Resilient Farming Futures: Understanding impacts of single and compound climate policy and biotic stresses on agroecosystem ‘resilience’
Lead Research Organisation:
Rothamsted Research
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
Agroecosystems deliver goods and services but face
unprecedented abiotic and biotic stresses. There is insufficient understanding of which stress
combinations disrupt ‘resilience’ most. RFF will develop multi-scale systems understanding of
single and compound stress impacts to embed ‘resilience’ in UK agriculture under three thematic
Work Packages: (1) Understanding impacts of future single and compound climate policy and
biotic stresses on agroecosystem resilience; (2) Detecting agroecosystem ‘resilience’ using novel
data science methods; (3) Digital platforms for supporting national resilience through systems
adaptations. (1) will involve in silico and in vivo experiments for the ‘resilience’ of agroecosystems
in the very near (2030) and near (2050) futures; (2) will develop statistical and machine learning
strategies to detect shocks to the ‘resilience’ of food production and regulating services; in silico
experiments in (3) will explore systems-scale adaptations for forecast climate futures couched
within digital frameworks. We will generate forward-looking digital platforms to enable stakeholders
to optimise systems level ‘resilience’ FAIR data and publications for science farming and policy.
unprecedented abiotic and biotic stresses. There is insufficient understanding of which stress
combinations disrupt ‘resilience’ most. RFF will develop multi-scale systems understanding of
single and compound stress impacts to embed ‘resilience’ in UK agriculture under three thematic
Work Packages: (1) Understanding impacts of future single and compound climate policy and
biotic stresses on agroecosystem resilience; (2) Detecting agroecosystem ‘resilience’ using novel
data science methods; (3) Digital platforms for supporting national resilience through systems
adaptations. (1) will involve in silico and in vivo experiments for the ‘resilience’ of agroecosystems
in the very near (2030) and near (2050) futures; (2) will develop statistical and machine learning
strategies to detect shocks to the ‘resilience’ of food production and regulating services; in silico
experiments in (3) will explore systems-scale adaptations for forecast climate futures couched
within digital frameworks. We will generate forward-looking digital platforms to enable stakeholders
to optimise systems level ‘resilience’ FAIR data and publications for science farming and policy.
Planned Impact
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Organisations
- Rothamsted Research (Lead Research Organisation)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) (Collaboration)
- Agricultural Industries Confederation (Collaboration)
- University of Southern Queensland (Collaboration)
- Wageningen University & Research (Collaboration)
- ADAS (Collaboration)
- WAITROSE LIMITED (Collaboration)
- FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- University of Plymouth (Collaboration)
- James Hutton Institute (Collaboration)
- French National Institute of Agricultural Research (Collaboration)
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Collaboration)
- University of Cape Coast (Collaboration)
- WESTCOUNTRY RIVERS TRUST (Collaboration)
- University of Southampton (Collaboration)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Collaboration)
- Aarhus University (Collaboration)
- UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (Collaboration)
- Bern University of Applied Sciences (Collaboration)
- Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (Collaboration)
- National Institute of Agronomy and Botany (NIAB) (Collaboration)
Publications
Blackwell M
(2024)
Potential unintended consequences of agricultural land use change driven by dietary transitions
in npj Sustainable Agriculture
Blyth H
(2023)
Fungal plant pathogen "mutagenomics" reveals tagged and untagged mutations in Zymoseptoria tritici and identifies SSK2 as key morphogenesis and stress-responsive virulence factor
in Frontiers in Plant Science
Cao X
(2024)
Spray-induced gene silencing as a potential tool to control rubber tree powdery mildew disease
in Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology
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| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12704092 |
| Title | Description of Catchment Systems Model (CSM) |
| Description | A flow diagram and an introductory document on the farm to landscape modelling framework for the assessment of the trade-offs and co-benefits for the mitigation of diffuse pollution in England were shared. They provide a short description of 5 interlinked modules, key references for the model and full list of mitigation measures available. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | No notable impacts yet but will be used in engagement |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12704093 |
| Title | Resilient Farming Futures Introduction Animation |
| Description | Creation of a short animation to introduce the RFF project |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Used as an engagement tool to multiple audiences |
| Description | A Collins appointed member of the UK Climate Change Committee Farming Advisory Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
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| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in EFRA Parliamentary Select Committee Expert Panel on Soil Health - Martin Blackwell 24.05.23 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Policy briefing of air pollutant inventory projections to Defra |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Policy briefing of air pollutant inventory projections to wider stakeholders including other UK nations |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Policy briefing of historical air pollutant inventory to Defra |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | This report estimates the emissions of UK air pollutants from the UK and fulfills part of our international obligations to reduce air pollution as agreed via the Gothenberg Protocol under the UN Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Long_Range Transboundary Air Pollution and the UK National Emissions Ceilings Regulation 2018 Report meets international obligations to reduce air pollution |
| Description | Policy briefing of historical air pollutant inventory to wider stakeholders including other UK nations |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Report meets international obligations to reduce air pollution. This report estimates the emissions of UK air pollutants from the UK and fulfils part of our international obligations to reduce air pollution as agreed via the Gothenberg Protocol under the UN Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Long_Range Transboundary Air Pollution and the UK National Emissions Ceilings Regulation 2019 |
| Description | Weekly meetings with Defra regarding the inventory of GHG and NH3 emissions for the UK |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | A comparison of testing methodology of soil phosphorus depletion by three crops fertilized with standard and novel fertilizers |
| Amount | £12,815 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Stapledon Memorial Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 10/2023 |
| Description | DEFRA GHG Inventories project 2023 (5 years duration) |
| Amount | £860,576 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 08/2028 |
| Description | Farming Futures: Environmental resilience, Industrial research |
| Amount | £417,547 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10087489 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2024 |
| End | 01/2026 |
| Description | Impact Accelerator Account |
