Improving the Accuracy and Volume of In vivo Methane Quantification: Pathways towards Carbon Credits via Methane Mitigation in Livestock in Thailand and South-east Asia
Keywords: Enteric fermentation methane mitigation; livestock in-vivo quantification; IPCC Tier 3 models; computational modeling; carbon credits.
| Principal Investigator: | Dr. Peter M. D. Scully |
| Institution: | Faculty of Information Communication Technology, Mahidol University, Thailand |
| Project Period: | Oct 2025 – Oct 2026 |
| Funding Type: | Research grant (Fundamental Fund Scholarship 2026, Basic Research) |
| Funding Source: | Mahidol University, Fundamental Fund by National Science Research and Innovation Fund (NSRF), Thailand. |
Project Introduction:
This project investigates the design standardization of in-vivo (in life) enteric methane quantification towards IPCC Tier 3 estimation models, in order to collect more rapid and bigger scientific-quality data than available in current systems. The research project investigates the design parameters of the physical systems engineering, data measurement and animal husbandry practices of livestock that affect diurnal emission cycles, for diverse animal emission trial procedures , especially focused on Thai and ASEAN livestock. Supporting existing feed nutrition research and quantification strategies, as used in IPCC Tier 2 models for nationally determined contributions.
The target problem is familiar in lower- and middle-income countries, including Thailand, where access to big data via (cheap/simple) data acquisition (on-farm and research-centers) will help encourage farmers towards wide-spread climate action via pathways to enteric methane mitigation.
Related aims of this pathway are:
- contributing to the “low-hanging fruit” of climate cooling action, (mitigating methane)
- encouraging increased cattle energy-efficiency (productivity),
- potentially new supplementary income for smallholder livestock farmers,
- greater (big) scientific data quantities to contribute to improved country-specific gas inventory submissions to the UNFCCC.
Join our Workshop Event on Climate Action for Smallholder Farms (Aug-Sept 2026)
- We will host a forum and workshop event in 2026 on: (tentative title) “Knowledge/Research Exchange on Pathways to Encouraging Climate Action in Smallholder Livestock Farms across Thailand / ASEAN Countries” and towards a national policy recommendation.
For anyone interested in joining our Workshop Event in 2026, learning more, exploring potential collaborations and discussing project opportunities, please reach out via email to start a conversation or you can register your interest and we will be in touch.
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Point of Contact:
Peter Scully, Lecturer of Computer Science. Faculty of Information Communication Technology, Mahidol University, Thailand.
Email: peter.scu@mahidol.ac.th
Web: https://www.ict.mahidol.ac.th/en/people/
Peter Scully PhD 