Agriculture Proceedings

Agriculture Subcommittee Meeting

Final Subcommittee Meeting Minutes (PDF, 9 pp, 100 KB)


Welcome and Introductions (PDF, 8 pp, 195 KB)

  • Brief introduction of meeting participants
  • Review of meeting goals and agenda

Country/Area Updates


Brief updates on sector-specific activities within each area


Partner County delegates and Project Network members


Country Updates:

Project Network Updates:

Action Items for the Year

  • Agriculture International Best Practices Guide
    • Review of Case Studies
    • Suggestions for additional information to be included

Summary of Action Items Discussed at this Meeting

  • Meeting action items
  • Specific tasks meeting participants agree to accomplish and report on by next meeting

Agriculture Technical Sessions

(Note: links not provided for presentations that did not have supporting slides)


Agriculture Technical Breakout: Session 1 - Tools & Technical Considerations for Biogas Projects

Moderator: Michael Weeden, BC Bioenergy Network


Co-digestion for Methane Capture and Use: Optimization for Backyard and Small Commercial Livestock Operations

David Robbins, RTI International (PDF, 28 pp, 1.4 MB)


Designing a CDM Project - Good Engineering Design vs. Good CDM Engineering

Daniel Raffo, BUNGE Ecoinvest Carbon S.A. (PDF, 21 pp, 506 KB)


Nutrient Management and Air Emissions Tools for Livestock and Poultry Operations: CLEANEast Project Review

Karen Shaffner, RTI International (PDF, 39 pp, 2.12 MB)


Agriculture Technical Breakout: Session 2 - Case Studies

Moderator: Darren Frew, BC Bioenergy Network


Methane Capture and Use Potential from Palm Oil Mills in Indonesia

Miguel Franco, Tetra Tech (PDF, 25 pp, 1.53 MB)


Farm Scale Anaerobic Digestion Demonstration Project Using a Psychrophilic Sequencing Batch Bioreactor Technology

Steve Boivin, Bio-Terre Systems


Lagoon Cover Anaerobic Digesters. A Cost Effective Solution for Energy Recovery

Ricardo Hamdan, Greenlane Biogas (PDF, 50 pp, 2.41 MB)


Agriculture Technical Breakout: Session 3 - Project Financing Options

Moderator: Scott Stanners, BC Bioenergy Network


Methane Recovery and Combustion with Renewable Energy Generation from Anaerobic Animal Manure Management Systems under the Land Bank of the Philippines' (LBP) Carbon Finance Support Facility

Josefina A. Ramos, Land Bank of the Philippines (PDF, 14 pp, 1.22 MB)


Using a Market-based Mechanism to Overcome Insufficient Government Support for Anaerobic Digesters

Matthew Dickson, BC Agricultural Research and Development Corporation (PDF, 19 pp, 1.37 MB)


The First Anaerobic Digester for Agriculture in British Columbia: My 8-Year Journey

Christopher Bush, Catalyst Power Inc. (PDF, 8 pp, 1.34 MB)


Medium Sized Biogas Plants: Pakistani Experiences and Regional Prospects

Prem Subedi, Winrock International (PDF, 19 pp, 1.25 MB)