Knowledge and technology transfer and adoption

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Research outcomes: Research results and new technologies are communicated and transferred in an appropriate and timely manner across the industry value chain, supporting increased uptake of best-practice and innovative technology. A skilled advisory sector that drives the adoption of new technology. An industry knowledge base that incorporates and makes freely available the most up-to-date production methodologies to industry. Collaborative alliances, partnerships and networks that optimise synergies, integrate knowledge and share best-practices.

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    A Common Approach to Greenhouse-Gas Accounting for Australian Agriculture: Project Overview & Non-Technical Summary
    (2023-04) Cowie, Annette
    This document accompanies the Methods and Data Guidance (Sevenster et al., 2023) and Common Terminology (Cowie et al., 2023) documents to provide a non-technical description of the project that led to the development of those documents, and an executive summary of the key technical decisions in the Methods and Data Guidance document. It is intended for industry decision makers without expert knowledge of greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, and to be read in conjunction with the two technical documents. The need for a common approach to GHG accounting across agricultural sectors was identified in a stakeholder workshop in December 2019 with participants representing most Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs), the National Farmers Federation and sector-level peak bodies, federal and state government, AFI, Rabobank and expert consultants. As sector-level reporting was starting to become important (e.g. Mayberry et al. 2018), the lack of clear methodological guidance for this type of GHG accounting was clear. A collaborative project was developed, initially by the Climate Research Strategy for Primary Industries (CRSPI) collaboration and then by Agricultural Innovation Australia (AIA), who commissioned CSIRO and a large team of subcontractors to conduct an interactive, collaborative process to develop such guidance with broad support from both agricultural sectors and technical experts. The scope of the project was to develop a consistent common framework for agriculture GHG baseline accounting at sector level (i.e. a Common Approach). Implementation of the framework was not part of the project and is up to each sector individually. While many stakeholders contributed to the development of the Common Approach there is no obligation or commitment on any party to implement it. The Common Approach is a state-of-the-art, best practice guidance for sector-level GHG accounting and can be seen as aspirational; guiding improvements in data collection and GHG reporting over time across Australia’s agricultural sectors.
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    A Common Approach to Greenhouse-Gas Accounting for Australian Agriculture: Methods and Data Guidance
    (2023-04) Cowie, Annette
    A common approach for GHG accounting across agricultural sectors is essential to enhance consistency, transparency and confidence in sector-level GHG reporting. Internationally, there are approaches and tools that influence Australian farmers via market access criteria or product labelling, which do not always adequately reflect the reality of Australian farming. A common approach to GHG accounting will allow Australian agriculture to control the representation and communication of climate impacts and mitigation. This Methods and Data Guidance provides a common framework for greenhouse gas (GHG)accounting of Australian agricultural activities at the sector level. The process that was followed to develop this framework is described in the Project Overview and Non-Technical Summary (Sevenster et al., 2023). It describes how GHG accounting can be conducted to generate a transparent and trusted inventory of GHG emissions based on: - a consistent set of principles - a modular approach to account for differences between agricultural sectors - general guidance on data - consistent terminology and language. Agricultural sectors, in the context of this document, refer to individual commodities (or commodity groups such as “grains”), as distinguished by the system of levies applied to primary production. They include forestry and fisheries. No existing standards or protocols exist for this context, which is the reason this guidance document was generated. Nevertheless, where possible and appropriate, the approaches and method choices recommended in this framework draw on relevant guidance from the following frameworks primarily: - Australian National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGGI) - ISO 14044:2006 Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines (ISO, 2006) - ISO 14067:2018 Greenhouse gases — Carbon footprint of products — Requirements and guidelines for quantification (ISO, 2018) - guidance provided by the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership (FAO, 2016) - sector-specific guidance for product or corporate accounting, such as IDF (2022). In addition, guidance for corporate accounting provided by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG-P)(GHG-P, 2015), guidance for product accounting provided by GHG-P(GHG-P, 2011), the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) scheme (EU, 2021), and guidance from the ILCD Handbook (ILCD, 2010) is referenced for some aspects of the goal and scope principles (2.1).
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    A Common Approach to Greenhouse-Gas Accounting for Australian Agriculture: Common Terminology for GHG Accounting
    (2023-04) Cowie, Annette
    This document is an extended glossary of terms used in or relevant to the project A Common Approach to Sector-Level GHG Accounting for Australian Agriculture, including abbreviations. It accompanies the Methods and Data Guidance (Sevenster et al., 2023a) and Project Overview and Non-Technical Summary (Sevenster et al., 2023b) reports. Definitions have been sourced from authoritative literature, particularly the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) glossary, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards, and specific policies and schemes, such as the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Abbreviations are included where in common use. Additional relevant information is included in the glossary entries to aid comprehension and to indicate relevance for Australian agricultural systems.