Cambridge-India Network for Translational Research in Nitrogen
Lead Research Organisation:
National Institute of Agricultural Botany
Department Name: Genetics and Breeding
Abstract
Optimising biological nitrogen (N) use is pivotal to maximizing crop yields and ameliorating the adverse environmental impacts of excess agricultural N application. New opportunity exists to provide solutions to cereal crop N use via the translation of basic research into application. The Cambridge-India Network for Translational Research in N (CINTRIN) will establish a complete but flexible pipeline connecting developmental research, crop breeding, agritechnology and extension. The framework of CINTRIN will be provided by the University of Cambridge, NIAB and ADAS, together with ICRISAT, Punjab Agricultural University, NIPGR and the technology companies KisanHub (SME) and BenchBio (SME). The framework partners are widely connected, opening many opportunitites to expand and extend the VJC in future.
CINTRIN will provide innovative approaches to tackle crop biological N use. Firstly, it will promote a new understanding of the underpinning science associated with optimization of crop N use, built on an exciting new discovery of distinct life history strategies for N use in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This work has identified N sensitive (NS) and N insensitive (NIS) types which vary fundamentally in their developmental response to N. This work indicates that the ability to protect seed yield under low N supply appears to come at the expense of the ability to exploit high N supply effectively. This model for developmental N use has the potential to revolutionise the way we think about the N requirements and uses of crops.
Within CINTRIN, a translational pipeline will couple the molecular basis of plant development to the physiology of N uptake and partitioning. Through advanced genomics and pre-breeding, new N ideotypes will be defined in crops important for the UK (wheat) and India (wheat, sorghum, pearl and foxtail millet). Field observations and data- driven methods of technology transfer will allow dissemination of the results and ultimately advice on cultivar-specific fertiliser N application to be offered directly to farmers. Secondly, the exchanges in personnel between India and the UK via CINTRIN will enhance the skills of the next generation of plant technologists and provide an exemplar for building capacity in fundamental plant sciences and translation into germplasm and agronomic outputs in both the UK and India. Thirdly, CINTRIN will build on the enterprise and spin-out capacity associated with existing Cambridge and India SME alliances, whereby knowledge can be harnessed by industry to develop wealth and employment in the agri-tech sector.
Overall, the vision for CINTRIN is that networks of applied expertise will feed-forward from advances in developmental biology, through to genomics-led pre-breeding of cereal crop staples with optimal biological N use. The JVC will assimilate feedback from CINTRIN translational and outreach activities which relate to sustainable intensification and yield resilience, particularly via farmer networks in the UK and India. In the UK this will be linked to the Defra Sustainable Intensification Platform (SIP; NIAB leads Project 1, investigating Integrated Farm Management for improved economic, environmental and social performance with a group of 30 partners spanning universities, research institutes, farming industry and environmental organisations).
CINTRIN will deliver a translational pipeline to produce new ideotypes for optimized N use in agriculture. It will provide training in developmental research, and new knowledge relevant to underpinning optimal biological N use for sustainable intensification. It will promote excellence in science in both the UK and India and provide innovation for application in commercial farming activities.
CINTRIN will provide innovative approaches to tackle crop biological N use. Firstly, it will promote a new understanding of the underpinning science associated with optimization of crop N use, built on an exciting new discovery of distinct life history strategies for N use in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This work has identified N sensitive (NS) and N insensitive (NIS) types which vary fundamentally in their developmental response to N. This work indicates that the ability to protect seed yield under low N supply appears to come at the expense of the ability to exploit high N supply effectively. This model for developmental N use has the potential to revolutionise the way we think about the N requirements and uses of crops.
Within CINTRIN, a translational pipeline will couple the molecular basis of plant development to the physiology of N uptake and partitioning. Through advanced genomics and pre-breeding, new N ideotypes will be defined in crops important for the UK (wheat) and India (wheat, sorghum, pearl and foxtail millet). Field observations and data- driven methods of technology transfer will allow dissemination of the results and ultimately advice on cultivar-specific fertiliser N application to be offered directly to farmers. Secondly, the exchanges in personnel between India and the UK via CINTRIN will enhance the skills of the next generation of plant technologists and provide an exemplar for building capacity in fundamental plant sciences and translation into germplasm and agronomic outputs in both the UK and India. Thirdly, CINTRIN will build on the enterprise and spin-out capacity associated with existing Cambridge and India SME alliances, whereby knowledge can be harnessed by industry to develop wealth and employment in the agri-tech sector.
Overall, the vision for CINTRIN is that networks of applied expertise will feed-forward from advances in developmental biology, through to genomics-led pre-breeding of cereal crop staples with optimal biological N use. The JVC will assimilate feedback from CINTRIN translational and outreach activities which relate to sustainable intensification and yield resilience, particularly via farmer networks in the UK and India. In the UK this will be linked to the Defra Sustainable Intensification Platform (SIP; NIAB leads Project 1, investigating Integrated Farm Management for improved economic, environmental and social performance with a group of 30 partners spanning universities, research institutes, farming industry and environmental organisations).
CINTRIN will deliver a translational pipeline to produce new ideotypes for optimized N use in agriculture. It will provide training in developmental research, and new knowledge relevant to underpinning optimal biological N use for sustainable intensification. It will promote excellence in science in both the UK and India and provide innovation for application in commercial farming activities.
Planned Impact
CINTRIN has the potential to deliver extensive scientific, economic and societal impact in the context of crop breeding and improvement in both the UK and India. The major beneficiaries will be:
(i) Scientists, who will benefit from increased basic knowledge of nitrogen in development, and from experience of collaborative working between key expertise in the UK and India, and with technology partners and non-specialists.
(ii) Farmers, who will benefit through advice concerning application of nitrogen targeted to the needs of specific varieties, as well as form a broader general appreciation of the complexity of crop nitrogen requirements. Additional impact will be realised via the development and dissemination of new technology platforms to support on-farm N application.
(iii) Crop breeders, who will benefit from new knowledge which will enable the selection of varieties adapted to the inevitable reduction in nitrogen use which will be demanded by future variety registration practices. For some crops (wheat, sorghum, pearl and foxtail millet) germplasm will be available before the end of the project. Project impact will rely on developing the wider network to include plant breeders in both India and the UK. The core partners have existing links which will be utilised to ensure material reaches commercial breeders.
(iv) Policy makers, particularly in India, who will benefit from sharing of knowledge that can be used to develop legislation limiting nitrogen use and the wider agronomic/production implications of this.
(v) Wider society, who will ultimately benefit through reduction in agro-chemical inputs and increased food security.
None of these impacts could be achieved without the establishment of the proposed partnership.
The potential impact will be widened via the project-specific interactive website. CINTRIN will also use the resources and reputation of NIAB Innovation Farm in the UK and ICRISAT and PAU in India to promote the project to industry, including an annual event. In addition, all partners will use their own well established social media outlets.
(i) Scientists, who will benefit from increased basic knowledge of nitrogen in development, and from experience of collaborative working between key expertise in the UK and India, and with technology partners and non-specialists.
(ii) Farmers, who will benefit through advice concerning application of nitrogen targeted to the needs of specific varieties, as well as form a broader general appreciation of the complexity of crop nitrogen requirements. Additional impact will be realised via the development and dissemination of new technology platforms to support on-farm N application.
(iii) Crop breeders, who will benefit from new knowledge which will enable the selection of varieties adapted to the inevitable reduction in nitrogen use which will be demanded by future variety registration practices. For some crops (wheat, sorghum, pearl and foxtail millet) germplasm will be available before the end of the project. Project impact will rely on developing the wider network to include plant breeders in both India and the UK. The core partners have existing links which will be utilised to ensure material reaches commercial breeders.
(iv) Policy makers, particularly in India, who will benefit from sharing of knowledge that can be used to develop legislation limiting nitrogen use and the wider agronomic/production implications of this.
(v) Wider society, who will ultimately benefit through reduction in agro-chemical inputs and increased food security.
None of these impacts could be achieved without the establishment of the proposed partnership.
The potential impact will be widened via the project-specific interactive website. CINTRIN will also use the resources and reputation of NIAB Innovation Farm in the UK and ICRISAT and PAU in India to promote the project to industry, including an annual event. In addition, all partners will use their own well established social media outlets.
Publications
Vijayalakshmi Pujarula
(2021)
Genetic Variation for Nitrogen Use Efficiency Traits in Global Diversity Panel and Parents of Mapping Populations in Pearl Millet
in Frontiers in Plant Science
Varinderpal-Singh
(2020)
Rescheduling fertilizer nitrogen topdressing timings for improving productivity and mitigating N 2 O emissions in timely and late sown irrigated wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)
in Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
Varinderpal-Singh
(2021)
Prediction of grain yield and nitrogen uptake by basmati rice through in-season proximal sensing with a canopy reflectance sensor
in Precision Agriculture
Varinderpal-Singh
(2022)
Site-Specific Fertilizer Nitrogen Management in Less and High N Responsive Basmati Rice Varieties Using Newly Developed PAU-Leaf Colour Chart
in Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
Swarbreck S
(2019)
A Roadmap for Lowering Crop Nitrogen Requirement.
Swarbreck S
(2017)
Shifting our thinking from high nitrogen use efficiency to low nitrogen optimum
in Landmark Bulletin: NIAB
Somegowda VK
(2021)
Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) for Traits Related to Fodder Quality and Biofuel in Sorghum: Progress and Prospects.
in Protein and peptide letters
Smith S
(2019)
Opening the dialogue: Research networks between high-and low-income countries further understanding of global agro-climatic challenges.
in Plants, People, Planet
Smith S
(2019)
Opening the dialogue: Research networks between high- and low-income countries further understanding of global agro-climatic challenges.
in Plants, people, planet
Title | Photograph of |
Description | Photograph of the farmers' friendly gadget 'PAU-Leaf Colour Chart' to decide need based N applications in all the major cereal crops including rice, basmati rice, maize and wheat, he added. The PAU-LCC helps to achieve 15 to 25 percent average saving of fertilizer nitrogen in cereal crops, from Punjab Agricultural University |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Impact | dissemination to a wider audience |
URL | http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/documents/bbsrc-newton-fund-partnerships-pdf/ |
Description | The project is complete and all deliverables have been finalised. Specifically: 1) New knowledge has been generated on optimal N use in key cereal crops for India and the UK: wheat, pearl & foxtail millet. 2) Exchanges and placements between UK-India members enabled the co-design of methods used and contributed to the training of young researchers and enhanced research capacity via multiple PI exchanges from partner institutions. 3) Exchanges and engagement activities have also enabled the identification of future collaboration research areas, including the recently funded TIGR2ESS project led by Cambridge University, a new collaboration (funded as an International Partnering Award to NIAB with two research institutes in Pakistan (CECOS University and Peshawar Agricultural University) as well as identifying new collaborative opportunities with members of the other Indo-UK Virtual Joint Centres on agricultural Nitrogen use. We have also recently secured BBSRC-NERC GCRF Translation funding to continue work to quantify environmental benefits of reduced N fertiliser in the Punjab. This builds on CINTRIN's agricultural extension programme promoting reduced crop N application an "adopted" villages (Bassian Village) in the Punjab, India. The success of this initiative was driven by careful calibration of farmer decision support tools to suit the crop varieties locally grown, and indicates the importance of the active involvement of farming communities for the successful dissemination of knowledge products. Key results to date: WP1 focused on determining the regulation of biological N use in model species to prime translation to key cereal crops. Optimal N supply strategy for seed yield was established in Arabidopsis and Brachypodium NS (Nitrogen sensitive) and NIS (Nitrogen insensitive) lines using N pulsing experiments. A high-throughput screen for the large-scale testing of N response in Brachypodium has been developed. A planned GWAS experiment has been modified to a biparental RIL screen to identify NS and NIS genotypes in Brachypodium, and the candidate genes for N response. Analysis of the data is underway. Surveys have been conducted in the UK and in India to ascertain N response variation in wheat, sorghum, pearl and foxtail millet germplasm to identify ideotypes with differential N use (NS/NIS) types and associated genetic markers for use in initiation of pre-breeding. Additional work includes a collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to analyse fodder digestibility response under varied N-regimes in 60 accessions of sorghum. WP2 set to develop methodologies for high-throughput screening to evaluate genetic variation in N use and resource allocation in Brachypodium, wheat, pearl millet and sorghum. The results of these experiments have been used to inform field trials (WP4) and to identify high yield low N optimum (HYLO) ideotypes for pre-breeding. A screening method was developed to measure Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) responses in pots for wheat in the UK, with good correlation of results derived from field trial sites. Measurements were also conducted in optiplots field experiments to correlate data on yield and economic N optima. Physiological partitioning and allocation of N to grains in specific NIS and NS accessions was analysed in foxtail millet to determine different components of NUE and two publications are in preparation describing this work. WP3 is developing germplasm and genomic breeding tools for pre-breeding based on new understanding of variation in biological N use from model plants derived from WP1 and new physiological N knowledge derived from WP2. For wheat in the UK, the identification of germplasm and candidate genes to modify NUE, including by GM, has been carried out in a number of lines and populations and the results are currently being prepared for publication. WP4 focused on the field scale evaluation of optimal N allocation in novel germplasm and identification of high yield low optimum (HYLO) lines. Optiplot field trials for wheat have been successfully carried out in the UK and in India. A publication is currently in preparation describing optimum N requirement for contrasting crops WP5 is devoted to the development and delivery of resources for breeders and farmers. An affordable and easy to use tool, the Leaf Colour Chart (LCC), has been used to optimise agricultural N use. LCCs have developed for wheat, rice and maize and cotton varieties grown in the Punjab; successfully deployed initially in one village in Punjab leading to substantial savings in N fertiliser use with no penalties on yield. This has been extended to further 5 villages. A smart phone App (the PAU UREA Guide), available in Punjabi, Hindi and English, has been released to farmers in India, and can be downloaded free of charge from the Google Play Store and Apple Store. It provides Urea dosage recommendation for key crop varieties to save fertilser costs and reduce N pollution. WP6. CINTRIN was actively engaged in training, collaboration and in the development of a network of partners. The CINTRIN website (www.niab.com/cintrin) was launched to provide project information, updates and as a portal for sharing information with the wider community. Nineteen exchange visits between UK/Indian scientists were completed to build skills and extend collaborations. In addition, CINTRIN has been promoted via platforms globally helping to expand the network. |
Exploitation Route | The final results of the project are being prepared for publication and release to the community and we are further developing outputs that can be taken forward by the partnership and new members of the network. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Environment |
URL | http://www.niab.com/cintrin |
Description | There are two main areas in which CINTRIN has major non-academic impacts. In the short term, it is enabling the selection of new cereal crop varieties important for food security that are adapted to conditions of low nitrogen in soils. In addition, the programme has developed practical and accessible advice concerning the application of nitrogen, aiming at a reduction of inputs with a minimal impact on productivity. These objectives are very important in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SGD 1 and 2 (no poverty and zero hunger), and SDG 6, 12 and 13 (clean water, responsible production and climate action). Agriculture is responsible for about 20% of the emissions of greenhouse gases, and it is a sector which is in turn very influenced by the effect of climate change and by the degradation of ecosystems, in particular soil and freshwater. Nitrogen fertiliser in the form of urea is subsided in India and many other countries which leads to overuse of this input, polluting freshwater resources and contributing to climate change through emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. Therefor on the long-term CINTRIN is contributing to the development of a scientific evidence-base to support Indian government policies in the area of agricultural nitrogen and supporting India's global leadership in nitrogen management. CINTRIN has engaged with farmers and schools in Punjab, India, to test and disseminate farmer decision support tools to reduce the amount of N fertilisers used during production without penalties on yield. Farmers have taken up the technology, and helped to disseminate it further. Direct dissemination to farmers in India and in the UK has also taken place through events such as Kisan Melas (India) and Cereals (UK), as well as in open days and farm visits. An Urea Dosage digital App for smart phones has been developed and released by PAU in February 2019 targeting key crops for the region. It is available to farmers free of charge. The CINTRIN work is currently being extended in Pakistan, through a new collaboration between NIAB, Peshawar Agricultural University and CECOS University. This includes the development of digital decision support tools. |
First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education,Environment |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Description | Arabindra Mitra |
Geographic Reach | Asia |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/arabinda-mitra/ |
Description | Participation in Strategic Advisory Group Meeting for GCRF |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | Shaping the strategy for use of fundamental research to strengthen capacity for undertaking research relevant in a Development context for many international countries and within the UK |
URL | https://www.ukri.org/research/global-challenges-research-fund/strategic-advisory-group/ |
Description | Presentation to RBG Kew Trustees |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Advice on linking primary research and translational activities in the development sphere |
Description | Suresh Kumar |
Geographic Reach | Asia |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/suresh-kumar/ |
Description | BBSRC Impact Acceleration Account (RG96069)- Stephanie Swarbreck |
Amount | £11,525 (GBP) |
Funding ID | RG96069 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2018 |
End | 10/2018 |
Description | Cambridge-Africa Travel Grant |
Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Cambridge-Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2016 |
End | 10/2018 |
Description | GCRF Growing Capacity Call: TIGR2ESS |
Amount | £7,800,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/P027970/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | Global Challenges Research Fund |
Amount | £7,867,776 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/P027970/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 09/2021 |
Description | Joint BBSRC-NERC Research Translation Call Sustainable Enhancement of Agriculture and Aquaculture Production |
Amount | £294,075 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/T012412/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
End | 01/2022 |
Description | Philantropic donation from Bharti Foundation |
Amount | £600,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Bharti Foundation |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | India |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 03/2020 |
Description | Synbio Fund |
Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Synthetic Biology Strategic Research Initiative |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2016 |
End | 07/2017 |
Description | Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies |
Amount | £7,035,021 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/P027970/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 12/2022 |
Title | Clear pot screen for root analysis in wheat |
Description | Clear-pot screen developed to identify wheat varieties with reduced surface and increased deep root system for post-anthesis report; root angle. Screening using field-based shovelomics. |
Type Of Material | Biological samples |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The method can be used to augment field studies. It has been shared between CINTRIN partners and will be published. |
Title | Extended functionality of an existing Software |
Description | Extended functionality of an existing cloudbased, integrated software platform from KisanHub. This new service will be useful for UK and Indian farmers which allows them to make informed decisions about their day-to-day operations. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | This new service will have an impact on how UK and Indian farmers make informed decisions about their day-to-day operations. |
URL | https://www.kisanhub.com/ |
Title | New 15N uptake assay for determingin N allocation in sorghum |
Description | A new 15N uptake assay to determine N allocation in sorghum was developed during a collaboration between scientists from ICRISAT and Cambridge University, and is being optimised. |
Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The method has been shared with all CINTRIN partners. |
Description | Collaboration with UK-Brazil NUCLEUS Virtual Joint Centre |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Engagement with UK-Brazil VJC in agricultural nitrogen who have an analogous extension component. Supplied PI (Sacha Mooney) with CINTRIN Leaf Colour Charts developed and used for informing nitrogen use in the Punjab (India). These are now being tested in the field in Brazil as part of NUCLEUS |
Collaborator Contribution | Partner suggested sharing the technology and transferred it to relevant partners in Brazil for testing |
Impact | None yet, expected in 2018. Collaboration between plant breeders, soil scientists and extension specialists |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Meeting of all UK India Virtual Joint Centres in Delhi, September 2017 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Oral presentations of all workpackages, full participation in discussions, chairing sessions etc |
Collaborator Contribution | Oral presentations of all workpackages, full participation in discussions |
Impact | A summary paper was prepared by the organisers. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | collaboration between UK and India instituitions focusing on tackling global food shortages with research into increasing crop yields and improving disease and drought resistance |
Organisation | Ministry of Science and Technology India |
Department | Department of Biotechnology, India |
Country | India |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | India's Department of Biotechnology and a consortium of British research institutions, led by the University of Cambridge, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Ministry of Earth Sciences in New Delhi for the establishment of a joint UK-India crop science programme. The aim of the agreement is to enhance collaborative research, promote knowledge exchange, and support capacity building to develop resilience in food security. The agreement was signed on behalf of the University of Cambridge by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Leszek Borysiewicz, Professor Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan of India's Ministry of Science and Technology, and Director of the Research Councils UK India Dr Nafees Meah, on behalf of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). It was also signed by representatives from NIAB (Alison Bentley) in Cambridge; the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia, in Norwich and Rothamsted Research. |
Collaborator Contribution | The agreement was signed on behalf of the University of Cambridge by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Leszek Borysiewicz, Professor Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan of India's Ministry of Science and Technology, and Director of the Research Councils UK India Dr Nafees Meah, on behalf of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). It was also signed by representatives from NIAB (Alison Bentley) in Cambridge; the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia, in Norwich and Rothamsted Research. |
Impact | An output of this collaboration has been further funding modelling on maize canopy development. The Bharti Foundation grant will support a three-year research programme carried out between Cambridge's Department of Plant Sciences, NIAB and Punjab Agricultural University and FieldFresh Foods. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Title | Extended functionality of an existing cloudbased, integrated software platform from KisanHub. |
Description | Extended functionality of an existing cloudbased, integrated software platform from KisanHub. The software will be available for CINTRIN partners by the end of the project |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Impact | This new service will be useful for UK and Indian farmers which allows them to make informed decisions about their day-to-day operations. |
URL | https://www.kisanhub.com/ |
Title | LCC App |
Description | A smart phone App for deciding fertilizer urea top dressings in major field crops developed under CINTRIN was launched by the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Feb 2019. The PAU Urea Guide App is available in Punjabi, Hindi as well as English language and can be downloaded free of cost from Google Play Store or Apple App Store. The App can be used for all the major field crops of Punjab including wheat, rice, basmati rice, maize and cotton. The farmers can know fertilizer urea requirement of the crop by feeding leaf colour data recorded with the PAU-Leaf Colour Chart or NDVI data recorded with GreenSeeker crop sensor. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | The fertilizer urea applications using PAU Urea Guide App will help farmers to achieve potential yields with minimum use of fertilizer urea and thus higher economic benefits. The reduced consumption of urea will also mitigate ground water and air pollution. |
