that facilitates rapid assessments for multiple emission scenarios.
COMPARE is a cost-impact analysis tool for emission reduction projects to calculate Cost-Benefit indicators and GHG emissions of different rice management practices. It incorporates eight rice production methods.
The Mapping Alternate Wetting and Drying tool (MapAWD) evaluates the bio-physical suitability of the AWD water-saving technique in rice cultivation. A location specific water balance model is used to analyze climatic-suitable areas.
The Digital Information System for Rice Product Labeling and Yield (DISPLAY) estimates the carbon footprint of rice across its value chain from cultivation to processing.
Carbon Footprint of Rice tool (CF-RICE) is a calculator for carbon footprints under product-specific settings and technological alternatives for conventional and mitigation-conform rice production.
Introducing Rice Emission Measurement Approaches
Automated chamber systems
Automated chamber systems are useful tools in the investigation of soil-atmosphere trace gas exchange and its response to changes in the environmental conditions. Since monitoring takes place ... Learn more
Manual chamber method
The closed chamber method is a widely used technique in quantifying greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). In fact, more than 95% of published emission studies used this method. This approach is low cost and can be implemented ... Learn more
Eddy covariance
The eddy covariance (EC) system is an effective tool that IRRI uses in ensuring that the mitigation and adaptation options that the institute develops to minimize the impacts of climate change on rice ... Learn more
Photo-acoustic spectroscopy
A photo-acoustic field gas monitor from Lumasense™ Technologies – INNOVA 1412i has been used for agricultural air monitoring studies including measurements of N2O, CO2, and NH3, in maize and ... Learn more
GHG Calculator
Greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment calculators have been created for a number of reasons, such as raising awareness to GHG emissions, reporting GHG emissions, project evaluation for change in GHG emissions, and market and product oriented ... Learn more
Measurement guidelines
These guidelines were commissioned by the Secretariat of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan through the international research ... Learn more
Advancing Rice Cultivation Practices
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Research Papers and Publications
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