CROPROTECT: a knowledge exchange system to support UK growers in sustainable crop protection to allow efficient crop production
Lead Research Organisation:
Rothamsted Research
Department Name: Biointeractions and Crop Protection
Abstract
To ensure efficient crop production and to avoid wasting the land, water and nutrient resources used, it is essential that crop losses to attacking pests, weeds and diseases are prevented as much as possible. These attacking organisms have been managed primarily with pesticides for the last few decades but now alternative solutions need to be delivered.
Currently there is a disconnect between the R&D community and the farming industry. This must change if farmers and agronomists are to be better informed and with the expanding capacity and reach of information technology there is a real prospect of delivering location specific farming advice. To allow innovation, a system is needed to 1) identify best practise and 2) transfer information about best practice to farmers and agronomists. UK agriculture and horticulture are facing huge challenges (highlighted in the National Farmers Union healthy harvest report) as conventional pesticides are being restricted by legislation and lost to resistance. This project will develop a web-based knowledge exchange system to support growers by providing evidence based information about integrated pest management (IPM) and alternatives to pesticides. Currently much of the information that is readily available relates only to pesticides and there is a lack of awareness of alternatives. Information is also needed because alternatives are often more complicated to use.
The knowledge exchange framework built by the project will be web-based and comprise a number of linked modules: 1) a grower interface where farm information and crop protection needs is entered by farmers. Growers will input details of their pest, weed and disease challenges; 2) a geographic information system where farm data are held and mapped spatially; 3) a module gathering information about potential solutions. This part of the system will be driven by curated data obtained from disparate industry and academic sources regarding pest, weed and disease management recommendations; 4) an information processing and design of IPM systems module which will be at the hub of the system, and 5) an information delivery module that will provide relevant solutions to individual users. The outcome will be a crop health web portal growers could visit and obtain relevant advice about IPM.
The system will co-ordinate and connect grower data with information to allow the design and provision of pest management solutions. It will be a two-way system and allow us to obtain a detailed picture of the challenges growers face. The basic framework will be generic and units will be built for each of the major UK crops. As different units are added and the system develops it will build a detailed picture of both problems and best pest management practices. The system will thus make use of information technology to provide better information about pesticide alternatives. This will have substantial economic, environmental and societal benefits in terms of minimising crop losses, optimising control strategies, improving competitiveness and reducing environmental footprint.
The project is expected to make advances in web-based knowledge transfer systems. It will create and develop a system for gathering location specific data in a geographic information system with problem solving modules. The very real challenges farmers face in crop protection mean that a new communication system will be developed to provide answers about solutions. The current project is designed to address crop protection but lessons learnt could be used in development of other problem-solving systems.
Currently there is a disconnect between the R&D community and the farming industry. This must change if farmers and agronomists are to be better informed and with the expanding capacity and reach of information technology there is a real prospect of delivering location specific farming advice. To allow innovation, a system is needed to 1) identify best practise and 2) transfer information about best practice to farmers and agronomists. UK agriculture and horticulture are facing huge challenges (highlighted in the National Farmers Union healthy harvest report) as conventional pesticides are being restricted by legislation and lost to resistance. This project will develop a web-based knowledge exchange system to support growers by providing evidence based information about integrated pest management (IPM) and alternatives to pesticides. Currently much of the information that is readily available relates only to pesticides and there is a lack of awareness of alternatives. Information is also needed because alternatives are often more complicated to use.
The knowledge exchange framework built by the project will be web-based and comprise a number of linked modules: 1) a grower interface where farm information and crop protection needs is entered by farmers. Growers will input details of their pest, weed and disease challenges; 2) a geographic information system where farm data are held and mapped spatially; 3) a module gathering information about potential solutions. This part of the system will be driven by curated data obtained from disparate industry and academic sources regarding pest, weed and disease management recommendations; 4) an information processing and design of IPM systems module which will be at the hub of the system, and 5) an information delivery module that will provide relevant solutions to individual users. The outcome will be a crop health web portal growers could visit and obtain relevant advice about IPM.
The system will co-ordinate and connect grower data with information to allow the design and provision of pest management solutions. It will be a two-way system and allow us to obtain a detailed picture of the challenges growers face. The basic framework will be generic and units will be built for each of the major UK crops. As different units are added and the system develops it will build a detailed picture of both problems and best pest management practices. The system will thus make use of information technology to provide better information about pesticide alternatives. This will have substantial economic, environmental and societal benefits in terms of minimising crop losses, optimising control strategies, improving competitiveness and reducing environmental footprint.
The project is expected to make advances in web-based knowledge transfer systems. It will create and develop a system for gathering location specific data in a geographic information system with problem solving modules. The very real challenges farmers face in crop protection mean that a new communication system will be developed to provide answers about solutions. The current project is designed to address crop protection but lessons learnt could be used in development of other problem-solving systems.
Planned Impact
Much of current crop protection, at the farm level, is still based on pesticides. Knowledge exchange is an essential component of the promotion of IPM and alternative approaches therefore the project will fulfil a vital role in implementation of the "Sustainable Use Directive", EU directive 2009-128, which not only places restrictions on the use of conventional toxic pesticides but also has a requirement for "Promoting the use of IPM (integrated pest management) and of alternative approaches". This project will provide a new framework for knowledge exchange.
Stakeholder group 1: Farmers and agronomists. The project will create, develop and provide a web-based knowledge exchange system for crop health. It will identify best practise for crop protection and share relevant information tailored to their location and requirements. New solutions are needed as pesticide options are being taken away. For example, herbicide resistance is threatening the viability of Winter wheat which may have to be drilled in the Spring in large areas of the UK to avoid blackgrass (Paul Brown, Frontier) but this means lower wheat yield. Insect pest management in oilseed rape is becoming more difficult after the neonicotinoid restriction - one farmer (Andrew Howard) recently wrote that flea beetle problems meant that he was considering stopping growing the crop. Sustainable intensification will require more "knowledge per hectare" (RISE report 2014). The project will unlock new options, such as cultural control methods, use of resistant varieties and biocontrol by making farmers and agronomists aware of them. Farm business viability will be improved and the sustainability of important crops such as oilseed rape and Winter wheat would be improved.
Stakeholder group 2: Processors and retailers. The project will provide strategic information to the UK agricultural industry to maintain competitiveness and home-grown production systems. The vulnerability of production systems to yield instability and loss of quality will be reduced because the project will help to fill the gap left as pesticide use is restricted. This will reduce the risk of relying on imported food. Furthermore, by reducing reliance on pesticides, pesticide residues in food and water will be reduced which will benefit this stakeholder group.
Stakeholder group 3: Policymakers, researchers and support industries concerned with farming. The project will provide strategic information on farmer experiences of pests, weeds and diseases that will allow improvement of policies, research, products or services. The project will particularly benefit the Agricultural Informatics community. The spatial information about location of pests, weeds and diseases would be a powerful resource for integration with weather data and Sarah Jackson from the MET office has expressed an interest in this. As increasing numbers of farmers and agronomists use the system the 'crowd-sourced' information will become more powerful and will allow formulation of evidenced based policy and targeted provision of products and services. The system addresses a particular concern for UK farmers and agronomists but could also serve as a prototype for developing farming advice services globally. The system will be primarily web based because this will maximise the availability of the information, allow regular updating and real time two-way information exchange. It will be an interactive system driven by user requirements.
Stakeholder group 4: Consumers. The project would help to maintain efficient production systems which will feed through to maintaining reasonable food prices. Many consumers dislike pesticide use and this project would help to minimise their use by providing information about alternatives to farmers. There would also be environmental benefit and by reducing crop losses resources such as land and water would be more available for other purposes.
Stakeholder group 1: Farmers and agronomists. The project will create, develop and provide a web-based knowledge exchange system for crop health. It will identify best practise for crop protection and share relevant information tailored to their location and requirements. New solutions are needed as pesticide options are being taken away. For example, herbicide resistance is threatening the viability of Winter wheat which may have to be drilled in the Spring in large areas of the UK to avoid blackgrass (Paul Brown, Frontier) but this means lower wheat yield. Insect pest management in oilseed rape is becoming more difficult after the neonicotinoid restriction - one farmer (Andrew Howard) recently wrote that flea beetle problems meant that he was considering stopping growing the crop. Sustainable intensification will require more "knowledge per hectare" (RISE report 2014). The project will unlock new options, such as cultural control methods, use of resistant varieties and biocontrol by making farmers and agronomists aware of them. Farm business viability will be improved and the sustainability of important crops such as oilseed rape and Winter wheat would be improved.
Stakeholder group 2: Processors and retailers. The project will provide strategic information to the UK agricultural industry to maintain competitiveness and home-grown production systems. The vulnerability of production systems to yield instability and loss of quality will be reduced because the project will help to fill the gap left as pesticide use is restricted. This will reduce the risk of relying on imported food. Furthermore, by reducing reliance on pesticides, pesticide residues in food and water will be reduced which will benefit this stakeholder group.
Stakeholder group 3: Policymakers, researchers and support industries concerned with farming. The project will provide strategic information on farmer experiences of pests, weeds and diseases that will allow improvement of policies, research, products or services. The project will particularly benefit the Agricultural Informatics community. The spatial information about location of pests, weeds and diseases would be a powerful resource for integration with weather data and Sarah Jackson from the MET office has expressed an interest in this. As increasing numbers of farmers and agronomists use the system the 'crowd-sourced' information will become more powerful and will allow formulation of evidenced based policy and targeted provision of products and services. The system addresses a particular concern for UK farmers and agronomists but could also serve as a prototype for developing farming advice services globally. The system will be primarily web based because this will maximise the availability of the information, allow regular updating and real time two-way information exchange. It will be an interactive system driven by user requirements.
Stakeholder group 4: Consumers. The project would help to maintain efficient production systems which will feed through to maintaining reasonable food prices. Many consumers dislike pesticide use and this project would help to minimise their use by providing information about alternatives to farmers. There would also be environmental benefit and by reducing crop losses resources such as land and water would be more available for other purposes.
Organisations
- Rothamsted Research (Lead Research Organisation)
- Agrii (Collaboration)
- AgriChatUK (Collaboration)
- H L Hutchinson Ltd (Collaboration)
- HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Rothamsted Research (Collaboration)
- National Farmers Union (Collaboration)
- Association of Independent Crop Consultants Ltd (Collaboration)
Publications
Bruce T
(2014)
Glucosinolates in oilseed rape: secondary metabolites that influence interactions with herbivores and their natural enemies
in Annals of Applied Biology
Bruce T
(2017)
Prospects for plant defence activators and biocontrol in IPM - Concepts and lessons learnt so far
in Crop Protection
Bruce TJ
(2016)
The CROPROTECT project and wider opportunities to improve farm productivity through web-based knowledge exchange.
in Food and energy security
Michelmore R
(2017)
Foundational and Translational Research Opportunities to Improve Plant Health.
in Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI
Rose DC
(2018)
Finding the right connection: what makes a successful decision support system?
in Food and energy security
Storkey J
(2019)
Agroecosystem Diversity
Description | Information sharing can be facilitated by the use of appropriate websites and smartphone App. These overcome physical distance limitations and hence are particularly good for reaching isolated audiences in rural areas. They are not a substitute for face-to-face meeting but are highly complementary. They can provide immediate information at the fingertips of the farmer or agronomist user. A key global 21st century challenge is to maximise agricultural production while minimising use of resources such as land, water and energy to meet rising demand for produce. Crop protection in particular is becoming more difficult due to evolution of pest resistance and changes in legislation. To meet this challenge, while also adapting to climate change, agriculture will have to become more knowledge intensive and deploy smarter farming techniques. Up to date information can be made rapidly available and shared online. Quality control is important as is quantity control - users require the relevant information and not to have to wade through pages of non relevant information. Online knowledge sharing systems bridging research and user communities are probably in their infancy and will develop rapidly in the next decade. General lessons and guiding principles that have been learnt so far fall into three categories of relevance, ease of use and marketing: Relevance • Provide content which the users find relevant and useful • Make information meaningful • Tackle the research - user gap • Provide local contextualisation - spatial / temporal variation means • Provide up to date information Ease of use • Have a user friendly interface • Don't make it more complicated than necessary - keep it simple • Provide ongoing support • Make key information easy to access and find Marketing • Make sure users are aware that the system exists • Address legislation farmers have to comply with • Incentive to use • Bring farmers into design |
Exploitation Route | There are opportunities to use the crowdsourced pest, weed and disease data in combination with other data layers (MET data such as temperature and rainfall, soil and management data) in a geographical information system to make the system predictive. The project highlights the challenges farmers face with managing pesticide resistant pests because these are the ones most frequently reported by users. This finding may inform policymakers about the need for generation of new solutions. |
Sectors | Chemicals Creative Economy Education Environment Government Democracy and Justice Security and Diplomacy |
URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fes3.80/full |
Description | The project is developing a website, www.croprotect.com and linked smartphone Apps for sharing practical information about crop protection and pest, weed and disease management with farmers and agronomists. The website has been running for two years and has over 1000 registered users plus more unregistered users. In the last month there were 790 visits to the website. The smartphone Apps were launched in December 2015. The Android version has been downloaded at least 100-500 times and the iOS version has been downloaded more than 100 times. Feedback from users has been positive and we are using their comments to guide further development of the system. The pest, weed and disease targets for which information has been posted on have been chosen according to the number of mentions (votes) from users. The project is taking knowledge exchange with UK growers and agronomists to a new more dynamic and interactive level. Better information flow is needed because availability of pesticides is declining and the industry needs to know about alternative approaches which are often more complicated. Information about pest, weed and disease targets ranked by users has been shared with James Phillips of the BBSRC, Senior Portfolio Manager - Agri-food Business and Innovation, to guide future research strategy. |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Creative Economy,Education,Environment,Security and Diplomacy |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Description | BIS consultation about Innovation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | COMMONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE - Secured New Government inquiry into "the role of science and technology in addressing challenges to food security and biodiversity" |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Successfully securing this inquiry will have an impact in raising awareness and improving political will to use science and technology to address challenges to food security and biodiversity. Agriculture has been neglected since the last Green Revolution in the 1960s and 21st Century challenges need to be taken more seriously. The Commons STC is a high level committee overseeing delivery of science across all government departments. While the inquiry has not yet been launched, I am confident that it will make a difference to the areas highlighted above. Here is our University press release, which has more details: "Professor Toby Bruce has secured a full Government inquiry into the role of science and technology in addressing challenges to food security and biodiversity, following his successful pitch to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee in January. Professor Bruce's pitch was one of just four chosen to be taken forward as a full Government inquiry. The committee has combined Professor Bruce's recommendations on food security and crop protection with a related topic on gene editing techniques from Nicola Patron