Our role is to find ways for New Zealand to
meet its international greenhouse gas emission
obligations without reducing agricultural output.

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Research

Work Stream 1: Methane
Lead scientists Peter Janssen and Graeme Attwood are overseeing multiple cutting-edge research programmes at the NZAGRC that will mitigate emissions of enteric methane.


Work Stream 2: Nitrous Oxide
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent GHG with a long-term global warming potential 310 times that of CO2. In New Zealand, approximately 20% of total GHGs are N2O.


Work Stream 3: Soil Carbon
Soils sequester and store atmospheric carbon via the removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere during photosynthesis.


Work Stream 4: Integrated Systems
The NZAGRC's integrated farm systems research programme is focused on developing the tools to design novel, practical, credible and cost-effective low GHG-emitting farm systems for New Zealand farms.

 

 

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Knowledge
Take a look at the range of publications produced by the NZAGRC including Annual Reports, our newsletter "RELEASE" and selected science publications.


Technologies
Many of the NZAGRC's deliverables are likely to take the form of products or services that can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


Practices
A number of the NZAGRC's outputs are likely to be management practices or systems that can be employed on-farm to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and potentially improve productivity.

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