New lab aids monitoring of gas emissions from livestock

Scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya have established a state-of-the-art laboratory to help find a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock in Africa. The laboratory has been constructed at a cost of US$1.5 million, with funding from the German Development Agency in collaboration with the Center for International Forestry Research, United Nations Environment Programme, International Fund for Agricultural Development and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.