of the Earlham Institute. A report published this week by the Science and Technology Committee said: "Professor Toby Bruce suggested that we should hold an inquiry into food security, the environment and crop protection. He suggested that an inquiry could look at the tools available to farmers to protect crops against pests, weeds and diseases, how these had changed over time, what changes were needed to ensure food security in the future and research investment in crop protection. We will incorporate this into an inquiry into the role of science and technology in addressing challenges to food security and biodiversity." Professor Bruce said: "I am delighted that 'My Science Inquiry' is being taken forward to a full inquiry and look forward to working with the Commons Science and Technology Committee. There is an urgent need for increased research and innovation to help improve food security and protect the environment. I hope that the forthcoming inquiry will be a catalyst for change and will help to address some serious limitations that currently impede our innovation system, particularly with respect to providing new options for protecting harvests from pests". During the presentation of his research, Professor Bruce said: "The choice we have at the moment is having to choose between food security and the environment, so we need to find a way forward in which we can safeguard our crops without environmental impact, partly through smarter regulation to bring more inventions into the market. There is a critical shortage of new treatments but there's also underinvestment in this area. It's a major challenge that we face this century, how do we feed the world without wrecking the environment in the process." The Commons Science and Technology Committee will launch their inquiry into the role of science and technology in addressing challenges to food security and biodiversity within the next 12 months." |
URL | http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-co... |
Description | Leaving the EU: implications and opportunities for science and research |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/science-and-technol... |
Description | Member of EFSA plant Health Panel July 2015-June 2018 |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | Co-authored over 80 scientific opinions, pest categorisations and pest risk assessments published by the European Food Safety Authority to inform the EU and EPPO on policy to safeguard plant health in the EU. This included providing evidence to support trade restrictions in a wide range of plant-based products, such as plants, fruits or seeds that can only be imported from a pest-free location, or produced in a regulated way, imported without soil, inspections made at the border, or even complete bans on imports from a certain geography. |
URL | http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/plant-health |
Description | Provided written evidence to the UK science spending review |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/science-and-technol... |
Description | Responded to Parliament Consultation on Science Budget |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | http://data.parliament.uk/WrittenEvidence/CommitteeEvidence.svc/EvidenceDocument/Science%20and%20Tec... |
Description | Response to "My science inquiry" consultation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/science-and-technol... |
Description | Speech by the Business Secretary, Greg Clark, at the NFU conference |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/business-secretary-calls-for-new-tech-revolution-in-agriculture |
Description | Biological crop protection: a new 'slow down/speed up' strategy for aphid management |
Amount | £608,173 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/R021708/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2018 |
End | 07/2023 |
Title | CROPROTECT - reporting |
Description | The CROPROTECT network I created has over 1000 farmer and agronomist users. From the onset we have been keen to learn what their priority pest, weed and disease targets are. We have developed this into a crowdsourcing system where users can report pest targets and reports are mapped spatially using Google maps. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Evidence from CROPROTECT user reporting has been used to inform research councils (e.g. Global Food Security (GFS) workshop on "Alternatives to Pesticides", London, 23 May 2016). It has also been used to inform the Commons Science and Technology Committee and for guiding internal research strategy at Rothamsted Research. |
URL | https://croprotect.com/discover/reporting |
Title | CROPROTECT - reporting function |
Description | CROPROTECT users provide crowdsourced information about the pests, weeds and diseases they are affected by. Data are mapped spatially in a GIS and are made available online. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Building the evidence base about priority crop protection targets |
URL | https://croprotect.com/discover/reporting#_ |
Title | Light leaf spot and phoma leaf spot disease forecasts |
Description | Rothamsted has provided on its website or in collaboration with the AHDB (https://ahdb.org.uk/lightleafspot) an interactive disease forecasting tool for growers and agronomists to estimate disease pressure for the coming season based on weather and in the case of light leaf spot, also the amount of disease the previous season. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Improvements have been made in 2018 for example different sources of met data woere adapted to drive the model. |
URL | https://ahdb.org.uk/lightleafspot |
Description | AICC |
Organisation | Association of Independent Crop Consultants Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Discussion of crop protection requirements |
Collaborator Contribution | AICC is an agronomy organisation on the steering committee for CROPROTECT |
Impact | Development of the CROPROTECT information service |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | AgriChatUK |
Organisation | AgriChatUK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Involvement in Thursday evening online farming discussions |
Collaborator Contribution | Promotion and raising awareness about CROPROTECT (AgriChatUK has 22K followers from the farming community on Twitter) AgriChatUK (Charles Tassell) sit on the steering committee for CROPROTECT |
Impact | Development and promotion of the CROPROTECT information service |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Agrii |
Organisation | Agrii |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Discussion of crop protection requirements |
Collaborator Contribution | Agrii is an agronomy company on the steering committee for CROPROTECT |
Impact | Development of the CROPROTECT information service |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Harper Adams University |
Organisation | Harper Adams University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Sharing of facilities and expertise |
Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of facilities and expertise |
