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Overview
About the course
There is increasing international, national and public pressure to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture and food production at the farm level. Consumers seek premium foods with lower greenhouse gas (GHG) footprints.
Understanding GHG emissions from pastoral production systems is therefore important as it is the first step to reducing and mitigating the emissions. Rural professionals with a grounding in the skills required to measure the GHG footprint are needed to guide farmers in developing emissions reduction plans for their farming business.
Course development has been partially funded by DairyNZ’s Transforming the Dairy Value Chain Primary Group Partnership programme and draws on material from an earlier course funded by the Fertiliser Association of New Zealand and MPI. This Introduction to New Zealand's Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Management course is offered at Massey University.
Programme Structure
This course aims to provide the rural professional with:- knowledge of the causes of global climate change, as well as the impacts of a changing climate on New Zealand agriculture with the contribution of the carbon and nitrogen cycles in New Zealand’s agricultural systems to global GHG emissions
- knowledge of current New Zealand Government policy, accounting protocols and emissions trading scheme
- the skills to undertake GHG accounting for agricultural systems
- the advice required by farm managers on GHG emission mitigation practices.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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More details
- To register your interest, contact the university.
Language
English
Credits
5 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Horticulture and Crop Science View 6 other Short Courses in Horticulture and Crop Science in New ZealandWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Participants must have completed Intermediate Sustainable Nutrient Management in New Zealand agriculture; or
- have in the previous three years passed the Massey University course Integrated Farm and Environmental Management or the Lincoln University course Advanced Soil Management, with a B grade or higher; or
- if you can, show you are an experienced Overseer software user and have a science qualification in agricultural carbon and nitrogen cycles, our course controller may approve entry to the course.
Tuition Fee
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International
2000 NZD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2000 NZD for the full programme during 2 months. -
National
2000 NZD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2000 NZD for the full programme during 2 months.
Funding
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