Líneas de Investigación

• Desarrollo y uso de modelos matemáticos de simulación para el estudio del efecto de los sistemas agrícolas y ganaderos sobre el cambio climático (mitigación del cambio climático)
• Desarrollo y uso de modelos matemáticos de simulación para el estudio del efecto del cambio climático sobre los sistemas agrícolas y ganaderos (impactos y adptación al cambio climático)
• Desarrollo y uso de modelos matemáticos de simulación para el estudio del efecto de los sistemas agrícolas y ganaderos sobre los servicios ecosistémicos.
• Deasarrollo de modelos matemáticos de simulación para la gestión sostenible de residuos y subproductos agrícolas y ganaderos

Proyectos y contratos en marcha

• NEREA-5: MODELIZACIÓN DE EMISIONES GASEOSAS DE N Y C USANDO DNDC PARA OBTENCIÓN DE FACTORES DE EMISIÓN BAJO DIFERENTES PRÁCTICAS AGRÍCOLAS AGL2012-37815-C05-04 (Investigador principal: A. del Prado, Plan Nacional": 2013-2015) 

• OPTIBARN .OPTIMIZED ANIMAL-SPECIFIC BARN CLIMATIZATION FACING TEMPERATURE RISE AND INCREASED CLIMATE VARIABILITY   (Investigador principal: A. del Prado, EU ERANET +, EU FACCE JPI , 2014-2017)

• MITIGANDO CONCIENCIA Y ALIMENTACIÓN. PROGRAMA DE ACTIVIDADES PARA LA DIVULGACIÓN DE LA CIENCIA DEL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO EN EL SECTOR AGROALIMENTARIO ESPAÑOL”. Fundación Biodiversidad y MAGRAMA. Coordinador: A. del Prado. https://vimeo.com/122731234 

• OPTIMISING THE EFFICIENCY OF DIETARY NITROGEN USE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND WASTE IN DAIRY SYSTEMS AC0122 (DEFRA-Reino Unido, 2012-2017)

• EU FACCE JPI -MACSURII: Modelling European Agriculture with Climate Change for Food Security.

• SIMULACIÓN DEL EFECTO QUE LAS CONDICIONES CLIMÁTICAS Y DE MANEJO TIENEN SOBRE LAS PRINCIPALES INTERACCIONES ENTRE LA HUELLA DE CARBONO Y LA SOSTENIBILIDAD EN LA PRODUCCIÓN DE LECHE EN EXPLOTACIONES DE VACUNO LECHERO DE BIZKAIA (Investigador principal LORRA , Ayudas a la Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación del Sector Agrario, Alimentario y Pesquero del Gobierno Vasco, 2014).

Publicaciones (2010-1015)

