Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0561000

Funding Activity

Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0561000

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Novel, Cost-Effective Methods for Measuring Methane Emissions from Grazing Livestock. Agriculture is second only to energy generation as a source of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia. Methane from cattle and sheep constitute 60% of these agricultural emissions. Their abatement is a win-win goal for the agricultural industry, reducing greenhouse emissions while increasing food efficiency. This project will develop a novel, cost- and-labour efficient method for on-farm measurements of the emissions of methane from free-grazing cattle and sheep in their undisturbed environment. The method will be used to assess the dependence of methane emissions on factors such as diet and the efficacy of proposed methods for abatement of methane emissions, as well as providing improved data to the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $144,844.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Nutrition | Agriculture, Land and Farm Management | Sustainable Development | Farm Management, Rural Management And Agribusiness

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Dairy cattle | Livestock | Pasture, browse and fodder crops |

Other Keywords

Agriculture, Land and Farm Management | Animal Nutrition | Dairy cattle | Farm Management, Rural Management And Agribusiness | Livestock | Pasture, browse and fodder crops | Sustainable Development

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