Carbon sequestration in organic tea soils and its quantification; and Mitigation of greenhouse gases emission in organic tea fields compared to the conventional ones and its quantification. It has also been noted that TRI CAAS has taken up a project on safety and key “Tea standardization”, and that TRI CAAS might be requested to share the protocol of the on-going studies with the other tea research institutes for replicating the trials and quantification. The sustainability issues needed to be addressed fully before encouraging any one to join the organic movement for sustainability. WORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN 1. Database Development Spatio-temporal data Biophysical (meteorological, soil, crop, management etc.) Socio-economic (demographic, costs, income etc.) (Data quality check, bridging missing data gaps, fairly good resolution for both spatial and temporal data for bio-physical database) 2. Impact Analysis –Methodology analysis Meteorological data Long term trends and comparison with long term normals Frequency of extreme events Crop data (production & quality) (Tea quality data on long term basis from the same area/cultivar– if available TF, TR to start with) Future scenarios development Using appropriate model or consortium of models (preferably 1km grid) Long term future climate (For IPCC, A1B scenario) Immediate future weather Socio-Economic analysis (Potential partners FAO for Global Agro-ecological zones) –e.g. 3. Work out interaction between Genotype (G) x Environment (E) x Management (M) which is the prime driver of productivity Test existing and emerging cultivars for future climate scenarios (in OTC to begin with) Use GIS to identify vulnerable regions and suitable areas 4. Identify adaptation strategies/Agronomic practices via developing decision support system – framework Combine surface, satellite and simulation data (model outputs) nowcasts/ forecast and – future climate scenarios Timelines: Points 1-3 report by the next IGG on Tea meeting – Reasonable progress on point No 4.
Carbon sequestration in organic tea soils and its quantification; and Mitigation of greenhouse gases emission in organic tea fields compared to the conventional ones and its quantification. It has also been noted that TRI CAAS has taken up a project on “Tea safety and key standardization”, and that TRI CAAS might be requested to share the protocol of the on-going studies with the other tea research institutes for replicating the trials and quantification. The sustainability issues needed to be addressed fully before encouraging any one to join the organic movement for sustainability. WORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN 1. Database Development Spatio-temporal data Biophysical (meteorological, soil, crop, management etc.) Socio-economic (demographic, costs, income etc.) (Data quality check, bridging missing data gaps, fairly good resolution for both spatial and temporal data for bio-physical database) 2. Impact Analysis –Methodology analysis Meteorological data Long term trends and comparison with long term normals Frequency of extreme events Crop data (production & quality) (Tea quality data on long term basis from the same area/cultivar– if available TF, TR to start with) Future scenarios development Using appropriate model or consortium of models (preferably 1km grid) Long term future climate (For IPCC, A1B scenario) Immediate future weather Socio-Economic analysis (Potential partners FAO –e.g. for Global Agro-ecological zones) 3. Work out interaction between Genotype (G) x Environment (E) x Management (M) which is the prime driver of productivity Test existing and emerging cultivars for future climate scenarios (in OTC to begin with) Use GIS to identify vulnerable regions and suitable areas 4. Identify adaptation strategies/Agronomic practices – via developing decision support system framework Combine surface, satellite and simulation data (model outputs) – nowcasts/ forecast and future climate scenarios Timelines: Points 1-3 – report by the next IGG on Tea meeting Reasonable progress on point No 4.
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