The Global Research Alliance (GRA) is very pleased to welcome Pakistan as our 69th Member Country!

Pakistan’s participation in the GRA will be coordinated through the Global Climate-Change Impact Studies Centre. Pakistan is among those countries in the world whose economies are heavily reliant on agriculture, and despite being a low GHG emitter in the world, aspires to contribute to the global efforts to reduce emissions.

Pakistan is taking several important steps to address the issue of greenhouse gas emissions in its agricultural sector. Through a combination of technological innovation, improved farming practices, renewable energy, and policy frameworks, Pakistan aims to reduce its agricultural emissions while enhancing productivity and resilience to climate change. However, further efforts and investments are required to scale up these initiatives and overcome existing challenges.

We look forward to working together to grow more food without growing more greenhouse gases.

For more information on the GRA or how to become a member country please contact the GRA Secretariat.

The Innovation Investment Round is proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre and AgriZero^NZ

This is a competitive funding opportunity, dedicated to developing or accelerating research, tools and technologies for the mitigation of agricultural GHG’s in NZ.

After successfully funding multiple projects over the past 5 years, it is back for 2025, with increased funding! 

FOCUS FOR 2025
Applications are invited for projects that address: 

• Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from ruminant animal deposited urine
• reducing methane emissions from enteric fermentation in grazing ruminants

KEY FEATURES 

• Total funding up to NZD$4 million 
• Up to NZD$1 million per project 
• Project duration maximum 2 years 
• Collaborations & co-funding strongly encouraged 
• New Zealand and international applications welcome 

 This is an exciting opportunity to drive change and shape the future of mitigation tools and tech for farming in New Zealand. If you’re working on cutting-edge solutions, we want to see your submissions! 

FIND OUT MORE HERE

Closing Date: 3 April 2025
Location: Rome, Italy

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.

FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.

The Animal Production and Health Division (NSA) promotes and facilitates the sustainable development of the livestock sector, optimizing its contribution to nutrition, food security and rural poverty reduction. NSA integrates scientific, technical expertise and policy advice, it facilitates policy dialogue (including through intergovernmental bodies), encourages good governance, manages knowledge and provides information, analysis and technical assistance for the development and implementation of innovative solutions to produce safe animal products more sustainably, efficiently, and in a more integrated manner.

The post is located in the Sustainable Animal Production, Feed and Genetics Branch (NSAP) of the Animal Production and Health Division (NSA) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The activities of the Branch cover all production systems, from pastoralism to intensive systems, including crop-livestock integrated systems, and aims to enhance their sustainability in its three pillars: environmental, economic and social.

Attached you can find the vacancy announcement.

To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO

Check out the IRN’s latest newsletter looking back on the activities achieved in the last half of 2024 and introducing their network’s two new co-chairs from New Zealand and Samoa!

Read it HERE.

Hosted by New Zealand and co-sponsored by Australia, the United States, Canada, and Peru. This workshop series focused on gathering young emerging leaders working in their communities to share their experiences and explore indigenous-led measures to reduce the impact of climate change on food systems and food security. 

The first workshop was online in November 2023 and the second workshop was in-person on 14 August 2024 in Trujillo, Peru. The workshop series report exploring the outcomes of this project is now available HERE.

For more information contact the Project Overseer, Shiloh Babbington at [email protected]

The Feed Additives Flagship Project, led by the Feed and Nutrition Network (FNN) of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and funded by the Global Dairy Platform, has released a groundbreaking collection of Technical Guidelines. The project aims to accelerate the development and implementation of methane-reducing feed additives to significantly reduce greenhouse gases emissions from ruminants. The Technical Guidelines will help scientists and industry leaders develop effective feed additives to mitigate enteric methane emissions.

The “Technical guidelines to develop and implement methane-reducing feed additives for ruminants” webinar recording is available HERE!