Quick Facts - Fund overviews
Here is an overview of the main funding avenues for agricultural greenhouse gas research funding in New Zealand. Click of each fund name to learn more about each.
| Organisation/Programme | PGgRc | NZAGRC | GRA | SLMACC | Inventory | Industry |
| Funder | Industry / MBIE | MPI (PGP fund) | MPI (NZ GRA fund) | MPI | MPI | Various (including government partnerships) |
| How funds are distributed | Negotiated | Negotiated | Negotiated & competitive | Competitive | Competitive | Negotiated & competitive |
| Funding scope | Methane, Nitous oxide | Methane, nitous oxide, soil carbon and farm systems | Methane, nitous oxide, soil carbon and farm systems | Methane, nitous oxide, soil carbon, cross cutting, models, social science | Methane, nitous oxide, soil carbon | Productivity, nitrogen leaching, nitrogen efficiency |
| How funding decisions are made | PGgRc Board decision guided by General Manager’s recommendation | Director recommends to NZAGRC Steering Group | External Technical Advisory Panel recommends to DG & MPI officials recommend to DG | External advisory panel recommends to MPI DG | MPI officials recommend to MPI DG | Varied |
| How priorities are set | Developed and signaled in 7 year plan, which isreviewed throughout by independent science and commercial advisory panels | Signalled in 5 year science plan | Grand Challenges set by an international panel; alignment with other multi-lateral funds; targeted investment based on advice from NZAGRC and GRA Livestock Research Group | Annually by officials advised by experts and MPI staff | Annually by MPI and MfE officials advised by external panels (NZoNet, Methanet and inventory expert advisory panel) | Dependent on research interests. Efficiency and production are key concerns, with GHG reductions as co-benefit of efficiency/ productivity gains |
| Funding 2000-2020 ($m approx.) | 2004-2012: $37m 2013-2019: $37.8m (funded 50/50 by industry/government) | 2009-2019: $48.5m | 2010-2020: $65m | Varying. Currently $2.5m per year | Varying. Currently $1.9m per year | Funding from industry and government in support of industry objectives significantly exceeds $50m per year |
| Key linkages between funding streams | PGgRc and NZAGRC co-invest in methane programme; PGgRc bids into SLMACC on a 1:1 co-funded basis; NZAGRC Director observer on PGgRc Board; PGgRc Manager sits on NZAGRC Steering Group; NZAGRC Director sits on SLMACC advisory group; PGgRc leads commercialisation of work on behalf of PGgRc and MPI investment. | PGgRc and NZAGRC co-invest in methane programme; NZAGRC Director observer on PGgRc Board; PGgRc Manager sits on NZAGRC Steering Group; NZAGRC Director sits on SLMACC advisory group; PGgRc leads commercialisation of work on behalf of PGgRc and MPI investment; NZAGRC Director and Deputy Director provide advice for SLMACC, Inventory and GRA. | This is direct research funding + provision of funding for other international funds/initiatives and secretariat support; NZAGRC input into technical advisory panel & priority setting; NZAGRC leads NZ input into all GRA Research Groups; NZAGRC contracts most and reports on all research activities. | NZAGRC and PGgRc input; GHG projects need to align with PGgRc and NZAGRC strategies. | NZAGRC input into advisory panels. | Industry input into PGgRc as a co-funder; Advisors to various other funds. |
