Growing Health - bio-inspired solutions for healthier agroecosystems: Understanding soil environments
Lead Research Organisation:
Rothamsted Research
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
WP2 builds on RRes’ research to understand soil and soil-biota-plant interactions across rhizosphere to sub-soil scales to develop our ‘soil extended composite phenotype’ framework. Soil phenotypes are hierarchical assemblages of interdependent biophysical and chemical processes exhibiting emergent properties requiring multi-scale discovery approaches. Outcomes & Impact: WP2 will inform novel microbially-derived bioprotection and macro- and micro-nutrient/trace element (MaMiTE) management strategies (with WP1). It will also and provide data for field- to landscape-scale modelling to inform decision making for improved soil and crop health quality and function for improved management of nutrient and greenhouse gas (GHG) dynamics (with WP3).
Planned Impact
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Publications
Baudron F
(2024)
Projecting the Contribution of Provitamin A Maize Biofortification and Other Nutrition Interventions to the Nutritional Adequacy and Cost of Diets in Rural Zimbabwe.
in The Journal of nutrition
De Oliveira L
(2024)
Diversity and multifunctional potential for plant growth promotion in bacteria from soil and the rhizosphere
in Soil Use and Management
Galdos MV
(2023)
Multi-experiment assessment of soil nitrous oxide emissions in sugarcane.
in Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems
Gardiner L
(2024)
DGCNN approach links metagenome-derived taxon and functional information providing insight into global soil organic carbon
in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Haefele S
(2024)
Mehlich 3 as an indicator of grain nutrient concentration for five cereals in sub-Saharan Africa
in Field Crops Research
Huang Z
(2023)
Root phenotyping and root water uptake calculation using soil water contents measured in a winter wheat field
in Agricultural Water Management
Huang Z
(2023)
A new concept for modelling the moisture dependence of heterotrophic soil respiration
in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Jowett K
(2024)
Using a multi-scale approach to examine the effects of field margins and landscape features on predatory carabid communities in crop fields
in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
| Description | Advisory panel - Soil Association Exchange |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | I provide input on soil science |
| URL | https://www.soilassociationexchange.com/ |
| Description | Began three-year term on Science Advisory Board of RESAS (Rural & Environmental Science and Analytical Services), for the Scottish Government |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Beginning of the 3 year term. |
| Description | Written evidence submitted to EFRA (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Soil Health Inquiry by Rothamsted Research |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7139/soil-health/ |
| Description | Assessing the effectiveness of affordable soil spectroscopic techniques for microbial diversity and abundance predictions on English wheat farms |
| Amount | £236,226 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10055289 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Defra inventory project |
| Amount | £800,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 11/2028 |
| Description | Guidance on measuring soil organic carbon to the implementation partners running Unilever's regenerative agriculture projects |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | N/A |
| Organisation | Unilever |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | RestoreDNA: Development of scalable eDNA-based solutions for biodiversity regulators and nature-related disclosure |
| Amount | £411,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10086990 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 07/2025 |
| Description | Studentship, Nokwanda Dlamini |
| Amount | € 25,110 (EUR) |
| Organisation | South African National Research Foundation (NRF) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | South Africa |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 12/2025 |
| Description | UKRI Talent and Stabilisation |
| Amount | £9,999 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2022 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Title | Model for soil respiration in whole-soil profile |
| Description | We developed a much improved model by incorporating physical processes at different scales to model soil respiration from whole-soil profile. The model reconciles the unexplained variations in the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration to warming measured from different experiments. |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - non-mammalian in vivo |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | It will improve our capacity to predict the response of soil organic carbon to global warming |
| Title | Field features of the North Wyke Farm Platform: weather, topography, soil, ecosystem services provision index and management |
| Description | This dataset comprises both original outputs generated by the authors (i.e. the Ecosystem Services Provision Index estimated from remote sensing and which can be used as a proxy for carbon inputs to the soil) and derived data obtained after processing data from different sources from 1995 to 2022. This dataset refers to yearly-estimated features for the fields included in the North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP), a farm-scale experimental system established in southwestern England in 2010 (Orr et al., 2016). These features refer to weather conditions, topography, soil characteristics and farming management. Together with ESPI, the variables included in this dataset have been used to predict soil organic carbon at the NWFP (Segura et al., 2023). However, its use does not have to be limited to this sole objective. The Ecosystem Services Provision Index (ESPI) was estimated using remote sensing and the methods described in Segura et al. (2023) for the period 1995 to 2022. However, note that only the period from 2012 to 2021 has been used in the manuscript to coincide with data availability from the Farm Platform. To create this dataset, raw data relating to soil properties and field events from 2012 to 2021 were downloaded from the NWFP Data Portal (https://nwfp.rothamsted.ac.uk/) for data processing. From the field survey data, we downloaded relevant soil chemical properties (0-10 cm depth) - total carbon(referred to as soil organic carbon in the manuscript arising from this data), total nitrogen, available phosphorus (as Olsen phosphorus), available potassium, and pH. For a given variable, measurements were averaged to provide a single value per field, per year. Note that due to some adjustments made to homogenise field names over time, there may be a mismatch for some fields between the Data Portal and this dataset. Field event records, relating to daily farm management activities, were also obtained from the NWFP data portal. In this dataset, these farm field events records were interpreted to construct the variables related to the main farming management practices by year and by field. The data from the NWFP data portal are free to access after registration on the portal. North Wyke Farm Platform and Data Portal user guides are available for more detailed information about soil measurements and field events. In particular, the Design, Establishment and Development of the NWFP (https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98y1x), the user guide for field survey data https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98y51), the User Guide to Field Events (https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98y4z) and the User Guide to Livestock data (https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98y50). The soil units (which show the predominant soil series in a location, according to the British soil classification) were extracted from the report Soils of North Wyke [Harrod and Hogan, 2008]. Meteorological data (monthly mean temperature and monthly precipitation) were provided by a weather station owned and operated by the UK Meteorological Office at North Wyke. Field terrain attributes (aspect and slope) were determined using Google Earth Engine according to the methods described in Segura et al. (2023), or by using the information provided in https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2005RG000183 and https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/USGS_SRTMGL1_003. A full set of variables included in this dataset can be consulted in Columns_units_and_descriptors.csv, which also includes a description of each data column and the units of measurement. The text file main_analyses_figures_code.txt can be used along with the data file to reproduce the main results in Segura et al. (2023). Additional information The North Wyke Farm Platform is a UK National Capability supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBS/E/C/000J0100). We acknowledge the interests of the Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT), whose national network of LTEs includes the experiment on which this research was conducted. Meteorological data adapted from Crown copyright data supplied by the Met Office. During the embargo period, please contact carmen.segura-quirante@rothamsted.ac.uk if you wish to access the data. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data were used to generate models predicting organic carbon stocks in soil using a variety of open source and directly measured features |
| URL | https://repository.rothamsted.ac.uk/item/98y60/field-features-of-the-north-wyke-farm-platform-weathe... |
| Title | Model for in situ soil respiration |
| Description | It is a model with support of x-ray images of soil obtained from different fields |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | It will improve our capacity to predict the response of carbon budget to global warming |
| Description | Collaboration with Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences on the impact of soil structure on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamic |
| Organisation | Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is an international project funded by the Foreign Bureau of Chinse government, aimed to strengthen international collaboration. It is built on our research and findings on the importance of soil physical processes in regulating the response of soil respiration to warming. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our collaborators run a series of field experiments to investigate different agricultural treatments on greenhouse gas emissions from soils. |
| Impact | There are two joint papers: 1) Root phenotyping and root water uptake calculation using soil water contents measured in a winter wheat field (2023), Agricultural water management, DOI10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108607 2) A new concept for modelling the moisture dependence of heterotrophic soil respiration (2023), Soil Biology & Biochemoistry, DOI10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109147 |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration with Sichuan University in China on how root-soil interactions affect soil structure, root growth, root water uptake and the consequence |
| Organisation | Sichuan University of Science and Engineering |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is a joint project funded by the Royal Society of London (£12000) and the Natural Science Foundation of China (100000 Yuan). It is originated from our findings that soil structure and associated physical processes are important drivers of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling and that topsoil water content is not only a resource, but also functions as a cue coordinating how crop takes up water from different soil depths. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our Chinese collaborator is the lead in water-crop interaction, and their work on modeling water flow in soil-root-plant-atmosphere systems contributes to the success of this collaboration. |
