<h3>Quick Facts - Fund overviews</h3>
<p>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.</p>
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<td width="64">Organisation/Programme</td>
<td width="64"><a href="nzfunds-pggrc.html"><strong>PGgRc</strong></a></td>
<td width="64"><a href="nzfunds-nzagrc.html"><strong>NZAGRC</strong></a></td>
<td width="64"><a href="nzfunds-gra.html"><strong>GRA</strong></a></td>
<td width="64"><a href="nzfunds-slmacc.html"><strong>SLMACC</strong></a></td>
<td width="64"><a href="nzfunds-inventory.html"><strong>Inventory</strong></a></td>
<td width="64"><a href="nzfunds-industry.html"><strong>Industry</strong></a></td>
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<td width="64">Funder</td>
<td width="64">Industry / MBIE</td>
<td width="64">MPI (PGP fund)</td>
<td width="64">MPI (NZ GRA fund)</td>
<td width="64">MPI</td>
<td width="64">MPI</td>
<td width="64">Various (including government partnerships)</td>
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<td width="64">How funds are distributed</td>
<td width="64">Negotiated</td>
<td width="64">Negotiated</td>
<td width="64">Negotiated &amp; competitive</td>
<td width="64">Competitive</td>
<td width="64">Competitive</td>
<td width="64">Negotiated &amp; competitive</td>
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<td width="64">Funding scope</td>
<td width="64">Methane, Nitous oxide&nbsp;</td>
<td width="64">Methane, nitous oxide, soil carbon and farm systems</td>
<td width="64">Methane, nitous oxide, soil carbon and farm systems</td>
<td width="64">Methane, nitous oxide, soil carbon, cross cutting, models, social science</td>
<td width="64">Methane, nitous oxide, soil carbon</td>
<td width="64">Productivity, nitrogen leaching, nitrogen efficiency</td>
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<td width="64">How funding decisions are made</td>
<td width="64">PGgRc Board decision guided by General Manager&rsquo;s recommendation</td>
<td width="64">Director recommends to NZAGRC Steering Group</td>
<td width="64">External Technical Advisory Panel recommends to DG &amp; MPI officials recommend to DG</td>
<td width="64">External advisory panel recommends to MPI DG</td>
<td width="64">MPI officials recommend to MPI DG</td>
<td width="64">Varied</td>
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<td width="64">How priorities are set</td>
<td width="64">Developed and signaled in 7 year plan, which isreviewed throughout by&nbsp;independent science and commercial advisory panels</td>
<td width="64">Signalled in 5 year science plan</td>
<td width="64">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</td>
<td width="64">Annually by officials advised by experts and MPI staff</td>
<td width="64">Annually by MPI and MfE officials advised by external panels (NZoNet, Methanet and inventory expert advisory panel)</td>
<td width="64">Dependent on research interests. Efficiency and production are key concerns, with GHG reductions as co-benefit of efficiency/ productivity gains</td>
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<td width="64">Funding 2000-2020 ($m approx.)</td>
<td width="64">2004-2012: $37m 2013-2019: $37.8m (funded 50/50 by industry/government)</td>
<td width="64">2009-2019: $48.5m</td>
<td width="64">2010-2020: $65m</td>
<td width="64">Varying. Currently $2.5m per year</td>
<td width="64">Varying. Currently $1.9m per year</td>
<td width="64">Funding from industry and government in support of industry objectives significantly exceeds $50m per year</td>
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<td width="64">Key linkages between funding streams</td>
<td width="64">PGgRc and NZAGRC co-invest in methane programme; PGgRc bids into SLMACC on a 1:1 co-funded basis; NZAGRC Director observer on PGgRc&nbsp;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.</td>
<td width="64">PGgRc and NZAGRC co-invest in methane programme; NZAGRC Director observer on PGgRc&nbsp;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.</td>
<td width="64">This is direct research funding + provision of funding for other international funds/initiatives and&nbsp;secretariat support; NZAGRC input into technical advisory panel &amp; priority setting; NZAGRC leads NZ input into all GRA Research Groups; NZAGRC contracts most and reports on&nbsp;all research activities.</td>
<td width="64">NZAGRC and PGgRc input; GHG projects need to align with PGgRc and NZAGRC strategies.</td>
<td width="64">NZAGRC input into advisory panels.</td>
<td width="64">Industry input into PGgRc&nbsp;as a&nbsp;co-funder; Advisors to various other funds.</td>
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