Annual RMIT competitive scholarship round - Reducing methane from Southeast Asia's rice paddies

This PhD scholarship focuses on methane mitigation in rice agriculture through climate-smart practices and carbon credits to boost farmer income and cut emissions. The project focuses on methane mitigation in rice agriculture through practices like alternate wetting and drying, biochar, and fertiliser optimisation. It potentially includes field trials, carbon accounting, and geospatial analysis in Southeast Asia, with potential for carbon credit generation and farmer co-benefits. The scholarship provides a minimum annual stipend to support doctoral research in this important environmental and agricultural field.