Composting of livestock manure is a significant source of greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide (N₂O), but the complexity of the N₂O generation pathway hinders efforts to develop effective countermeasures. In this paper, we present one mitigation option for N₂O emissions from composting. Nitrite (NO₂^-) has an important role in N₂O generation. It has been observed that significant N₂O emissions from composting are induced when NO₂^- is accumulated during nitrification. Accordingly, in our technique, nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB), as nitrifying bacteria, are added in the middle of composting fermentation to prevent NO₂^- accumulation. Adding NOB prevents prolonged NO₂^- accumulation, which had resulted in low N₂O emissions. This technique is also cost-effective, because mature compost can be used as an NOB source. Mitigating N₂O emissions allows more nitrate nitrogen (NO₃^-), of high value as fertilizer, to be preserved in the compost product. Moreover, it was confirmed that this technique could be combined with that for NH3 mitigation using chemical reagents. Before actual use, it is necessary to investigate the methods used to determine optimal timing to add NOB source and prevent N₂O from being generated from an NO₃^- reduction.