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A new $400,000 scholarship programme to build global expertise on climate change, agriculture and food security will boost New Zealand’s contribution to agricultural greenhouse gas research say Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett and Primary Industrie
- Paula Bennett
- Nathan Guy
- Climate Change Issues
- Primary Industries
A new report provides a robust and objective examination of how emissions from agriculture are created, as well as options for reducing them, Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy said today.
The ministers have welcomed the report released today by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright.
- Paula Bennett
- Nathan Guy
- Primary Industries
- Climate Change Issues
Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy have welcomed news of a breakthrough by New Zealand researchers which offers the potential to cut greenhouse gas emissions from sheep and cattle by 30 to 90 percent without cutting production.
This breakthrough in methane inhibitors was made by researchers working through the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre and Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium.
- Tim Groser
- Nathan Guy
- Primary Industries
- Climate Change Issues