Linking UK rice research with translational science for farmers' fields
Lead Research Organisation:
Rothamsted Research
Department Name: Plant Sciences
Abstract
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Sigrid Heuer (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | The main objective of this 1.5-day workshop "Linking UK rice research with translational science for farmers' fields" was to establish contacts between the UK Rice Research Community and international institutions working on rice. For this, six international speakers were invited representing IRRI (Philippines & India), AfricaRice/JIRCAS (Ivory Coast & Japan), CIAT (Colombia) and BRRI (Bangladesh). In addition to these, there were long and short presentations from a total of eight UK speakers, including two post doctoral fellows. There were more than 80 participants on both days, including PhD students. |
| Exploitation Route | The established contacts with the international centres will enable joined research proposals in the future. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education |
| URL | https://ukrrc.org/ |
| Description | Chair of session on "Climate Resilient Crops" within the virtual workshop "UK-India Agri innovation: Future proofing and climate smart partnerships". Dec 02 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This virtual event "UK-India Agri innovation: Future proofing and climate smart partnerships" was organized by Sarah Fallon (Regional Director, Science and Innovation, British High Commission New Delhi) and co-workers. The event started off with a panel discussion on day 1, including Dr. Renu Swarup (Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India), Dr. Robert Bradburne (Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor UK DEFRA), and Tom Child (Deputy Director, Global Research and Innovation UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). I was invited to organize and chair a session on day 2: "Climate Resilient Crops". There were six speakers in the session, four from Rothamsted Research including myself and two from John Innes Center, followed by online discussions with participants. During the online discussion, new contacts were established and discussions on a possible collaboration are ongoing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | PDRA presentation at Nottingham University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The PDRA (Jiemeng Xu) hired in the project gave a presentation to the group of Eric Murchie (Nottingham University), who is a collaborator in a parallel project. Title: Physiological Mechanisms Associated with Yield Loss under High Night Temperature in Rice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation of PDRA at Guangxi University, China. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The PDRA Jiemeng Xu gave a online presentation at the Young Scholar Forum organized by the Guangxi University in China. Title: "Crop physiology under high temperature". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | UKRRC meeting Cambridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We have held another UK Rice Research Consortium meeting which was attended by most UK institutions with active research on rice. In addition, we invited speakers from France, Italy, Germany and Portugal to represent the European rice research community. The meeting was jointly organized by NIAB and the University of Cambridge and took place at the St. John's college in Cambridge. There were about 45 participants, including graduate students from Cambridge. We had an "idea's bazaar" which led a number of putative future collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |