Since May I have been working on my thesis entitled: “Measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant livestock: State of the Art & Future Perspectives”. This has been both a challenging and rewarding few months as it has required many hours of work, completing the systematic literature review of the topic and writing the review. All the time and effort has been worth it when it all came together and it was submitted last Thursday ahead of the submission deadline. I am delighted to have this final major part of the Masters completed and look forward to hopefully graduating in the coming weeks.
I would like to thank all who contributed to the thesis, especially my two main NUIG program supervisors, Prof Charles Spillane and Dr. Peter McKeown. Their expertise and guidance over the past few months was first class. This thesis is my most significant written piece to date. Currently, it has been submitted to NUIG for final grading. Futhermore, a collaborative objective of my supervisors and myself from this research project is to submit to the review to Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, with the aim of it being accepted for publication in the coming weeks.
In the review I explored the existing gaps in current literature and conducted a systematic review on the topic. I reviewed all methods generally used to measure greenhouse gas emissions, by considering the advantages and disadvantages for each method. In future, I hope this analysis will help the agricultural industry choose one method over another, based on the needs of the user.