The Centre&#39;s integrated solutions research programme concentrates initially on developing the tools needed to design novel, practical, credible and cost effective low GHG emitting farm systems. The Centre&#39;s programme of work is fully integrated with a companion programme, Farm Management and GHG Manipulation, funded by SLMACC. The Centre&#39;s work programme initially focuses in two areas: modelling enteric CH4 emissions and modelling N2O emissions from grazed pastures; modelling soil carbon processes is a focus of the soil carbon research programme. Models currently exist for both of these processes but they are either too simple to provide new insights (e.g. inventory procedures used by Overseer/Farmax) or complex, requiring input data that are unavailable, and are not validated for NZ. The development of these new improved models will rely on the work being conducted in the programmes of work on CH4, N2O and soil carbon. 



Goals & Objectives 
  

	
		
			
			
			Objective 
			
			
			
			
			Leader 
			
			
			
			
			Timeframe 
			
			
		
		
			
			
			4.1 
			
			
			
			
			Mechanistic modelling of enteric CH4 production
			
			
			
			
			Dr David Pacheco
			
			
			
			
			May 10 - Jun 13 
			
			
		
		
			
			
			4.2 
			
			
			
			
			Improved N20 Component Modelling
			
			
			
			
			Dr Iris Vogeler
			
			
			
			
			May 10 - Jun 13 
			
			
		
	


 


Principal Investigators


Mr Dave Clark, DairyNZ
Dr Robyn Dynes, AgResearch



Linkages


AgResearch
CSIRO
DairyNZ
Landcare Research
LUCI
SLMACC
University of Guelph
University of Manitoba
University of Melbourne
University of Washington
Wageningen University



Stories



	
		
			
			Farming practices to reduce 
			greenhouse gases
			NZAGRC Newsletter February 2012
			
		
		
			
			How is Molly helping our 
			predictive capability 
			NZAGRC Newsletter April 2011