Sustainable intensification of temperate and tropical livestock production
Lead Research Organisation:
Rothamsted Research
Department Name: Sustainable Agriculture Sciences-NW
Abstract
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Organisations
- Rothamsted Research (Lead Research Organisation)
- Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University (Collaboration)
- SSLLP Malawi (Collaboration)
- Send-A-Cow (Collaboration)
- INIA Uruguay (Collaboration)
- University of Cape Coast (Collaboration)
- CGIAR (Collaboration)
- British Society of Animal Science (Collaboration)
- Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (Project Partner)
Publications
Chirinda N
(2019)
Adequate vegetative cover decreases nitrous oxide emissions from cattle urine deposited in grazed pastures under rainy season conditions.
in Scientific reports
| Description | As developing economies strive to increase livestock productivity both nationally and at individual producer level there is incentive for better characterisation of the current management techniques and appropriateness of potential interventions. This project successfully captured and utilised existing datasets presented as system baselines for both extensive and intensive smallholder livestock production in Tanzania within the CLEANED project conceptual framework for rapid assessment of system sustainability. This characterisation of current production highlighted inherent differences both in husbandry, herd management, resources, production and environmental outputs. Baselines were then modelled in the creation and operating of various stakeholder favoured development scenarios including improved livestock genetics, nutritional provision and herd health interventions. The process returned an iterative process of model framework improvement, with this and the modelled scenarios allowing evaluation of the output accurateness. This modelling of particular livestock based metrics was applied alongside holistic forage and milk analysis to offer an initial comparison of the current differences between the two systems and to better identify targets for interventions improving production sustainability. We have obtained: Reliable data about feed item quality is scarce in SSA • Livestock productivity is low in Tanzania, good opportunities to improve exist. Due to current low productivity, environmental co-benefits, e.g. GHGe intensity reduction, are likely to occur with intensification • Rapid and minimum-data ex-ante modelling exercises have the potential to inform decision making. • At the regional level, net cumulative N2O emissions from degraded pastures are higher than those from non-degraded pastures. • Pasture degradation, as reflected by low soil cover and pasture biomass, is an important factor regulating N2O emissions. • Low tech methods for soil health assessment in tropical soils were developed at CIAT in Colombia • Working with the NGO Send a Cow these methods were demonstrated to farmers using established peer farmer networks. • Data from these tests performed by farmers were then collated by Claire Horrocks at RRes and farmers received feedback on the implications for their farm and were encouraged to continue these tests in the future • This work was discussed at a workshop in Nairobi hosted by Send a Cow entitles • 'Workshop on most effective land use options for smallholder dairy farmers - lessons from Western Kenya' • The experience from the project will be written up for a journal as a short communication • Additional work on soil health and tropical forage quality and micronutrient composition for different grass varieties collected in Colombia will also support future decision making and tropical forage selection for East Africa. In the study by Chirinda et al. (2019) we quantified the magnitude of urine-based nitrous oxide (N2O) lost from soil under degraded (low vegetative cover) and non-degraded (adequate vegetative cover) pastures across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and estimated their urine-N emission factors. Experiments at seven sites in five countries showed that rainy season cumulative N 2 O emissions (3.31 versus 1.91 kg N2O-N ha-1 ) and emission factors (0.42 versus 0.18 %) were higher for low vegetative cover compared to adequate vegetative cover pastures. |
| Exploitation Route | To improve the CLEANED model for ex-ante environmental impact assessment of livestock systems in LMICs. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| URL | http://www.tropentag.de/2015/abstracts/links/Paul_Ba6Uz22u.php |
| Description | Improving the livelihoods of farmers in Tanzania though discussions and KT about on-farm interventions to improve animal nutrition, health and welfare. - The potential of the CLEANED assessment tool for representing intensification options relevant to the dairy production systems in Tanzania was confirmed. It did, however, become very clear that the results it produces in terms of environmental impacts should be complemented by profitability / cost-benefit estimates. The model has since been expanded with an economics module. - Resource mobilisation is on-going for the development of a robust database on feed item quality for the region. This is envisioned to be linked to a feed ration tool that can, in turn, inform the CLEANED scenario development. In the study by Chirinda et al. (2019) we quantified the magnitude of urine-based nitrous oxide (N2O) lost from soil under degraded (low vegetative cover) and non-degraded (adequate vegetative cover) pastures across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and estimated their urine-N emission factors. Experiments at seven sites in five countries showed that rainy season cumulative N 2 O emissions (3.31 versus 1.91 kg N2O-N ha-1 ) and emission factors (0.42 versus 0.18 %) were higher for low vegetative cover compared to adequate vegetative cover pastures. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic |
| Description | BBSRC GCRF IAA |
| Amount | £47,520 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2016 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | BBSRC NEWTON FUND POST DOCTORAL TWINNING AWARDS |
| Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | European Joint Programme |
| Amount | £621,903 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/X002993/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2022 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Landscapes without Livestock |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Agricultural and Horticulture Development Board |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2015 |
| End | 10/2015 |
| Description | Quantifying the Effect of Land Use on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in the Tamar Valley |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Westcountry Rivers Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | South Africa funded PhD studentship: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agricultural land with different buffer strips |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Pretoria |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | South Africa |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | BSAS |
| Organisation | British Society of Animal Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | Conference papers and report |
| Collaborator Contribution | Funding for travel scholarship |
| Impact | Conference papers |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Collaboration with Dr Kwame Frimpong to develop proposal for investigating the potential to introdude grazing livestock systems in Ghana |
| Organisation | University of Cape Coast |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Spent time developing a proposal which was submitted to the GCRF Networking Grants call. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Working with Cape Coast University in Ghana to develop grazing systems that may help tackle issues associated with conflict between nomadic pastoralists and arable farmers in West Africa |
| Impact | An application for a GCRF networking grant has been funded and will be implemented next year (2020) |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Send-a-Cow |
| Organisation | Send-A-Cow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Information about Soil Health Indicators that can be used by farmers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to large network of farmers in East and Southern Africa, and knowledge of problems facing smallholders in Africa. |
| Impact | Trials of soil health indicators with farmers in Kenya. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Soil Organic Carbon - devising a single proxy measure for the sustainability of pastoral systems |
| Organisation | CGIAR |
| Department | International Center for Tropical Agriculture |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Soils and forage are sampled in grasslands on the Farm Platforms in each country used for livestock production under 'Standard', 'Improved' and 'Poor' management and prepared for export to Rothamsted. A standard sampling protocol has been developed. All Farm Platforms are members of the Global Farm Platform network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Soils and forage are sampled on the North Wyke Farm Platform under 'Standard', 'Improved' and 'Poor' management and prepared for analysis. Analysis of soils and forage from all Farm Platforms are analysed at Rothamstd for: (1) SOC content (STOCK) (2) Quantitative Indicator of microbial diversity and abundance (PLFA) (3) Measure of good soil structure (water-stable aggregates; WSA) (4) Forage productivity (YIELD) (5) Forage quality (NUTRITION: protein and digestible fibre and associated fermentable and un-fermentable energy using NIRS/MIRS/SPAD) |
| Impact | Soils and forages have been sampled in each country and are currently being analysed. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Soil Organic Carbon - devising a single proxy measure for the sustainability of pastoral systems |
| Organisation | CGIAR |
| Department | International Center for Tropical Agriculture |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Soils and forage are sampled in grasslands on the Farm Platforms in each country used for livestock production under 'Standard', 'Improved' and 'Poor' management and prepared for export to Rothamsted. A standard sampling protocol has been developed. All Farm Platforms are members of the Global Farm Platform network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Soils and forage are sampled on the North Wyke Farm Platform under 'Standard', 'Improved' and 'Poor' management and prepared for analysis. Analysis of soils and forage from all Farm Platforms are analysed at Rothamstd for: (1) SOC content (STOCK) (2) Quantitative Indicator of microbial diversity and abundance (PLFA) (3) Measure of good soil structure (water-stable aggregates; WSA) (4) Forage productivity (YIELD) (5) Forage quality (NUTRITION: protein and digestible fibre and associated fermentable and un-fermentable energy using NIRS/MIRS/SPAD) |
| Impact | Soils and forages have been sampled in each country and are currently being analysed. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Soil Organic Carbon - devising a single proxy measure for the sustainability of pastoral systems |
| Organisation | INIA Uruguay |
