Title: Building a Resilient Cropping System Amidst Climate Change
Presenter: Dr. Mumtaz Cheema, Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date & Time: March 7, 2025, 1:00 – 2:00 PM (Atlantic Time)
Registration: https://t.ly/7w8v9 (The webinar is free but registration is needed to receive the Zoom link).
Abstract: Agricultural sustainability faces threats from climate change, traditional agronomic practices, extensive agrochemical use, tillage practices, and soil degradation, lead to nutrient losses and elevated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To enhance food production, synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizer application is inevitable which is one of the major sources of nitrous oxide (N2O) emission. Consequently, synthetic N fertilizers consumption has doubled in last 35 years caused substantial GHG emission and soil deterioration in different cropping systems and global potential. In 2021, about 10% of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions came from the agriculture sector, making it the fifth‑largest emitting sector. The elevated levels of GHG emissions and deterioration in soil health emphasize the need to develop agricultural BMPs to turn these challenges into opportunities to enhance sustainable agriculture crop production. To promote sustainable agriculture, BMPs can be developed using 4R-based N management considering soil quality and health, climate, tillage, and fertilizer. This presentation will shed light on improving soil health and quality, and GHG mitigation in different cropping systems using different BMPs.
CLISA is the first multi-institutional training program in Canada towards climate smart agriculture to help address the need for HQPs who possess appropriate knowledge and expertise in climate change, precision agriculture, water and soil management, sustainable food production and food value chains, and climate-smart financing and policies to promote the development and application of innovative technologies and strategies in Canadian farming practices.
