<p>The Global Research Alliance on agricultural greenhouse gases has four flagship research programmes:</p>
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<li>Enteric fermentation</li>
<li>Agricultural greenhouse gas inventories</li>
<li>Soil carbon sequestration</li>
<li>Water management in rice production</li>
</ol>
<p>The Flagships are designed as a way of defining research priorities and attracting resourcing for large,&nbsp;collaborative research projects.</p>
<p>Two additional future flagships on the circular food system, and nitrous oxide have been identified and a taskforce to explore each has been established.</p>
<h3>Enteric fermentation</h3>
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<p>Details on the Enteric Fermentation Flagship and its four initial projects are&nbsp;available at&nbsp;<a href="gra,listing,445,towards-low-emissions-livestock-the-gras-enteric-fermentation-flagship.html">http://www.nzagrc.org.nz/gra,listing,445,towards-low-emissions-livestock-the-gras-enteric-fermentation-flagship.html</a></p>
<h3>Agricultural greenhouse gas inventories</h3>
<p>There are high-level project concepts for the Inventory Flagship including:</p>
<ul>
<li>development of guidance on incorporating mitigation into national inventories</li>
<li>guidance on higher Tier inventories</li>
<li>guidance on incorporating manure management emissions in inventories;</li>
<li>database and inventory refinement for greenhouse gas emissions associated with manure and nitrogen management</li>
<li>regional or country specific project ideas.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Soil carbon Sequestration</h3>
<p>The Soil Carbon Sequestration Flagship will focus mostly on activities within the existing &lsquo;Coordination of International Research Cooperation on Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture (CIRCASA) initiative, funded by the FACCE-JPI.</p>
<p>CIRCASA aims to strengthen the international research community on soil carbon sequestration in relation to climate change and food security; improve our understanding of agricultural soil carbon sequestration and its potential for mitigation, adaptation and increasing food production; co-design a strategic research agenda with stakeholders on soil carbon sequestration; and create an &lsquo;International Research Consortium&rsquo; (funding model) in this area.</p>
<p>The Flagship will also assess options for soil carbon sequestration in grazing systems and set up a &lsquo;soil microbiome for soil carbon&rsquo; network.</p>
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<p>For more information on the flagships, please contact&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="mailto:secretariat@globalresearchalliance.org">secretariat@globalresearchalliance.org</a></p>