| Country | Uruguay |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Soils and forage are sampled in grasslands on the Farm Platforms in each country used for livestock production under 'Standard', 'Improved' and 'Poor' management and prepared for export to Rothamsted. A standard sampling protocol has been developed. All Farm Platforms are members of the Global Farm Platform network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Soils and forage are sampled on the North Wyke Farm Platform under 'Standard', 'Improved' and 'Poor' management and prepared for analysis. Analysis of soils and forage from all Farm Platforms are analysed at Rothamstd for: (1) SOC content (STOCK) (2) Quantitative Indicator of microbial diversity and abundance (PLFA) (3) Measure of good soil structure (water-stable aggregates; WSA) (4) Forage productivity (YIELD) (5) Forage quality (NUTRITION: protein and digestible fibre and associated fermentable and un-fermentable energy using NIRS/MIRS/SPAD) |
| Impact | Soils and forages have been sampled in each country and are currently being analysed. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Soil Organic Carbon - devising a single proxy measure for the sustainability of pastoral systems |
| Organisation | Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Soils and forage are sampled in grasslands on the Farm Platforms in each country used for livestock production under 'Standard', 'Improved' and 'Poor' management and prepared for export to Rothamsted. A standard sampling protocol has been developed. All Farm Platforms are members of the Global Farm Platform network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Soils and forage are sampled on the North Wyke Farm Platform under 'Standard', 'Improved' and 'Poor' management and prepared for analysis. Analysis of soils and forage from all Farm Platforms are analysed at Rothamstd for: (1) SOC content (STOCK) (2) Quantitative Indicator of microbial diversity and abundance (PLFA) (3) Measure of good soil structure (water-stable aggregates; WSA) (4) Forage productivity (YIELD) (5) Forage quality (NUTRITION: protein and digestible fibre and associated fermentable and un-fermentable energy using NIRS/MIRS/SPAD) |
| Impact | Soils and forages have been sampled in each country and are currently being analysed. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Soil Organic Carbon - devising a single proxy measure for the sustainability of pastoral systems |
| Organisation | SSLLP Malawi |
| Country | Malawi |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Soils and forage are sampled in grasslands on the Farm Platforms in each country used for livestock production under 'Standard', 'Improved' and 'Poor' management and prepared for export to Rothamsted. A standard sampling protocol has been developed. All Farm Platforms are members of the Global Farm Platform network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Soils and forage are sampled on the North Wyke Farm Platform under 'Standard', 'Improved' and 'Poor' management and prepared for analysis. Analysis of soils and forage from all Farm Platforms are analysed at Rothamstd for: (1) SOC content (STOCK) (2) Quantitative Indicator of microbial diversity and abundance (PLFA) (3) Measure of good soil structure (water-stable aggregates; WSA) (4) Forage productivity (YIELD) (5) Forage quality (NUTRITION: protein and digestible fibre and associated fermentable and un-fermentable energy using NIRS/MIRS/SPAD) |
| Impact | Soils and forages have been sampled in each country and are currently being analysed. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | 1st UK to Africa exchange - Jamie McFadzean |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | PhD student visited CIAT-Africa in Nairobi for 2 months. Worked with CIAT colleagues on data collection and input to CLEANED tool. Visited farms and took feed basket and milk samples for analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture Newton Fund Award - Nutrient Use Efficiency and Sustainability Metrics for Ruminant Livestock Production Systems in Brazil and UK |
| 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 | This workshop developed strong links with fellow agricultural researchers at Embrapa Southeast Livestock, Sao Paolo, Brazil. It ultimately resulted in them joining the 'Global Farm Platform' Initiative and exchanges of PhD students are currently being planned. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | An invited seminar at Department of Environmental Systems, UC Merced, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Soil organic carbon: little things mean a lot |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://es.ucmerced.edu/seminars |
| Description | BBSRC International Partnering Award Workshop with INIA, Uruguay. 2-4th December 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | This was a workshop to share research ideas and develop collaborations between INIA and Rothamsted Research as part of the BBSRC Partnering Award between the two Institutes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BSAS Conference, UK 2016 |
| 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 | Presentation of paper: LEE M.R.F., EISLER M.C. 2016. Steps to sustainable livestock - The global farm platform. British Society of Animal Science. Pp 170. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | BSAS conference, UK 2016 |
| 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 | Presentation of paper: MACFADZEAN J., LEE M.R.F., DUNGAIT J. 2016. Developing tools to quantify sustainability of intensive and extensive ruminant farming systems in sub-Saharan east Africa. British Society of Animal Science. Pp 59. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Capacity building at North Wyke, UK 2016 |
| 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 | Capacity building activity at North Wyke, learning to use the Dailydaycent model, visit from 9-23 October 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Familialize with Global Farm Platform and present a seminar on forage evaluation on smallholder dairy farms in Kenya, presented at North Wyke, 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Familiarize with Global Farm Platform and presented a seminar on forage evaluation on smallholder dairy farms in Kenya, presented at North Wyke, 5th May -5th June, 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
| Description | Field visits with farmers (Tanzania) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Whilst conducting field research in Africa significant portions of time were spent advising local Tanzanian and Masai livestock producers on animal health, husbandry and applicable management techniques to improve animal productivity and affect their drive towards alleviating their poverty. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Final workshop of Partnering Award (2017) |
| 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 | Attendance to Final workshop in London 11-12th Dec, 2017 by Laura Cardenas, Michael Lee, Jamie McFadzean, Mabel Ifeoma-Onwuka, Ngony Chirinda, An Notenbaert, Rolf Sommer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Global Farm Platform Conference (2016) |
| 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 | Presentation of paper: MCFADZEAN J., KOGE J., BIRNHOLZ C., PAUL B. K., NOTENBAERT A., VAN DER GIEZEN M., LEE M.R.F., DUNGAIT J. 2016. Developing tools to quantify sustainability of intensive and extensive ruminant farming systems in Sub-Saharan East Africa. Steps to Sustainable Livestock International Conference, 12th - 15th January, Bristol, UK. Pp 50. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Global Farm Platform Conference (2016) |
| 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 | Presentation of paper: LEE M.R.F., DARWENT N. 2016. Grazing towards sustainability. Steps to Sustainable Livestock International Conference, 12th - 15th January, Bristol, UK. Pp 7. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited lecture: Biogeochemistry of the Rhizosphere, Univesity of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Gave lecture and ran exercise for post grads over 3 days |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.cec.lu.se/sites/cec.prodwebb.lu.se/files/announcement_of_rhizosphere_ph.d._course.pdf |
| Description | Invited speaker at Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit workshop, Cirencester, Glos. February 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk on methods for increasing SOC in arable soils. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.organicresearchcentre.com/manage/authincludes/article_uploads/FCCT%20Farming%20Profitably... |
| Description | Invited speaker at Sainsbury Farming Scholars Soil Science workshop, Imperial College, April 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presented research on grassland soils at Rothamsted Research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Soil Association 'Low Carbon Farming' event: 'Out and About Increasing Soil Carbon', March 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave overview on options for increasing soil organic matter in farmland using research evidence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK0dHqxTqGM&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | Invited talk at EAAP - European Federation of Animal Science Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give the key note address for the Livestock and Farming Commission of EAAP on 'Agricultural sustainability metrics based on land required for production of essential human nutrients' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited talk for FWAG SW - Benefits of Carbon: the current scientific evidence, Callington, Somerset. February 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Gave overview of current research on organic matter dynamics in agriculture |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.fwagsw.org.uk/archive/north-wyke1/ |
| Description | Invited visit by Regional Government of Chongching PR China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited by the Regional Government of Chongching PR China to discuss aspects of sustainable livestock production at a gathering of party members and Scientists at Rhongchang. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Maiza Zaidi Policy Forum which promotes inclusive investment in Tanzania's dairy sector (2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: Notenbaert, A.; Paul, B.; McFadzean, J.; Fraval, S.; Morris, J.; Herrero, M.; Lannerstad, M.. 2017. Maziwa Zaidi (More Milk) in Tanzania: Towards climate-smart dairy development. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), 1 p. http://hdl.handle.net/10568/81265, https://www.slideshare.net/ILRI/mz-poster-22may2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Progress meeting for RRes:CIAT-Kenya IPA at North Wyke 29th Nove - 1st Dec |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Colleagues from CIAT Africa visited Rothamsted Research North Wyke. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Project Ideas outline Document |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Claire horrocks lead the soil health working group at the Rothamsted-ICIPE meeting, the output from this was a document detailing ideas for small and larger projects which could form the basis of future grant applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Project meeting in Kenya, December 2017 |
| 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 | Project meeting for the CIAT-Rothamsted partnering award to discuss progress. During this visit, Jenni Dungait and Laura Cardenas also worked on 2 proposals: a GCRF, and a GCRF HUB, both with Africa, so discussions were held with the African members of the team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Reddit science a day in the life of blog and AMA session on Soil health in Tropical Countries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A blog describing the type of work carried out by Claire Horrocks when looking at soil health in tropical grasslands, and emphasising the importance of the work was published on the RREs website and a ink posted to Reddit Science, this formed the introduction to an AMA session held on 1st August 2016, with over 9700 people from over the world clicking on links related to the blog / AMA session and 6826 people up-voting the discussion on the site, leading to it trending on the front page of Reddit on the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4vm75y/science_ama_series_im_claire_horrocks_a_soil/ |
| Description | Richmond Scientific Society (London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk to members of the Richmond Scientific Society and general public on "Sustainable livestock production challenges and opportunities" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Rothamsted-ICIPE vist, Nairobi - Claire Horrocks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Claire Horrocks was invited to attend this workshop which was about Push-Pull Systems because the focus of her work is Brachiaria. She led a breakout group, and met with colleagues from the IPA to plan future activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Royal Society / BBC short film for Brian Cox School Experiment series 'Do plants need soils to grow?' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Open Access You Tube resource for Primary School teachers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Cx7ucjSyg&list=PLg7f-TkW11iWG41vtwzDfNyegH8GBg1XN&index=4 |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition (London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participated in the Rothamsted Research presentation and display over several days on "The real beef about meat" discussing sustainability of grazing systems and their benefits as well as challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Royal Society of Chemistry Invited Lecture Transformation and transport of organic compounds in agricultural soils. University of Plymouth, UK, January 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Overview of biogeochemical approaches to measuring and monitoring organic matter dynamics in agriculture. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Soil Organic Matter Conference (2017) |
| 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 | Soil Organic Matter conference held in Rothamsted, Harpenden between the 3-7 September 2017. Session P-2c.11: "Evidence of actual soil organic carbon sequestration in East Africa" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Soil Organic Matter Conference (2017) |
| 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 | Soil Organic Matter conference held in Rothamsted, Harpenden between the 3-7 September 2017. Flash presentation: Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Soil Organic Matter Conference (2017) |
| 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 | Soil Organic Matter conference held in Rothamsted, Harpenden between the 3-7 September 2017. Session chaired by Dr Rolf sommer from CIAT in Kenya: Session 2a - Soil self-organisation/Next generation SOM models. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | South West Doctoral Training Partnership (Bristol) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research to whole SWDTP cohort and management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Talk at CIAT Colombia Journal Club |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented a summary of work on Brachiaria and relevance to Push-Pull in Africa and described planned field work in Kenya. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Tropentag conference: Annual interdisciplinary conference on Research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development (2015) |
| 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 | Poster presentation of paper: B.K. Paul, C. Birnholz, J. Koge, S. Fraval, J. MacFadzean, A. Omore, A. Notenbaert (2015). Rapid ex-ante Environmental Impact Assessment of Livestock Intensification Strategies on Mixed Crop-Livestock and Agro-Pastoralist Farmers in Tanga Region, Tanzania. Poster at Tropentag conference. http://www.tropentag.de/2015/abstracts/posters/1130.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Tropical Agricultural Association (Exeter) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk to the Tropical Agricultural Association on "Sustainability of livestock production systems in africa" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| Description | UK:Africa IPA Inaugral workshop and field visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Four team members and a BBSRC SWDTP PhD student travelled to Arusha, Tanzania for the inaugural project meeting. Met with colleagues from CIAT-Africa and travelled to see potential field sites. Planned for future activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Workshop via Video Conference between Rothamsted and CIAT (2017) |
| 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 | 4/12/17-5/12/17: "the importance of soil health to smallholders and how to measure it" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | providing instructions on simple soil / plant health assessment for send a cow to deliver to perr farmer networks in Kenya |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | During a meeting and through subsequent email discussion with Send a Cow we developed a set of indicators and methodology for testing soil and plant health on Kenyan small holdings which were demonstrated to Sheila Taylor from Send a Cow, who then showed them to peer farmers in Western Kenya who will demonstrate them to faremr netwrks in Haom Bay and Kisumu Counties at least 100 farmers will be shown the techniques via this system |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |