A new government-funded Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre is part of the country's lead stance on reducing emissions from agriculture, according to Prime Minister John Key.Launching the Palmerston North-based centre with Agriculture Minister Dav
A new government-funded Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre is part of the country’s lead stance on reducing emissions from agriculture, according to Prime Minister John Key.
Launching the Palmerston North-based centre with Agriculture Minister David Carter today, Mr Key said it would link both national and international partners on research into agricultural emissions.
New Zealand will also host the first meeting of the Global Research Alliance it proposed at Copenhagen. The alliance, which includes more than 20 countries, meets in April.
“Agriculture is our biggest export earner but it also generates nearly half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions, so we have everything to gain by putting the might of our agricultural research industry a the forefront of this international initiative,” Mr Key said.
The government would invest $5 million a year over 10 years in the centre, from Primary Growth Partnership funds.
Mr Key said ultimately, the centre was a government commitment to innovation and would help to meet the country’s international obligations and support Kiwi farmers and growers to reduce emissions.
