The ambitions are high and the chains both aim to develop an approach that is widely applicable and that will also be widely available. This prompted Wageningen University & Research (WUR) to start a four-year programme (PPP).
Activities
Based on the research, the approach focuses in the first year mainly on the following components, where an important starting point is that ultimately an approach with associated instruments is developed that enables scaling up to large numbers of dairy farmers.
- Create company-specific plans with data from the KringloopWijzer for individual dairy farms aimed at substantial emission reductions with appropriate measures for the business situation.
- The further development of the approach for planning and progress monitoring. The applied approach is evaluated and combined with the most recent scientific insights on change processes. Upscaling plays an important role in this.
- Getting facts straight. Greenhouse gas emissions in dairy farming are still a relatively new topic. It is useful to list the facts in factsheets in a practical and accessible way on certain topics. With new reduction measures, it becomes clear what the principle behind them is and in which situation they work. Another topic that will in any case be discussed is the (im)possibilities of carbon sequestration.
