Current research programme
The NZAGRC-PGgRc methane research programme builds on the NZAGRC's 2010-2013 methane science objectives and the PGgRc's methane work programme from 2007-2013.
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.
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.
The 'Mitigating Methane Emissions' research programme has four main aims for delivery in the next one to three years: 

Develop low methane-emitting breed selection tools
Develop low GHG forage farm systems
Develop a methane reduction vaccine solution
Discover and test ruminal methane inhibitors that maintain productivity levels

There is also a feasibility study being undertaken to understand the potential to capture and convert methane in soil and a validation trial of a rapid, low cost system for measuring methane.
Research Principal Investigators
Dr Graeme Attwood, AgResearch Dr Peter Janssen, AgResearch
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