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:
- Argentina (PDF, 35 pp, 5.75 MB)
- China (PDF, 6 pp, 68.4 KB)
- Finland (PDF, 12 pp, 330 KB)
- Thailand (PDF, 5 pp, 59 KB)
- United States (PDF, 11 pp, 309 KB)
Project Network Updates:
- Climate and Clean Air Coalition Update from Environment Canada (PDF,7 pp, 138 KB)
- Environmental Protection Agency of Taiwan (PDF, 19 pp, 1.49 MB)
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)