| Amount | £5,646 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2024 |
| End | 07/2024 |
| Description | Intramural research grant |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 01/2025 |
| Description | Perry Foundation & Morley Agricultural Foundation - PhD studentship scheme |
| Amount | £123,501 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Perry Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 10/2026 |
| Description | The effects of soil column diameter and soil preparation on perennial ryegrass yield in controlled environment experiments. |
| Amount | £8,412 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Stapledon Memorial Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2024 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Title | CMIP6-based local-scale climate scenarios for impact assessment in the UK. |
| Description | Climate change impact assessments require local-scale climate scenarios. The climate change projections from Global Climate Models (GCMs) are difficult to use at local scale due to their coarse spatial and temporal resolution. It is important to have climate change scenarios based on GCMs climate projections GCMs ensembles, e.g. CMIP6, downscaled to local scale to account for their inherent uncertainty, and to generate a sufficient large number of realisations to account for inter-annual climate variability and low frequency but high impact extreme climatic events. A dataset of future climate change scenarios was therefore generated at 26 representative sites across the UK based on the latest CMIP6 multi-model ensemble downscaled to local-scale by using a stochastic weather generator LARS-WG 7.0. The data set provides 1,000 years of daily weather at each selected site for a baseline (1985-2015), and very near- (2030) and near-future (2050) climate change scenarios, based on five GCMs and two emission scenarios (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways - SSPs viz. SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5). A total of 15 GCMs from the CMIP6 ensemble were integrated in LARS-WG 7.0. LARS-WG downscales future climate projections from the GCMs and incorporates changes at local scale in the mean climate, climatic variability, and extreme events by modifying the statistical distributions of the weather variables at each site. Based on the performance of the GCMs over northern Europe and their climate sensitivity, a subset of five GCMs was selected, viz.; ACCESS-ESM1-5, CNRM-CM6-1, HadGEM3-GC31-LL, MPI-ESM1-2-LR and MRI-ESM2-0. The selected GCMs are evenly distributed among the full set of 15 GCMs. The use of a subset of GCMs substantially reduces computational time, while allowing assessment of uncertainties in impact studies related to uncertain future climate projections arising from GCMs. The 1000 years of realisations of daily weather for the baseline as well as future climate change scenarios are helpful for estimating seasonality and inter-annual variation, and for detecting short, low frequency but high impact extreme climatic signals, such as heat waves, floods and drought events. The dataset can be used as an input to climate change impact models in various fields, including, land and water resources, agriculture and food production, ecology and epidemiology, and human health and welfare. Researchers, breeders, farm and programme managers, social and public sector leaders, and policymakers may benefit from this new dataset when undertaking impact assessment of climate change and decision support for mitigation and adaptation. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | climate change scenarios |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10556986 |
| Title | CMIP6-based transient climate scenarios for impact assessment in the UK. |
| Description | Climate change impact assessments often require a large ensemble of local-scale transient climate scenarios. Each ensemble member represents plausible long weather series at a local scale. The climate projections from Global Climate Models (GCMs) are difficult to use at local scale due to their coarse spatial and temporal resolution. Moreover, very few projections are usually available for each GCM due to a high computational cost. An alternative approach involves employing a stochastic weather generator to produce a large number of transient scenarios based on the climate projections from GCMs. In a current dataset, transient climate scenarios were generated using the LARS-WG weather generator, based on climate projections from GCMs from the CMIP6 ensemble across 26 representative sites throughout the UK. Each transient scenario spans the period from 2020 to 2090. At each site, 100 transient scenarios were generated for two emission scenarios (SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5) and five selected GCMs from CMIP6 (ACCESS-ESM1-5, CNRM-CM6-1, HadGEM3-GC31-LL, MPI-ESM1-2-LR, and MRI-ESM2-0). The choice of GCMs were based on their performance over northern Europe and their climate sensitivity. The use of a subset of GCMs substantially reduces computational time required for impact assessment, while allowing to quantify uncertainties in impacts related to uncertain future climate. The dataset can be used with impact models in various fields, including, land and water resources, agriculture and food production, ecology and epidemiology, and human health and welfare, when undertaking impact assessment of climate change and decision support for mitigation and adaptation. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Transient climate change scenarios |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10563867 |
| Title | Examining Agricultural Land Manager Willingness to Adopt Climate Change Mitigation in the UK |
| Description | Farmer attitudes towards various mitigation measures for reducing GHG emissions were explored using an online survey hosted on JISC (2023). A range of question types were used, including Likert-scale, multiple choice, and free-text. Various farmer characteristics were gathered, including farm sector, farm size, tenure status, number of FTEs, age of the participant, and broad location. The dataset evidence differences in willingness adoption across the farm sector, especially highlighting poor willingness of farmers in livestock sector to adopt GHG mitigation measures. The dataset reflects evidence of limiting work time equivalent as a factor of willingness to adopt GHG mitigation measures. The dataset shows existing polarization in knowledge and adoption of GHG mitigation measures, while some farmers indicated 100% awareness and transition in land use and adoption of GHG mitigation measures, there seem to be farmers who do not know what net zero mitigation practices and its impact. This work was conducted by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI, University of Gloucestershire) and Rothamsted Research. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not aware of any impact |
| URL | https://repository.rothamsted.ac.uk/item/99058/examining-agricultural-land-manager-willingness-to-ad... |
| 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 | No impacts yet |
| URL | https://repository.rothamsted.ac.uk/item/98y60/field-features-of-the-north-wyke-farm-platform-weathe... |
| Title | JR and international community released new genome annotation for IPO323 Zt reference |
| Description | Zymoseptoria genome annotation |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | no impacts yet |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.26.53748 |
| Title | Simulation dataset of annual yields, GHG emissions and SOC stocks under current and projected climate conditions for major crops with current and reduced fertiliser rates in Southwest, England |
