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'''Mootral''' is a British-Swiss company that is developing a [[food supplement]] to reduce [[methane emissions]] from [[ruminant]] animals, chiefly [[cow]]s and [[sheep]], but also [[goat]]s.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last1=Satariano |first1=Adam |title=The Business of Burps: Scientists Smell Profit in Cow Emissions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/business/cow-methane-climate-change.html |work=New York Times |date=1 May 2020}}</ref> Methane is a major target [[greenhouse gas]] and in the 4th protocol report of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC) is recommended to increase from a x23 to x72 multiplier because of the magnitude of its effect relative to [[carbon dioxide]] and short longevity in [[Earth's atmosphere]].
== Natural feed supplement ==
The Mootral natural feed supplement is produced by Neem Biotech. The active ingredient is an organic [[Organosulfur compounds|organosulfur]] compound (normally found in [[garlic]]), Research at the [[University of Aberystwyth]], [[Wales]] has demonstrated up to a 94% reduction in methane production. But that was in vitro test (rumen model)with high dosis. The same authors found only 15-25 % reduction in  vivo when they tested on sheep.
==Emission trading==
Companies using Mootral's feed supplement generate [[Carbon credit|carbon credits]] that may be used to offset their emissions levels or sold to third parties.<ref name="nyt" /> In December 2019, [[Verified Carbon Standard|Verra]] announced that it had approved Mootral as the world's first methodology to reduce methane emissions from ruminant livestock.<ref>{{cite news |last1=de Sousa |first1=Agnieszka |last2=Carr |first2=Mathew |title=Burping Cows Get the Green Light to Join Carbon-Offset Market |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/burping-cows-get-the-green-light-to-join-carbon-offset-market |work=Bloomberg |date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
==Publicity==
Mootral attracted much attention as runner-up in the FT Global Climate Challenge<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crooks |first1=Ed |title=The five fighters of climate change |url=https://www.ft.com/content/14fa667c-13e3-11de-9e32-0000779fd2ac |work=Financial Times |date=18 March 2009}}</ref> and Dutch Postcode Lottery.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
Mootral was a finalist in the Shell/BBC/Newsweek World Challenge 2009 as one of the 12 most promising solutions to [[climate change]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Two UK projects in World Challenge 09 final |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworld/worldstories/pressreleases/2009/07_july/uk_world_challenge_project.shtml |publisher=BBC World News}}</ref>
Mootral is privately funded by [[Chris Sacca]] and [[Arjun Sethi_(entrepreneur)#Tribe Capital|Tribe Capital]].
==References==
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== Sources ==
*http://www.incropsproject.co.uk/documents/Events/Launch2009/David%20Wiliams%20Neem%20Biotech.pdf
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091002223729/http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/2009-finalists-project02.php 2009 Finalist EMISSION CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM]
* Animal Feed Science and Technology, Volume 147, Issues 1-3, 14 November 2008, Pages 36-52
* Animal Feed Science and Technology, Volume 145, Issues 1-4, 14 August 2008, Pages 351-363
* J. Dairy Sci. 89:761-771, 2006
[[Category:Climate change and agriculture]]
[[Category:Emissions reduction]]
[[Category:Methane]]
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