Description | 1-day NIAB Directors day at Cambridge site. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster display and discussion with researchers involved in the project on use of genetic transformation to study genes involved in nitrogen uptake, mobilisation and storage as grain proteins in wheat (n-circle) and in plant architecture/grain traits (cintrin) and how this could lead to greater gain with less input. There were also traditional field plot demonstrations on the effect of different application rates of nitrogen on a range of wheat germplasm (non-GM). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | 1-day NIAB Open day at Cambridge site |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster display and discussion with researchers involved in the project on use of genetic transformation to study genes involved in nitrogen uptake, mobilisation and storage as grain proteins in wheat (n-circle) and in plant architecture/grain traits (cintrin) and how this could lead to greater gain with less input. There were also traditional field plot demonstrations on the effect of different application rates of nitrogen on a range of wheat germplasm (non-GM). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | 7th International Nitrogen Initiative Conference 2016 (http://www.ini2016.com/) at MCG, Melbourne, Australia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Participation at this conference led to a debate about the topic and establishment of links for future collaborations. Manoj Prasad attended 7th International Nitrogen Initiative Conference 2016 (http://www.ini2016.com/) at MCG, Melbourne, Australia to present and focus on the rationale and major objectives of our work (http://www.ini2016.com/2176) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.ini2016.com/2176 |
Description | ABTS talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited talk at Australian Barley Technical Symposium (Perth, Australia) "Genetic and physiological determinants of nitrogen response: lessons from wheat" including discussion with multiple stakeholders (research and industry) on collaboration in the area of crop nitrogen demand. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Association of French Breeders workshop |
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 | NIAB hosted Association of French Breeders workshop on wheat pre-breeding including talks, glasshouse and field demonstrations at NIAB Sophi Taylor (6/7/17). Increased international coordination on pre-breeding and shared examples of best practice and impact. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Attendance at GCRF Stategic Advisory Group meeting |
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 | Serving on GCRF SAG is a recognition of our contribution in the sphere of global Food Security as well as the possible contribution to shaping policy and developing future funding activities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
Description | BBSRC-DFID led meeting | UK-CGIAR crop research collaboration for impact through delivery of SDG2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | a BBSRC-DfID jointly organised one day meeting, for Directors and senior leaders of key UK research institutions and CGIAR centres in the area of crop research.nThe purpose of the meeting is to identify innovative ways of collaboration between UK and CGIAR research centres, that will maximise the impact of UK ODA funding in crop research and will lead to improvement of agricultural productivity, food nutrition and security and will facilitate delivery against the Sustainable Development Goal 2. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | BMGF Grand Challenges workshop |
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 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "Grand Challenges" meeting, Berlin, Germany flipchart "Tools & technologies to accelerate cereal crop genetic gain" 15/10/18 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | BNI International Symposium (Japan) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Santosh Deshpande represented CINTRIN in BNI consortium workshop in Japan (Sep, 2016) where challenges to improve NUE from agricultural systems were discussed |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/symposium/2016/e20160914 |
Description | Big Biology Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Royal Society of Biology 'Big Biology Day' on 15th October,. Stephanie Smith from the Sainsbury Lab (SLCU, Cambridge) had the chance to talk to some of the approximately 4000 attendees about the research conducted at SLCU and plant biology as a whole. The outreach was aimed at the public at varying levels, from young children to A-level students to adults. Stephanie helped to man the plant science stand, which focused on plant morphology, particularly highlighting trichomes and stomata, but also generally discussing my research and plant biology with the public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/big-biology-day-hills-road |
Description | CIMMYT wheat breeding visit to NIAB |
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 | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | CIMMYT wheat breeding visit to NIAB: Alexey Morgounov and Tom Payne (16/6/17) including meeting and field visit to inspect breeding material in the field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | CINTRIN Open morning |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | 11/6/18: CINTRIN Opti-Plot Open Morning at CINTRIN trial: including representatives from UK breeding |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | CINTRIN exchange visit |
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 | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Hosted 2 week exchange visit from Dr Varinderpal Singh (Punjab Agricultural University) to discuss further development of nitrogen decision support tools in cropping systems, leading to development of publications and future funding proposal. Also connected VPS with Tariq Zaman who is working towards similar aims in Pakistani crop production so ideas were shared between NIAB and visiting colleagues. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | CSIRO talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 30/06/2018 Invited talk "Progress in wheat pre-breeding and trait genetics at NIAB" at CSIRO, Canberra, Australia |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | CambPlants Industrial talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited interactive University of Cambridge, CambPlants Industrial Talk "CINTRIN: a truly translational centre" (19/10/17) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.cambplants.group.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/cambplants-industrial-talk-cintrin-a-t... |
Description | Cambridge Zero Research Symposium: Wednesday 17th February, 15.00 - 17.15: Resources & Production Prof Howard Griffiths, "Costing water into agricultural production and distribution" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation and debate on key environmental and sustainability issues |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.zero.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-zero-research-symposia-2021 |
Description | Cereals 2017 event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Participation in NIAB display at Cereals Event, Lincolnshire showing developed germplasm (in field plots) and posters describing key aims. Direct interaction with farmers and industry stakeholders including discussions of the impacts of research on UK and international agriculture |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk/ |
Description | Cereals Event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 13/6/19 Cereals Event, Cambridgeshire for farmers and agricultural industry stakeholders |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Climate Change Festival Debate Panel member |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Part of the Cambridge Zero Climate Change Festival, this panel discussion explored the impact that our food systems have on the environment, and the changes we could make to ensure they are resilient and sustainable at national and global levels. Climate change is already affecting global food supplies and yields are falling. COVID-19 has shown us that we need new food systems which can withstand external shocks. The Panel discussed how we can create the conditions for resilient and sustainable systems both nationally and internationally, taking into consideration the needs of the different actors and countries that make up the food supply chain. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/events/fixing-food-systems-resilience-and-sustainability-reality |
Description | CropTec Show 2016 (England) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Croptech is a technical event for arable and mixed farmers. Susie Roques from ADAS presented the effects of yield on N requirement. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.croptecshow.com/ |
Description | DBT/NIPGR visit to NIAB |
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 | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Hosted a DBT/NIPGR delegation (2/4/19) to present on current UK-India projects and to present results from the CINTRIN project demonstrating translational research from fundamental to applied outcomes. Further discussion of TIGR2ESS project objectives and how these take a similar approach. Foundation discussions to the development of joint UK-India training fellowships for early career researchers in crop science. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Discussion with Tariq Zaman (CECOS University, Pakistan) and Dost Muhammad (Peshwar Agricultural University, Pakistan) |
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 | Presentation of CINTRIN research and farmer engagement activities, and discussion on their relevance to the situation in Pakistan, where farmers face similar challenges to production as the ones experienced by their Indian counterparts. As a result of this discussion, Dr Zaman and Dr Muhammad have been introduced to Dr Varinderpal (CINTRIN, Punjab Agricultural University, India) to formulate a project to calibrate the Leaf Colour Charts (LCCs) for their use in Pakistan. Work commended in Nov 2018 in Peshwar with the winter wheat cropping system. Two Master level students from Peshawar Agricultural University are engaged in field work. CECOS University have started work developing ICT versions of the LCC. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Eat the Right Thing: Are plant-based diets best for us and our planet? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This lively webinar about what sort of diet is best for us and our planet, featured lots of interaction between our six expert panellists and a highly engaged audience of just over 200 people keen to know more. Audience questions ranged from, 'Should people on a plant-based diet take supplements?' to 'Is it better to eat locally sourced animals or overseas plants?' Thanks to the energy and enthusiasm of our panel almost all questions were answered, either on-screen in the webinar's Q&A function, or verbally, as our Chair fielded questions and bowled them out to the appropriate panellists, who covered topics from genetics to crop-rotation in their answers. Over 60% of respondents to our audience survey said that they had either researched one of the topics discussed, following the event, or had made changes to their diet as a result of attending. One audience member summed up the event's effect as follows: 'I'm slowly going plant basedwatching the event literally was a GAMECHANGER for me.' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/events/eat-right-thing-are-plant-based-diets-best-us-and-our-planet |
Description | Eric Danquah visit to NIAB |
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 | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Visit to NIAB of Eric Danquah, Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement to discuss partnership opportunities (2/5/18) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Essex lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited guest lecture "Wheat breeding and genetics" University of Essex 2nd Year Undergraduate Plant Sciences (22/01/2019) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Female Leaders in Crop and Agricultural Sciences from India |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 23 Experts in plant and crop sciences from India and Cambridge exchanged skills and ideas during a five-day programme that included seminars, workshops and visits to laboratories. The programme was facilitated by RCUK and helped to consolidate an agreement between Prime Ministers of the UK and India (Nov 2016) in the form of a collaborative Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on crop science research between the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) India and the University of Cambridge with NIAB, JIC, Rothamsted Research, UEA and BBSRC. The workshop offered training in leadership and establishing authority, improving professional networks, building negotiation skills, and priority setting for effective time management. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/documents/bbsrc-newton-fund-partnerships-pdf/ |
Description | Flash presentation and poster at MonoGram Cereals community meeting (Bristol) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Flash presentation and poster describing project progress and impacts to date (4/4/18) entitled "Cambridge-India Network for Translational Research in Nitrogen" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.niab.com/cintrin |
Description | Food for thought- presentation by Matthew Millner |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The discussion encouraged 6th form students to reflect where the food they consume comes from, and the implications of food production. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | GFS working group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Co-chair of a Working Group (convened by UKRI Global Food Security) of crop breeders and climate modellers with a purpose to improve communication and information sharing between groups and to establish the current and potential capability for future work. Over two interactive workshops a report is being developed to address opportunities in research, practice, data and policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/activity/working-group-of-crop-breeders-and-climate-modellers/ |
Description | GRDC visit |
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 | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Visit & talk for GRDC Australia visitors to NIAB: Craig Ruchs (Senior Regional Manager) and Stephen Loss (Manager Nutrition and Soils) "A trait-based understanding of wheat nitrogen response" 04/10/2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | GRDC visit to NIAB |
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 | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Visit of GRDC to NIAB: Ron Osmond (Head of Business Development) and Steve Thomas (Deputy CEO and General Manager) on Business Development opportunities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Genetics & Breeding research overview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Meeting with Kristian Bennetsen & Griff Williams - to provide an overview of NIAB Genetics & Breeding research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Host eminent Crop Scientist from india |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invite M S S Swaminathan- one of the fathers of the green revolution in India, to present a formal open seminar to members of the TIGR2ESSconsortium and Food Security Strategic research initiative |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | IARI, India lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | "Technology-driven plant breeding" invited lecture at Department of Physiology, Indian Agricultural Research institute, New Dehli, India to 50 faculty members/staff/students and Department of Biotechnology representative |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | ICRISAT 100 Voices |
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 | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Filming of ICRISAT 100 Voices video on "The Future of Genomics" covered in ICRISAT Happenings Newsletter (and published online) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.icrisat.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/14-September-Happenings.pdf |
Description | ICRISAT Happenings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Contribution to article: "India and UK researchers discuss approaches to improve agricultural nitrogen management" in ICRISAT Happenings Newsletter 14/09/2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.icrisat.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/14-September-Happenings.pdf |
Description | IWC 2019 talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Selected oral presentation at the 2019 International Wheat Conference in Saskatoon, Canada on "Genetic and physiological determinants of wheat nitrogen response". International audience of academics, industry representatives and students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | IWYP visit |
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 | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Hosting International Wheat Yield Partnership Programme Conference - visit to NIAB, including talks, glasshouse and field tour (80 international visitors) 12/6/19 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | International Conference on Statistics and Big Data Bioinformatics in Agriculture (CRISAT, Hyderabad, India) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Participation at this conference led to new conversations and establishment of links for future collaborations. Keith Gardner (NIAB) presented as an invited speaker representing CINTRIN at the "International Conference on Statistics and Big Data Bioinformatics in Agriculture" November 21-23, 2016 (organised by CINTRIN Co-I Ashibek Rathore). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://isas70.icrisat.ac.in/speakers/ |
Description | Invited lecture UEA - wheat |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited MSc lecture at University of East Anglia "Wheat projects at NIAB" including specific focus on wheat pe-breeding (Germplasm), cereal nitrogen response (CINTRIN) and development of pollination control bags (12/12/19) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited research seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar from Alison Bentley on "Developments in wheat genetics and breeding" at The University of Adelaide (Waite Campus) Australia on 18/1/17 followed by a networking event and laboratory tours and visits. This led to many future avenues to be pursued for collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Invited seminar (Cranfield University) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar at Cranfield University "Technology-driven plant breeding" followed by Q&A and networking event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited seminar (Indian Institute of Science) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited talk on "Developments in wheat genetics and breeding" at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (24/5/17) including a detailed Q&A and visits to a number of key departments to discuss future collaborative opportunities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited seminar (The University of Bristol, Biological Sciences) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar (3/4/17) followed by networking lunch at The University of Bristol to describe work with a view to sharing knowledge and establishing new collaborative partnerships |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited seminar (The University of Southampton DTP summer school) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar on "Developments in wheat genetics and breeding" at University of Southampton Food Security Doctoral Training Programme summer school (27/4/17) including 1 hour seminar, Q&A and attendance at networking dinner allowing extended discussions with Food Security PhD students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited seminar (University of Adelaide, Australia) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar at The University of Adelaide including Q&A session and networking event involving academics and industry |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited seminar (York) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar at The University of York, School of Biology - overview of genetics and breeding work at NIAB |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Invited seminar University of Leeds |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar University of Leeds "Diversity and trait discovery for wheat improvement" including full day of discussion about opportunities for wider collaboration. Leading to further exchange of information, access to field trials and collaborative experiments. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited seminar at a major international conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation gave a major overview of plant physiology and ecology in improving sustainable crop productivity |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.europlantbiology2018.org/ |
Description | Invited talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited talk on CINTRIN talk at N-Circle/CinAg meeting, Rothamsted Research (8/9/17) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited talk "Breeding technology for better crops" at the University of Cambridge Strategic Research Initiative in Synthetic Biology 'Café Synthetique' event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited talk and Q&A session alongside a science historian about innovations in plant breeding. Engagement with academics and the general public to increase knowledge and awareness (20/2/17) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited talk "The future of crop genetics and breeding" at NIAB-TAG Lincolnshire Winter Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Invited talk (1/2/17) to NIAB-TAG members at a workshop event covering future innovations. Full day meeting attendance, including presentation and networking with industry. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited talk (Hutchinsons Winter Technical Conference) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Invited keynote talk at Hutchinsons Winter Technical Conference talk "Breeding tools & traits for sustainable productivity" including Q&A session plus stand with demonstration plants and printed material. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.hlhltd.co.uk/winter-technical-farming-conference-2017-presentations.html |
Description | Invited talk - postdoc retreat |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 8/5/19: Invited talk at University of Cambridge/NIAB Post-doc retreat "NIAB Research & Development" to group of post-doctoral research scientists from University of Cambridge, Sainsbury Lab Cambridge and NIAB. Talk covering work at NIAB, including applied R&D, germplasm development and characterisation. Follow-up requests for fellowship hosting and collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited talk at John Innes Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited talk at JIC "21st Century Crop Science Women" (23/4/19) covering the integration and application of plant and crop science to a group of ~30 post-graduate scientists. Highlighting gender issues and the importance of institutional support structures, particularly for early career scientists. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Kisan Melas (Cereals Fair, PAU, Ludhiana, India) |
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 | CINTRIN Soil Scientists create awareness on Leaf Colour Chart (LCC) technology at Kisan Melas at Punjab Agricultural University in India CINTRIN scientists under the leadership Dr Tina Barsby, NIAB and Dr Parveen Chhuneja, Director, School of Agricultural Biotechnology (PAU) participated in a special campaign on the 'Use of PAU-Leaf Colour Chart (PAU-LCC)' organized by the Department of Soil Science, PAU during the Kisan Melas on September 22 and 23. Sh V. P. Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Chancellor of the University; Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, PAU along with senior researchers and officers visited the exhibition of the department.The campaign was held in view of the excessive consumption of fertilizer nitrogen (N) by the farmers in field crops. The department aims at strengthening LCC awareness training programmes with the help of CINTRIN project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.niab.com/pages/id/459/News_and_Activities |
Description | Meeting with Vetiver, Delhi |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting to review management and coordination between UK and India-based research and dissemination activities related to CINTRIN and TIGR2ESS. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Monogram 2016 Conference (Cambridge, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | A poster was presented at this conference which led to discussions and new contacts. The Monogram Network meeting got together for the small-grain cereal and grass research community. Academics, commercial scientists and plant breeders met to hear about the latest advances, exchange ideas and discuss collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.monogram.ac.uk/MgNW2016.php |
Description | NFU conference presentation "GM & beyond: enabling innovations for plant breeding" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Presentation as part of a formal panel at the NFU Annual Conference discussing the role of new breeding technologies for boosting agricultural productivity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | NIAB Director's Day 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Ademics, commercial scientists and plant breeders met to hear about the latest advances and exchange ideas |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | NIAB Open Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | 25/6/19 - field demonstration at NIAB Open Day including work on wheat nitrogen response (CINTRIN), use of large-scale trial data (DataHarvest) and development and selection of pre-breeding material (Germplasm) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.niab.com/shop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=2920 |
Description | NIAB Open Day 2016 (England) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | farmers and plant breeders visited NIAB Cambridge Park Farm to hear about the latest advances, exchange ideas and discuss collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | NIAB Open Day 2017 |
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 | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | NIAB Open Day (27/6/17) including formal presentation of a seminar on the future of plant breeding innovation plus Q&A, tours of breeding material in the field and poster displays. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Networking event for University of Cambridge PhD students and Postdocs interested in collaborating with the food industry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Participants had the opportunity to meet and hear from agri-tech and food industry representatives, and discuss possibilities for: - research collaborations - internships - future careers. **Confirmed** companies attending include: PepsiCo Nestle Britvic Koppert Buhler Hummingbird Technologies Maspex Map of Agriculture DowDupont ADAS AMT Fruit Bayer Crop Science Entomics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/events/foodfutures2 |
Description | Nuffield Bioethics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 18/6/18 Invited talk "Will new plant breeding technologies feed the world" at Nuffield Bioethics event on food sustainability, London |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | OUtreach engagement with school pupils and raising aspirations for university applications |
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 | Schools |
Results and Impact | Presentations at host university as well as visits to individual schools to raise awareness of educational opportunities and introduce framework for research support informing teaching and learning |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | Objects: wheat |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Participation in "Objects: Carriers of Knowledge (Wheat)" a multi-disciplinary conversation led by Gloknos and Cambridge Global Food Security. The project assembled a small groups representing the natural, physical, and social sciences as well as the humanities, to discuss wheat as it relate to global food security. Activities included a transdisciplinary discussion at the 2019 Cambridge Science Festival followed by a filmed session in the glasshouse at NIAB which will be released in 2020. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/keyprogs/objects |
Description | Oxford Brookes seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar at Oxford Brookes University "Bridging the gap - resources and applied research underpinning crop improvement" (28/11/19) including a full day of discussions on opportunities for collaboration. Including potential plans for value-added collaboration on grain imaging for micronutrients (MillNETi) and root system architecture (CINTRIN) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Participation in science discussions for national and international radio |
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 | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Regular particpant in panel discussions and also contributor to informed scientific debate about specific items (Podcasts) on food security and plant science issues |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