| Description | Using site specific spatial data and information, two agroecosystem models (SPACSYS and RothC) were integrated to quantify the effects of 3 fertiliser reductions (10%, 30% and 50%) under baseline and projected climate scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) in Southwest, England. 48 unique combinations of soil types, climate conditions and fertiliser inputs were evaluated for five major arable crops (winter wheat, maize, winter barley, spring barley, winter oilseed rape) plus ryegrass. Modelled annual estimates of crop yields, biomass, emissions of GHG gases (nitrous oxide, methane, carbon) and SOC stocks in the topsoil (0-30 cm) were tabulated with relevant metadata attached. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Simulated data for multiple outcomes to fertilizer shocks |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10700084 |
| Title | Soil Map of Rothamsted Estate |
| Description | The soil map of Rothamsted Estate is a new version of the original map published by Avery and Catt (1995). The current map was generated by creating a series of shapefiles in QGIS (v.3.22.8). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | no impact yet |
| URL | https://repository.rothamsted.ac.uk/item/98z89/soil-map-of-rothamsted-estate |
| Title | Woburn Erosion Reference Experiment crop yields. |
| Description | Annual arable crop yields for each plot of the Woburn Erosion Reference Experiment, 1988-1998. Also potato % ware, sugar beet % sugar, and other sugar beet yield components. Also annual fertilizer applications. There were eight plots, in a 2x2 factorial, with two blocks. Treatments were two directions of cultivation (cultivated and drilled parallel to the contour v up and down the slope) and two types of cultivation (standard cultivation, residue removed v minimal tillage, residues retained). All plots grew the same crops each year, in a rotation typical of the sandy soils of Bedfordshire. We acknowledge support from the Growing Health (BB/X010953/1) and Resilient Farming Futures (BB/X010961/1) Institute Strategic Programmes. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | no impacts yet |
| URL | https://www.era.rothamsted.ac.uk/dataset/wrn20/01-RN20YLD |
| Description | AgCen Network |
| Organisation | French National Institute of Agricultural Research |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | To create sharing of knowledge, best practice and experience of climate change plot experiments across a network |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hosted visits to experimental platforms and provided knowledge exchange opportunity |
| Impact | Establish links with other climate change experimental facilities in Europe |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | AgCen Network |
| Organisation | Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres |
| Department | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | To create sharing of knowledge, best practice and experience of climate change plot experiments across a network |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hosted visits to experimental platforms and provided knowledge exchange opportunity |
| Impact | Establish links with other climate change experimental facilities in Europe |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Collaboration with Kostya Kanyuka |
| Organisation | National Institute of Agronomy and Botany (NIAB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Experimental planning & data interpretation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise |
| Impact | Improved data analysis |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration with Mike Deeks & Steven Bates |
| Organisation | University of Exeter |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Experimental planning & data interpretation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise |
| Impact | Improved data analysis |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Devon and Cornwall Soils Alliance |
| Organisation | Westcountry Rivers Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Sharing of knowledge on soils |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of knowledge on soils |
| Impact | Improved knowledge for Farm Advisors |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | European Agricultural Gaseous Emissions Inventory Researchers Network |
| Organisation | Aarhus University |
| Country | Denmark |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations |
| Collaborator Contribution | A core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations |
| Impact | No outcomes/outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | European Agricultural Gaseous Emissions Inventory Researchers Network |
| Organisation | Bern University of Applied Sciences |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations |
| Collaborator Contribution | A core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations |
| Impact | No outcomes/outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | European Agricultural Gaseous Emissions Inventory Researchers Network |
| Organisation | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| Country | Austria |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations |
| Collaborator Contribution | A core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations |
| Impact | No outcomes/outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | European Agricultural Gaseous Emissions Inventory Researchers Network |
| Organisation | Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | A core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations |
| Collaborator Contribution | A core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations |
| Impact | No outcomes/outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | European Agricultural Gaseous Emissions Inventory Researchers Network |
| Organisation | Wageningen University & Research |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations |
| Collaborator Contribution | A core group of international scientists trying to improve and harmonize national ammonia emission inventory calculations |
| Impact | No outcomes/outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Experimental design and infrastructure - Anne Plessis |
| Organisation | University of Plymouth |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Sharing of knowledge on pot experiments |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise |
| Impact | Guidance on experimental platform design |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Resilient Farming Futures Advisory Group |
| Organisation | ADAS |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provision of advice, development of scenarios and pathways for resilient farming futures |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise for net zero |
| Impact | Improved pathways for agricultural net zero |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Resilient Farming Futures Advisory Group |
| Organisation | Agricultural Industries Confederation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Provision of advice, development of scenarios and pathways for resilient farming futures |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise for net zero |
| Impact | Improved pathways for agricultural net zero |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Resilient Farming Futures Advisory Group |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provision of advice, development of scenarios and pathways for resilient farming futures |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise for net zero |
| Impact | Improved pathways for agricultural net zero |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Resilient Farming Futures Advisory Group |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provision of advice, development of scenarios and pathways for resilient farming futures |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise for net zero |
| Impact | Improved pathways for agricultural net zero |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Resilient Farming Futures Advisory Group |
| Organisation | James Hutton Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provision of advice, development of scenarios and pathways for resilient farming futures |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise for net zero |
| Impact | Improved pathways for agricultural net zero |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Resilient Farming Futures Advisory Group |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provision of advice, development of scenarios and pathways for resilient farming futures |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise for net zero |
| Impact | Improved pathways for agricultural net zero |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Resilient Farming Futures Advisory Group |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provision of advice, development of scenarios and pathways for resilient farming futures |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise for net zero |
| Impact | Improved pathways for agricultural net zero |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Resilient Farming Futures Advisory Group |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provision of advice, development of scenarios and pathways for resilient farming futures |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of expertise for net zero |
| Impact | Improved pathways for agricultural net zero |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Roots into soil microbiology: A visualisation across space and time |
| Organisation | Falmouth University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have contributed by providing access to research facilities and samples from the the Rothamsted Sample Archive, and by helping collect fresh samples from the Rothamsted Long-term Experiments. We also participated in the making of knowledge exchange materials, including a short film. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contributed by using the soils we acquired to make artwork known as Bioglyphs, which employs a technique involving the use of traditional photographic film and soil that is incubated so the soil microbes consume the photographic film, creating spectacular patterns. They also participated in the making of knowledge exchange materials, including a short film. |
| Impact | This collaboration is multidisciplinary: 1) Soil Science 2) Art/photography |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | SOAP |
| Organisation | University of Southern Queensland |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration to produce digital twin with remote sensing data assimilation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration to produce digital twin with remote sensing data assimilation |
| Impact | Reciprocal visits and training workshops |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Sustainable Phosphorus Summit |
| Organisation | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration research programme on Nature Based Solutions and associated stakeholder engagement |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration research programme on Nature Based Solutions and associated stakeholder engagement |
| Impact | Stakeholder scoping workshop held in October 2024, which will pave the way towards the 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit (SPS8), proposed to be the first such meeting held in Africa, in 2025. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Sustainable Phosphorus Summit |
| Organisation | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration research programme on Nature Based Solutions and associated stakeholder engagement |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration research programme on Nature Based Solutions and associated stakeholder engagement |
| Impact | Stakeholder scoping workshop held in October 2024, which will pave the way towards the 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit (SPS8), proposed to be the first such meeting held in Africa, in 2025. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Sustainable Phosphorus Summit |
| Organisation | University of Cape Coast |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration research programme on Nature Based Solutions and associated stakeholder engagement |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration research programme on Nature Based Solutions and associated stakeholder engagement |
| Impact | Stakeholder scoping workshop held in October 2024, which will pave the way towards the 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit (SPS8), proposed to be the first such meeting held in Africa, in 2025. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Waitrose Supply Chain - AC |
| Organisation | Waitrose Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | benchmarking system for farms |
| Collaborator Contribution | access to farmers and data |
| Impact | No outcomes yet |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Title | Python version of RothC Official Rothamsted Research Release |
| Description | The Rothamsted carbon model Python version (RothC_Py) Purpose RothC models the turnover of organic carbon in non-waterlogged top-soil. It accounts for the effects of soil texture, temperature, moisture content and plant cover on the turnover process. It uses a monthly time step to calculate total organic carbon (t ha-1), microbial biomass carbon (t ha-1) and ?14C (from which the equivalent radiocarbon age of the soil can be calculated). Development history The first version of RothC created by David Jenkinson and James Rayner in 1977 (Jenkinson and Rayner, 1977). In 1987 an updated version was published, see Jenkinson et al. (1987). This version included the prediction of the radiocarbon age of the soil, the pools POM (physically stabilized organic matter) and COM (chemically stabilized organic matter) were replaced with Hum (humified organic matter) and IOM (inert organic matter), and the microbial biomass pool was split into BioA (autochthonous biomass) and BioZ (zymogenous biomass). In 1990, the two biomass pools were combined into a single pool (Jenkinson, 1990) this version is the standard version of the model, that this code refers to. Other published developments of the model include: Farina et al. (2013) modified the soil water dynamics for semi-arid regions. Giongo et al. (2020) created a daily version and modified the soil water dynamics, for Caatinga shrublands, in the semiarid region, North-East Brazil. Description of files included RothC_description.pdf This file contains the description of the model. RothC_Py.py This file contains the RothC code in Python language. Details of the inputs required, pools modelled, and units are in the code. RothC_input.dat This file contains input variables for the model. At the start of the file values for clay (%), soil depth (cm), inert organic matter (IOM, t C ha-1) and number of steps (nsteps) are recorded.Following that there is a table which records monthly data on year, month, percentage of modern carbon (%), mean air temperature (Tmp, °C), total monthly rainfall (Rain, mm), total monthly open-pan evaporation (Evap, mm), all carbon input entering the soil (from plants, roots, root exudates) (C_inp, t C ha-1), carbon input from farmyard manure (FYM, t C ha-1), plant cover (PC, 0 for no plants e.g. bare or post-harvest, 1 for plants e.g. crop or grass), and the DPM/RPM ratio (DPM_RPM) of the carbon inputs from plants. year_results.csv This file contains the yearly values of the SOC (both the pools and Total) and the delta 14-carbon. The pools are:YearMonth - Always December for the yearly outputDPM - Decomposable plant material (t C ha-1)RPM - Resistant plant material (t C ha-1)BIO - Microbial biomass (t C ha-1)HUM - Humified organic matter (t C ha-1)IOM - Inert organic matter (t C ha-1)SOC - Total soil organic carbon (t C ha-1)deltaC - delta 14C (‰) The total organic carbon (soil organic carbon) is equal to the sum of the 5 pools. TOC or SOC = DRM + RPM + BIO + HUM + IOM month_results.csv This file contains the monthly inputs, rate modifying factors, SOC pools. YearMonthDPM_t_C_ha - Decomposable plant material (t C ha-1)RPM_t_C_ha - Resistant plant material (t C ha-1)BIO_t_C_ha - Microbial biomass (t C ha-1)HUM_t_C_ha - Humified organic matter (t C ha-1)IOM_t_C_ha - Inert organic matter (t C ha-1)SOC_t_C_ha - Total soil organic carbon (t C ha-1) Requirements The code was written in Python 3.9.7. Installation/set-up A directory path will need to be provided as indicated in the code (["INPUT DIRECTORY PATH"]), to read in RothC_input.dat. Example of how to run the modelThe file RothC_input.dat contains all the inputs data needed to run the model. The month results (month_results.csv) and year results (year_results.csv) files correspond to this input file as an example. The model is normally run to equilibrium using average temperature, rainfall, open pan evaporation, an average carbon input to the soil, the equilibrium run is to initialise the soil carbon pools. Once the soil carbon pools have been initialised, the model is run for the period of interest. The met data (temperature, rainfall and evaporation) can be average or actual weather data. The carbon input to the soil can be: 1) adjusted so the modelled output matches the measured data, or 2) can be estimated from yield data (Bolinder et al., 2007), or NPP data. References Bolinder MA, Janzen HH, Gregorich EG, Angers DA, VandenBygaart AJ. An approach for estimating net primary productivity and annual carbon inputs to soil for common agricultural crops in Canada. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 2007; 118: 29-42.Farina R, Coleman K, Whitmore AP. Modification of the RothC model for simulations of soil organic C dynamics in dryland regions. Geoderma 2013; 200: 18-30.Giongo V, Coleman K, Santana MD, Salviano AM, Olszveski N, Silva DJ, et al. Optimizing multifunctional agroecosystems in irrigated dryland agriculture to restore soil carbon - Experiments and modelling. Science of the Total Environment 2020; 725.Jenkinson DS. The Turnover of Organic-Carbon and Nitrogen in Soil. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 1990; 329: 361-368.Jenkinson DS, Hart PBS, Rayner JH, Parry LC. Modelling the turnover of organic matter in long-term experiments at Rothamsted. INTECOL Bulletin 1987; 15: 1-8.Jenkinson DS, Rayner JH. Turnover of soil organic matter in some of the Rothamsted classical experiments. Soil Science 1977; 123: 298-305. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | no impacts yet |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10732265 |
| Title | RothC Official Rothamsted Research Release |
| Description | The Rothamsted carbon model (RothC) Purpose Roth C models the turnover of organic carbon in non-waterlogged top-soil. It accounts for the effects of soil texture, temperature, moisture content and plant cover on the turnover process. It uses a monthly time step to calculate total organic carbon (t ha -1), microbial biomass carbon (t ha -1) and ?14C (from which the equivalent radiocarbon age of the soil can be calculated). Development history The first version of RothC created by David Jenkinson and James Rayner in 1977 (Jenkinson and Rayner, 1977). In 1987 an updated version was published, see Jenkinson et al. (1987). This version included the prediction of the radiocarbon age of the soil, the pools POM (physically stabilized organic matter) and COM (chemically stabilized organic matter) were replaced with Hum (humified organic matter) and IOM (inert organic matter), and the microbial biomass pool was split into BioA (autochthonous biomass) and BioZ (zymogenous biomass). In 1990, the two biomass pools were combined into a single pool (Jenkinson, 1990) this version is the standard version of the model, that this code refers to. Other published developments of the model include: Farina et al. (2013) modified the soil water dynamics for semi-arid regions. Giongo et al. (2020) created a daily version and modified the soil water dynamics, for Caatinga shrublands, in the semiarid region, North-East Brazil. Description of files included RothC_description.docx This file contains the description of the model. RothC.for This file contains the RothC code, it can be used as a standalone subroutine or used with shell.for to create an exe file. Details of the inputs required, pools modelled, and units are in the code. Shell.for This file is intended as an example of how to: 1) read in the input data 2) call the subroutine 3) created monthly and yearly outputs The file can be used to create a standalone exe, or you can replace it with your own code to call and run RothC. Details of the inputs required, pools modelled, and units are in the code. RothC_input.dat This file contains input variables for the model. At the start of the file values for clay (%), soil depth (cm), inert organic matter (IOM, t C ha-1) and number of steps (nsteps) are recorded. Following that there is a table which records monthly data on year, month, percentage of modern carbon (%), mean air temperature (Tmp, °C), total monthly rainfall (Rain, mm), total monthly open-pan evaporation (Evap, mm), all carbon input entering the soil (from plants, roots, root exudates) (C_inp, t C ha-1), carbon input from farmyard manure (FYM, t C ha-1), plant cover (PC, 0 for no plants e.g. bare or post-harvest, 1 for plants e.g. crop or grass), and the DPM/RPM ratio (DPM_RPM) of the carbon inputs from plants. year_results.out This file contains the yearly values of the SOC (both the pools and Total) and the delta 14-carbon. The pools are: Year Month - Always December for the yearly output DPM - Decomposable plant material (t C ha-1) RPM - Resistant plant material (t C ha-1) BIO - Microbial biomass (t C ha-1) HUM - Humified organic matter (t C ha-1) IOM - Inert organic matter (t C ha-1) SOC - Total soil organic carbon (t C ha-1) deltaC - delta 14C (‰) The total organic carbon (soil organic carbon) is equal to the sum of the 5 pools. TOC or SOC = DRM + RPM + BIO + HUM + IOM month_results.out This file contains the monthly inputs, rate modifying factors, SOC pools. Year Month C_Inp_t_C_ha - C input (t C ha-1) FYM_Inp_t_C_ha - Farmyard manure (t C ha-1) TEMP_C - Air temperature (C) RM_TMP - Rate modifying factor for temperature (-) RAIN_mm - Rainfall (mm) PEVAP_mm - Open pan evaporation (mm) SWC_mm - Accumulated soil water deficit (mm) RM_Moist - Rate modifying factor for soil moisture (-) PC - Soil plant cover (0 bare or 1 covered) RM_PC - rate modifying factor for crop cover DPM_t_C_ha - Decomposable plant material (t C ha-1) RPM_t_C_ha - Resistant plant material (t C ha-1) BIO_t_C_ha - Microbial biomass (t C ha-1) HUM_t_C_ha - Humified organic matter (t C ha-1) IOM_t_C_ha - Inert organic matter (t C ha-1) SOC_t_C_ha - Total soil organic carbon (t C ha-1) Requirements The code does not require any particular of version of Fortran, so can be compiled in both windows and Linux. Installation/set-up A Fortran compiler is needed. The code can be used in the following ways: 1. The two Fortran files (RothC.for and Shell.for) can either be compiled and linked to create a standalone exe, which uses the input file (RothC_input.dat), when run, monthly (month_results.out) and yearly (year_results.out) output files are created. 2. The file (shell.for) can be modified to read in required data in the format you have, your modified code can be compiled and linked to RothC.for. 3. The file (RothC.for) can be called by your exiting code as a subroutine. Example of how to run the model The file RothC_input.dat contains all the inputs data needed to run the model. The month results (month_results.out) and year results (year_results.out) files correspond to this input file as an example. The model is normally run to equilibrium using average temperature, rainfall, open pan evaporation, an average carbon input to the soil, the equilibrium run is to initialise the soil carbon pools. Once the soil carbon pools have been initialised, the model is run for the period of interest. The met data (temperature, rainfall and evaporation) can be average or actual weather data. The carbon input to the soil can be: 1) adjusted so the modelled output matches the measured data, or 2) can be estimated from yield data (Bolinder et al., 2007), or NPP data. References Bolinder MA, Janzen HH, Gregorich EG, Angers DA, VandenBygaart AJ. An approach for estimating net primary productivity and annual carbon inputs to soil for common agricultural crops in Canada. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 2007; 118: 29-42. Farina R, Coleman K, Whitmore AP. Modification of the RothC model for simulations of soil organic C dynamics in dryland regions. Geoderma 2013; 200: 18-30. Giongo V, Coleman K, Santana MD, Salviano AM, Olszveski N, Silva DJ, et al. Optimizing multifunctional agroecosystems in irrigated dryland agriculture to restore soil carbon - Experiments and modelling. Science of the Total Environment 2020; 725. Jenkinson DS. The Turnover of Organic-Carbon and Nitrogen in Soil. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 1990; 329: 361-368. Jenkinson DS, Hart PBS, Rayner JH, Parry LC. Modelling the turnover of organic matter in long-term experiments at Rothamsted. INTECOL Bulletin 1987; 15: 1-8. Jenkinson DS, Rayner JH. Turnover of soil organic matter in some of the Rothamsted classical experiments. Soil Science 1977; 123: 298-305. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | No impacts yet |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10707407 |
| Description | 2 presentations NPK club & NPK Club Annual General Meeting - LC & MB |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion regarding research at rothamsted |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ABC Radio (Australia) South Australia Country Hour interview on 22 Nov 2023 |
| 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 | ABC Radio (Australia) South Australia Country Hour interview on 22 Nov 2023 -https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sa-country-hour/sa-country-hour/103116490 (Ist 11.20 minutes out of 55 minute show). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sa-country-hour/sa-country-hour/103116490 |
| Description | Adrian Collins - Environmental Farmers Group (EFG) - 21.02.24 - Farmers Event visit to NW site |
| 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 | Farm cluster group visit to North Wyke campus and farm for Resilient Farming Futures ISP engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Advisory Group Meeting - Resilient Farming Futures - 31.01.24 |
| 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 | RFF Advisory Group - 31.01.2024 (Cambridge University, Met Office, Defra, Environment Agency, Southampton University, James Hutton Institute, ADAS, Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Advisory Group Meeting - Resilient Farming Futures - 19.07.23 |
| 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 | RFF Advisory Group & Co-Development Partnership - 19.07.23 (Cambridge University, Met Office, Defra, Environment Agency, Southampton University, James Hutton Institute, ADAS, Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Advisory Group Newsletter update- July 24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Newsletter update provided to the Resilient Farming Futures Advisory Board to detail progress, new challenges and ask for advice on areas such as experimental design and data resources |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Agcen Experimental Platform Visit to France 15.05 - 17.05 |
| 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 | Visit to Climate Change experiments for knowledge exchange and networking with INRAE (Institut national de la recherche agronomique - France |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Agcen Experimental Platform Visit to Germany 07.05 - 08.05.24 |
| 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 | Visit to Climate Change experiments for knowledge exchange and networking with Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Atmospheric Emissions Science Day 12.11.2024 - LC/AC/PH/MB |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Institute campus science day with emissions related science presentations and site visits. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Attended IFEAA meeting 'Methane, muck and money' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion regarding methane emissions from manures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Attended and contributed Nati00ns meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion regarding crop management |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Attending 'Evidence Week' at Westminster 20.01.2025 - 22.01.2025 - AC/HRU/SG |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Sense about Science seventh annual Evidence Week in Parliament |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | BBC Countryfile Livestock & Water - 14.05.2024 - AC |
| 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 | Media interview for national television programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | BBSRC Biodiversity Workshop - H Metcalfe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of biodiversity research, focussing on future avenues including resilience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | BBSRC infectious diseases workshop, London, 22-23 May 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attended 2-day workshop in London on Evolution and ecology of infectious diseases to build consortia for future funding application |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://engagementhub.ukri.org/bbsrc-rsp-international/ecology-and-evolution-of-infectious-diseases-... |
| Description | BSPP-AAB Plant Pathology 2023 conference, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 6th - 8th September 2023. |
| 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 presentation at BSPP-AAB Plant Pathology 2023 conference, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 6th - 8th September 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bspp.org.uk/conferences/plant-pathology-2023/ |
| Description | British Crop protection Council |
| 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 | Workshop British Crop Protection Council (BCPC), discussing current and future weed threats related to RFF |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Cereals 2023 |
| 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 | Exhibited recent developments regarding methods to monitor airborne crop pathogens as part of Integrated Pest Management, to farmers, extension workers, Ag-chem industry and students over two days (13-14 June 2023). John West |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Cereals 2024 - K King & J West |
| 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 | Presented (alongside Jon West) on aerbiology and fungicide resistance research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Cereals: Participation at the CEREALS meeting and presentation 2023 |
| 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 | 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. Stephan Haefele |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Changes to ammonia emission factors for UK poultry farmers |
| 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 | Article in Poultry World on Updated ammonia emission factors for UK poultry and pig producers have been introduced by the Environment Agency. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.poultryworld.net/the-industrymarkets/market-trends-analysis-the-industrymarkets-2/change... |
| Description | Check Your Thread: Sustainable Food Production |
| 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 | A podcast interview targeted at people interested in sustainability. Interview was around sustainable food choices |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Climate Change Committee Advisory Group Joint Session - Resilience of Farmed Landscapes 16.01.2025 - AC |
| 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 | Advisory board providing general commentary and advice to the Climate Change Committee |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Climate Change Committee Advisory Group Joint Session - 18.07.2024 - AC |
| 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 | Advisory board providing general commentary and advice to the Climate Change Committee |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Climate Change Committee Meeting - Resilience of Farmed Landscapes 24.01.2025 - AC |
| 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 | Advisory board providing general commentary and advice to the Climate Change Committee |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Contributed to article in Crop Production magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contributed to article in Crop Production Magazine (interviewed) on evolution of fungicide resistance in the Phoma stem canker fungus Plenodomus lingam |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/technical/osr-disease-fungicide-resistance/ |
| Description | Devon Agri-tech alliance: Nutrients in soils |
| 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 | Presentation and discussions on keeping nitrogen where you want it, maximising use of livestock manure and digestates and reducing reliance on synthetic fertilisers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Devon and Cornwall Soils Alliance Meeting |
| 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 phosphate cycling in soils and aspects of RFF ISP related to phosphate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | EFG Board Meeting - Fordingbridge - AC - 10.10.2024 |
| 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 | Environmental Farmers Group network event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EFG Farm Cluster group - evening meeting - 23.09.24 - AC |
| 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 | Environmental Farmers Group network event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EFG Farmers Meeting - Hunt Forest Piddlehinton 15.03.2024 - AC |
| 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 | Environmental Farmers Group network event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EFG Farmers Meeting - Warminster 03.09.2024 AC |
| 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 | Environmental Farmers Group network event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EFG Farmers Meeting -Berwick St John - 20.12.2024 AC |
| 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 | Environmental Farmers Group network event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EFG Farmers Meeting -Warminster - 03.10.2024 AC |
| 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 | Environmental Farmers Group network event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Efficient Fertilizer Consortium Convening Event |
| 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 | Efficient Fertilizer Consortium Convening Event, organized by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR). Developing Common Evaluation Protocols for Enhanced Efficiency & Novel Fertilizers. January 23-24, 2024, NW Washington, DC 20036, USDA. Stephan Haefele |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Exeter's Penryn campus to give a presentation at a soils research day- 23.04.2024 - MB |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Soils Research Day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Fungal Genetics Conference |
| 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 | Conference representation and developing collaborations - Richard Haslam |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2024/ |
| Description | Glyphosate Resistance |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A press briefing to inform the media about the first case of glyphosate resistance in the UK, and the implications for UK farming. Led to articles in several national broadsheets, international farming press, and New scientist magazine |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Groundswell: Participation and presentation 2023 |
| 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 | 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. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | I'm A Scientist Get Me Out Of Here |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I'm a Scientist is a student-led STEM enrichment activity that connects school students with scientists primarily through half-hour, real-time text-based chats. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | IUGG Berlin 2023 Conference |
| 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 | IUGG Conference Berlin representation of RFF by Simon Pulley - 12.07.23 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.iugg2023berlin.org/ |
| Description | Invited Keynote presentation at Australasian Plant Pathology Society conference, 21 November 2023, Adelaide |
| 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 presentation at Australasian Plant Pathology Society conference, 21 November 2023, Adelaide. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://eventstudio.eventsair.com/apps2023/program |
| Description | Jim Scown & Falmouth University Visit - MB & PH - 04.09.2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit to show NWFP and RFF experiments |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Long Term Experiment Conference 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 | Mud, mud, glorious mud - impacts of modern farming and extreme weather on soil loss revealed ADIE COLLINS - Long Term Experiments: Meeting future challenges - 20th-22nd June 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://farmpep.net/sites/default/files/2023-04/AAB%20Conference%20Hybrid%20-%20programme.pdf |
| Description | NEW-IPM ONE HEALTH, SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, 5-7 September 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at NEW-IPM ONE HEALTH, SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, 5-7 September 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.swansea.ac.uk/bioscience/research-and-impact/natural-products-biohub-project/naturalprod... |
| Description | Natural England SW Advisors engagement |
| 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 | Discussion around ways to minimise nitrogen losses from livestock manures and organic fertilisers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Pasture for Life Farmer Network Workshop - 18.10.2024 - SE/MW |
| 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 | Workshop for all farmers either already practicing, or interested in moving towards, a lower-input pasture-fed livestock farming system |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Policy engagement event in West Minister 22.01.2025 - AC/HRU/SG |
| 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 | Sense about Science seventh annual Evidence Week in Parliament |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Presentation at DSV variety launch on oilseed rape disease biology and control, 24 May 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to growers at DSV variety launch on oilseed rape disease biology and control, 24 May 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation of air pollutant inventory projections to National Atmospheric Emission Inventories Air Quality Steering Group |
| 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 | Report national air pollution projection estimates and methodology behind estimates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation of historical air pollutant inventory to National Atmospheric Emission Inventories Air Quality Steering Group - A Carswell |
| 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 | Report national air pollution estimates and methodology behind estimates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentations to National Inventory Steering Committee online |
| 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 | Reporting national emissions and changes to the inventory methodology and data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presented at IFEAA AFN Deep Dive Event, Bristol |
| 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 | Discussion regarding methane emissions from manures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presented for European Joint Programme at 2024 Ministry Primary Industries /Global Research Alliance Annual Science 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 | Presentation regarding effect of conservation agriculture on emissions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presenting Zymoseptoria tritici Research at Rothamsted Research to ADAS Crop Pathology (Septoria) |
| 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 | An hour presentation/conversation alongside George Lund (Growing Health) given to ADAS crop pathology team focussed on opening up Septoria knowledge exchange. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Recorded lecture for the 'Professional Climate Change Skills and Methods (online)', University of Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation recorded for postgraduate course (level 11). The course is a core course on the MSc Carbon Management (online) programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Research Insights event: Fertilisers: quantifying their environmental impacts and opportunities to mitigate these |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion around ways to minimise nitrogen losses from livestock manures and organic fertilisers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Rootstock Conference 2024 |
| 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 | Workshop & conference representation of RFF by Adie Collins - 14.02.24 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://rootstock.ag/ |
| Description | Rootstock Farming Conference 14.02.24 A Collins |
| 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 | Attendance at one day conference for farmers in the South West to discuss forward-looking, profitable, sustainable farming in tune with natural processes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://rootstock.ag/ |
| Description | Rothamsted PhD Symposium 05.03.2024-06.03.2024 - A Collins |
| 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 RFF ISP to student cohort affiliated with Rothamsted Research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Rothamsted press release on air sampling |
| 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 | Work reported on Rothamsted website relating to minION metabarcoding of sub Saharan African air. Contacted as a result by Ghanian embassy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/protecting-west-africas-chocolate-one-flyover-time |
| Description | Soapbox Science, Milton Keynes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Organisation and promotion of the event, and updating the event website and social media. Supporting speakers from the RFF programme in developing their ideas for presenting at the event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Soapbox Science, Milton Keynes - H Blyth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Soapbox Science is a public outreach platform for promoting women scientists and the science they do. The events transform public areas into an arena for public learning and scientific exploration, for the Milton Keynes event in 2024 the count for interactions totalled >1400. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Southern Streams Meeting Marlborough 26.03.2024 - AC |
| 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 | Southern Streams is a farming cluster group committed to enriching the landscape and biodiversity in our environment, whilst enhancing water quality in the rivers, streams, lakes and ponds |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Trade-offs associated with glyphosate removal |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Chemistry today for an article on glyphosate, its uses, and some of the controversy around this agrochemical |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Trans4num General Assembly - 24.- 25.06.2024 - SW/SE/RD/KT/ZOU/MW |
| 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 | International consortium of partners from across Europe & China were hosted by Rothamsted as part of the EU Trans4num project and were part of a knowledge exchange piece on Resilient Farming Futures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | UK Climate Change Committee Farming Advisory Group meeting - 11.03.24 - A Collins |
| 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 | Active member of the UK CCC Advisory board |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | University of Exeter & Rothamsted joint collaboration workshop |
| 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 | Workshop sharing Resilient Farming Futures and developing collaborative opportunities - 12.06.2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | University of Nottingham - MAGNIFY Visit - H Blyth |
| 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 | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Spoke to 9 undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds visiting Harpenden-site as part of the UoN-Magnify programme to help them build professional networks, get insight into research, gain application and interview experience, and learn more about PhD opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | University of Plymouth & Rothamsted joint collaboration workshop |
| 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 | Workshop sharing Resilient Farming Futures and developing collaborative opportunities - 08.11.2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Visit Dr. Sirwan yamulki from Forest Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Exchange of expertise on agroforestry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Visit by The Department for International Trade with CREA, INIA and INTA Argentina and Uruguay |
| 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 | Visit by The Department for International Trade with CREA, INIA and INTA Argentina and Uruguay in which the RFF ISP was presented, alongside other projects/activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Visited Hebei Agricultural University-Baoding and Plant Protection Institute-Beijing, giving five lectures and discussing future collaboration, 7-12 October 2024 - J West |
| 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 | Visited Hebei Agricultural University-Baoding and Plant Protection Institute-Beijing, giving five lectures and discussing future collaboration, 7-12 October 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Weed Resistance Action Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A meeting of the Weed Resistance Action Group steering committee (WRAG) to discuss sustainable weed management. David Comont |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | presentation at the Plant Health Surveillance workshop, SARDI-Adelaide, 20 Nov 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | presentation at the Plant Health Surveillance workshop, SARDI-Adelaide, 20 Nov 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |