The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) has developed updated Guidelines (available HERE) for Leadership Roles in the GRA to provide a shared reference for the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of those involved in the GRA.

Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Dairy Production.  This role, based in the UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science, will support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research, and wider engagement in the area of dairy production. The appointee will join a dynamic and interdisciplinary team of 18 full-time academics within the Section of Animal & Crop Science, contributing to a shared mission of addressing global food, environmental, and societal challenges through teaching, research, and knowledge exchange in animal and crop production systems.

Please click HERE te read more about the vacancy and to apply.

Seeking innovative approaches to agricultural emissions

The Ag Emissions Centre (AgEC), in partnership with AgriZeroNZ, is seeking innovative approaches that could contribute to a step-change in agricultural greenhouse gas reduction or measurement.

The round is seeking genuinely novel approaches, and approaches that could significantly strengthen or accelerate emerging opportunities towards practical, farm-level solutions for New Zealand.

Three research challenges

1. New approaches to reducing nitrous oxideBiological or soil-management technologies that could reduce N₂O emissions by enhancing N₂O consumption and/or preventing nitrite accumulation, with potential to scale within New Zealand pastoral systems.
2. New approaches to measuring nitrous oxideRobust, routine in-situ approaches for quantifying N₂O intermediaries and processes under urine-patch conditions, including N₂ production, nosZ activity and nitrite dynamics.
3. Novel approaches to reducing methane and/or nitrous oxideNovel approaches that could rapidly bring about a step-change in reducing enteric methane and/or N₂O from deposited urine in grazing ruminants.

Two pathways are available

Full R&D | Up to NZ$2 million

For developed research propositions with a research team in place. Individual projects can run for up to two years. Collaboration and co-funding are encouraged.

R&D Ideas | Up to NZ$50,000 per project

For promising ideas that require further development before progressing to a larger R&D programme. Up to four projects may be funded for up to six months, and a full project team is not required.

Applications are invited from New Zealand and international organisations and individuals. Applicants should demonstrate a plausible pathway to relevance and application within New Zealand agricultural systems.

Round opens: 29 September 2026
Round closes: 18 November 2026

Questions: [email protected]

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The fourth edition of the Global Methane Genetics (GMG) newsletter is now available HERE. GMG is a worldwide initiative led by Wageningen University & Research in partnership with the Bezos Earth Fund and the Global Methane Hub, and the involvement of more than fifty partners worldwide. This newsletter is to inform you about GMG’s activities, which are generally open to join. We hope that you enjoy reading this newsletter. If you have any questions regarding GMG’s activities, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

FAO is calling for experts to join the FAO LEAP Technical Advisory Group to revise the Guidelines on Environmental Performance of Animal Feeds Supply Chains News detail | Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

If you have professional or research experience in animal feed and nutrition, feed production and supply chains, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), or the environmental assessment of animal feed complete the online application by Call for Experts Friday 23 October 2026.

The first version of the Environmental performance of animal feeds supply chains: Guidelines for assessment were published in 2016

Environmental Defense Fund’s latest blog post examines why reducing livestock methane is considered one of the most significant near-term opportunities for climate action. The article discusses available methane-reduction solutions, the need for approaches tailored to different farming systems, and the support farmers need to adopt these practices successfully.

Read the full article and watch the accompanying video on the EDF website: https://blogs.edf.org/growingreturns/2026/07/30/livestock-methane-video/

Originally published by Environmental Defense Fund on 30 July 2026. Written by John Tauzel.