2011, November, Effects of Climate Change on Primary Industries in the Nordic Countries

Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen) and Nordic Research Network on Animal Genetic Resources in the Adaptation to Climate Change (AnGR-NordicNET) arranged a workshop on effects of climate change on primary industries in the Nordic countries. AnGR-NordicNET is a Nordic research network, which contributes towards developing a Nordic knowledge-base for policy making and research strategies for the conservation, utilization and investigation of animal genetic resources within adaptation and mitigation issues. Workshop arranged in Uppsala (Sweden) on the 10th of November had the main focus on animal genetic resources and future animal breeding strategies within adaptation and mitigation issues.

The workshop had three sessions: 1) Climate change and future animal husbandry, 2) Tools to mitigate effects of animal husbandry and 3) Conservation, utilization and investigation of animal genetic resources within adaptation issues.

Proceedings of the workshop can be found here>> .

Workshop program and presentations:

Opening of the workshop (Director of NordGen, Árni Bragason) Presentation >>

1. Climate change and future animal husbandry

Network presentation (Juha Kantanen, NordGen, Norway) Presentation >>
Agroclimatic conditions in Northern Europe in a changing climate (Stefan Fronzek, Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE, Finland) Presentation >>
Major challenges for fodder production in North Europe (Odd Arne Rognli, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway) Presentation >>
The effect of climate change on the occurrence of livestock diseases in Northern Europe (Mare Lõhmus, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden) Presentation >>

2. Tools to mitigate effects of animal husbandry

Animal variation in methane emission from breath of Danish Red, Holstein and Danish Jersey (Jan Lassen, Aarhus University, Denmark) Presentation >>
Genetic tools to mitigate the environmental impact of dairy production systems: Experience with multi-point individual cow methane measurement system (Enyew Negussie, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Finland) Presentation >>
Nutritional strategies to lower enteric methane production in ruminants (Kevin Shingfield, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Finland) Presentation >>

3. Conservation, utilization and investigation of animal genetic resources within adaptation issues

Future animal breeding strategies within adaptation and mitigation issues (Theo Meuwissen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway) Presentation >>
Climatic sensitivity of dairy cattle to heat-waves or extreme weather (Peter Løvendahl, Aarhus University, Denmark) Presentation >>
Ecological footprint of livestock production (Sirpa Kurppa, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Finland) Presentation >>

Responsible: Anne Kettunen Præbel

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