Yes, Mr. Chairman. Thank you and good morning to everyone.
My name is Reynald Lemke. I'm a research scientists working out of the Canada Research and Development Centre in Saskatoon. I will mention that it is on Treaty 6 land and the homeland of the Métis.
I am a soil scientist by training. My research program considers the factors that control soil-emitted greenhouse gases from agricultural soils to accurately quantify those emissions and also to identify opportunities to constrain or reduce emissions. My work has primarily focused on soil-emitted nitrous oxide, leading to research into the influence of nitrogen fertilizer management, crop type, crop rotations and tillage intensity on nitrous oxide emissions.
Nitrogen and carbon are intimately linked in the soils. These same factors also influence soil-emitting carbon dioxide; thus, my work also considers the impact of these practices on soil organic carbon status.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.