The NZAGRC continues to deliver a wide range of services to the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), which has 56 member countries around the world.A large portion of the NZAGRC’s support is in acting as contracting agent for the New Zealand Government’s GRA investment in research including supporting international funds such as FACCE-JPI’s ERA-GAS, and its own Global Partnerships in Livestock Emissions Research (GPLER) as well as targeted investments across the LRG’s research priorities.Active GRA projects reporting to the NZAGRC as contracting agent for MPI are listed in the following table along with the lead New Zealand provider and main contact point. 
GRA Enteric Fermentation Flagship




Rumen microbiomes to predict methane


AgResearch Limited


Suzanne Rowe




 
FACCE-JPI/ERA-GAS




Predicting appropriate GHG mitigation strategies based on modelling variables that contribute to ruminant environmental impact


AgResearch Limited


Graeme Attwood




Refining direct fed microbials (DFM) and silage inoculants for reduction of methane emissions from ruminants


AgResearch Limited


Graeme Attwood




Capturing Effects of Diet on Emissions from Ruminant Systems


AgResearch Limited


Cecile de Klein




Mitigating Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions by improved pH management of soils


University of Otago


Sergio Morales




Wise use of drained peatlands in a bio-based economy: development of improved assessment practices and sustainable techniques for mitigation of greenhouse gases


University of Waikato


David Campbell




Barriers to adoption of no-cost mitigation options


Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust


David Fleming




 
GPLER




Reducing hydrogen and methyl-compound production to mitigate rumen methane


AgResearch Limited


Graeme Attwood




Antibody binding to antigenic targets in the rumen


AgResearch Limited


Neil Wedlock




Rumen microbiomes to predict methane


AgResearch Limited


Suzanne Rowe




MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR INCREASING SOIL CARBON UNDER GRASSLANDS


Landcare Research New Zealand Limited


Pete Millard




Chemical di-nitrogen formation bypassing nitrous oxide


Landcare Research New Zealand Limited


Andrew McMillan




Discovery of New Nitrification Inhibitors to Mitigate Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Grazed Pasture Systems


Lincoln University


Hong Di




The N2O switch


Lincoln University


Tim Clough




Mitigating N2O emissions by optimising irrigation management


Lincoln University


Tim Clough




Discovery of new nitrification inhibitors: Phase II


Lincoln University


Hong Di




Full inversion tillage to accelerate soil C sequestration


The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited


Mike Beare




Farming microbes for better farms: biostimulating non-denitrifying nitrous oxide reducers


University of Otago


Sergio Morales




Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from urine patches through accelerating nitrous oxide reduction


University of Otago


Sergio Morales




 
LRG Priority Projects




Good practice guidelines for enteric methane measurement methodologies


AgResearch Limited


Arjan Jonker




Updating the existing Nitrous Oxide Chamber Methodology Guidelines


AgResearch Limited


Cecile de Klein




Nitrous oxide and methane emissions associated with high metabolisable energy forage


AgResearch Limited


Paul Newton




Mapping and managing urine patches to reduce nitrous oxide emissions


Landcare Research New Zealand Limited


Surinder Saggar




Understanding the effects of variation in individual animal production on greenhouse gas emissions


Massey University


Ian Yule




Delivering methane inhibitors to pasture-fed ruminants


Research Trust of Victoria University Wellington


Emily Parker




The consequences of full-inversion tillage for nitrous oxide emissions


The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited


Mike Beare




Establishment of a Database and Inventory Refinement for GHG emissions associated with Manure


AgResearch Limited


Tony van der Weerden




Profitable, low GHG emitting grazing-based dairy systems in Costa Rica - Workshop


AgResearch Limited


Liz Wedderburn




 
The NZAGRC also leads a number of high profile GRA capability building projects, funded by the New Zealand Government, including across Africa; South East Asia, and Central and South America.  See separate article.  NZAGRC also administers the Government’s LEARN and GRASS awards programme, supporting a number of students and researchers . Current award recipients and their New Zealand supervisors are listed in the table below.
LEARN/GRASS




LEARN PHD: Jingfei Ren


AgResearch Limited


Paul Newton




LEARN Postdoctoral Fellow Award - Md. Ashraf Ali Biswas


AgResearch Limited


Arjan Jonker




LEARN PhD: Nannan Zhang


AgResearch Limited


Jiafa Luo




Grass Award - Franco Bilotto


AgResearch Limited


Ronaldo Vibart




GRASS Award -Adriano Nascente


Landcare Research New Zealand Limited


David Whitehead




LEARN Postdoctoral Award: Pham Hung Cuong


Landcare Research New Zealand Limited


Surinder Saggar




LEARN Postdoctoral Fellowship: Chamindu Deepagoda


Lincoln University


Tim Clough