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 N2O 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 


NZAGRC Newsletter February 2012 Page 7
NZAGRC Newsletter April 2011 Page 5