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Project title

ReLive

Primary Funding Agency

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

n/a

Lead Organisation

University College Dublin (UCD)

Lead Applicant

n/a

Project Abstract

Reintegrating Land and Livestock for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Circularity The ReLive project will take a holistic approach to the sustainable reintegration of livestock and cropping systems. Particular attention will be directed at livestock type and management, the appropriate use and storage of manures, crop choice, including direct grazing of crops and/or their residues, the use of afforestation/agroforestry as an alternative grazing option and to increase soil carbon, as well as and how this information can be integrated into decision support tools for identifying the best options for farmers. Importantly, ReLive will assess the use of alternative livestock dietary feed sources that have the potential to reduce enteric methane production coupled with novel investigations on a mechanistic assessment of the ability of soils to oxidise methane, and how this information can be utilized to improve whole farm methane budgets. Critical to this approach is an ability to monitor and validate any management options on the net GHG budgets and their economic consequences, as well as the effective dissemination of the results for practical implementation by policymakers, stakeholders, farmers and other end users.

Grant Approved

�345,996.30

Research Hub

Climate research

Research Theme

Achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

Start Date

01/02/2022

Initial Projected Completion Date

31/01/2025