Impact | We have applied for a new £5M collaborative research centre and have been invited to a stage two application that we are currently waiting for the decision on (Research England E3 initiative) We have an existing joint research project, BB/R021708/1, "Biological crop protection: a new 'slow down/speed up' strategy for aphid management" |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Hutchinsons |
Organisation | H L Hutchinson Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Discussion of crop protection |
Collaborator Contribution | Hutchinsons is an agronomy company on the steering committee for CROPROTECT |
Impact | Development of the CROPROTECT information service |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | NFU |
Organisation | National Farmers Union |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Discussion of crop protection requirements |
Collaborator Contribution | The NFU are on the steering committee for CROPROTECT and provide insight into want their 55,000 farmer members require |
Impact | Development of the CROPROTECT information service |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Rothamsted Research |
Organisation | Rothamsted Research |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Updating information on the CROPROTECT website, www.croprotect.com |
Collaborator Contribution | Allowing admin access to www.croprotect.com |
Impact | Updating information on www.croprotect.com |
Start Year | 2019 |
Title | CROPROTECT smartphone App |
Description | The CROPROTECT App enables even easier access to the information also available on the website https://croprotect.com/ It is an output from the CROPROTECT project that shares key information and management recommendations about target pests with farmers, agronomists and other end-users. The project is developing and providing a two-way web-based free knowledge exchange resource through which farmers and agronomists can get specific information relevant to their needs. Dr Toby Bruce, who co-ordinates CROPROTECT, discussed requirements with users and many of them said they wanted an App for improved accessibility. The App was launched in December 2015. So far, the Android version of the App has been downloaded 50-100 times and the iOS version at least 100 times. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | The App provides the same information as the CROPROTECT website and empowers users with better access to relevant information about crop protection. |
URL | https://goo.gl/QMDevN |
Title | CROPROTECT website |
Description | CROPROTECT is a web-based knowledge exchange system to provide farmers and agronomists with guidance on pest, weed and disease management, especially in situations where effective pesticides are not available and alternative approaches are required. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | The website is used by farmers and agronomists to obtain information about pest, weed and disease management. There are 523 registered users and even more visits to the website from unregistered users. To give an idea of usage there were 474 visits to the website in the last month. This not bad considering that the website has only been live for one year. The main impact is to empower the users with information and improve access to relevant information about crop protection. We also get feedback from users about what their priorities are. This could have general implications for how to share information and improve research impact. |
URL | https://croprotect.com/#_ |
Description | 21/Apr/2021 Presented and was a panellist at the Waitrose PhD student career conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 21/Apr/2021 Gave a presentation on working with industry as an academic and was a panellist at the Waitrose PhD student career conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | AAB conference - Bringing Biocontrol and IPM to Market |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Over the last decade, the AAB "Advances in Biocontrol and IPM" Conference has become a popular fixture in the national calendar of events. The overall objective has been to create an annual gathering of the IPM community at which policy makers, experienced researchers, early career scientists and practitioners can detach themselves from their usual day-to-day pressures and become totally immersed in this important subject. To broaden its appeal still further, we will continue with a hybrid format to enable both in-person delegates at our regular conference venue and those who prefer to join us online. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.aab.org.uk/event/bringing-biocontrol-and-ipm-to-market/ |
Description | AAB conference - Knowledge exchange: from research to the food supply chain |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce gave two talks - one about IPM in Africa and one about the CROPROTECT system |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.aab.org.uk/images/knowledge_exchange_pro.pdf |
Description | AAB precision Agriculture conference October 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Jon West made an invited keynote presentation at the conference and this was associated with the following publication: West JS, Canning GGM, Perryman SA, Kaczmarek A, King KM (2017) Precision disease detection systems for agriculture and horticulture. Aspects of Applied Biology: Precision systems in agricultural and horticultural production v135, p1-8 (2017). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | AAB: Advances in IPM 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - gave a talk, chaired a session and helped to organise the Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) Advances in IPM 2016 conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.aab.org.uk/contentok.php?id=194&basket=wwsshowconfdets |
Description | AGRInet conference |
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 | Toby Bruce - lecture at the AgriNet conference, 13 May 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.agri-net.net/events/agri-net-5th-international-plant-chemical-biology-conference |
Description | ASPP Science Protecting Plant Health Conference, Brisbane Sept 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Jon West chaired a conference session and also made an invited presentation. West JS, Canning GGM, Kaczmarek A, King KM (2017) Comparison of rooftop and field-based air samplers for early detection and population monitoring of plant pathogens. Science Protecting Plant Health, 26-28 September 2017, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract Page 135. https://www.appsnet.org/publications/Brisbane_Presentations/West.pdf |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.appsnet.org/publications/Brisbane_Presentations/West.pdf |
Description | Agri and AgriFood Canada Research Proposal Review |
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 | Refereed a grant proposal for an AgriTech project proposed for funding from Agri and agrifood Canada |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Agri-tech REAP conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - Exhibited a stand with information about CROPROTECT |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.agritech-east.co.uk/site/reap/ |
Description | Agri-tech pollinator event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce gave a talk, "CROPROTECT - Web based knowledge exchange for crop protection" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.plantsci.org.uk/events/agri-tech-east-pollinator-farmer-innovator-speed-dating-%E2%80%93-... |
Description | AgriChatUK - invited panel member |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce is involved in the online forum AgriChatUK which has more than 12,000 followers in the farming community. In 2013 he was a researcher invited to answer questions on the subject, "The big arable challenges and how to overcome them". In 2014 he organised the session "Bridging the gap between farming research and practice" a topic suggested by me and for which I drafted the questions for the Q and A session. This was timed to coincide with the launch of the CROPROTECT project and the RoCRE developments. He was invited to be one of the hosts of the AgriChatUK discussion "Science on the Farm" and took part in this evening online discussion forum (30 May 2015). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
URL | http://www.agrichatuk.org/ |
Description | AgriTech REAP conference |
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 | Toby Bruce attended conference and took part in discussion |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.agritech-east.co.uk/reap-2015-roundup/ |
Description | Agricology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - serving on steering committee of Agricology, "Practical, sustainable farming regardless of labels". This is an important initiative to bridge the divide between organic and conventional farming and an opportunity to develop more evidence based approaches to sustainable agriculture. Toby is responsible for discussions relating to crop protection. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Agricology blog |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - Blog post - TACKLING THE FOOTPRINT OF PESTS, WEEDS & DISEASES IN OUR FOOD SYSTEM |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.agricology.co.uk/tackling-footprint-pests-weeds-diseases-our-food-system |
Description | Agritec East pollenator talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation made to a group of 50 stakeholders on the subject: the need for farmers' perspectives in applied research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/events/agri-tech-east-pollinator-pipettes-and-ploughs-taking-the-... |
Description | Aphidophaga |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - presented research at an international conference in Germany, 29 August - 2 Sept 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://aphidophaga.de/ |
Description | Association of Applied Biologists: Advances in IPM conference |
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 | Organised and chaired Association of Applied Biologists: Advances in IPM conference Organised and chaired |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Association of Applied Biologists: IPM the 10 year plan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce gave a talk, "Current state of the agricultural research community in the UK and its ability to deliver new and novel techniques to the production industry" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.aab.org.uk/images/ipm_2015_pro.pdf |
Description | Association of Independent Crop Consulants (AICC) Technical Conference |
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 | In 2015 Toby Bruce gave a demonstration of the prototype CROPROTECT website and got valuable feedback from potential users In 2016 Toby Bruce gave a talk, "Managing pests with fewer pesticides which was well received. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
URL | http://www.aicc.org.uk/aicc-conference-2016-largest-ever-0 |
Description | BCPC Diseases Review, 7 December, NIAB innovation farm |
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 | Jon West co-organised this conference as secretary of the BCPC diseases working group. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.bcpc.org/expert-groups/diseases |
Description | BCPC farmers club |
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 | Discussion in Whitehall about collaboration with BCPC and crop protection |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Biopesticide Summit, Swansea, 2-3 July 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gave a keynote, invited talk: "The role of science and technology in addressing challenges to food security and biodiversity" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://biopesticidesummit.com |
Description | British Science Association Festival, 6 September 2016, Swansea |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Jon West made a presentation on Farming in the future: Part 1 - Innovations in crop protection |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/british-science-festival |
Description | CLA |
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 | Toby Bruce - Discussion about CROPROTECT and how to make use of it with the Country Land and Business Association |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | CONGRATULATIONS TO PROFESSOR TOBY BRUCE'S GROUP |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Keele Website |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.keele.ac.uk/lifesci/news/2018/november/congratulationstoprofessortobybrucesgroup/food-se... |
Description | CPM magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce featured as the "On farm innovator" in Crop Production Magazine, April 2016 issue |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/2016/04/11/on-farm-innovator-crowd-sourced-science/ |
Description | CROPROTECT - Twitter feed |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Twitter feed for raising awareness about CROPROTECT activities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016,2017 |
URL | https://twitter.com/croprotect/ |
Description | Cereals 2015 |
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 | Face-to-face discussion with farmers and agronomists at the leading Arable agriculture event for the UK |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk/ |
Description | Cereals 2016 |
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 | Toby Bruce attended Cereals 2016 - the main UK arable farming event and discussed research with approximately 100 farmers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk/ |
Description | Cereals 2016 |
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 | Jon West presented work on Smart Disease Detection and exhibited new equipment for real-time detection of plant pathogen spores as parts of InnovateUK and AHDB-funded projects. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk/welcome |
Description | Cereals 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Demonstration of new equipment developed in two InnovateUK and one AHDB project, secondly publicising the CroProtect project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Chemical Ecology Postgraduate Course |
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 | Course of lectures in chemical ecology together with brainstorming future research, and student activities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Chinese Delegation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Two lectures on Crop Protection to a high level panel of Chinese academics and government policy advisers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Cranfield University Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 21 Apr 2015 J West gave a seminar at Cranfield University entitled Precision Pathology to approx. 40 staff and postgraduate students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Crop Protection Association/Fresh Produce Consortium annual conference, Peterborough 23 January 2018 (invited presentation) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation about Advances in pathogen detection, monitoring and forecasting. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://freshproduce.org.uk/media/694099/Briefing-Document-23-Jan.pdf |
Description | CropTech Show Blog |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Blog post on the CropTec show website: "What will Brexit mean for crop protection?" This is the most popular post on the website... |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://croptecbuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/what-will-brexit-mean-for-crop.html |
Description | Croprotect Workshop - A Sustainable Future for UK Crop Protection - a Rothamsted Perspective |
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 | Several Rothamsted staff, including Jon West, made 10-minute presentations plus answered questions in an online workshop. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Cropworld Global, Amsterdam, 25 october 2016 |
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 | Jon West made a presentation on Precision Agriculture for Enhanced Crop Protection |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://cropworld2016.conference-websites.co.uk/files/2016/01/Cropworld-Exhibitor-Brochure-Last.pdf |
Description | Ecomodernism launch |
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 | I was invited by Owen Patterson MP and Mark Lynas to attend the Ecomodernism launch. It was an interesting event and I took part in the discussion. It was about environmentalism making use of technology. I agreed that technology could be useful but not that we can fully decouple from nature. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.uk2020.org.uk/events/eco-modernism-restoring-science-environment-policy/ |
Description | Farmers Weekly Ag Careers Live event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - presented research and careers in agricultural research at a Careers Fair in Birmingham |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.fwi.co.uk/ms/events/ag-careers-live/ |
Description | Farmers Weekly article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Farmers Weekly Article: "4 Arable Apps That Save Time and Money" - Featured CROPROTECT (Feb 2016) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://twitter.com/olihillFW/status/703202949980254208 |
Description | Farmers weekly article about CROPROTECT |
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 | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | This press coverage about CROPROTECT helped to inform farmers and agronomists about the service |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/crop-protection-experts-launch-farm-management-support-app.htm |
Description | GCRF Africa Workshops June 2020 |
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 | A series of talks online, organizes by the UK KTN to brief people on upcoming funding opportunities from GCRF, Agritech Catalyst and UK KTP. Jon West gave a pitch in the East Africa and Southern Africa sessions. This led to an application to Agritech Catalyst round 10. Example 2-minute video pitch is 15 mins 35 seconds into this YouTube link: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=YouTube+UK+short+pitches+GCRF+Africa&docid=608032572298429384|=821100F0382FEAA133C3821100F0382FEAA133C3&view=detail&FORM=VIRE |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=YouTube+UK+short+pitches+GCRF+Africa&docid=608032572298429384&m... |
Description | GFS workshop - Alternatives to Pesticides |
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 | Toby Bruce attended GFS (Global Food Security) workshop - Alternatives to Pesticides organised by Tim Benton (former GFS Champion). Toby gave a talk and participated in discusssions |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Guest Lecture - University of Nottingham |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Gave a lecture to M.Sc. students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Hert Farmers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - talk about crop protection given to Hertfordshire Farmers breakfast meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.hertsfarmerscalendar.co.uk/ |
Description | IPM KTN online event 9 June 2020 |
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 | Jon West attended this workshop organized by the Knowledge Transfer Network and took part in interactive surveys and Q&A sessions |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Innovate UK Biopesticides event, Invited plenary lecture, London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Innovate UK Biopesticides event, Invited plenary lecture, London, 12 April 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Intelligent Sensing Systems for Early Detection of Animal and Plant Health Threats Workshop, Feb 2017 |
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 | BBRSC organised a workshop to bring together key experts with knowledge and techniques of potential for surveillance and monitoring of plant and animal health threats. The workshop included some short talks, discussions and break-out groups. It was attended by over 100 scientists and potential funders. Outcomes included an invitation to co-organise a related conference (Sensor 100, which was in July 2018), ideas for potential new projects and collaborators were also made. Feedback was provided to the BBSRC. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | International Congress of Entomology (Helsinki, Finland) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gave two invited talks at the leading international conference for Entomology |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.icecouncil.org/upcoming-congress |
Description | Invited Seminar at Newcastle University (3 April 2019) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited Seminar at Newcastle University |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited Seminar at University of Warwick (2 May 2019) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited Seminar at University of Warwick (2 May 2019) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | JIC visit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - Visit to the John Innes Centre for discussion and to give a talk |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | News Item in The Guardian |
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 | News Article about pesticides and crop protection in The Guardian |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/14/miniature-robots-could-cut-pesticide-use-on-farm... |
Description | News item 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 | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Interview with Johann Tasker about appearance before Commons Science and Technology Committee in Parliament and subsequent article in Farmers Weekly |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/crop-management/politicians-face-critical-choice-on-food-security-warns... |
Description | North Herts Farmers - Annual General Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce gave a talk about crop protection at a Farmers Breakfast event |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.nhfarmers.co.uk/ |
Description | Nuffield students visit to Rothamsted |
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 | Toby Bruce organised and took part in Nuffield farming scholarship students visit to Rothamsted |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | PGRO pulse open day |
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 | Discussion event with pulse growers and industry representatives. We discussed the CROPROTECT system, research on beetle pests of beans and as a spin off the use of hybrid barley to suppress blackgrass. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Presentation to British Herbs |
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 | Toby Bruce gave a talk about crop protection during visit of British Herbs to Rothamsted |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Press coverage in Farmers Guardian |
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 | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | This press coverage about CROPROTECT helped to inform farmers and agronomists about the service |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://www.fginsight.com/news/new-mobile-phone-app-to-assist-crop-protection-decision-making-8289 |
Description | RELU Landbridge blog |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | I was invited to write for an article for the Landbridge blog about CROPROTECT |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://landbridgeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/croprotect-web-based-knowledge-exchange.html |
Description | RRA presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | 11 Feb 2015 Rothamsted research Association presentation by J West - From spore traps to optical sensing - what techniques and tools are available for forecasting and monitoring fungal diseases? - See more at: http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/rothamsted-research-association/rra-downloads#sthash.QXUiQ2S0.dpuf |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/rothamsted-research-association/rra-downloads#sthash.QXUiQ2S0.dpuf |
Description | Rawcliffe Bridge |
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 of research to professional Agronomists |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Royal Holloway lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - talk about protecting harvests with fewer pesticides |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) |
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 | Discussion of science strategy for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | SARIC Oxford 29 Nov 2017 (invited presentation on the CroProtect project) |
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 | Jon West gave a presentation on behalf of Toby Bruce, describing the CroProtect project, methods, outcomes and user uptake. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://twitter.com/James_Phi/status/935875753845186561 |
Description | SARIC dissemination event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Presented CROPROTECT project to industry club members |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | SCI - New Frontiers in Crop Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - presentation about CROPROTECT project at one day SCI symposium in London |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Syngenta - Good Growth Plan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce attended a discussion meeting with Syngenta about their Good Growth Plan and collaboration with Rothamsted |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | The Future of Crop Protection |
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 | On November 1st, 2022, 140 professionals from the horticultural industry met at the World Horti Center to discuss the innovations that are needed to make crop protection future-proof. By 2030, the EU wants the use of plant protection products to be halved. The central topic of the day was: what needs to be done to deal with this challenge? What should companies, research institutes, and other organisations in the horticultural industry do to turn this upcoming demand into an opportunity? I gave an invited keynote talk and took part in discussions at this event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://impact2025.nl/en/event/the-future-of-crop-protection/ |
Description | UK Vector Borne Diseases conference, John Innes Centre, 4 Dec 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gave a talk at UK Vector Borne Diseases conference, John Innes Centre, 4 Dec 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | UK-US Plant Health Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce attended a discussion meeting at the UK embassy in Washington DC to discuss Plant Health and write a whitepaper with other delegates. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://blogs.fco.gov.uk/stefaniadimauronava/2016/10/13/blog-at-the-root-of-it-all/ |
Description | UKRI-UP-SIGN GCRF workshop 30th April & 1st May 2019, Swansea University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The event was a workshop to connect potential UK and Pakistan collaborators and to plan consortia for future GCRF funding calls |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | VI & NFU |
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 | Discussion with the National Farmers Union and the Voluntary Initiative about promotion of IPM, improving crop protection and use of the CROPROTECT service. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Visit to Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Discussion with AHDB about digital content development and collaboration with CROPROTECT |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Visit to Ursula Agriculture to discuss collaboration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | We discussed how CROPROTECT data could be used as part of a geographical information system |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | World BioProtection Summit - invited lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Gave a talk about "Innovation in crop protection: challenges and opportunities" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.worldbioprotectionforum.com/bioprotection-summit-and-awards-2022/ |