METHAGENE Expert group meeting on “Proxies for methane: Combined methane data analysis”.

From January 30-31 2017, an expert group of Methagene Working Group 3 gathered in the facilities of “CRAW - Département Valorisation des productions” and of the “University of Liège”, in Gembloux. The main objective of the meeting was to discuss and plan the activities under the 2nd task of WG3, which focuses on the development of robust prediction equations for methane emissions from proxies recorded in different countries. The meeting has created a congenial forum for exchange of ideas among the experts and helped to draw up a working plan on how the data should be collected, organized and analyzed. It is expected that when the data analysis is completed the results will be presented at the final Methagene meeting in Caserta, Italy, next 11-13 October 2017, and then published in a scientific journal. Eleven experts from different countries and institutions, which are all members of the METHAGENE consortium, attended the meeting. The meeting was coordinated by Dr. Enyew Negussie and Dr. Filippo Biscarini who are leaders of the WG3 of the METHAGENE COST Action FA1302.