URL | https://www.thenakedscientists.com/ |
Description | Plenary lecture (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Plenary invited lecture on "Crop Genetics & Breeding" (25/5/17) at University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore, India as part of the Directorate of Post Graduate Studies "Post Graduate Science Week" 23-26th May 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation at 200th Anniversary of the National Herbarium of Trinidad, attended by President of Trinidad and Tobago and University of West Indies senior administrators and staff |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar to demonstrate the importance of collections such as Herbaria to support fundamental crop science and ecological research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation by Stephanie Swarbreck at for Monogram 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation title: 'Defining optimal nitrogen use in wheat under a range of nitrogen levels'. The Monogram Network consists of UK based researchers with an active interest in small grain cereal and grass (including the C4 energy grasses) research. Commercial scientists and plant breeders are active members and provide the link between Monogram science and commercial exploitation. Monogram includes both basic and more applied research and its members span disciplines including plant genetics, physiology, pathology, breeding, and bioinformatics. We also have extensive expertise in outreach activities and links with industry. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation of CINTRIN activities to Pankaj Sharma, Bayer Head of Food Chain, India |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | NIAB involvement in Bayer sustainability projects in collaboration with food chain partners was discussed. The goal would be to deploy simple technologies (such as the LCC) and "train-the-trainer" programmes to help farmers to optimize their resources. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation of CINTRIN at the Food Futures Part 2 by Stéphanie Swarbreck |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Networking event for University of Cambridge PhD students and Postdocs interested in collaborating with the food industry. Participants had the opportunity to meet and hear from agri-tech and food industry representatives, and discuss possibilities for: - research collaborations - internships - future careers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/events/foodfutures2 |
Description | Presentation of CINTRIN by Stéphanie Swarbreck at the 41th New Phytologist Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation at the 41st New Phytologist Symposium- Plant Sciences for the Future. Received a travel award to present CINTRIN. The 41st New Phytologist Symposium 'Plant sciences for the future' was set as an experimental interdisciplinary platform. Bringing together early career and leader scientists from different fields of plant sciences, it aimed to promote the development of transdisciplinary research projects to build a better understanding of the multiple aspects of the upcoming environmental challenges; and to produce robust solutions for society. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.newphytologist.org/symposia/41 |
Description | Press Release |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Press release of the CINTRIN project: Scientists to develop new cereal varieties that check greenhouse gases Dissemination of the project to a wider audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Scientists-to-develop-new-cereal-varieties-that-chec... |
Description | Press Release |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Press release of the CINTRIN project: India, UK to research on crops with nature friendly genes Dissemination of the project to a wider audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.theweek.in/news/india/india-uk-research-on-crops-with-nature-friendly-genes.html |
Description | Press release |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Press release of the CINTRIN project: ICRISAT and NIAB, UK join hands to develop cereals that use nitrogen efficiently for higher yields Dissemination of the project to a wider audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/icrisat-and-niab-uk-join-hands-to-devel... |
Description | Progress in IPR for Plant Science and Crop Research workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The field of Intellectual Property Rights is rapidly changing and continually evolving. This workshop aimed to deliver key updates on IPR for plant science and crop breeding directly to researchers in the field. It will also drew industry members who are working to apply research findings into their product development pipelines. The workshop coincided with the 2016 Monogram Network meeting (the central event of the UK small grains cereal community) to maximise participation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.cambplants.group.cam.ac.uk/our-impact/cambplants-progress-in-ipr-for-plant-science-and-cr... |
Description | Pulse community workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 10/6/18 Invited talk "The UK cereals community & NIAB wheat resources" to UK Pulse Community workshop |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | R workshop in New Dehli |
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 | Training workshop (5 days) on the use of R for statistics and data mining. Topics covered using R for basic biological data analysis (statistics, data visualisation, genomic analysis), practical applications in plant/crop science (genetic mapping) and downstream analysis (RNAseq, candidate gene analysis). Also delivered lecture from CINTRIN PDRA on approaches for understanding crop nitrogen response. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | RANK Prize meeting talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | "Separating the wheat from the chaff: diversity as a driver/destroyer of genetic gain" Invited talk at RANK Prize Fund mini-symposium on "The Shape of Wheat to Come", Windermere, UK (21/2/18) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Review meeting of Indo-UK Virtual Joint Centres (VJCs) on Agricultural Nitrogen |
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 | The main objectives of the workshop were to: • Review progress to date for the individual VJCs; identify gaps that need to be addressed in the final year of the project and to identify areas of synergies and potential collaboration among members of the network. Progress from each VJC is highlighted in Annex I. • Explore future opportunities to address major challenges in agricultural nitrogen. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.icrisat.org/india-and-uk-researchers-discuss-approaches-to-improve-agricultural-nitrogen... |
Description | School visit (Cambridge) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Visit to a primary school and talk to Year 4 school children on career opportunities in Plant Sciences plus a Q&A session |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Seminar on food security, Shanghai, China: Food security, nutrition and health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | "Food security occurs when all people are able to access enough safe and nutritious food to meet their requirements for a healthy life, in ways the planet can sustain into the future". Crop Science and Food security: there is a productivity, waste and distribution "trilemma" How should we link the technologies for crop production and distribution to environmental resilience and consumer health and nutrition? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Sensako visit |
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 | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Visit of Marizanne Horn from Sensako, South Africa to discuss pre-breeding collaborations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Stéphanie Swarbreck- Invited Seminar University of Warwick |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation of the work conducted as part of the CINTRIN project, put in context of additional work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Talk to visitors from the Argentian Trade Mission |
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 | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Talk on "Plant Science into Practice: the pre-breeding revolution" to an Argentinian Trade Mission on visit to NIAB (22/3/17) including information about the UK breeding system and methods of funding. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Two-day Cereals event in Duxford, Cambridge - Emma Wallingford |
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 | Cereals is the leading UK event for arable farmers, agronomists and arable industry professionals - it is big with 1000's of visitors - including some from Europe,NZ and Australia. Poster display and discussion with researchers involved in the project on use of genetic transformation to study genes involved in nitrogen uptake, mobilisation and storage as grain proteins in wheat (n-circle) and in plant architecture/grain traits (cintrin) and how this could lead to greater gain with less input. There were also traditional field plot demonstrations on the effect of different application rates of nitrogen on a range of wheat germplasm (non-GM). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | UK-India soft skills workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The NIAB Quantitative Methods in Plant Breeding (QMPB) course was held in the College of Agriculture at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU),India from Monday 29th to Friday 2nd September, 2016. The workshop was a joint initiative of the recently funded Indo-UK Centre for Improvement of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Wheat (INEW) and the Cambridge-India Network for Translational Research in Nitrogen (CINTRIN) projects both funded through the Newton Fund via the UKIndia Virtual Joint Centres (VJCs) for Agricultural Nitrogen by the Biological and Biotechnological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in the UK and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in India. The course, with 26 participants, was a great success and was very enthusiastically supported by all of the participants, local organisers and PAU officials. All of the participants were engaged and keen to learn and very grateful for the opportunity to attend the course. There was also a lot of networking between attendees and no doubt many future collaborations will begin as a result. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.niab.com/uploads/files/PAU_QMPB_report_FINAL.pdf |
Description | UK-Pakistan visit |
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 | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Hosted visit to NIAB (24/6/19) from Dr Tariq Zaman (CECOS University) for 1 week to discuss collaboration in the area of decision support tools for crop nutrition and breeding, particularly ICT-based tools. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | UKSBS group visit to NIAB |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Participation and presentation to "Research Sector" visit to Cambridge arranged by Linda Holliday (Director of Capacity and Skills Development, Medical Research Council, Chair of cross-research sector forum on immigration), Graeme Ross (Head of Immigration at University of Cambridge) and Stephen Longson (Head of Immigration at UKSBS/RCUK). Objective to allow staff from across government departments to experience the global, collaborative nature of science and research taking place in the UK, highlighting some of the interdependencies between immigration policy, research funding, Research Organisations and key stakeholders. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | USAID 'International workshop on climate resilience cereals' at PAU (Nov 2016) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Rajeev Gupta gave a talk on CINTRIN in USAID 'International workshop on climate resilience cereals' at PAU (Nov 2016). The workshop provided an excellent platform to know the current research in cereals around the world designed to combat climate change and discuss the future prospects and strategies. The meeting also provided a platform to meet scientists from around the globe and opportunities to collaborate. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://agrilinks.org/events/international-workshop-develop-climate-resilient-cereals |
Description | UWA talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited talk at University of Western Australia "Wheat pre-breeding: germplasm into practice" (10/9/19) followed by tour of facilities and discussion about collaborative opportunities. Additional visit to Curtin University to discuss collaboration in wheat pathogen research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | VJC presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | CINTRIN project presentations made by Alison Bentley and Rajeev Gupta along with poster presentation from Stephanie Swarbreck at Joint Virtual Joint Centres in Nitrogen meeting (London, 4-15th December, 2019) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | VJC workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Attendance at joint Nitrogen VJC meeting @ICRISAT, Hyderabad. Presentation of CINTRIN outcomes (30/8/18) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Visit of HarvestPlus representative to NIAB |
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 | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Visit to NIAB of Jenny Walton (HarvestPlus) to discuss collaborative plant breeding opportunities (1/2/18) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Visit of MS Swminathan |
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 at TIGR2ESS meeting and lecture of MS Swaminathan "Towards an Evergreen Revolution" 11/5/18 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Visit of Prof Ian Edwards (University of Western Australia) to NIAB |
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 | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Hosted visit of Prof Ian Edwards, University of Western Australia to NIAB to discuss collaborative NUE results and progress. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Visit of SRUC scientists to NIAB |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Visit to NIAB Jos Houdijk and JR Adams from SRUC (Edinburgh) with discussion of plant breeding & animal feeding opportunities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Visit of Wageningen University Plant Breeding students to NIAB |
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 | Visit of Wageningen Plant Breeding students to NIAB (11/7/17) - including talk (overview of NIAB research and Q&A), glasshouse and field tour |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Visit of working group from Government of Punjab (Pakistan) |
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 | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered to Government of Punjab (Pakistan) visitors (20) "Pre-breeding at NIAB" and glasshouse tour (7/12/17) including Q&A and discussion of collaborative opportunities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Visit to University of Lincoln to hold workshop on motivation and funding opportunities in the food security arena |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Response to an invitation by a Pro Vice Chancellor to discuss funding engagement, motivation and raising aspirations to develop external research opportunities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Visit to the India Department of Biotechnology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting to present CINTRIN outcomes, including the LCC, and explore possible strategies for deployment at national scale. Discussion on other farmer decision support tools and their dissemination as part of "Farm Zone", a collective open-source for smart agriculture data platform to use biological research and data to improve the lives of small and marginal farmers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Visit to the Syngenta Foundation, Basel, Switzerland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Presentation of CINTRIN activities, with a particular focus on further development and dissemination of farmer decision support tools. The primary objective was to determine areas of synergy with the Syngenta Foundation to develop future joint activities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Wheat Initiative NUE Workshop |
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 | This workshop focused on NUE in a broad sense, and will include all macro and micro nutrients, spanning crop genetics, physiology and agronomy in wheat and other crops whose research is potentially linked to wheat, e.g. rice, barley, other cereals. Global participation was particularly important, and we welcomed all participants, especially those from developing countries to attend.. Key points • The aim is to formulate the outline for a future International NUE initiative aimed at funding collaborative projects • Brainstorming and prioritising ideas on NUE (build on output from Obregon EWG meeting) (See links on http://www.wheatinitiative.org/activities/expert-working-groups/nutrient-use-efficiency-wheat for minutes and presentations) • Identifying synergies, gaps and opportunities which an initiative could address • Aligning activities and research where possible • Understanding the user community by engaging with industry (not just breeders) • Involvement of funding agencies • Map current investment in participating countries on NUE topics • Looking for added value of consortia This was a one and a half days of meeting, and on the final afternoon there was an opportunity to visit Classical Experiments, the Phenotyping Platform and laboratories at Rothamsted Research. The format of the workshop comprised of some topic introduction papers followed by round-table discussions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.wheatinitiative.org/activities/expert-working-groups/nutrient-use-efficiency-wheat |
Description | meet with representatives of eminent society or government ministry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Meet CSaP visiting Policy Fellow from Royal Society and BEIS and discuss food security issues in relation to global food security and engagement with the public |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
Description | visit to Cereals 2016 (England, UK) |
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 | On June 15th, a group from CINTRIN (including collaborators from PAU and ICRISAT) attended Cereals 2016, the arable industry's leading technical event. With over 25,000 farmers, agronomists and industry professionals present, the hundreds of stands covered everything from the latest crop breeding research and fertiliser production to developments in harvest technology. In addition to the exciting demonstrations, a large part of the day was given over to talking to the stand-holders about their work. As most in our group were researchers, the chance to discuss the needs and aims of the industry with the professionals was eye-opening. As one member of the group put it, "knowledge exchange rather than knowledge transfer is key". Making connections with other researchers was also valuable, and the Agri-tech East Young Innovator's Forum in the afternoon allowed us to engage with early-career scientists from the John Innes Centre, Rothamsted Research and IBERS. The enthusiasm of the researchers and industry professionals in their work was clear throughout the day. Our group came away with a better understanding of UK agriculture and the importance of collaboration to meet its needs. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the trip, with many inspired to make use of their new contacts and appreciative of the need to work in partnership with the agricultural industry. As Dr Parveen Chhuneja from CINTRIN summarised, "Interaction, interaction and interaction". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/impact/news/CerealsNews |