PASTORAL GREENHOUSE GAS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
The Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium (PGgRc) exists to provide knowledge and tools for New Zealand farmers, so they can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector. The PGgRc is funded by eight New Zealand agricultural sector partners and works in collaboration with the New Zealand Government.
Together with the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre, PGgRc has produced a series of fact sheets, to help people’s understanding of the complexities around greenhouse gas emissions research.
The PGGRC, New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre and Zoetis Animal Health are collaborating to research mechanisms that may inhibit methane emissions from cattle, deer and sheep and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Read moreSince 2003, the PGGRC has invested more than $90 million in exploring technology-based solutions that New Zealand pastoral farmers can use to reduce GHG emissions from the sector, while increasing productivity. In 2021, direct funding concluded and the Consortium moved into a new phase, where its Intellectual Property and capabilities are now being developed to further advance possible solutions for New Zealand farmers.
Read moreThis 60-minute webinar is on “Developing methane inhibitors for grazing livestock on New Zealand farms”.
Read morePGGRC supports the creation of (a) a long-term plan for funding research and development towards reducing biological emissions and (b) a fit-for-purpose regulatory pathway. We look forward to working in partnership with all stakeholders to achieve these objectives.
Read moreIn this 6-minute video, scientists involved in PGGRC’s four main streams of work - low-methane genetics, inhibitors, vaccine and low GHG feeds - outline where each project is at.
Read moreIn a world first, New Zealand sheep farmers now have the ability to breed animals that emit less methane.
Read moreDairyNZ recently hosted six forums around New Zealand for dairy farmers to hear about where the world is heading and global future demands for dairy.
Read moreThe 2019 Agricultural Climate Change Conference attracted more than 260 agricultural climate change focused scientists, policy makers, farmers and industry representatives to Palmerston North on 8-9 April.
Read moreCan changing what New Zealand livestock eat reduce the country’s emissions of methane and nitrous oxide?
Read moreSoil holds more carbon than plants and the atmosphere combined and much of the soil carbon is held in a stable form. That’s good news from a climate change perspective.
Read moreOne of the most promising tools in the strategy to reduce New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture is making steady progress towards commercialisation.
Read moreThe time is coming when greenhouse gases won’t be just “out there and something to worry about later”. New Zealand scientists are making steady progress on strategies to reduce the rural sector’s emissions.
Read more