Business Green: The government has today announced the launch of a new £12.6m research programme designed to develop new techniques for measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector. According to government figures, agriculture accounts for eight per cent of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, including 76 per cent of UK nitrous oxide emissions and 38 per cent of methane emissions. However, the figures are calculated using what Defra admits is a simplified approach based on generic…