SCI

• Balbi, S., Del Prado, A., Gallejones, P., Geevan, C.P., Pardo, G., Pérez-Miñana, E., Manrique, R., Hernandez-Santiago, C., Villa, F., in press. Modeling trade-offs among ecosystem services in agricultural production systems. Environmental Modelling & Software. (doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.12.017 ). Download
• Del Prado,A., Corré WJ, Gallejones. P., Pardo, G., Pinto M, del Hierro O. and Oenema O. in press. NUTGRANJA 2.0: a simple mass balance model to explore the effects of different management strategies on nitrogen and greenhouse gases losses and soil phosphorus changes in dairy farms. Mitigation And Adaptation Strategies For Global Change. DOI (10.1007/s11027-014-9598-8 ). Download
• Alvaro-Fuentes J.  del Prado,A and Yañez-Ruiz D.  in press. Greenhouse gas mitigation in the agricultural sector in Spain. Mitigation And Adaptation Strategies For Global Change. DOI (10.1007/s11027-014-9596-x ). Download
• Gallejones, P. , Aizpurua A. , Ortuzar-Iragorri,M.A. and del Prado,A. in press. Development of a new model for the simulation of N2O emissions: a case-study on wheat cropping systems under humid Mediterranean climate. Mitigation And Adaptation Strategies For Global Change. DOI (10.1007/s11027-014-9563-6). Download
• Pardo G, Moral R, Aguilera E, del  Prado A. 2015. Gaseous emissions from management of solid waste: A systematic review. Global Change Biology. 21, 1313-1327. (DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12806).Download  
• Yeluripati, J.B, Del Prado, A., Rees R.M., Li, C., Chadwick, D., Tilston, E.L., Topp,C.F.E., Cardenas, L., Sanz-Cobena, A.,  Ingraham  P., Gilhespy, S.L., Anthony, S., Vetter, S.H., Misselbrook, T., Salas, W. and Smith, P. 2015. Global Research Alliance Modelling Platform (GRAMP): An open web platform for modelling greenhouse gas emissions from agro-ecosystems. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 111: 112–120  (doi:10.1016/j.compag.2014.11.016 ). Download   
• Gallejones P., Pardo G., Aizpurua A., del Prado A. 2015. Life cycle assessment of first-generation biofuels using a nitrogen crop model. Science of the Total Environment.1, 1191–1201.(doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.061 ). Download .
• Pardo G , D Yañez-Ruiz, I Martin-Garcia, A Arco, R Moral and del Prado,A . 2015. Modelling the impact on GHG emissions of using underutilized feed resources in dairy goat systems. Advances in Animal Biosciences, 6:1, pp 38–40  (Extended Abstract). 
• Sanz-Cobena, A., Lassaletta, L., Estellés, F., Del Prado, A., Guardia, G., Abalos, D., Aguilera, E., Pardo, G., Vallejo, A., Sutton, M.A., Garnier, J., and Billen, G. 2014. Yield-scaled mitigation of ammonia emission from N fertilization: the Spanish case. Environmental research letters. 9, 125005. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/12/125005 Download. 
• Gilhespy, S.L., Anthony, S., Cardenas, L., Chadwick, D., del Prado, A., Li, C., Misselbrook, T., Rees, R.M., Salas, W., Sanz-Cobena, A., Smith, P., Tilston, E.L., Topp, C.F.E., Vetter, S., Yeluripati, J.B., 2014. First 20 years of DNDC (DeNitrification DeComposition): Model evolution. Ecological Modelling 292, 51–62. (doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.09.004 ).Download.
• Oenema, O., Ju, X., de Klein, C., Alfaro, M., del Prado, A., Lesschen, J. P., Zheng X., Velthof G., Ma L., Gao B., Kroeze C. and Suttom M. 2014. Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from the global food system. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 9, 55-64. DOI (10.1016/j.cosust.2014.08.003). Download
• Del Prado A, Mas K, Pardo G., Gallejones. P. 2013. Modelling the interactions between C and N farm balances and GHG emissions from confinement dairy farms in northern Spain. Science of The Total Environment. 465, 156-165. Online: Download
• Del Prado A., Crosson P., Olesen J.E. and Rotz A. 2013. Whole-farm models to quantify greenhouse gas emissions and their potential use for linking climate change mitigation and adaptation in temperate grassland ruminant-based farming systems. Animal. 7 (suppl.2), 373-385. Online: Download   
• Petersen S.O Blanchard M, Chadwick D, del Prado A, Edouard N, Mosquera-Losada J and Sommer S.G. 2013. Manure management for GHG mitigation. Animal. 7 (suppl.2), 266-282. Online: Download    
• Misselbrook T., Del Prado A., Chadwick D. 2013. Opportunities for reducing environmental emissions from forage-based dairy farms. Agriculture and Food Science. 22: 93–107. Online: Download  
• Gallejones, P; Castellon, A; del Prado, A; Unamunzaga, O; Aizpurua, A. 2012. Nitrogen and sulphur fertilization effect on leaching losses, nutrient balance and plant quality in a wheat-rapeseed rotation under a humid Mediterranean climate. Nutrient Cycling In Agroecosystems. 93. (3) 337 - 355. Download  
  
• Del Prado A., Misselbrook T, Chadwick D, Hopkins A, Dewhurst R.J., Davison P., Butler A., Schröder J., and Scholefield D. 2011. SIMSDAIRY: A modelling framework to identify sustainable dairy farms in the UK. Framework description and test for organic systems and N fertiliser optimisation. Science of the Total Environment 409 (19): 3993-4009. Online: Download  
• Cardenas L.M., Cuttle S.P., Crabtree B., Hopkins A., Shepherd A. Scholefield D. and del Prado A. 2011. Cost effectiveness of nitrate leaching mitigation measures for grassland livestock systems at locations in England and Wales. Science of the Total Environment. 409 (3-4): 1104-1115. Online: Download
• Del Prado A., Chadwick D., Cardenas L., Misselbrook T., Scholefield D. and Merino P. 2010. Exploring systems responses to mitigation of GHG in UK dairy farms. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 136 (3-4): 318-332. Online: Download

DOCUMENTOS ENFOCADOS A POLÍTICAS

• UNEP 2013. Drawing down N2O to protect Climate and the Ozone layer. A UNEP synthesis report. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya Download
• Lassaletta L. and del Prado A.  2013 Effects of international trade of food and feed and human diet shifts on food security and environmental safety: integrating scales. BC3 Policy Briefings. Download
• Cardenas L.M., Cuttle S.P., Crabtree B., Hopkins A., Shepherd A. Scholefield D. and del Prado A. 2011. Land management changes required to tackle nitrate pollution. Science for Environment Policy. Issue 236. (8-4-2011). Online:Download

PONENCIAS INVITADAS (KEY-NOTE)

• Del Prado A., van den Pol-van Dasselaar, Chadwick D., Misselbrook T, Sandars D, Audsley E, Mosquera-Losada MR. 2014. Synergies between mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change in grassland-based farming systems Key-note speech in 25th European Grassland Federation EGF, Aberystwyth, UK.(key-note speech)
• Del Prado A, Mosquera-Losada RM and Bardaji I: 2014. Oportunidades y retos de los pastos frente a la nueva PAC en un contexto de cambio climático. Key-note speech in 53 Reunión científica de la SEEP . Potes, Cantabria, Spain. Paper download . Presentation download
• Del Prado A., Crosson P., Olesen J.E. and Rotz A. 2013. Whole-farm models to quantify greenhouse gas emissions and their potential use for linking climate change mitigation and adaptation in temperate grassland ruminant-based farming systems. Key-note speech in Greenhouse Gases and Animal Agriculture 2013 (GGAA 2103) Conference, Dublin 2013. http://www.ggaa2013.ie  Presentation download
  
• Petersen S.O Blanchard M, Chadwick D, del Prado A, Edouard N, Mosquera-Losada J and Sommer S.G. 2013. Manure management for GHG mitigation.Key-note speech (co-author) in Greenhouse Gases and Animal Agriculture 2013 (GGAA 2103) Conference, Dublin 2013 . http://www.ggaa2013.ie Presentation download
  
• Del Prado A. Potential options for mitigation of climate change from agriculture. 2013. BC3 Summer School 2013 Addressing climate change challenges from a multidisciplinary perspective (Palacio de Miramar, Donosti, 2013). Presentation download
• Misselbrook T., Del Prado A., Chadwick D. 2012. Opportunities for reducing environmental emissions from forage-based dairy farms. Key-note speech (co-author) in the XVI International Silage Conference . Hameenlinna, Finland, 2-4 July 2012. Presentation download
• Del Prado A. 2010. The effect of intensive livestock production on air, soil and water. Key-note speech in  Soil property dynamics under different land uses and management (Dinámica de las propiedades del suelo bajo diferentes usos y manejos), INIA-Uruguay (Colonia, Uruguay).

PRESENTACIONES ORALES

• Pardo G , D Yañez-Ruiz, I Martin-Garcia, A Arco, R Moral and Del Prado A. 2014. Modelling the impact on GHG emissions of using underutilized feed resources in dairy goat systems in Spain. International Livestock Modelling and Research Colloquium. Bilbao, Oct 2014
• Pardo G R Moral, E Aguilera, Del Prado A. 2014. Meta-análisis sobre las emisiones asociadas a diferentes estrategias de manejo de residuos orgánicos. IV Jornadas de la Red Española de Compostaje. Murcia Nov 2014
• Del Prado A., Alvaro-Fuentes J., Arriaga H., Báez D., Bernal M.P., Cantero C., Estellés F., Merino P., Moral R., Pardo G., Salcedo G., Salva C.,  Sanz-Cobeña A. 2013. GHG emissions associated with manure management from livestock systems in a Mediterranean country. A case study: Spain. 15th RAMIRAN International Conference. 3-5 June. Versailles (France). Download Presentation view
• Pardo, G., Moral R., del Prado, A. 2013. Modelling management options of organic waste for the evaluation of synergies and trade-offs between climate change mitigation and ecosystem services. 15th RAMIRAN International Conference. 3-5 June. Versailles (France). Download
• Del Prado, A. Misselbrook T. Chadwick, D.R. Newbold C. J. 2011. Nitrogen co-benefits and trade-offs of novel CH4 mitigation measures applied on livestock systems. Nitrogen and Global Change: Key Findings – Future Challenges. Download
• Del Prado, A., A. Shepherd, L. Wu, C. Topp, D. Moran, B. Tolkamp, Gallejones P. and Chadwick D. 2011. Modelling the effect of climate change only on environmental pollution losses from UK dairy systems. Nitrogen and Global Change: Key Findings – Future Challenges. Download
• Pilgrim E, Macleod C.J.A., Beaumont D.,. Blackwell M.S.A, Bol R, Del Prado A.,. Griffith B, Orr R., Shepherd A., Wu L., and Firbank L G. 2010. Learning how to model ecosystem trade-offs at the farm scale. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs). 2010 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software. Modelling for Environment’s Sake, Fifth Biennial Meeting, Ottawa, Canada. David A. Swayne, Wanhong Yang, A. A. Voinov,  A. Rizzoli, T. Filatova  (Eds.) Download