| Impact | There are two papers under review |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | "Attendance at Programa CAPES:CAPES-PRINT (PRINT - PROGRAMA INSTITUCIONAL DE INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO) Processo nº 88887.717474/2022-00 do Programa CAPES-PRINT " |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Attendance at Programa CAPES:CAPES-PRINT (PRINT - PROGRAMA INSTITUCIONAL DE INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO) Processo nº 88887.717474/2022-00 do Programa CAPES-PRINT Talk at this event: Developing an improved understanding of the structure and function of the wheat root microbiome |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | "Front cover article in Farming Life, newspaper in Northern Ireland. " |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was an Invited speaker at the AFBI Soil Health Conference, Belfast, October 2023. Following the event, a journalist from Farming Life, a newspaper in Northern Ireland directed at farmers, published a front cover piece on my talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.farminglife.com/business/climate-change-will-have-a-devastating-impact-on-northern-irela... |
| Description | "Invited speaker at the International Forum on the Current Development of Soil Carbon Sink and ESG of Enterprise (Taiwan) " |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Over 250 individuals attended the International Soil Carbon Forum, which was organized by the National Chung Hsing University and the Agriculture and Food Agency (Ministry of Agriculture of Taiwan). The talk was titled ""Experiences in assessing soil organic carbon in temperate agricultural lands. Strategies for enhancing carbon sequestration"". The government has shown a significant interest in soil organic carbon and has encouraged international exchange experiences to improve soil carbon assessment and modelling in the country through the University. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | "UKRI panel membership: UKRI-NERC Equitable nature-based climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa (Sept.-Nov. 2023) " |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | "Grant panel activities, reviewing/ranking proposals" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | "• Talk at the Institute of Measurement and Control tittled: "Bacteria: Plants' little helpers" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A online presentation for a network of retired scientists (approximately 15 people) who were interested in the topic of plant microbiome and the use of bacteria as inoculants generating an interesting discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.instmc.org/events/354/hertfordshire_local_section_bacteria_plants_little_helpers_by_susa... |
| Description | 29th Molecular Microbial Ecology Group meeting (MMEG) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Participant |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-calendar/past-events/mmeg-molecular-microbial-ecology-grou... |
| Description | Agritech Workshop at King Abdul Aziz University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Agritech Workshop at King Abdul Aziz University, overview of microbiome research at Rothamsted |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Agro-ecology interventions for healthier crops, people and environments |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The presentations were had representatives from all five of Rothamsted Research ISPs. I represented the soils group with a presentation on technologies for soil health, crop improvement and health, human health and environmental sustainability. This was an opportunity to share findings with students. I had new social media requests on LinkedIn from some of the students and also connected with colleagues here, whom I hadn't interacted with. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Article in Farmers Weekly |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Farmers Weekly and magazine article arising from invited talk at Hutchinsons Agroecology conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/land-preparation/soils/what-is-the-true-value-of-on-farm-soil-organic-m... |
| Description | Article in Farming Life |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview quoted in article "Soil science to play a key role in farming agriculture's response to climate change". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.farminglife.com/business/soil-science-to-play-a-key-role-in-farming-agricultures-respons... |
| Description | Association of Applied Biologists Long-term experiment 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 keynote speaker, Long Term Experiments: Meeting future challenges conference @ Rothamsted Research, Harpenden |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.aab.org.uk/event/long-term-experiments-meeting-future-challenges/ |
| Description | BBC Radio4 Farming Today interview |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview with BBC Radio 4 Farming Today and related to the use of glyphosate in no-till systems and the usefulness of INIA's LTEs for understanding the effects of glyphosate use upon soil health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001slwz |
| Description | BSSS South East Soils Discussion Group (SEESOIL) Annual Meeting at Rothamsted |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I organized the BSSS South East Soils Discussion Group (SEESOIL) Annual Meeting at Rothamsted, with 25 participants from academia, industry and farming (September 2023). The meeting included seminars, an interactive workshop, field demonstrations of sensors, and visits to the soils archive and the old sample house. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | CXC Workshop - agricultural activity in the LULUCF Sector of Inventory - looking beyond peatland and forestry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance & networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Cereals |
| 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 | "Introduced our project ""Enhanced Rock Weathering for carbon removal"" Cereals event aims to equip farmers with the latest knowledge, ideas and technology to help them embrace all of the challenges and opportunities which will arise in the coming years." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/uk-enhanced-weathering |
| Description | Cereals 2023 |
| 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 | Arable farming show. Engaged with farmers and other related professionals/public about soil carbon and Rothamsted Research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration, Associate Prof Paul Dennis, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Collaborative Project and PhD thesis (2020-2023) on potential tipping points for microbial activity and functionality: Hoosfield Acid Strip Ongoing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Cornish Mutual podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Recording of podcast for Cornish Mutual, Episode 1: Farm Resilience: Does it start with Soil Health? published June 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.cornishmutual.co.uk/news-advice/farming-focus-podcast/ |
| Description | Dairy Science Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance & networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Dairy Science Forum |
| 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 | Presentation "Why should agricultural soils be managed for organic carbon sequestration?" to visiting Dairy Science Forum group members at North Wyke |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Defra Visit: Prof Nicola Spence |
| 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 | Acute Oak Decline, Emerald Ash Borer, Insect surveys and fungal spore monitoring, Sampling strategies for plant, wood, food imports- Potential development of volatiles, spore traps, air DNA sampling strategies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Departmental webinar - Tamm seminar, Department of Ecology, SLU. |
| 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 | Departmental webinar - Tamm seminar, Department of Ecology, SLU. Developing an improved understanding of the structure and function of the wheat root microbiome |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Discussion with NatureMetrics |
| 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 | Met with representatives of NatureMetrics: Tom Ludwig (Sector Head Regenerative and Sustainable Agriculture), Andrew Briscoe (Head of Science), Tiffany Jedrecka (R&D Lead) to discuss eDNA applications and scope for R&D collaborations/grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Dissemination of project findings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The activities are mainly talking with a member of a company about dissemination of project findings. We submitted two unsuccessful proposals to Innovation of UKRI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Down to Earth conference, Eden Project University Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at Down to Earth conference. Half-day conference, part-funded by the European Social Fund through the Business Clusters project; targeted at SMEs and other businesses operating within agriculture, horticulture, or construction. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | EBI Webinar - Developing an improved understanding of the structure and function of the wheat root microbiome |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EBI Webinar seminar entitled, "Developing an improved understanding of the structure and function of the wheat root microbiome". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/developing-improved-understanding-structure-and-function-wheat... |
| Description | EGU, Vienna 2023 |
| 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: The production of N2O from sheep urine patches is influenced by soil properties Presentation of: Life Cycle Assessment of mitigation measures of greenhouse gas emissions from beef production in England Presentation of: Extreme drought influences N2O hot moment intensity and duration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | EJP CarboGrass project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The kick-off meeting for the EJP CarboGrass project on the impact of grassland management on soil carbon storage was held in Madrid. As collaborators, we participated in the meeting online to discuss the working plan and present our capabilities for potential field and incubation studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | EJP meeting, Dublin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance and networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | EU Focus Group participation (EU Soil Mission project CREDIBLE) |
| 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 | Invited to join an expert focus group on long-term experiment data management. Participated in 3 online workshops and invited to join a panel discussion and present at the CREDIBLE European Carbon Farming Summit, Valencia, Spain 5th-7th March. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.project-credible.eu/ |
| Description | Eagle genomics, Rothamsted and CABI. |
| 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 | Kickoff meeting on project with Eagle genomics, Rothamsted and CABI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Filming at North Wyke |
| 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 | Hosted Quintessence Films at NW to film discussion of soil health and extended composite phenotype as part of a trailer for documentary examining Regen Ag. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Geotree |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance and networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Green Microbiome Project |
| 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 | Green Microbiome Project at Imperial college in collaboration with CABI and Rothamsted |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Groundswell 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participation in Groundswell 2023, manning Rothamsted stand (June 2023). I prepared and presented a poster on soil carbon monitoring and modelling. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Groundswell 2023 |
| 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 | Regenerative agriculture conference/show engaging with farmers with the aim to communicate science to practice. Spoke with many farmers and related professionals/public about soil carbon and Rothamsted Research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Heritage Weekend |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | General public came to Rothamsted Manor and visited the science room, in which there were some activities (i.e. "Burping the cows", some fungi growing on Petri dishes, some science temporary tatoos (which kids loved!) and give away wildflower seeds) and I spoke about my work on the plant microbiome and how microorganisms can help plants grow and develop. Some people were really surprised to hear about microbes and were fascinated about all the work conducted as Rothamsted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Hosted visit from Yara (~20 agronomists) fertiliser company. Good potential for work in the area of soil biology, new organo-mineral fertiliser products. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Yara visit to support new translation project activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Hosted/lectured PhD students (Horizon 2020-FertiCycle Project, bio-based fertilisers) from the University of Copenhagen |
| 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 | "Hosted ~16 PhD students (Horizon 2020-FertiCycle Project, bio-based fertilisers), with Lars Stoumann Jensen and Paul Petersen, who visited from the University of Copenhagen. Lectures from Martin Broadley, David Powlson, and field tours from Sarah Perryman/LTE team, 15th Sept. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Interview for New Scientist |
| 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 | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The interview was featured in the careers section of The Future of Food & Agriculture microsite for New Scientist Live to talk about my job and to inspire the next generation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://future-of-farming.colab.newscientist.com/article/what-does-a-soil-carbon-specialist-do |
| Description | Interview with BBC Radio 4 Farming Today/Food and Farming Awards |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Recording of interview as part of the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards to discuss Rothamsted's involvement with short-listed local farmer Andy Gray at Elston Farm, Copplestone |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited Speakers '2nd International Workshop on Food Security' UFLA, Lavras/MG - Brazil |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Tim Mauchline, Ian Clark, Tessa Reid and Rodrigo Taketani all gave presentations about the current and future research at Rothamsted to 50 students and staff members of Federal University of Lavras, Brazil. Potential future collaborations and funding opportunities were discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited collaboration visit and presentation at INIA, 3-10 March 2024, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a joint Rothamsted Research/Cranfield University visit following the successful PhD project of Jesus Castillo on "Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Rice-Livestock systems of Uruguay". It was a collaboration engagement with colleagues and farmers (and the president). The outcome is a project proposal and presentation of research results. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited keynote speaker, Hutchinsons Agroecology conference 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting hosted by Hutchinsons covering various aspects of agroecology. presentation followed by discussion and questions from audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited speak to '21st Century Frontiers in Chemical Biology symposium' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited speak to '21st Century Frontiers in Chemical Biology symposium' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Imperial Fungal Network Autumn Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited 15 minute presentation to members of the Imperial Fungal Science Network during the Autumn Symposium 2023, prompting discussions around One Health/AMR with groups at Imperial and UCL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/description/index.php?route=163334/imperial-fungal-science-network... |
| Description | Invited speaker at the "A Legacy of Knowledge Conference" at Yara's international R&D Headquarters in Dulmen, Germany, 6-7 September. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The workshop had ~50 participants in person, and close to 100 online, most of them Yara staff. The workshop was part of a celebration of 65 years of their long-term experiment. Besides giving the seminar, I participated in several meetings to discuss potential collaborations in research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited speaker at the AFBI Soil Health Conference, Belfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "I was an invited speaker (in-person) at the AFBI Soil Health Conference, Belfast, October 2023. I talked about soil carbon and climate impacts to an audience of farmers, policy makers, and academics. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited speaker at the Agri Carbon Days, Morocco |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I was an invited speaker (in-person) at the Agri Carbon Days - International Symposium on Decarbonization of Agribusiness & Carbon Farming, UM6P, Morocco, May 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited speaker at the Climate Science Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I was an invited speaker (remote) at the Climate Science Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, organized by the British High Commission (February 2023). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited speaker, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences workshop on sustainable use of soil, water and long-term experiments, Shanqiu |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hybrid international workshop with 300 attendees |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited speaker, Chinese Agriculture University, Beijing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to staff, and post-graduate students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited speaker, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to staff, and post-graduate students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited speaker, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Jones Food Company: Vertical Farming. Investigate the potential of assessing microbiomes and pathogen detection within Vertical farming settings. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Investigate the potential of assessing microbiomes and pathogen detection within Vertical farming settings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote Speaker, EMBL-EBI Industry workshop: Agri Microbiomics promise and challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop organised by Syngenta, Bayer, Unilever and EMBL-EBI to discuss soil and plant microbiomes and their role in environmental health and crop productivity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hinxtonhall-conferencecentre_embl-ebi-agri-tech-consortium-activity-7... |
| Description | Kick-off meeting for Innovate project |
| 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 | Kick off meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Long Term Experiment 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: Can conservation agriculture principles mitigate greenhouse gas emissions? A scoping review and meta-analysis Presentation of: EJP soil CropGas project: The effect of conservation agriculture interventions on greenhouse gas emissions Presentation of: Effect of plough on CO2 fluxes from temperate grazed pastures on the North Wyke Farm Platform Presentation of: Assessing different sward managements on biological nitrogen fixation from a white clover high sugar grass mixture Presentation of: GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE LARGE SCALE ROTATION EXPERIMENT: METRIC OPTIONS Presentation of: FARMERS AND ROTHAMSTED SCIENTISTS WORKING TOGETHER ON A NEW LONG-TERM EXPERIMENT: THE DEVON SILVOPASTURE NETWORK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | MPI/GRA Annual Science Presentations 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CropGas: The effect of conservation agriculture interventions on greenhouse gas emissions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | MPs Visit: Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee roundtable discussion and tours. |
| 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 | MPs Visit: Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee roundtable discussion and tours. Threats & opportunities for soil health; ELMs & government support, research on healthy soils, including metrics & data. Lab tours, potential of microbiomes within farming practice, pathogen monitoring, healthy soils and ELMS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting to discuss soil health with Soil Association Exchange |
| 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 | Meeting with Helen Browning (CEO, Soil Association), Harriet Atkinson (Project Manager, Soil Association Exchange), Beth Metson (Head of Farming Advice, Soil Association Exchange) and Abigail Barker (Banba Advisory) to discuss soil health measurement and advice |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with EFRA Parliamentary Committee on Soil Health |
| 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 | Participation in the meeting with the EFRA Parliamentary Committee on Soil Health, February 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Hutchinsons about potential collaborations. |
| 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 | I participated in a meeting with Hutchinsons at Rothamsted about potential research collaborations (September 2023), with emphasis on technologies for soil health monitoring. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | NOMAD conference 2023 |
| 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 | Attendance & networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) Crop Science Departmental presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to present at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) Crop Science Departmental seminar. Title of presentation: Agroecology conscious interventions for healthier crops, environments and people. Interest from participants on the CropGas project manual as they are also measuring greenhouse gas emissions under field trials. The GropGas project is led by Dr Laura Cardenas. Links have been made between the student and Laura Cardenas to access the CropGas protocol for gas measuremnts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/StephanieSwarbr/status/1744777545218711931 |
| Description | Natural England Catchment Sensitive Farming visit to North Wyke |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 80-member group visit from Natural England, Catchment Sensitive Farming: group discussions and field demonstration and discussion of matters relating to soil health and the role of organic matter in soil function |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Natural England event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance & networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | New collaboration meeting |
| 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 | The purpose was to initiate a collaboration with researchers from the Northeast region of Brazil, to discuss about research priorities and problems in the unique biome - Caatinga. This will lead to the development of the "Caatinga Microbiome Initiative". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | One Crop Health Novo Nordisk workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | One Crop Helath workshop with Rothamsted, Universties of Copenhagen, Aarhus, Sheffield. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Oral presentation "Studies on root-associated ACC deaminase Pseudomonas strains under osmotic stresses" at the 4th Plant Microbiome Symposium. 1st - 4th August 2023. Ecuador - Quito. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation "Studies on root-associated ACC deaminase Pseudomonas strains under osmotic stresses" on ongoing-research at an International conference (approximately 120 scientists) at Ecuador Quito |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.usfq.edu.ec/en/events/4th-plant-microbiome-symposium-2023 |
| Description | Participant in Roundtable Meeting and International Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Diversification, hosted by NIAB/University of Cambridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Attendance and participation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation at the CEREALS meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cereals: Participation at the CEREALS meeting and presentation of soil health management as well as spectral soil analysis and its application. At the Thoresby Estate, Nottinghamshire, on the 13th and 14th June 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation at the Groundswell meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Groundswell: Participation at the Groundswell meeting and presentation of soil health monitoring tools. At the Lannock Manor Farm, Hertfordshire, on the 28th and 29th June 2023. Presentation on our soil carbon index for soil quality at Groundswell to visiting farmers and industry representatives. We also presented our ongoing work with a farmer group in the Cotswold on soil carbon baselining. This is a very popular theme in the moment and farmers want to be informed of ongoing research and activities of RRes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Placement fair at the University of Hertfordshire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Placement fair where the postgraduate students of University of Hertfordshire present a poster explaining their project at research institutes or industries to the faculty and to other postgraduate and undergraduate students. Deena Maharjan, my placement student, won the Best Poster Award. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Podcast - Living Soils in the Americas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | "I spoke about Rothamsted Research in the Living Soils of the Americas Podcast, for the InterAmerican Agricultural Cooperation Institute (September 2023). The interview was in Spanish. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Poster Presentation at the 16th Chemical Biology of Natural Products Conference at the University of Warwick, 29th-30th June, 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presented a poster outlining the Microbial Secondary Metabolite Discovery platform at Rothamsted, to raise awareness of this work within Growing Health and interact with researchers within the field. Invited to take part in future work on a new version of a community-led repository and associated publication in a co-ordinator role. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wcibb/meetings/chemistryandbiologysymposium/ |
| Description | Presentation and participation in the Long Term Experiments Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentations at the Long Term Experiments Conference: (i) models to explore the drivers of soil organic carbon variability at the NWFP, (ii) FP757 experiment results at Longlands fields under S2N framework, and (iii) The Devon Silvopasture Network |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.aab.org.uk/event/long-term-experiments-meeting-future-challenges/ |
| Description | Representing Rothamsted at the Herts County Show 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I served as a public outreach volunteer for Rothamsted Research at the Herts County Show 2023, where I manned the Rothamsted stall alongside colleagues. My primary responsibility was to demonstrate DNA extractions from strawberries, particularly engaging children who were very intrigued by this unique hands-on experience. The overarching purpose of our activity was to foster public engagement with Rothamsted Research, enlightening attendees about our work and igniting their interest in science. The outcomes were overwhelmingly positive, with a fantastic day, enthusiastic feedback from stall visitors, numerous meaningful conversations about our research, and engaging discussions with local political party candidates keen to explore ways in which Rothamsted could contribute to policy procedures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://hertsshow.com/ |
| Description | Research visit from FarmEye |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Research visit from the CEO and CTO of FarmEye, a company based in Ireland developing soil carbon MRV platforms and soil health monitoring systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.farmeye.ie/ |
| Description | Rootstock 2023 , farmer's event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at event and networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Rothamsted Campus Discovery Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I was an invited speaker at the Rothamsted Campus Discovery event (September 2023). I have a talk on Digital Agriculture and Agri-Tech, and several tenants at Rothamsted Enterprises contacted me afterwards about potential collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Rothamsted Research Insights Event 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Farmer engagement and networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Rothamsted stand at the University of Leeds Career Fair |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Manning the Rothamsted stand at the University of Leeds STEM Careers Fair (October 2023) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | SAFA Showcase meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Showcase event for SAFA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | STEM Career talk at Katherine Warrington School in Harpenden (24th January 2024 - afternoon assembly at ) for Year 8 students , approximately 150 students. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Over 150 students - year 8 from KWS local school at Harpenden received an STEM Career talk where two postdoctoral sciences explained what does Rothamsted study and our own Careers paths. The talk was around 50 minutes including Q&A. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Silvopasture knowledge exchange visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Two researchers from Colombia's CIPAV visited Rothamsted Research-North Wyke from November 13th to November 20th as part of a project funded by the Royal Society. On November 13th, an introductory event was held, which focused on introducing both institutions, establishing the priority areas for discussion during the week, and visiting North Wyke. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk at Velcourt annual conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk at Velcourt annual conference; "Microbiome facilitated agriculture?" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Talk at first International Workshop on Agricultural Microbiology in Lavras, MG, Brazil |
| 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 | Talk title: Developing an improved understanding of the structure and function of the wheat root microbiome |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk at the University of Hertfordshire for students for research placement opportunities. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The talk was to showcase some activities conducted in our group and to attract the interest of research placement students about advertised projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | The New Scientist Live 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Exhibit: "The old Apothecary's World of Chemical Ecology" - showcasing work on microbes, insects, plants and how signalling might affect this interaction. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Transformation of Europe´s agriculture: A mobile technology solution for turning AD digestate to fertilizers and soil amenders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank open meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank open meeting at the JIC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UK Department for Business and Trade, New Zealand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Gaseous emissions from agriculture |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UK Department for Business and Trade, New Zealand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Broad range of topics, from agricultural practices (rotations, legacy effects for pathogen and break crops), plant growth bacteria as inoculum, syncoms or mechanisms. Agricultural tipping points and Soil Health Indicators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UM6P & CGIAR Strategic Collaborative Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "UM6P & CGIAR Strategic Collaborative Workshop activity took place in UM6P in Morocco and centred around 7 topics: 1. Systems Approaches for the Sustainable Intensification of African Agriculture 2. Soil Health to Sustain Food Security in Africa 3. Biodiversity and Genetic Resources to Sustain Food Security in Africa 4. Role of Social Sciences Research to Sustain Food Security in Africa 5. Research needs for climate change adaptation, mitigation, and water management in Africa 6. Role of Big Data, Geospatial Science, and Remote Sensing in Research and Ag. Extension 8. Quality Assurance for the PhD and Postdoc Scholarship Program " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Undergraduate Abe Bailey Bursary Tour from South Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Visiting undergraduate student awarded the travel bursaries as a student who is academically strong and have shown exceptional qualities of leadership and service. Visited the molecular microbial ecology group at Rothamsted and spent the afternoon interacting with PhD students, post-Docs and more senior scientists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Visit Elston Farm (Devon Silvopasture Network) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | As part of the Royal Society's project on silvopasture knowledge exchange, we arranged a visit to Elston Farm, one of the farms participating in the Devon Silvopasture Network. During the visit, Andy Gray, the host, discussed his motivations for joining the network and shared some of his future plans for the farm. The conversation revolved around silvopasture systems and how they can enhance carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and animal welfare. The dialogue included a comparation between tropical and temperate silvopasture systems in different stages of development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/LauraCa35664104/status/1724180331123593648 |
| Description | Visit by AgriTechNZ/Investment NSW (28th Sept. 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination activity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Visit by North Carolina State University Plant Sciences Initiative, 29th Sept. 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To discussion collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Visit of Dominic Weiss and group to Rothamsted to discuss research collaborations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Dominic Weiss and his team from Imperial college to discuss synergies in siderophore research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Visit of NFU to Rothamsted Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit of NFU representatives to Rothamsted to discuss research areas and activities. I gave a short talk to the visitors about Microbiology research at Rothamsted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Visit to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for "Endophytic Microbes for Crop Nutrition: Reality or Myth?" - 2-day workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for "Endophytic Microbes for Crop Nutrition: Reality or Myth?" - 2-day workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | WIldfarmed growers group meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Presentation "Soil Organic Carbon and Emergent Soil Health" to Wildfarmed growers group at annual meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Webinar on the phytobiomes alliance platform, "THE UK CROP MICROBIOME CRYOBANK, A UTILITY TO SUPPORT PHYTOBIOMES RESEARCH" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Webinar on the phytobiomes alliance platform, "THE UK CROP MICROBIOME CRYOBANK, A UTILITY TO SUPPORT PHYTOBIOMES RESEARCH" describing the resource and preliminary results |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://phytobiomesalliance.org/events/the-uk-crop-microbiome-cryobank-a-utility-to-support-phytobio... |
| Description | Working Group, Research Capacity Strengthening: A Quick Guide for Researchers |
| 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 | Contribution to Working Group to produce a Guide for Researchers on Effective Research Capacity Strengthening |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Effective%20RCS%20-%20A%20Quick%20Guide%20for%20Researc... |
| Description | Workshop Soil N Datacube |
| 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 & networking Further refinement of the UK inventory of nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Workshop: Omya Environmental Solutions (Switzerland) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presented research on LTEs, Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria, UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank project and their potential future uses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Yara (Lancrop Laboratories) workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Feasibility for using amplicon sequencing as part of their analytical portfolio. Discussed pros and cons. Potential for future collaborations and proposals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |