S2N - Soil to Nutrition - Work package 2 (WP2) - Adaptive management systems for improved efficiency and nutritional quality
Lead Research Organisation:
Rothamsted Research
Department Name: Unlisted
Abstract
Sustainable intensification (SI) implies farms maintain or increase yields and quality while minimising inputs and the environmental footprint of agriculture whilst ensuring economic viability. The scientific underpinning of SI and related policy is evolving and therefore we need to provide support to farming using the most advanced evidence and knowledge. The principle innovative step in this work package (WP) is to develop new tools (metrics of sustainability) which accommodate the new knowledge taking into account the mechanistic constraints that underlie the trade-offs between productivity, efficiency and resilience of agricultural systems. The new metrics will be informed by indicators of soil health for enhanced efficiency of nutrient utilization (ENU) at the soil-plant-microbe interface and in collaboration with the ASSIST strategic programme on the function of non-crop biodiversity and soil abiotic stress. The work will focus on the means of achieving the mechanistic targets from WP1 by mapping those on to management targets that can be operationalised on-farm. The North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP), Rothamsted Long Term Experiments (LTE) and Large Scale Rotation Experiments (LSRE) provide the unique capability to link nutrient stocks and flows at the plant scale (studied in WP1) to detailed measures of stocks and flows at the farm scale (losses, yield and quality) that will be studied in this WP. This analysis will convert a set of indicators that relate current best knowledge on mechanistic target states (developed in WP1) to 'fit-for-purpose' SI metrics that can be routinely measured on farms that do not benefit from the exhaustive instrumentation of the NWFP. The indicators represent a hypothesised relationship linking mechanisms to management that will be validated and further developed into metrics using existing experimental farm platforms (NWFP and LTE), the new LSRE, and the commercial farm networks established within the ASSIST programme.
Organisations
- Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- ORT University Uruguay (Collaboration)
- Scotland's Rural College (Collaboration)
- Swansea University, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- INIA Uruguay (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Xinjiang Agricultural University (Collaboration)
- University of Cape Coast (Collaboration)
- Silage Soutions Ltd (Collaboration)
- University of Naples (Collaboration)
- AgResearch, New Zealand (Collaboration)
- Africa Rice Centre (Collaboration)
Publications
Bai Z
(2018)
China's livestock transition: Driving forces, impacts, and consequences.
in Science advances
Bai Z
(2018)
Global environmental costs of China's thirst for milk.
in Global change biology
Balmford A
(2018)
The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming
in Nature Sustainability
Blackwell, M.S.A.
(2018)
A review of key developments in grassland and environmental research from North Wyke Research Station
in Advances in Agronomy
Cardenas L
(2017)
Effect of soil saturation on denitrification in a grassland soil
in Biogeosciences Discussions
Cardenas LM
(2019)
Nitrogen use efficiency and nitrous oxide emissions from five UK fertilised grasslands.
in The Science of the total environment
Carswell A
(2018)
Assessing the benefits and wider costs of different N fertilisers for grassland agriculture
in Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
Carswell A
(2017)
Impact of microbial activity on the leaching of soluble N forms in soil
in Biology and Fertility of Soils
Carswell A
(2019)
Impact of transition from permanent pasture to new swards on the nitrogen use efficiency, nitrogen and carbon budgets of beef and sheep production
in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Castellano-Hinojosa A
(2019)
Improved isotopic model based on N tracing and Rayleigh-type isotope fractionation for simulating differential sources of N O emissions in a clay grassland soil.
in Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM
| Title | Press item: https://farming.co.uk/news/The-advent-of-green-cattle |
| Description | Press item: https://farming.co.uk/news/The-advent-of-green-cattle |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | National readership |
| Title | Press item: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37941196 |
| Description | Press item: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37941196 |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | National news item |
| Description | Results so far have shown that improved metrics of sustainability need to consider the long term and changeable nature of agricultural production. The balance between the nutrients used today, those conserved in the soil and those lost from the system, will determine the long-term performance of agricultural systems. Metrics that consider the nutritional value of products will allow a more accurate estimate of GHG emissions and an improved assessment of sustainability |
| Exploitation Route | The data produced from this work will be available for use in models, for LCA and other mechanistic models. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| Description | Impact Prof. Michael Lee took part in the BBC New Hour Extra debate on the topic: 'Should we eat meat' on the 8/1/2018? A Press release was launched (https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/advent-green-cattle) where a new method developed by a team from Rothamsted Research and the University of Bristol, shows how records of the environmental impact of each animal separately can be done before calculating the overall burden of a farm. Identifying "green" cattle within a herd - cattle that produce lower emissions per kilogram of liveweight gain - promises more sustainable farming. This approach produces more accurate estimates of GHG emissions compared to the usual total farm estimates approach. The Farming Today podcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09cvx6w (9/11/17) also demonstrated how to reduce livestock farming's carbon footprint by studying the emissions levels of individual animals. Also Prof. Tom Misselbrook was invited to participate in the Defra Clean Air Strategy consultation in London workshop, 18th June 2018. Dr. Taro Takahashi On BBC Farming Today (Nov 2017), with Professor Michael Lee & Graham McAuliffe (PhD student) discussed livestock emissions and their paper 'Distributions of emissions intensity for individual beef cattle reared on pasture-based production systems' by McAuliffe G.A., Takahashi T., Orr R.J., Harris P., Lee M.R.F. (2017) in Journal of Cleaner Production. The project team interacts with a group of farmers every 6 months to present findings and discuss coming up work. Below is a description of what we have found so far. Metrics of sustainability Existing data have been used to initiate the development and estimation of metrics of agricultural sustainability. Datasets from the Broadbalk and Park Grass Long Term Experiments (LTEs), the North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP) and INIA La Estanzuela LTE (Uruguay) provided the information required to make a theoretical advancement of these metrics. To date, the vast majority of similar indices are designed for single-season assessments and therefore fail to acknowledge the long-term and dynamic nature of agricultural production. We have rectified this by proposing an alternative method of farming system evaluation, whereby a nutrient freshly introduced into the system, e.g. through fertiliser application, was categorised into one of the three possible fates: (1) instantaneously used for today's production (e.g. nitrogen content in grains); (2) reserved within the system for tomorrow's production (e.g. organic nitrogen retained in soil); and (3) lost without being used for production (e.g. nitrous oxide emitted). Here, the long-term performance of each system is measured by the dynamic path of the ratio between these three values, with the "tomorrow" value converging to zero as a system approaches its steady state. The results so far showed that in the continuous wheat system for example the nutrient usage rate was significantly higher when the fertilisation rate was low and this was always accompanied by a severe and continuous loss of the soil nitrogen stock. We have also started developing indices that take into account the nutritional value of food produced by each farming system. For this purpose, we have constructed a novel framework to incorporate nutritional value of products into sustainability research, first with life cycle assessment (LCA) and then with nutrient cycling. Results showed that relative emissions intensities associated with different systems are dramatically altered when the nutrient content of food was considered reiterating the importance of sustainability assessment based on a whole supply chain (soil to nutrition) approach. Livestock systems. On the NWFP continuous monitoring of animal performance and environmental parameters have been used to estimate nutrient and water budgets that will link to sustainability metrics. Measurements are conducted on 3 different pasture systems (or farmlets). During the grazing period, we have measured animal performance, losses of N, C and P to water and losses of N2O, CH4 and CO2 to the air. Soil parameters are also measured on a less continuous basis. During the winter period, animal performance and losses of CH4 are also assessed in the animal house. The LCA of the cattle system was carried out maximising the use of measured parameters. We have also placed sensors on the cattle and recorded their location using GPS in 3 campaigns. Spatial variability of a range of physical, biological and chemical factors including Bulk Density, moisture, N, C, P, a series of micronutrients (20) and of greenhouse gases have been measured on a sheep grazed field showing large variability and some dependencies between parameters. Soil aggregate stability has been assessed but preliminary data shows that significant differences between farmlets are not found. Gaseous emissions of N2O, CH4 and CO2 are measured using a range of techniques, including dynamic chambers, Eddy Covariance towers, boreal laser and Greenfeed systems. These cover emissions during the grazing season as well as the housing period. The results showed that, depending on the metrics used, significant differences are observed. For example, if using gCH4/kgLW the High Sugar Grass farmlet gives higher emissions, whereas when using gCH4/animal/day, no differences are observed. In collaboration with Swansea University, GPS sensors have been developed to put on cattle to track the cattle movement. Other sensors are recording body temperature to assess the physiological stress of the animals. We are collecting and genotyping the DNA of all the cattle entering NWFP and collecting hair samples to also assess stress. Manual sampling of water during winter storms was also carried out on the 3 farmlets in 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 and analysis of NH4+, NO3-, PO4-3, SOC performed to fill gaps in nutrient budgets. A plot experiment was established in 2017, in which urine and dung were collected from the cattle on the 3 NWFP farmlets. These, inorganic fertiliser, as well as an artificial urine were applied to the respective farmlets and soils, emissions and nutrients in soil and herbage were measured for a period of 6 months. Urine samples were analysed for their chemistry in great detail, including the metabolomics of individual samples. The urine analysis showed that C/N was higher in White Clover mix and that steers had higher ratios than heifers. Other data are currently under analysis. Arable experiments; Two new experiments were established with the aim of becoming Long Term Experiments, the Large Scale Rotation Experiments (LSRE) at Harpenden and Brooms Barn. The LSRE will serve as a long-term resource for the integration of different environmental and crop science disciplines with large (24x24m) instrumented plots at two sites (Harpenden, Hertfordshire and Brooms Barn, Suffolk). The experiments were set up at Brooms Barn in autumn 2017 and at Harpenden in autumn 2018. Main treatments are three different rotations with increasing diversity of crops and ploughing vs. zero tillage. In addition, the main plots are split with only half receiving green compost. A suite of standard measurement protocols are made at each site to quantify baseline conditions and monitor the effect of the treatments: weed seedbank, soil chemistry, nutrient leaching, yield and nutrient content. In addition, all inputs and management operations are recorded. We also used an existing experiment evaluating the long-term effects of different organic amendments (farm yard manure, aerobic digest, compost, straw) on soils and grain yields of different cereals and rape seed. The experiment was established at Rothamsted in 2012 on the Fosters Field. Modelling The SPACSYS model is being used to estimate the gaps for nutrient budgets and quantify the balances of the macronutrients annually in different systems (arable and grass lands). Furthermore, more scenarios for field managemental practices will be set up and then the systems will be simulated for the budgets which would provide indicators/proxies for WP3 and metrics in this WP. An example output of model runs showed that the White Clover mix seems to sequester more C that the other two farmlets. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | Citation in UKRI Infrastructure Roadmap Initial analysis of infrastructure questionnaire responses and description of the landscape 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Description | Citation in the UKRI Infrastructure Roadmap Progress Report 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Description | Committee on Climate Change report - Land Use:Reducing Emissions and Preparing for Climate Change |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Description | Revised Guidelines for measuring Nitrous Oxide emissions from soils |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Revision of emission factors for the greenhouse gas inventory in the UK |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The UK is an Annex I country for the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions to the United Framework Convention for Climate change. As such, the UK is committed to reducing its emissions according to International Agreements (for ex. the Kyoto protocol). The development of new Emission Factors for agriculture has a impact not only on the accounting of national emissions, but also on the application of mitigation strategies from the understanding on where the emissions come from, also to show compliance with the international demands for reduction. |
| Description | 'Updating the Nitrous Oxide Chamber Methodology Guidelines - Development of good practice guidelines for the Global Research Alliance (GRA)' and 'Establishment of a Database and Inventory Refinement for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions associated with Manur |
| Amount | £21,100 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | BBSRC Research Experience Placement |
| Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 07/2019 |
| Description | CIEL - Forage Harvester and Rumen boluses |
| Amount | £495,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| Description | CIEL Capital grant (New forage harvester and service support) |
| Amount | £360,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| Description | CIEL capital grant (E-boluses to monitor rumen pH, body temperature and redox potential to monitor rumen and animal health |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Centre of Innovation Excellence in Livestock |
| Start | |
| Description | DEFRA Farm Advisory Network:Air Quality Advice Delivery |
| Amount | £7,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Defra SCF0107 - Delivering the Agricultural Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Inventories and Projections |
| Amount | £1,400,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | ERDF - Impact Lab:Developing Key performance Indicators (KPIs) of beef production systems |
| Amount | £37,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | European Regional Development Fund |
| Amount | £173,207 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | European Regional Development Fund |
| Amount | £1,500,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Impact Lab |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub |
| Amount | £20,000,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S016791/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2018 |
| End | 11/2023 |
| Description | GCRF-IAA |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 02/2017 |
| Description | Greenhouse Gas measurements using low cost Eddy Covariance systems |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Shell International Petroleum |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Industry Strategic Alliance with Alltech |
| Amount | € 380,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Alltech |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Global |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Interdisciplinary Research Hubs full call (invite only) - EPSRC |
| Amount | £20,000,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S016791/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2018 |
| End | 11/2023 |
| Description | Lawes and Gilbert PhD Studentship-Patricia Grau |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Rothamsted Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Off the Starting Block |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Rothamsted Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | SARIC Translation: Grassland Management |
| Amount | £202,312 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/R017387/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| End | 07/2020 |
| Description | STARS Centre for Doctoral Training-Harry Barrat |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/M009106/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Stapledon Memorial Trust Travel Fellowship |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Stapledon Memorial Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 10/2019 |
| Description | Support for Re Flexible Talent Mobility Awards: Exchanges with Industry |
| Amount | £7,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Rothamsted Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | The Donkey Sanctuary, Evaluating scientific methods and production practices for assessing nutritional and hygienic quality in haylage for equids |
| Amount | £56,632 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Donkey Sanctuary |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 02/2020 |
| Description | UKSA International Partnership Programme (IPP): Colombian EcoProMIS |
| Amount | £4,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Title | Developing of metrics of sustainability |
| Description | We have started developing the metrics of sustainability from agricultural systems. A database has been compiled that will be populated with detailed information from experimental farms in Uruguay and the UK. These metrics will be tested in commercial farms. |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - mammalian in vivo |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The developed metrics will be applicable to industry, particularly farms, fertiliser business and for policy. |
| Title | Method for analysing soil sugars |
| Description | method using HPLC has been developed to analyse sugars in soils |
| Type Of Material | Biological samples |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | we are able to analyse sugar content in soil samples |
| Title | Method for ergosterol extraction from silage and soil |
| Description | We have developed a method using HPLC to extract ergosterol from silage and soil samples |
| Type Of Material | Biological samples |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | we are able to extract ergosterol from soil and silage samples |
| Title | Carbon footprint models |
| Description | Graham MacAuliffe working on carbon footprint models that are generally carried out using average farm/regional/national statistics. This, however, does not give an indication of how the performance of individual animals affect greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Our paper (published in Cleaner Production) and subsequent data publication (published in Data-in-Brief) developed a novel method to account for these effects using the high resolution data collected at the North Wyke Farm Platform. We demonstrated that the performance of animals, in terms of liveweight gain or average daily gains, significantly affects a system's carbon footprint. The cause of this was largely determined with the finding that poorly performing animals' carbon footprints are exponentially rather than linearly larger than their better-performing counterparts. |
| Title | Database of nitrous oxide emissions from the application of livestock urine to soils in a lab incubation |
| Description | Several incubations were carried out where sheep urine was applied to soil under different conditions of temperature, soil moisture, N concentration and volume of urine, soil type. Data comprises Nitrous oxide, nitrogen gas, nitric oxide, carbon dioxide and methane emissions as well as soil N, C and microbiology |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This data is been used to inform a model that will comprise different parameters from this project, including field emissions, vegetation, soil physical and chemical parameters. Also included is urine composition and potential relationship to pasture consumed by livestock. The data is also been used in statistical analysis including multivariate and Taguchi. |
| Title | Farm Platform Data Portal |
| Description | The Farm Platform Data Portal contains core data for the Farm Platform and facilitates access to the data to both Rothamsted Research staff and the wider research community. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This database allows open access to researchers to utilise the core data generated from the Farm Platform National Capability. The database was first released in 2016 and currently there are ~120 registered users of the data portal |
| URL | https://nwfp.rothamsted.ac.uk/ |
| Title | Field Surveys on the NWFP |
| Description | Collection of data from soil and herbage from the Farm Platform |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Field surveys have been very useful to study spatial variability of soil nutrients and pasture data available on request |
| Title | GWmodel R package |
| Description | GWmodel R package is a collection spatial statistical tools for exploring spatial heterogeneity. Continually developed since its release in 2013. |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | "GWmodel" produced 66,200 Google hits. |
| URL | https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v063i17 |
| Title | Large scale rotation experiment at Rothamsted |
| Description | Baseline data is being collated from the LSRE at Brooms Barn of soils and vegetation |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Measurements of soil parameters and plant are being collated in a database |
| Title | New emission factors for nitrous oxide and methane emissions from agriculture in the UK |
| Description | From a large programme of research, we have developed new emission factors for nitrous oxide emissions from soils and manure; methane emissions from livestock and manures. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The data has been included in the inventory of greenhouse gases from the UK to estimate emissions |
| URL | http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/ghgno:676 |
| Title | Nitrous oxide emissions from urine |
| Description | Collated literature on N2O emissions from urine and shared with Bangor University. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Meta analysis of this dataset is being carried out to investigate N2O emissions from urine deposition in grassland |
| Title | Soil spatial survey from lowland sheep 2016 |
| Description | Soils and greenhouse gas measurements in a sheep grazed field were carried out to match measurements on the uplands sheep in Wales |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This data will be useful for making correlations between soil and gas measurements. This will provide knowledge on whether proxies can be used to estimate emissions from soils. |
| Description | AfricaRice LTE's in Senegal |
| Organisation | Africa Rice Centre |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Analysis of soil and plant samples from the AfricRice LTE's in Senegal |
| Collaborator Contribution | Analysis of soil and plant samples from the AfricRice LTE's in Senegal |
| Impact | Looking to build upon this work to agree on a treatment change to address new research questions |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Bristol University/Rothamsted Research Strategic Alliance |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Rothamsted Research participated in discussions to agree the subject areas for the PhD studentships in this alliance |
| Collaborator Contribution | University of Bristol has participated in discussions to agree the subject areas for the PhD studentships in this alliance Set up the PhD programmes |
| Impact | 4 PhD studentships have been advertised and currently being recruited to |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Chinese National Scholarship - Mechanisms and management for improving the efficiency of phosphorus utilization in plant-soil system |
| Organisation | Xinjiang Agricultural University |
| PI Contribution | We provided desk space, computer facilities and access to laboratories and field sites for carrying out field and laboratory work. We provided training and shared expertise in knowledge in the development of experiments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dra Shaomin Zhang was sponsored by a Chinese Government Scholarship for a period of 1 year, during which he worked with and intergrated into our phosphorus Research Team, carrying out his own work, aligned with our current Institute Strategic Programme. |
| Impact | Not applicable yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Grazing behaviour and nutrients |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Developed a PhD studentship to fulfil this objective and a PhD student has been recruited and is now in second year |
| Collaborator Contribution | Developed a PhD studentship to fulfil this objective and a PhD student has been recruited and is now in second year |
| Impact | testing and deployment of cattle sensors that were developed by Swansea University |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | LCA of Dairy Fam Platform at INIA Uruguay |
| Organisation | INIA Uruguay |
| Country | Uruguay |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Graham MacAuliffe is collating data from the dairy farm in Uruguay to do the LCA for this system |
| Collaborator Contribution | providing the data to allow Graham to undertake the LCA |
| Impact | this work will result in a publication ready in mid 2019 |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Livestock tracking on the North Wyke Farm Platform |
| Organisation | Swansea University |
| Department | Department of Biosciences |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team has received training on the fabrication and deployment of the tracking sensors and will be working with the team in Swansea to put them in place, record data and analyse the results |
| Collaborator Contribution | The team in Swansea has developed the sensors and provided training to our student and postdoc. They will visit North Wyke to put the sensors in place and help with deployment and data downloading, data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Nothing yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Neogen and SRUC genotyping of the NWFP cattle |
| Organisation | Scotland's Rural College |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Rothamsted pay for the sampling |
| Collaborator Contribution | They will analyse samples and will later help with developing a database currently 4000 samples to analyse |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Nitrous Oxide Guidelines for field measurements |
| Organisation | AgResearch |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Recruited a post doc to analyse existing data to develop 1 chapter of the guidelines for measuring emissions at the field scale |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners have regular Skype sessions to discuss progress of the guidelines |
| Impact | information for recommendations on how to make measurements at the field scale is being collated for publication |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Rothamsted International Fellowship 2018 |
| Organisation | University of Cape Coast |
| PI Contribution | We have hosted a Visiting Research Fellow, Dr Kwame Frimpong, from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana and collaborated on, and facilitated experimental work over the period of 1 year. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Cape Coast have given Dr Kwame Frimpong a 1 year sabbatical to participate in this fellowship. |
| Impact | Still ongoing. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Rutherford Fellowship with Vincenza Cozzolino for 6 months |
| Organisation | University of Naples |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I have provided experimental guidance and facilitated the carrying-out of research at Rothamsted. Rothamsted have provided facilities with which to carry out the research |
| Collaborator Contribution | University of Naples have provided Vincenza Cozzolino with a 6 month sabbatical to undertake the fellowship. |
| Impact | Not Multi-disciplinary - soil science |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Silage Solutions |
| Organisation | Silage Soutions Ltd |
| Country | Unknown |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Carrying out research contracted by silage solutions |
| Collaborator Contribution | Funding of contracted research and providing consultancy advice |
| Impact | Product has been licenced, papers are being developed and research is on-going |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Soils to Nutrition-assessment of positive and negative welfare |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Department | School of Veterinary Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Rothamsted team are developing protocols for monitoring behaviour in the barn and during grazing. We will also carry out the observations and data analysis from this work. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners in Bristol Vet School will be contributing to the animal behaviour component of the project by helping to develop protocols and through visits, working with the PhD student and technicians. |
| Impact | Nothing yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay 2018 |
| Organisation | ORT University Uruguay |
| PI Contribution | Invitation extended to Diego Michelini to visit Rothamsted Research and travel arranged |
| Collaborator Contribution | Visit by Diego Michelini to establish collaboration to investigate the effect of N and P soil levels on species diversity and changes in nutrient acquisition traits, in intensive and extensive grassland systems |
| Impact | Currently discussing research plans |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Title | GWmodel R package |
| Description | A suite of spatial statistical modelling tools See https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v063i17 |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | 66200 Google hits |
| URL | https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=GWmodel |
| Description | 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Steps for selecting cattle for sustainability traits on pasture based systems in Auckland, New Zealand, February 12-16 by • Rivero M. J., G. A. McAuliffe, T. Takahashi, M. Elayadeth-Meethal, T. Misselbrook, M. Coffey, E. Wall, P. Harris & M. R. F. Lee |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | 17th International RAMIRAN Conference, Wexford, 4-6 September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: Carswell A, Sanchez-Rodriguez AR, Hunt J, Shaw R, Saunders K, Cotton J, Jones DL, Chadwick DR, Misselbrook T. Optimising digestate for reduced nitrogen losses and increased nitrogen use efficiency under a winter wheat crop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 27th Annual Conference of The International Environmetrics Society joint with GRASPA 2017 on Climate and Environment (24th-26th July, Bergamo, Italy) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Student poster presentation: Curceac S, Harris P, Atkinson PM, Milne A, Wu L (2017) Spatio-temporal statistical analysis of measured and simulated fine-resolution datasets generated from the North Wyke Farm Platform. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | AAB Conference on Sustainable Intensification |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was given in Harpenden, 28-30 Novemberby T Takahashi at the AAB Conference on Sustainable Intensification entitled: Redefining sustainability: novel metrics to evaluate farming systems based on the dynamic flow of nutrients |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | AAB Conference on Sustainable Intensification, Harpenden, 28-30 November |
| 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 paper: • McAuliffe GA, Takahashi T, Orr RJ, Harris P, Richardson RI, Lee MRF (2017) Developing novel environmental metrics for beef production systems to account for differences in meat quality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | AAB Conference on Sustainable Intensification, Harpenden, 28-30 November |
| 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 paper: • Cardenas L, Takahashi T, Harris P, Mead A, Lee MRF (2017) Redefining sustainability: novel metrics to evaluate farming systems based on the dynamic flow of nutrients |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | AAB Conference on Sustainable Intensification, Harpenden, 28-30 November |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Loick, N., Dunn, R., Griffith, B., Cardenas, L. (2017) Using CO2 and N2O emissions as indicators of nutrient cycling and environmental impacts of different farm managements on the Farm Platform |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | AAB Conference on Sustainable Intensification, Harpenden, 28-30 November |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: Charteris, A., Loick, N., Marsden, K., Chadwick, D., Mead, A., Cardenas. L. (2017) Using factorial laboratory incubation experiments to develop simple indicators of greenhouse gas fluxe |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | AHDB Consultation: Unlocking the potential of Farm data |
| 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 | Dr. Andrew Cooke attended an AHDB consultation into the use and sharing of farm data. This small focus group including professionals from within industry and public bodies. The focus was to identify the bottlenecks of farm data and to work with AHDB in developing solutions to how farm data can be better utilised for the good of the entire industry and supply chain |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture Newton Fund Award - Nutrient Use Efficiency and Sustainability Metrics for Ruminant Livestock Production Systems in Brazil and UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This workshop developed strong links with fellow agricultural researchers at Embrapa Southeast Livestock, Sao Paolo, Brazil. It ultimately resulted in them joining the 'Global Farm Platform' Initiative and exchanges of PhD students are currently being planned. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BBC Breakfast Interview 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Taro Takahashi interviewed by and appeared in BBC Breakfast (4 January 2019) on unintended consequences of veganism |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BBC Farming Today Radio Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On BBC Farming Today (Nov 2017), Professor Michael Lee & Graham McAuliffe (PhD student) discussed livestock emissions and their paper 'Distributions of emissions intensity for individual beef cattle reared on pasture-based production systems' by McAuliffe G.A., Takahashi T., Orr R.J., Harris P., Lee M.R.F. (2017) in Journal of Cleaner Production |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | BBC Newshour Extra debate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Michael Lee took part in BBC Newshour Extra debate (aired on the 8th January on the topic of 'Should we eat meat') |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 live debate on Meat in our diet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Took part in a Radio debate live on Radio 4 on the role of meat in our diet for planetary and human health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BBSRC Innovation HUB - Oxford Farming Conference 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Taro Takahashi exhibited the latest NWFP research for BBSRC Innovation Hub at Oxford Farming Conference on 4 January 2019; visitors to the booth included HRH Princess Royal, Sir Mark Walport and Professor Melanie Welham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BBSRC International Partnering Award Workshop with INIA, Uruguay. 2-4th December 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | This was a workshop to share research ideas and develop collaborations between INIA and Rothamsted Research as part of the BBSRC Partnering Award between the two Institutes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BSAS Presentation 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Temporal change of fatty acid profiles in three pasture systems over two grazing seasons at Croke Park, Dublin 9-11 April 2018 by MCAULIFFE G., TAKAHASHI T., WHITE S., HALLETT K., LEE M.R.F. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BSAS Presentation 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Spatial variation in baled silage quality and faecal origin microbes in Croke Park, Dublin 9-11 April, by MCFADZEAN J., DAVIES D.R., HODGSON C.J., VAN DER GIEZEN M., LEE M.R.F., DUNGAIT J.A.J |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BSAS Presentation 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Impact of a reseeded sward replacing a permanent pasture on milk yield, milk components and sward productivity in the first year of establishment in Croke Park, Dublin, 9-11 April, by RIVERO M.J., COUMBE J., WILSON B., EVANS J. LEE M.R.F. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BSAS Presentation 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Effects of farm-scale grasslands management strategies on nutritional quality of pasture-reared beef in Croke Park, Dublin, 9-11th April, by MCAULIFFE G., TAKAHASHI T., WHITE S., HALLETT K., LEE M.R.F. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BSSS conference Soils and Sustainable Development Goals 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Haefele, S.M. Presented at the BSSS conference Soils and Sustainable Development Goals on Dry spectroscopic analysis of soil and crop material for high-throughput GeoPhenomics - linking crop fertiliser uptake to soil properties - 4-5 September 2018, Lancaster University, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CAAS, Beijing Workshop - 'Data Analysis and Future Collaborations for Soil Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Agriculture based on Long-term Field Experiments' (15-16 October 2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Tom Misselbrook presented Soil to Nutrition work on development of metrics and indicators. Dr Lianhai Wu presented SPACSYS. Ongoing collaborations with Long Term Experiments network in China being developed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | CIEL R&D 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 | As part of our membership of CIEL (Agri Tech Centre) we hosted their R&D day for industry members at North Wyke and presented outputs from the research undertaken on site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | China - Sino-German P workshop, 11th-17th November, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This was a workshop marking the initiation of a Sino-German Programme of work between China Agricultural University and Hohenheim University, Germany. I was invited to give a keynote address on the work on phosphorus related topics in which I am involved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CropTech Meeting |
| 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 | Presentation on Soil Health at the CropTech meeting at Peterborough and integrated pest management, and a demonstration stand with contributions from Goetz Richter, Jonathan Storkey and Nikolaos Vavlas.28-29th November 2018, by Haefele;S |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DEFRA Minerals from Grassland Workshop, Friday 22nd February 2019, The Hive, RoCRE Conference Centre at Harpenden |
| 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 | This was a workshop to discuss the latest findings around pasture uptake and availability of minerals to grazing livestock. I gave a presentation on 'Novel fertilisers to improve mineral supply to pasture' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | DEFRA consultation:A brighter future for farming and our countryside. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Andrew Cooke attended a consultation on the future of UK farming. The even involved numerous discussion and focus groups with a range of individuals in the field including farmers, researchers, and public bodies (i.e. Natural England, Wildlife Trusts etc.). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ERDF Impact Lab Bootcamp, Exeter Science Park, 6th November 2018 |
| 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 | This was a workshop focused around the 'Water Resilience Challenge', one of the key themes of the Impact Lab. The main focus of the event to bring everyone together to hothouse ideas, form new collaborations, gain new insights and refine solutions to the defined challenges. Industry partners were teamed up with appropriate acdemics so that they could tackle individual challenges together. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.impactlab.org.uk/events/view/take-on-the-challenge-water-resilience |
| Description | ESA Workshop, Stoke Climsland - 25th July 2017 |
| 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 | Dr Paul Harris was an invited speaker on the North Wyke Farm Platform data portal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | European Federation of Animal Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Agricultural sustainability metrics based on land required for production of essential human nutrients in Dubrovnik August 2018, by LEE M.R.F., TAKAHASHI T., MCAULIFFE G.A., TICHIT M. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | European Federation of Animal Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Improving the farm-scale livestock production efficiency through field-scale soil measurements in Dubrovnik August 2018, by TAKAHASHI, T., HARRIS, P., COOKE, A.S., RIVERO, M.J., LEE, M.R.F. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | European Federation of Animal Science, Tallinn, 28 August-1 September. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | EISLER M.C., LEE M.R.F., MARTIN G.B., ANANTH D., CHAGUNDA M.G.G., DUNGAIT J.A.J., GODDARD E., GREATHEAD H., LIU J., LOPEZ-VILLALOBOS N., MATHEW S., MONTOSSI F., MWAKASUNGULA S., RICE C.W., TARLTON J.F., VINOD V.K., VAN SUAN R., WINTER M., WRIGHT I. The global farm platform initiative - towards sustainable livestock systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | European Federation of Animal Science, Tallinn, 28 August-1 September. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: Takahashi T, Cardenas LM, Harris P, Mead A, Lee MRF (2017) Novel metrics to evaluate livestock farming systems based on dynamic flows of nutrients |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | European Federation of Animal Science, Tallinn, 28 August-1 September. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: Takahashi T, Harris P, Orr RJ, Hawkins JMB, Rivero MJ, Lee MRF (2017) Downscaling whole-farm measures of livestock production efficiency to the individual field level |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017 (EGU) - Vienna, 23rd-28th April 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on paper: Loick, Dixon, Repullo, Ciganda, Lopez-Aizpun, Matthews, Mueller, Cardenas. Using the Triple Labelling Technique to apportion N2O Emissions to Nitrification and Denitrification from different Nitrogen Sources at different Water-Filled-Pore-Spaces |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017 (EGU) - Vienna, 23rd-28th April 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on paper: Harris, Takahashi, Blackwell, Cardenas, Collins, Dungait, Eisler, Hawkins, Misselbrook, Mcauliffe, Mcfadzean, Murray, Orr, Rivero-viera, Wu, Li. A farm platform approach to optimizing temperate grazing-livestock systems: metrics for trade-off assessments and future innovations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017 (EGU) - Vienna, 23rd-28th April 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on paper: Charteris, Loick, Marsden, Chadwick, Whelan, Rao-Ravella, Mead, Cardenas. Laboratory incubation experiments assessing the factor interactions affecting urine-derived nitrous oxide emissions from spatially and temporally variable upland pastures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Exchange visit from Uruguay to the UK, 2017 |
| 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 | Visit by Valentina Rubio from INIA Uruguay. she is a master's student who fulfilled the exchange visit from Uruguay to the UK and during her visit she participated in the activities:1) 4-7 September: SOM Conference; 2) 8 September: Meeting statisticians at Harpenden; 3) 11-28 September: Metrics work at NW; 4) 29 September: Meeting with statisticians at Harpenden. Valentina worked mostly with Taro Takahashi compiling datasets from the UK and Uruguay to estimate metrics of sustainability |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Final workshop of Partnering Award (2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance to Final workshop in London 11-12th Dec, 2017 by Laura Cardenas, Michael Lee, Jamie McFadzean, Mabel Ifeoma-Onwuka, Ngony Chirinda, An Notenbaert, Rolf Sommer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | GW models, CAS, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China (two-day workshop with A Comber) |
| 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 | GW models, CAS, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China (two-day workshop with A Comber) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | GeoPhenomics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Linking crop mineral nutrition and fertiliser uptake to soil properties using dry spectroscopic analyses by Thomas, C., Acquah, G., Hernandez, J., Dunham, S., Shepherd, K., McGrath, S., and Haefele, S.M. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Geographically Weighted PCA: Introductions and Uses. Spatial Accuracy Conference, Beijing, China (one-day workshop with A Comber) |
| 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 | Geographically Weighted PCA: Introductions and Uses. Spatial Accuracy Conference, Beijing, China (one-day workshop with A Comber) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Global Partnership Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Cabot Institute of the University of Bristol funded a global partnership symposium on sustainability which invited research partners from many different ODA countries to discuss collaborative research. I led the area on sustainable livestock which included outputs from many research grants around sustainability of grazing lands globally. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Global Roundtable of Sustainable Beef |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give the keynote at the Global roundtable of sustainable beef in Kilkenny Ireland on 'Future Perspectives of Sustainable Agriculture' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Guardian interview 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Taro Takahashi Interviewed by and featured in the Guardian (29 December 2018) to discuss the benefits and disbenefits of intensive farming |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IFA Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave a webinar for the International Fertiliser Association titled 'Increasing the Use-Efficiency of Fertilisers' to which over 100 participants loggedon. There were two other speakers on related topics and at the end questions were raised by viewers via a moderator. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSNYAR_AWeA |
| Description | Industry/Policy Stakeholder workshop Belfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presented evidence and scenarios relating to ammonia emissions from agriculture in Northern Ireland, Belfast 27th July, by Misselbrook;T |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Innovative Farmers Group in the Evenlode catchment |
| 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 | Working with an Innovative Farmers group in the Evenlode catchment (Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire), to look at how no-till can reduce sediment loss and improve soil health compared to conventional farming in August 2018 and ongoing by Darch; T |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE). ETH Zurich, Switzerland, July 16-20. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: Sidra U. Khan, Peter S. Hooda, Martin S.A. Blackwell and Rosa Busquets (2017). Impact of soil drying-rewetting on leaching of nutrients and trace elements |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | International Silage Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Estimating fungal biomass during aerobic spoilage of silage in Bonne, Germany 24-26th July by LE COCQ K., BROWN B., HODGSON C., MCFADZEAN J., DAVIES D., LEE M.R.F. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International Silage Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Aerobic spoilage of grass silage: Listeria and forage quality in Bonne, Germany 24-26th July, by MCFADZEAN J., LE COCQ K., BROWN B., HODGSON C., MCFADZEAN J., DAVIES D., LEE M.R.F., VAN DER GIEZEN M., DUNGAIT J. 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International Silage Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Impact of plant bio-stimulants on maize forage and silage quality and aerobic stability: A field experiment using mini-silos, in Bonne, Germany 24-26th July, by CHRISTOU A., LE COCQ K., HODGSON C., COGAN T., GAFFNEY M., DAVIES D., LEE M.R.F. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International Workshop on Agriculture Green Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invites speaker 23-27 April, Beijing, China by Haefele, S.M., |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International Zinc 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 of poster 'Zn biofortification using abattoir and industrial waste derived fertilizer in Leuven Belgium 5-7th September by Tegan Darch |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International workshop of differences and mechanisms of soil carbon sequestration processes in typical arable land based on long-term various fertilizations (October, Beijing, China) |
| 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 | Dr Lianhai was invited to be co-chair of the workshop in Beijing (16th-21st October 2017). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited talk at EAAP - European Federation of Animal Science Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give the key note address for the Livestock and Farming Commission of EAAP on 'Agricultural sustainability metrics based on land required for production of essential human nutrients' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited visit by Regional Government of Chongching PR China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited by the Regional Government of Chongching PR China to discuss aspects of sustainable livestock production at a gathering of party members and Scientists at Rhongchang. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited workshop attendee: BBSRC AI in Biology, Norwich, UK 2018 |
| 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 | Feedback report on gaps and opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Jump Start AgriTech Workshop - 10th July 2017 - Penryn campus, Exeter University |
| 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 | Dr Paul Harris was an invited speaker on North Wyke Farm Platform data portal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | LEAF Conference, York - 25th May 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on GHGs by Laura Cardenas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Maiza Zaidi Policy Forum which promotes inclusive investment in Tanzania's dairy sector (2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: Notenbaert, A.; Paul, B.; McFadzean, J.; Fraval, S.; Morris, J.; Herrero, M.; Lannerstad, M.. 2017. Maziwa Zaidi (More Milk) in Tanzania: Towards climate-smart dairy development. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), 1 p. http://hdl.handle.net/10568/81265, https://www.slideshare.net/ILRI/mz-poster-22may2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NERC GCRF event: SDG Interactions - the role of environmental science (4th-5th September 2017, London) |
| 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 | Dr Laura Cardenas attended this NERC Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) community engagement workshop and presented work regarding the Soil to Nutrition programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NFU Cymru - Future of the Uplands |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | NFU Cymru hosted a discussion panel debate at the Royal Welsh show where I presented our research on Sustainable Livestock systems which covered many aspects of projects and research we are undertaking to determine the role and impact of livestock in a sustainable food chain and future environmental policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | NRN (National Research Network)-funded 'Dairy and Beef Intensification GHG emissions workshop' in Birmingham |
| 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 | A workshop funded by the NRN-LCEE Research Development Fund to promote awareness, and stimulate resolution, of disagreements between GHG accounting at farm, national & international scales when assessing sustainable intensification measures for dairy and beef farms in contrasting locations. Dr Tom Misselbrook was a keynote speaker and Dr Laura Cardenas also attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | National Inventory Steering Committee Meeting, London |
| 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 | Contribution to the report by Misselbrook; T on the 1990-2017 GHG emission inventory, in London 23rd November |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Phosphates 2018 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper New views on soil-crop systems: Agricultural Research for Subsaharan Africa in Marrakech, 13 March 2018 by Haefele, S.M., |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Phosphorus in Soils and Plants |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Effect of fertilizer levels and sward diversity on ryegrass and clover uptake of phosphorus and micronutrients in Leuven Belgium 10-13th September by Tegan Darch |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Postgraduate students visit from Exeter University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | around 12 students from University of Exeter visited North Wyke for the day to receive a talk about the work of the site and followed this up with a visit around the site |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019 |
| Description | Presentation at the 20th International Nitrogen Workshop 2018, Rennes, France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of the poster and pitch: Nutrient cycling in grassland systems: N, P and C cycling in a plot experiment on the North Wyke Farm Platform, presented by Kate LeCocq with coauthors: Mcauliffe, Horrocks, Darch, Takahashi, Blackwell, Misselbrook, Lee, Cardenas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at the 20th International Nitrogen Workshop 2018, Rennes, France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented paper AGENT BASED MODELLING OF SHEEP MOVEMENT AND URINE DEPOSITION TO SUPPORT N2O EMISSION ESTIMATES IN UPLAND PASTURES, in Rennes, France 24-27th June by JOHNSON, S.C.M., WHELAN, M.J., BALZTER, H., LUSH, L., KING, A.J., PEROTTO-BALDIVIESO, H.L., CARDENAS, L., CHARTERIS, A., MARSDEN, K.A., HARRIS, I., HOLMBERG, J., CHADWICK D. POSTER |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at the 20th International Nitrogen Workshop 2018, Rennes, France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented paper WHAT LIMITS SHEEP URINE-N2O EMISSIONS IN UPLANDS: NITRIFICATION OR C AVAILABILITY? in Rennes France 24-27th June by MARSDEN, K.A., HOLMBERG, J.A., JONES, D.L., CHARTERIS, A. F., CÁRDENAS, L.M. AND CHADWICK, D.R. POSTER. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at the 20th International Nitrogen Workshop 2018, Rennes, France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of the paper: Interactive effects of the factors controlling urine-N2O emissions from an upland soil by: Charteris, Marsden, Castellano-Hinojosa, Loick, Chadwick, Ravella, Mead, Field, Whelan, Cardenas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at the 20th International Nitrogen Workshop 2018, Rennes, France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of the paper: Exploring the spatial variability of N2O emissions from a grazed upland and lowland site, by Charteris, Harris, Marsden, Harris, Guo, Beaumont, Taylor, Sanfratello, Jones, Whelan, Cardenas, Chadwick |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Press Release: THE ADVENT OF "GREEN" CATTLE |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article about recent research undertaken at the North Wyke Farm Platform: 'Implications of livestock farming on climate change should not be drawn from aggregate statistics, reveals a study based on a new method of carbon footprinting for pasture-based cattle production systems that can assess the impacts of individual animals'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/advent-green-cattle |
| Description | Progress Meeting/Visit to CIAT and Farms in Kenya for Partnering Award |
| 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 | Prof Jenni Dungait and Laura Cardenas attended a progress meeting/visit to farms in Kenya for partnering award plus completion of GCRF proposal (Nov 2017). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Rothamsted Research Festival of Ideas 21-24th June 2018 |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration of Rothamsted Science and facilities to the general public |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SRUC Research Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give a key address to all staff at SRUC as part of their research day on the research we have undertaken at Rothamsted on Sustainable Livestock Systems and soil health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Scottish Government Agriculture and Climate Change |
| 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 | Presentation of updates to the UK and Scotland GHG emission inventory 13th September Edinburgh by Misselbrook;T |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Soil Organic Matter Conference (2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Soil Organic Matter conference held in Rothamsted, Harpenden between the 3-7 September 2017. Flash presentation: Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Soil Organic Matter Conference (2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Soil Organic Matter conference held in Rothamsted, Harpenden between the 3-7 September 2017. Session P-2c.11: "Evidence of actual soil organic carbon sequestration in East Africa" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Soil Organic Matter Conference (2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Soil Organic Matter conference held in Rothamsted, Harpenden between the 3-7 September 2017. Session chaired by Dr Rolf sommer from CIAT in Kenya: Session 2a - Soil self-organisation/Next generation SOM models. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Soil Organic Matter Conference, Harpenden, 3-7 September |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: Takahashi T, Harris P, Rivero JM, Lee MRF (2017) Downscaling farm-level benefits of soil organic carbon to the individual field level |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Spatial Accuracy Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Investigation of the multivariate structure of a soils micronutrients data set at the farm-scale in China 2018 by Harris P, Darch T, Lu B, Comber A, Lee MRF |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Spatial Accuracy Conference 2018 |
