€1.4m for University of Galway to lead all-island research on methane reduction
Professor David A Kenny, Head of the Animal and Bioscience Research Department, at Teagasc Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Grange, Co Meath with PhD student Omobolanle Kalenikanse, who is examining the effects of feed additives at reducing enteric methane emissions in cattle. Picture: Tony Keane.
Funding of €1.4m for the University of Galway to lead a research consortium to pioneer greenhouse gas reduction solutions for agriculture has been announced.
Teagasc, the Northern Ireland-based Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation will work with scientists at the university to expand testing and evaluation of a combination of technologies and farming innovations to lower methane emissions from cattle and sheep.
