21 Pilot MACSURSciPol UK Core Group Representative
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University Belfast
Department Name: Sch of Biological Sciences
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Nigel Scollan (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
McGuire, R
(2023)
Agrifood and net zero
in Trends in Plant Science
R McGuire
(2022)
Potential Co-benefits and trade-offs between improved soil management, climate change mitigation and agri-food productivity
in Food and Energy Security
| Description | Workshop held at the Royal Society November 2022 has contributed to a Policy brief supporting DEFRA policy |
| First Year Of Impact | 2023 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | 4Contributions to COP 26 |
| 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 | The UK Team have lead the MACSUR SciPol consortium into two contributions to COP 26. Policy priorities have also developed in the interim period in the context of discussions at COP26 through both UKRI BBSRC and the Association of Applied Biologists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/news-and-events/responding-to-climate-change/our-global-contribution/modelling-... |
| Description | MACSUR SciPol Kick Off Event: 22.06.21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | 20 academics and government attended discussions around agriculture, food and climate change |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MACSUR SciPol Mid-term Workshop: 25.01.22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Discussions of agriculture, food and climate change |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Participation in Workshop Sustainable Intensification and Regenerative Agriculture |
| 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 | BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) is one of the nine organisations that makes up UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), and is the UK funding body for the MACSUR SciPol project. Food & Farming Futures Ltd is a UK charity, which focuses in thought leadership & knowledge exchange for UK Agri food. MACSUR SciPol is a pilot exercise initiated by the Joint Programming Initiative for Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI) to bring science and policy actors together for the strategic design of responses to climate change adaptation and mitigation challenges in the Agri-food sector in Europe. Following the success of the 'UK Agri-food: Road to NetZero' workshop held on 30/09/21, the UK MACSUR team will once again bring together our agri-food sector for a physical workshop held on Tuesday October 8th (2022) at the Royal Society, to scrutinise the two primary approaches to sustain our agri-food sector and to achieve net zero: (1) sustainable intensification and (2) regenerative agriculture. The workshop began with deliveries from world-leading academics/scientists on the challenges of both sustainable intensification (SI) and regenerative agriculture (regen) in specific contexts. This was followed by a series of panel discussions scrutinising Defra's two principle Key Policy Questions for both approaches. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | UK Agri-food Workshop: The Road to NetZero: 30.09.21 |
| 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 | Academic, industry and goverment discussions on journey to net zero in agricultre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |