Technical Officers from the Ministry of Agriculture attended a one-day workshop on Agriculture Data Collection for Green House Gases (GHG) Inventory.

The workshop is being hosted by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and facilitated by National Liaison Consultant Kathya Castaneda and Technical Coordinator Mr. Willie Chan.

The training will cover the following topics:

Agriculture’s contribution to GHG emissions

Reducing emissions from agriculture

Benefits of farming with reduced emissions

Data Collection process and

Agriculture emission estimates data requirements

Attending the workshop are also technical personnel from BLPA, CARDI, Cooperative Department, SIRDI, YAXCHE, BGA, CPBL and UB.