| 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 | Paul Harris conducted one day training workshop on Geographically Weighted PCA in R (with prof Lex Comber) Beijing China 21-25 May 2018, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Spatial Statistics 2017: One World: One Health conference (4th-7th July 2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: Curceac S, Atkinson PM, Milne A, Wu L, Harris P (2017). Exploratory analysis of measured and simulated fine-resolution spatio-temporal data sets generated from the North Wyke Farm Platform. Spatial Statistics 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Stapledon Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented an invited talk on sustainable livestock at the Stapledon Seminar Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sustainable Intensification Conference, Harpenden, 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the SI conference of the paper: - Loick, Dunn, Griffith, Cardenas. Using CO2 and N2O emissions as indicators of nutrient cycling and environmental impacts of different farm managements on the Farm Platform |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sustainable Intensification Conference, Harpenden, 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: - Cardenas, Takahashi, Harris, Mead, Lee. Redefining sustainability: novel metrics to evaluate farming systems based on the dynamic flow of nutrients |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sustainable Intensification Conference, Harpenden, 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper: - Loick, Dixon, Repullo, Ciganda, Lopez-Aizpun, Matthews, Mueller, Cardenas. Using the Triple Labelling Technique to apportion N2O Emissions to Nitrification and Denitrification from different Nitrogen Sources at different Water-Filled-Pore-Spaces |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture Workshop - Challenges in Soil Science confronting Global Food Security (Uppsala, Sweden 30th-31st Jan 2018) |
| 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 | Dr Paul Harris was an invited speaker on 'The North Wyke farm platform and other national capabilities at Rothamsted Research'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Teaching module in CIHEAM, Zaragoza, Spain, 14-16/3/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Laura Cardenas taught a module in the course: 'Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture: concepts, methods and simulation tools' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | The Ecologist interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Taro Takahashi interviewed by and featured in the Ecologist (3 January 2019) to discuss the benefits and disbenefits of intensive farming |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The Future of Long-Term Experiments in Agricultural Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of the paper The Future of Long-Term Experiments in Agricultural Science in Rothamsted Conference Centre, 21 May, 2018 by TARO TAKAHASHI, VALENTINA RUBIO, ANDREW MEAD, LAURA CARDENAS, MARGARET GLENDINING, FERNANDO LATTANZI, ANDY MACDONALD, TOM MISSELBROOK, JOSE TERRA and MICHAEL LEE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The Future of Long-Term Experiments in Agricultural Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper Long-term fertility experiments for irrigated rice in the West African Sahel: effect on macro and micro nutrient concentrations in plant and soil at Harpenden 21- 23 May 2018 by Haefele, S.M., Thomas, C., Saito, K., |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The Future of Long-Term Experiments in Agricultural Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of paper The North Wyke Farm Platform in Harpenden 21-23 May 2018 by • HARRIS P., TAKAHASHI T, GRIFFITH B., HUNT J., HAWKINS J., RIVERO J., SINT H., LEE M |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Tropentag conference: Annual interdisciplinary conference on Research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development (2015) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation of paper: B.K. Paul, C. Birnholz, J. Koge, S. Fraval, J. MacFadzean, A. Omore, A. Notenbaert (2015). Rapid ex-ante Environmental Impact Assessment of Livestock Intensification Strategies on Mixed Crop-Livestock and Agro-Pastoralist Farmers in Tanga Region, Tanzania. Poster at Tropentag conference. http://www.tropentag.de/2015/abstracts/posters/1130.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Undergraduate Students vists from University of Plymouth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | around 30 students from University of Plymouth visited North Wyke for the day to receive a talk about the work of the site and followed this up with a visit around the site |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019 |
| Description | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Inventory reviewer |
| 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 | Laura Cardenas underwent training to become an inventory reviewer. Subsequently carried out review in Bonn in Sept 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from Uruguay to the UK, May 2017 |
| 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 | Visit by Jose Terra and Jesus Castillo from INIA, Uruguay on 18/5/17. A small group discussed the development of metrics of sustainability and what datasets can be used for this. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from Uruguay to the UK, September 2017 |
| 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 | Visit by Ignacio Macedo and Virginia Pravia from INIA, Uruguay on 8/9/17, where we discussed common areas of research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit to Universidad Austral de Chile |
| 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 | To explore collaboration on the research project entitled "Recycling of macronutrients in a soil-plant-animal system of a pasture in an Andosol soil in southern Chile" in December 2018 by Rivero;M |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Westminster Forum - Future of UK livestock |
| 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 | Invited to give a discussion piece at the Westminster Forum on the future of UK livestock - this included outputs of many research projects and how they will influence policy development and future research areas. These included emissions from ruminant livestock, food quality and role of red meat, genetic advances of livestock and forage plants, AI use and precision agriculture on grassland farms |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Westminster meeting with the Shadow Environment Secretary |
| 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 | Dr. Andrew Cooke met with the Shadow Environment Secretary, Susan Hayman MP, to discuss aspects of the livestock supply chain and policy, focussing on bottlenecks within that which halt progress |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Work Experience opportunities 2017 - 18 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 12 Secondary school students from Cornwall College, Okehampton College, Newton Abbot College and Exeter School visited RRes for a week each as part of their Work Experience week. this involved working in the labs, visiting fields and other facilities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on Food Security for vulnerable populations: the Fungal thread - Brazil |
| 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 | Kate LeCocq attended the workshop in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil 11-14th September 2018. The event was run under the Researcher Links scheme and was coordinated by Simon Avery (University of Nottingham) and Gustavo Goldman (University of Sao Paulo) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Workshop via Video Conference between Rothamsted and CIAT (2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 4/12/17-5/12/17: "the importance of soil health to smallholders and how to measure it" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |