<p class="h5">Current research programme</p>
<p>The NZAGRC-PGgRc methane research programme&nbsp;builds on the NZAGRC's 2010-2013 methane science objectives and the PGgRc's methane work programme from 2007-2013.</p>
<p>The NZAGRC-PGgRc methane research programme pools New Zealand's resources to identify the most effective and practical solutions for reducing methane in New Zealand's agricultural industry.</p>
<p>Our research programme aim is to deliver efficient, cost effective, highly productive, on-farm solutions to ensure New Zealand agriculture is economically and environmentally sustainable through the reduction of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.</p>
<p><span style="color: #58595b;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The 'Mitigating Methane Emissions' research programme has four main aims for delivery in the next one to three years: </span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="breeding.html">Develop low methane-emitting breed selection tools</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="feeds.html"><strong>Develop low GHG forage farm systems</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="vaccine.html"><strong>Develop a methane reduction vaccine solution</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="inhibitors.html"><strong>Discover and test ruminal methane inhibitors that maintain productivity levels</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<p>There is also a feasibility study being undertaken to understand the potential to <a href="capture.html"><strong>capture and convert methane in soil</strong></a>&nbsp;and a <a href="measurement-ch4.html"><strong>validation trial of a rapid, low cost system for measuring methane</strong></a>.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Research Principal Investigators</span></p>
<p>Dr Graeme Attwood, AgResearch<br /> Dr Peter Janssen, AgResearch</p>
<p class="h5 h5">Research Stories</p>