<h3>Methane, nitrous oxide and soil carbon research</h3>
<p>New Zealand's research into reducing livestock greenhouse gas emissions concentrates on breed&nbsp;low methane&nbsp;animals and&nbsp;feeds,&nbsp;reduce methane via vaccine and using an inhibitor product, reduce nitrous oxide and&nbsp;nitrate leaching on farm, and increase&nbsp;carbon sequestered in soil.</p>
<p class="h7 h7">Click on a research stream to find out more about the research</p>
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<td>&nbsp;<strong><a href="methane.html">Mitigating Methane Emissions</a></strong></td>
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<td>&nbsp;<strong><a href="nitrous-oxide.html">Mitigating Nitrous Oxide Emissions</a></strong></td>
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<td>&nbsp;<strong><a href="soil-carbon.html">Understanding Soil Carbon</a></strong>&nbsp;</td>
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<h3>How industry contributes to lowering emissions</h3>
<p>An <a href="integrated-systems.html"><strong>integrated systems research programme</strong></a> runs alongside the detailed methane, nitrous oxide and soil carbon research to quantify the contribution that farmers already make through their increased efficiencies.&nbsp;</p>
<p>What&nbsp;dairy farmers can do?&nbsp;<strong><a href="dairy-sector.html">Read more</a></strong></p>
<p>What beef and&nbsp;sheep farmers&nbsp;can do? <strong><a href="beef-sheep-sector.html">Read more</a></strong></p>
<p>What can deer&nbsp;farmers do?<strong><a href="deer-sector.html">&nbsp;Read more </a></strong></p>
<h3>Improving Maori pastoral sector efficiency and productivity</h3>
<p>The NZAGRC runs a <a href="maori.html"><strong>research stream dedicated to assist the Maori pastoral sector</strong></a> to improve its collective capacity to increase resource efficiency and farm productivity while lowering greenhouse gas emissions.</p>
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