Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems (ASSIST)
Lead Research Organisation:
NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019)
Department Name: Biodiversity (Wallingford)
Abstract
Feeding the rapidly growing global population in a sustainable way is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Addressing this will require a flexible mix of strategies, including minimising wasteful losses of food, reducing the amount of animal products in diets, together with increasing the productivity and efficiency of the existing farmed area whilst maintaining natural capital on which it and other ecosystem services depend. The latter concept of 'sustainable intensification' (SI) of agriculture is considered central to ensuring food security and a healthy environment for future generations. However, how best to achieve this is the subject of vigorous debate. Testing fully the concept of SI will require world-leading research into agro-ecosystems, which integrates environmental, agricultural and social sciences, and is applied across a range of scales. To support the research community in achieving this goal we will build a long-term (10 year+) national capability between BBSRC and NERC institutes, Rothamsted Research (RRes), Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) and British Geological Survey (BGS). This will require a critical and stable mass of expertise from a number of disciplines, together with capacity building by training and developing early career researchers. Only by bringing together expertise in management of natural resources (CEH, BGS) with that of crop production (RRes) will we be able to examine fully the impacts of intensification on the wider environment, and develop synergistic farming systems that contribute towards environmental sustainability.
The ASSIST programme - Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems - will develop innovative farming systems that maintain or increase productivity and resilience to future perturbations, while reducing the environmental and ecological footprint of agriculture. It will advance knowledge in five core areas: 1) identifying current and future biophysical limitations on crop productivity; 2) predicting the impacts of changes in agricultural management the wider environment, 3) understanding and enhancing the ecological processes underpinning food production; 4) developing innovative farming systems which minimise inputs while maximising yield, and build resilience to future environmental change; and 5) providing tools and data for planning future multi-functional land use that optimises benefits to food production whilst minimising trade-offs and conflicts with other ecosystem services.
SI is currently an area of considerable research investment. However, current initiatives are justifiably short-term and have a narrow focus on existing policies and practice (Defra), or on single components of the agro-ecosystem, such as soil processes (RCUK). While they form an invaluable starting point and provide detailed understanding of critical processes, we will complement and go beyond these initiatives through consideration of the longer-term (10 year+), large-scale effectiveness, impacts and robustness of novel mid- and far-horizon agricultural systems and technologies.
This national capability will provide the community with validated biophysical models and data at the field and national scale, a UK-wide research infrastructure using commercial farms, and tools to explore and synthesise the data generated. It will provide opportunities for new partnerships between the wider academic community and industry to address critical knowledge gaps, including the socio-economic barriers to uptake and implementation of these new farming systems, and the integration of advances in crop breeding. Together these activities will support the agricultural industry in assessing the potential to meet ambitious goals for environmental sustainability whilst remaining competitive in the global market.
The ASSIST programme - Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems - will develop innovative farming systems that maintain or increase productivity and resilience to future perturbations, while reducing the environmental and ecological footprint of agriculture. It will advance knowledge in five core areas: 1) identifying current and future biophysical limitations on crop productivity; 2) predicting the impacts of changes in agricultural management the wider environment, 3) understanding and enhancing the ecological processes underpinning food production; 4) developing innovative farming systems which minimise inputs while maximising yield, and build resilience to future environmental change; and 5) providing tools and data for planning future multi-functional land use that optimises benefits to food production whilst minimising trade-offs and conflicts with other ecosystem services.
SI is currently an area of considerable research investment. However, current initiatives are justifiably short-term and have a narrow focus on existing policies and practice (Defra), or on single components of the agro-ecosystem, such as soil processes (RCUK). While they form an invaluable starting point and provide detailed understanding of critical processes, we will complement and go beyond these initiatives through consideration of the longer-term (10 year+), large-scale effectiveness, impacts and robustness of novel mid- and far-horizon agricultural systems and technologies.
This national capability will provide the community with validated biophysical models and data at the field and national scale, a UK-wide research infrastructure using commercial farms, and tools to explore and synthesise the data generated. It will provide opportunities for new partnerships between the wider academic community and industry to address critical knowledge gaps, including the socio-economic barriers to uptake and implementation of these new farming systems, and the integration of advances in crop breeding. Together these activities will support the agricultural industry in assessing the potential to meet ambitious goals for environmental sustainability whilst remaining competitive in the global market.
Planned Impact
For the National Capability Long-Term Science Multiple Centre (LTS-Multiple) bids no Impact Summary is required.
Publications
Addy JWG
(2020)
Investigating the effects of inter-annual weather variation (1968-2016) on the functional response of cereal grain yield to applied nitrogen, using data from the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments.
in Agricultural and forest meteorology
Bacq-Labreuil A
(2018)
Effects of cropping systems upon the three-dimensional architecture of soil systems are modulated by texture.
in Geoderma
Balmford A
(2018)
The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming
in Nature Sustainability
Bell V
(2021)
Long term simulations of macronutrients (C, N and P) in UK freshwaters
in Science of The Total Environment
Boinot S
(2019)
Alley cropping agroforestry systems: Reservoirs for weeds or refugia for plant diversity?
in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Bourgeois B
(2019)
What makes a weed a weed? A large-scale evaluation of arable weeds through a functional lens.
in American journal of botany
Bowes M
(2018)
Weekly water quality monitoring data for the River Thames (UK) and its major tributaries (2009-2013): the Thames Initiative research platform
in Earth System Science Data
Breure T
(2022)
A loss function to evaluate agricultural decision-making under uncertainty: a case study of soil spectroscopy
in Precision Agriculture
Breure TS
(2021)
Predicting the growth of lettuce from soil infrared reflectance spectra: the potential for crop management.
in Precision agriculture
| Description | The Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems (ASSIST) programme brings together the complementary expertise of UKCEH, BGS and Rothamsted Research (RRes). It is funded by NERC and BBSRC, and aims to investigate novel farming systems to increase the efficiency and sustainability of food production, and improve their resilience to environmental change. It seeks to embed impact through engagement of working farms, the farming industry and Defra. To date it has provided the following outcomes: Outcome 1: Improved knowledge of the biophysical limitations on crop yields from field to national scales, and new models to forecast limitations under future environmental change. This includes the provision a new national crop yield monitoring network and the analysis of temporal and spatial patterns of crop yield. We have shown the resilience of crop yields to extreme weather events is positively associated with the amount of semi-natural habitat in the landscape. Outcome 2: Enhanced measurements and prediction of the impacts of agriculture on the wider environment. This includes the provision of the first national maps estimating pesticide and fertilise applications for GB. We have also established a national network of flux towers on arable and livestock farms to provide real-time measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes. Finally, we have developed a detailed national model to predict how changes in agricultural management impacts on water quality. Outcome 3: A commercial study farm network to test combinations of nature-based and agri-tech solutions that reduce environmental impacts and enhance agricultural production. In partnership with industry, we have established a network of commercial study farms (10 grassland; 20 arable) across England. We are undertaking detailed monitoring on these farms and conducting common, multi-site experiments to test sustainable farming systems. Outcome 4: A synthesising framework for planning future land use that optimises food production while minimising trade-offs with other ecosystem services. We have developed a web-based decision support tool called ASSET to enable the community to explore our data and the implications of different land-use policy scenarios on environmental and economic indicators. Outcome 5: Provide the community with improved access to new national data, models and tools to support the development of sustainable agricultural systems. We have developed a searchable data catalogue with meta-data of key data sets generated by ASSIST. Associated with this, we have produced a comprehensive data management plan that clearly defines the mechanism for data curation and sharing with the community. |
| Exploitation Route | ASSIST is providing the farming industry with access to data, tools, models and instrumented demonstration platforms to enable the transition to sustainable and efficiency farming systems. The programme is providing the research community with access to sensor networks and a network of commercial study farms providing data on agroecosystems, and the pressures and threats to these. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Creative Economy Environment Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism |
| URL | https://assist.ceh.ac.uk/content/latest-news |
| Description | Effectiveness of agri-environmental policies: ASSIST provided some of the research evidence base to formulate new Environmental Land Management agri-environment policy (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environmental-land-management-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services). The in-field wildflower strips co-designed and tested in ASSIST are listed as one of the key measures implemented by the policy. ASSIST has established a network of 18 arable and 10 grassland commercial study farms for training farmers in sustainable land management. This training and knowledge transfer increases the effectiveness of agri-environmental policies in the UK. The ASSIST team has undertaken more than 300 stakeholder engagement activities, including external events, meetings with industry partners, online and printed articles and blogposts. These will also significantly benefit agri-environmental policies. ASSIST has produced a land use scenario explorer tool (ASSET) (http://assist.ceh.ac.uk/content/asset-assist-scenario-exploration-tool). This tool is being widely used by Defra policy teams to explore the impacts of land management scenarios on a wide range of socio-economic and environmental indicators, together with a range of ecosystem services. Economic performance: ASSIST outputs have provided important economic benefits to farmers, the farming industry and related commercial sectors, such as utilities and property management companies. ASSIST has developed automated routines for cleaning and analysing large volumes of precision crop yield (3.4 million data points annually for over 100 commercial farms and >7,000 fields across the UK). This has supported improved resource use efficiency and economic performance on these farms. This yield network has provided the farming industry and policy makers (Defra, AHDB) with early warning of the impacts of extreme weather on crop yields and elated commodity prices. We provided free hydro-met services for the farming industry via a mobile app. Our 50m scale relative estimates of soil moisture informs farming decision (e.g. when a soil is dry enough to travel) and improves their effectiveness. ASSIST has undertaken national surveys of soil quality of farmland (800 fields). This has proved farmers and the farming industry with information on carbon stocks, texture and microbial communities present in arable and grassland soils. This will provide farms with information on the potential for carbon trading on their land. It has also led to more consistent and robust ways of sampling and measuring soil carbon stocks in the future. Annual publication of the national crop map (LCM Plus: Crops) and associated production of national maps of pesticide and fertiliser use has supported the water industry in targeting mitigation measures to ensure clean water supplies. We have issued 77 licences issued to the water, electricity and academic sectors for the Crop Map and 13 licences to academia and the water industry for the pesticide and fertiliser maps. The National Honey Monitoring Scheme (https://honey-monitoring.ac.uk/) is supporting over 800 beekeepers in the UK and overseas territories by providing information on the floral content of their honey and presence of pesticide residues. This adds significant value to the retail value of their honey. Societal benefits: ASSIST has produced a freely available digital tool called the e-planner (https://e-planner.ceh.ac.uk/About) to provide every farm in the country with detailed information the best location to create habitats to provide wider societal benefit, namely carbon capture by tree planting, protection of water resources from pollution, creation of habitat for crop pollinators and farmland birds, and natural flood management. This tool has been widely adopted by farmers and the farming industry, including inclusion in industry digital platforms. Alongside this, we have released a free mobile phone app (e-surveyor - https://www.ceh.ac.uk/e-surveyor) that uses image recognition to identify plant species and track the success of habitat restoration. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Book aimed at farmers and agri-environment scheme advisors: Title: Habitat Creation and Management for Pollinators (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Grower guide/ leaflet on "How to successfully establish perennial wildflower areas" |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Outcomes and methodological advances from this Grant contributed technical content to a leaflet for fruit growers about "How to successfully establish perennial wildflower areas" adjacent to commercial crops. The leaflet/ guide was produced as part of BEESPOKE, an Interreg project supported by the North Sea Programme of the European Regional Development Fund of the EU. |
| Description | Are we ready to transition towards a plant-based diet?Policy Lab on Emerging Food Trends |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Global Food Security |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | Collaborative Research: SitS NSF-UKRI: Dynamic coupling of soil structure and gas fluxes measured with distributed sensor systems: implications for carbon modeling- |
| Amount | £1,930,431 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RP10526 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | Dynamic Landscapes |
| Amount | £302,439 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2019 |
| End | 10/2023 |
| Description | Dynamic Landscapes |
| Amount | £302,439 (GBP) |
| Organisation | OCP |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Morocco |
| Start | 11/2019 |
| End | 10/2023 |
| Description | H2020-SFS-2016-2017: EcoStack |
| Amount | € 1,047,880 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 773554 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Monitoring and predicting the effects of climate change on crop yields |
| Amount | £154,824 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/S01733X/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 11/2019 |
| Description | National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) : Agricultural Hotspots of nitrous oxide in space and time |
| Amount | £80,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | New Science to Enable the Design of Agricultural Landscapes that Deliver Multiple Functions - AgLand |
| Amount | £1,306,491 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/T000244/2 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2019 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Rothamsted / University of Reading Alliance |
| Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Rothamsted Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Description | SMARTIES |
| Amount | £799,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Start-Up: ThinkFood - Food Seedbed Pre-Accelerator Programme |
| Amount | € 1,000,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Hungary |
| Start | 06/2019 |
| End | 11/2019 |
| Description | Start-Up: ThinkFood - National Productivity Investment Fund |
| Amount | £2,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2019 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | Waitrose Agronomy Group BBSRC Collaborative Training Partnership |
| Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Title | ASSIST Scenario Exploration Tool (ASSET) |
| Description | An important part of ASSIST is making sure our research is relevant and giving people an opportunity to engage with the project to understand more about what we're doing. To help achieve this, we've developed a simple, web-based tool to allow people to explore broad-scale impacts of potential changes in the way we farm the British landscape and to find out more about the kind of data and models ASSIST is using and developing. The tool (called ASSET) can be found here: http://assist.ceh.ac.uk/content/asset-assist-scenario-exploration-tool The different scenarios allow users to see the impacts of change on configurations of the British landscape as well as on aspects of society and the environment. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | the ASSET tool was only released in February 2018 but initial feedback has been positive from within the wider project team. Future developments will work in consultation with Defra and other industry stakeholders. |
| Title | Bird and butterfly abundance from consistently surveyed agri-environmental monitoring transects at Hillesden, UK, 2006-2017 |
| Description | This dataset contains bird and butterfly abundance data from field-surveyed transects at Hillesden, UK (2006-2017). Over this time period, Hillesden hosted two five-year experimental manipulations of agri-environmental habitats, alongside monitoring of their impacts on biodiversity and agronomic indicators. This dataset contains data suitable for analysis of ten-year interannual population trends across both 5-year phases of experimental work at Hillesden, and subsequent comparison with equivalent trends derived from equivalent national recording schemes (Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) for birds, Wider Countryside Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (WCBMS) for butterflies). The data thus relate only to transects which were recorded consistently (nine for birds, seven for butterflies), and to species that were present on the majority of transects. This dataset thus represents a subset from the whole Hillesden biological survey dataset for these two groups, and contains maximum annual counts per transect, across monthly visits (April-August) within the permitted time frame from equivalent national recording schemes (BBS for birds, WCBMS for butterflies). Data were collected as part of a project led by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, funded by Defra, with analytical work funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under research programme NE/N018125/1 ASSIST. ASSIST is an initiative jointly supported by NERC and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This data enabled the publication of a peer-reviewed paper: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.14246. This dataset furthers our understanding of the long-term impacts of agri-environment schemes on butterflies and birds. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c8d0ac67-6d47-42b1-af29-2339be8a5d82 |
| Title | CEH Land Cover plus: Fertilisers 2010-2015 (England) |
| Description | Modelled average annual application rates of three different inorganic chemical fertilisers in England across a six-year period (2010-2015). These offer a unique dataset of application rates at a fine resolution and national scale. These data have been developed to aid CEH research into the environmental impacts of agriculture and to help develop sustainable farming solutions. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Potential Uses of the dataset include: Prediction of environmental impacts, such as modelling agrochemical runoff, eutrophication and soil health. Planning and environmental protection, such as catchment sensitive farming and estimates of gaseous emissions. Supporting the agricultural industry, providing data on patterns of crop inputs. |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/services/ceh-land-cover-plus-products-fertilisers-pesticides |
| Title | CEH Land Cover plus: Fertilisers 2010-2015 (England) |
| Description | This product consists of maps of predicted average annual application rates of three different inorganic chemical fertilisers - nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) - in England across a six-year period (2010-2015). The estimates, along with their respective estimates of uncertainty, are provided at a 1 km x 1 km resolution. These data were modelled from Defra British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP) data using a spatial interpolation procedure. Different uses and potential applications of the produced maps, including the following: 1) Modelling nutrient fate to predict impacts of changes in farming practices (intensification/extensification) on nutrient runoff to water; 2) Estimating greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions due to fertiliser application to crops and grassland (linked with air quality impacts); 3) Quantifying past and future impacts of eutrophication and/or agricultural management on agricultural ecosystems and indicators such as arable plants, farmland birds, pollinators; 4) Linking crop growth models to predict areas where better nutrient management may improve yields; 5) Improving policies aimed at mitigating negative impacts of fertiliser use (e.g. catchment sensitive farming to reduce pollution and/or improve water quality). This data product was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under research programme NE/N018125/1 Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems (ASSIST). ASSIST is an initiative jointly supported by NERC and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This data set was incorporated in to the Input to Yield for Wheat Farming in England dataset (see separate entry) Together, these datasets enabled the publication of a peer-reviewed paper published in Science of the Total Environment using this dataset. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880921002863 |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/15f415db-e87b-4ab5-a2fb-37a78e7bf051 |
| Title | CEH Land Cover plus: Pesticides 2012-2016 (England and Wales) |
| Description | Modelled pesticide applications across England and Wales. It is produced at a 1km resolution with units of kg active ingredient applied per year. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Potential Uses Detecting the impact of pesticide use on wildlife population trends. Prediction of the environmental fate of active ingredients and exposure risk to key groups (e.g. pollinating insects). Modelling agrochemical runoff. Water quality management in support of the Water Framework Directive. Targeting management interventions such as pesticide stewardship. Wider monitoring of pesticide use across landscapes in support of improved regulation. |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/services/ceh-land-cover-plus-products-fertilisers-pesticides |
| Title | CMV_Spread |
| Description | Model of the Spatial Spread and Control of CMV |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This model will allow people to assess the potential effect of control on CMV incidence and speed of spread. |
| Title | Collated neutron probe measurements and derived soil moisture data, UK, 1966-2013 |
| Description | The dataset of neutron probe soil moisture observations for 112 sites (428 probe locations) from 1966 to 2013 includes 4 comma-separated tables, derived from the UK Soil Moisture Databank. The data include: • Neutron probe readings (number of neutrons) and Volumetric soil moisture content (m3 m-3) at a range of soil depths • Profile moisture content (m3 m-3) to a range of soil depths • Metadata (includes probe location, maximum depth of readings, soil type, vegetation, start date, end date) • Relevant publications (references and URL where available) for individual datasets The tube site locations are provided as British National Grid references and latitude/longitude in the tube metadata file. Depths of tube readings are provided in metres. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Unknown |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/450bb14b-c711-47af-8792-f9bd88482cd4 |
| Title | Collated neutron probe measurements and derived soil moisture data, UK, 1966-2013 |
| Description | The dataset of neutron probe soil moisture observations for 112 sites (428 probe locations) from 1966 to 2013 includes 4 comma-separated tables, derived from the UK Soil Moisture Databank. The data include: • Neutron probe readings (number of neutrons) and Volumetric soil moisture content (m3 m-3) at a range of soil depths • Profile moisture content (m3 m-3) to a range of soil depths • Metadata (includes probe location, maximum depth of readings, soil type, vegetation, start date, end date) • Relevant publications (references and URL where available) for individual datasets The tube site locations are provided as British National Grid references and latitude/longitude in the tube metadata file. Depths of tube readings are provided in metres. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This data set enabled the developments of a soil wetness explorer app providing near real-time data on soil moisture at the 50m resolution. https://agzeroplus.org.uk/soil-moisture-app |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/450bb14b-c711-47af-8792-f9bd88482cd4 |
| Title | Data describing pollen identified from honey samples originating from the UKCEH National Honey Monitoring Scheme for 2019 |
| Description | The following data set describes regional and temporal occurrence of plants foraged upon by managed honey bees (Apis mellifera). This data was derived from DNA meta-barcoding of pollen extracted from honey samples provided by bee keepers archived as part of the UK National Honey Monitoring Scheme (https://honey-monitoring.ac.uk/). All data provided is from the first full year of the scheme in 2019. Working in partnership with UK beekeepers, the National Honey Monitoring Scheme aims to use honeybees to monitor long-term changes in the condition and health of the UK countryside. Data associated with subsequent years will be made available as samples are processed. The Honey Monitoring Scheme is supported by national capability funding from UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology under the ASSIST programme. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset led to a peer-reviewed publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-18672-0. The data enhanced our understanding of how floral resource availability and pesticide use interact to effect the incidence of economically damaging honeybee disease. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e9ec63be-3f2b-4d1b-b9bf-77ca2b96c7f5 |
| Title | HLB behaviour model |
| Description | Model of behaviour |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This model will allow people to futher develop linked models of behaviour |
| Title | Input to Yield Ratio (IYR) maps for wheat farming in England, 2010-2017 |
| Description | These maps show the Input to Yield Ratio (IYR) of wheat farming in England, calculated as the ratio of agrochemical inputs to agricultural reward as yield. We assess the IYR at a 1km resolution for wheat grown in England over the period the period 2010-2017, considering the different agrochemicals used and their differing forms of environmental impact. We provide four mapped products: IYR for Nitrogen fertilisers, IYR for Phosphorus fertilisers, IYR for pesticide risk to earthworms, and IYR for pesticide risk to honeybees. The IYR is calculated using scaled rather than absolute values, with the maximum value in each yield and inputs dataset set as 1, so that all inputs and rewards are expressed proportionally to each other. The research was funded under research programme NE/N018125/1 ASSIST and NE/W005050/1 AgZero+. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset enabled the publication of a peer-reviewed paper published in Science of the Total Environment using this dataset. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880921002863 |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/dfe2a4a5-2b3a-4731-ba7f-aea7e926f1dd |
| Title | Moth trends for Britain and Ireland from the Rothamsted Insect Survey light-trap network (1968 to 2016) |
| Description | The dataset contains abundance trends for 432 species of moths (mostly macro-moths) estimated using the data collected by Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS) from their light-trap network between the years 1968 and 2016. The trends were calculated using a Generalized Abundance Index (GAI) model. The trends are presented as year coefficients from the statistical model, Annual Growth Rates (AGR), and the total percentage changes over the time series for each species. For each trend metric 95% and 90% confidence intervals are provided. Two versions of the trends are presented: one using data from all traps in the Britain & Ireland over the period of 1968-2016 and a second dataset restricted to traps in Great Britain over the period of 1970-2016. The research was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) under research programme NE/N018125/1LTS-M ASSIST - Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems. The Rothamsted Insect Survey, a National Capability, is funded by the BBSRC under the Core Capability Grant BBS/E/C/000J0200. The research builds upon model development supported by NERC award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0a7d65e8-8bc8-46e5-ab72-ee64ed851583 |
| Title | Nitrogen deposition in the UK at 1km resolution, 1990-2017 |
| Description | This dataset contains total nitrogen (N) deposition at a 1km x 1km resolution in the UK, annually from 1990 to 2017. N deposition is presented as reduced N (NHx) and oxidised N (NOy), both of which are split into wet and dry portions. Values are given for forest and moorland land cover, as well as a weighted mean to each grid cell ('grid average'). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Nitrogen deposition in the UK at 1km resolution, 1990-2017 |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9b203324-6b37-4e91-b028-e073b197fb9f |
| Title | Species Traits and derivation of hairiness of pollinators (EIDCHELP-32980) |
| Description | Insect pollinator functional traits, linked to publication Woodcock et al 2019 Nature communications and delivers for WP2.3 Biological resilience of agro-ecosystems |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Used to support identification of pollinator functional diversity in the delivery of oil seed rape yield (Woodcock et al 2019 Nature Communications) |
| Title | Species traits and derivation of hairiness of oilseed rape pollinators |
| Description | The dataset describes the functional effects traits derived for 57 taxonomic units (species, genus and family level classifications) of oilseed rape insect pollinators. This data provides information on both morphological and behavioural traits, typically at the species level, but also at a generic and functional group level. Data acquisition was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under research programme NE/N018125/1 Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems (ASSIST). ASSIST is an initiative jointly supported by NERC and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset was one of a number of dataset analysed and reported in a peer-reviewed paper on insect pollination of crops: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09393-6. This dataset furthers our understanding of the role of different insects in pollinating globally important food crops. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f09a0ada-b5c6-4dd9-9c7b-2fed23ab79b1 |
| Title | Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2021 |
| Description | Here, we present a comprehensive traits database for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland. The database covers 968 species in 21 families. Ecological traits fall into four main categories: life cycle ecology and phenology, host plant specificity and characteristics, breeding habitat, and morphological characteristics. The database also contains data regarding species distribution, conservation status, and temporal trends for abundance and occupancy. This database can be used for a wide array of purposes including further fundamental research on species and community responses to environmental change, conservation and management studies, and evolutionary biology. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This data set has been used extensively in the UKRI funded Insect Declines grant DRUID. This data enabled the publication of a peer-reviewed paper from this project: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.14097. This dataset furthers our understanding of the drivers of moth and butterfly decline and enables prediction of responses to future environmental change. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/5b5a13b6-2304-47e3-9c9d-35237d1232c6 |
| Title | Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2022 |
| Description | Here, we present a comprehensive traits database for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland. The database covers 968 species in 21 families. Ecological traits fall into four main categories: life cycle ecology and phenology, host plant specificity and characteristics, breeding habitat, and morphological characteristics. The database also contains data regarding species distribution, conservation status, and temporal trends for abundance and occupancy. This database can be used for a wide array of purposes including further fundamental research on species and community responses to environmental change, conservation and management studies, and evolutionary biology. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This data set has been used extensively in the UKRI funded Insect Declines grant DRUID. This data enabled the publication of a peer-reviewed paper from this project: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.14097. This dataset furthers our understanding of the drivers of moth and butterfly decline and enables prediction of responses to future environmental change. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb |
| Title | Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2023 |
| Description | Here, we present a comprehensive traits database for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland. The database covers 968 species in 21 families. Ecological traits fall into four main categories: life cycle ecology and phenology, host plant specificity and characteristics, breeding habitat, and morphological characteristics. The database also contains data regarding species distribution, conservation status, and temporal trends for abundance and occupancy. This database can be used for a wide array of purposes including further fundamental research on species and community responses to environmental change, conservation and management studies, and evolutionary biology. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This data set has been used extensively in the UKRI funded Insect Declines grant DRUID. This dataset furthers our understanding of the drivers of moth and butterfly decline and enables prediction of responses to future environmental change. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/15bbb76b-233f-4b6b-a550-c5b72c8ddbb5 |
| Title | UKCEH Land Cover Plus: Hedgerows 2016-2021 (England) |
| Description | This dataset contains a model of the extent and height class of woody linear features on field boundaries in England, including hedgerows, tree lines and semi-natural thickets of shrubs and trees. The model was derived from processing of the Environment Agency lidar product (National Lidar Programme), captured in 2016-2021, and the linework is consistent with the polygon boundaries used in the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) Land Cover Map (LCM). Due to expected low densities of woody linear features, and potential uncertainty, areas excluded from the coverage include LCM classes of mountain/moor/heath, open water and the coastal zone, urban/suburban areas and woodlands (i.e., areas of continuous non-linear woody cover). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset will enable policy makers and farmers to rapidly and accurately assess the extent and condition of hedgerows for their area of interest. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d90a3733-2949-4dfa-8ac2-a88aef8699be |
| Title | Vascular plant and bryophyte survey from a 33-year chronosequence on bare chalk, Dorset, 2019-2020 |
| Description | Vascular plant and bryophyte survey data from a 33-year chronosequence on bare chalk, used to investigate primary succession. The bare chalk plots were created from archaeological excavations on Down Farm, north Dorset, between the years 1986 and 2018, resulting in 13 different plots. The vascular plant survey was carried out in July 2019 using 50 cm x 50 cm quadrats. Quadrats were recorded every 1 m along a 16 m transect in each of the 13 plots. The bryophyte survey was carried out in February 2020 using 20 cm x 20 cm quadrats, along the same transects for 11 of the 13 plots. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This analysis of this dataset was the subject of a peer-reviewed paper published in Journal of Ecology. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2745.14219 This furthered our knowledge and understanding of primary vegetation succession. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/358eb380-74a0-4acd-9df2-696fdf13a6d7 |
| Title | Vegetation and soil data recorded at Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve in 1970, 1990 and 2016 |
| Description | This dataset contains vascular plant species abundance, average sward height, and soil analysis data from Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve (NNR), in southern England, in 1970, 1990 and 2016. Vascular plant species abundance and average sward height were recorded for each quadrat located along one of four transects. The transects were located in a CG2 Festuca ovina - Avenula pratensis grassland which dominates the majority of the site. Soil samples were also taken from various points along each transect and subsequently analysed for pH, loss-on-ignition, exchangeable potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphate and total nitrogen. The dataset was created for a study which examined long-term vegetation change at the nature reserve. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Vegetation data from experimental trials to investigate the control of Brachypodium pinnatum at Martin Down National Nature Reserve, UK, 2019-2022 |
| Description | Vegetation data from field surveys undertaken at two experimental trials at Martin Down NNR, to investigate the potential for reducing dense Brachypodium pinnatum cover (experiment 1) and preventing further expansion of sparse cover (experiment 2). Experiment 1 explores the use of herbicide and reseeding, whilst experiment 2 examines cutting and grazing in the spring, autumn and both seasons. Percentage cover of all vascular plant species were recorded in 50 cm x 50 cm quadrats in each treatment replicate for both experiments. Surveys were undertaken in 2019 as a baseline before the experiments commenced, and post treatment in 2020, 2021 and 2022. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset enabled the publication of a peer-reviewed paper in Journal of Ecology. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2745.14219. This paper and data has increased our knowledge and understanding of primary vegetation succession. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694 |
| Title | Weekly water quality data from the River Thames and its major tributaries (2009-2017) |
| Description | This data set comprises weekly water quality monitoring data of seven sites along the River Thames, UK, and sixteen of its major tributaries from March 2009 to September 2017. Parameters measured were phosphorus and nitrogen species, dissolved reactive silicon, water temperature, pH, Gran alkalinity, suspended solids, chlorophyll and major dissolved anions (fluoride, chloride, bromide, sulphate) and cations (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, boron). Dissolved and total iron, manganese, zinc and copper concentrations have also been produced from August 2010 to February 2013. The accompanying daily river flow data are also supplied. Samples were taken as part of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology's Thames Initiative monitoring programme. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Nutrient and water quality data from Thames and tributaries |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/cf10ea9a-a249-4074-ac0c-e0c3079e5e45 |
| Title | Wheat yield resilience metrics for sample 10km x 10km grid cells in England, 2008-2017 |
| Description | Data on resilience of wheat yields in England, derived from the annual Defra Cereals and Oilseeds production survey of commercial farms. The data presented here are summarised over a ten-year time-series (2008-2017) at 10km x10km grid cell (hectad) resolution. The data give the mean yield, relative yield, yield stability and resistance to an extreme event (the poor weather of 2012), for all hectads with at least one sampled farm holding in each year of the time-series (i.e. the minimum data required to calculate the resilience metrics). These metrics were calculated to explore the impact of landscape structure on yield resilience. The data also give the number of samples per year per hectad, so that sampling biases can be explored and filtering applied. No hectads are included that contain data from <9 holdings across the time series (the minimum level required by Defra to maintain anonymity is <5). The data were created under the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project by staff at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology to enable exploration of the impacts of agriculture on the environment and vice versa, enabling farmers and policymakers to implement better, more sustainable agricultural practices. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset led to a peer-reviewed paper in Journal of Applied Ecology: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.13722. The dataset furthered our understanding of the impact of landscape composition on the resilience of wheat yield to climate extremes. |
| URL | https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/7dbcee0c-00ca-4fb2-93cf-90f2a5ca37ea |
| Description | Strategic Research Partnership Agreement between CEH and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This is a partnership project between Defra, Natural England and the Centre for Hydrology and Ecology, the purpose of which is to deliver key outputs for the Defra group from a platform of national capability (NC) investment in data and tools for mapping, measuring and predicting natural capital change. It will: • Allow the Defra group to secure additional outputs related to policy priorities and in particular develop specific policy and delivery applications; • Facilitate increased sharing of data, skills and facilities between CEH and the Defra group; • Facilitate multi-disciplinary partnership working; and • Support the retention of national capability. Policy and delivery applications include the integration of data products and models to deliver spatial products for practical applications, supporting statutory and international reporting obligations, evaluating policy and delivery interventions, and an improved understanding of the interactions in the natural world. In particular, Defra's aim is to secure policy applications linked to the 25 Year Environment Plan (25 YEP), EU Exit and to support decision making at a range of spatial scales, manage risks from climate change and other natural hazards and support local integrated delivery. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Defra are providing CEH with access to Government data sets, policy insights and staff time of discipline experts to support the development of new environmental policies for the UK. |
| Impact | Report evaluating progress towards the Outcomes set out in Biodiversity 2020 http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None?ojectID=20409&FromSearch=Y&Publisher=1&SearchText=BE0170&SortString=ProjectCode&SortOrder=Asc&Paging=10 Report of the UK NECD Network to monitor the impacts of air pollution on ecosystems Template_NEC_Article_9_data_reporting_1Jul19_-_UK.xlsx http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/gb/eu/nec_revised/sites/envxrdnta/NECD_Article9_WorkbookSupplementarydocument_UK_July2019.pdf |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Title | Sirius crop model |
| Description | Sirius is a process-based crop simulation model. Initially developed for wheat, Sirius has been extended to model inter-plant competition and other species. Sirius is a well validated model and was able to simulate accurately crop growth in a wide range of environments, including Europe, USA, New Zealand and Australia, and for experiments of climate change, e.g. Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) experiments. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.4572623 |
| Description | 'Innovation' feature in September's issue of CPM Crop Production Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ASSIST's bold ambition and co-design with farmers of sustainable management systems are the focus of a full 'Innovation' feature in September's issue of CPM: read more here http://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/?s=assist |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/?s=assist |
| Description | 'The Oak Farmer' article on role of Jays in natural woodland planting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC Countryfile Magazine article (including interview) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | 2017 Cereals Event |
| 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 | ASSIST had a field plot and a marquee at the 2017 Cereals event in Lincolnshire (14th-15th June). The plot consisted of a strip of pollen and nectar wild flower mix next to a field beans and was used to illustrate the principles of ecological intensification, specifically, opportunities for enhanced pollination and pest control from field margins. The marquee had a display of wild flowers and bees along with specially designed ASSIST posters, postcards and publicity. Many good conversations were had with farmers, media and the general public throughout the two days and the profile of the project was raised along with a number of expressions of interest for further involvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | AHDB Beef & Lamb Discussion Group - Multifunctional swards |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Disseminated the initial findings of ASSIST Grassland 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | AHDB Farmer Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | [Woodcock] 5/6/2019- ADHB farmer meeting explaining ASSIST and WP3 experimental framework. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | AHDB Sittingbourne Monitor Farm Summer Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk about WP3 field experiment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | AICC 2018 Conference Stand and Presentation talk |
| 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 | An event for agronomists and industry partners. A lot of interest in ASSIST and possible links to farmers for WP1 and WP3. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ASSIST and Yield Enhancement Network meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presention of ASSIST yield work to YEN and YEN to ASSIST staff |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ASSIST and Yield Enhancement information presented at OFC |
| 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 | ASSIST and Yield Enhancement information presented at OFC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ASSIST and Yield Enhancement information presented on stand at ORFC (2 day attendance at full event) |
| 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 | ASSIST and Yield Enhancement information presented on stand at ORFC (2 day attendance at full event) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ASSIST science and Minecraft brought to Cereals 2018: Sustainable farming and immersive land use scenarios on display |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CEH blogpost on news pages |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blogs/ceh-bring-assist-science-and-minecraft-cereals-2018 |
| Description | ASSIST website http://www.assist.ceh.ac.uk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ASSIST programme website created to showcase the research programme, collaborators and partners, areas of research, expected outputs, latest news and opportunities for involvement from the wider farming and scientific/ policy community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | AgriTech Week: Developing to Inspire, Harpenden, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AgriTech Week: Developing to Inspire, Harpenden, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Agriculture and Food Summit, Paris, France |
| 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 | Agriculture and Food Summit, Paris, France |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Agriculture and the environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk about pesticides and bees, data from WP2 and bringing in WP3 field experiment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Agritech East REAP conference 2018: The Future is Unwritten: Scenarios of Change in UK Farming Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented ASSET Tool and CEH MineCraft game |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.agritech-east.co.uk/event/reap-conference-2018/ |
| Description | Agronomist & Arable Farmer article on intergration of E-Planner and xarvio |
| 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 | Agronomist & Arable Farmer article on intergration of E-Planner and xarvio |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.aafarmer.co.uk/agronomy/xarviotm-launches-biodiversity-planner.html |
| Description | Agronomists conference hosted by Indigro |
| 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 | Agronomists conference at which the ASSIST programme was presented, sharing opportunities for involvement through provision of yield data and/or sites for the experimental farm platform. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Animation outlining the scheme made available- YouTube, NHMS twitter account, NHMS website and link sent to over 2000 NHMS subscribers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of the NHMS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/60FWIU4sgCU |
| Description | Article in Crop Production Magazine (CPM) - March 2021 arable extra |
| 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 | Article in March extra issue of CPM - journal read by around 10,000 UK arable farmers and agronomists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CPM-March-Extra-2021.pdf |
| Description | Articles in newspaper print following Science Media Centre Briefing event "Beyond neonics" |
| 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 | ASSIST featured in the Guardian and The Times following SMC Briefing entitled "Beyond neonics". Articles focussed on experiments within ASSIST looking at whether flower strips planted not just in margins but in the midst of crops can reduce the need for pesticides by enhancing natural pest control throughout the field. See further details on the CEH Blog, and Twitter feed which sparked interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blogs/exploring-alternatives-farming-without-neonics |
| Description | Attendance on UKRI stand at COP26 Green Zone |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Attendance on UKRI stand at COP26 Green Zone |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | BASF Sustainable Farms - 20 years at Rawcliffe Bridge celebration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited guest researcher (discussions) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BBC Farming Today |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Earliest grain harvest for years, Aircraft thefts from rural airfields, Spanish farmers suffering with drought Farming Today Farmers are already filling their barns with grain in one of the earliest harvests for many years. Meanwhile Spain forecasts a fifty percent drop in yields because of drought. Amateur pilots using small, rural and farm airfields around the country are being warned to be vigilant, following a spate of thefts of a particular type of aircraft engine. What are the demands for 21st century agricultural research? Vernon Harwood has been finding out at Rothamsted Research Station. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08x4rlj?platform=hootsuite |
| Description | BBC Farming Today Interview on Radio 4 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC Farming Today Interview on Radio4 - Discussion on the placement of conservation headlands on farms (4 June) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BBC Farming Today Interview on Radio4 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on the placement of conservation headlands on farms on the farming today programme on radio 4 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 Farming Today interview with Anna Hill: Scenarios of Change in UK Farming Systems |
| 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 | Presented ASSET Tool and CEH MineCraft game |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 interview on 'Farming Today' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recorded interview at Hillesden Farm, for BBC Radio 4 on 'Farming Today'. The topic was to discuss the problems on water logged soils on farming and what/why we are measuring in ASSIST at Hillesden Farm using new instrumentation to understand how crop yields can be improved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09pjgrj |
| Description | BBKA Oakhampton annual meeting |
| 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 | BBKA Oakhampton annual meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BBKA Spring Convention: Presenting poster on assist, NHMS, Asian Hornet, and NNIS |
| 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 | BBKA Spring Convention: Presenting poster on assist, National Honey Monitoring Scheme, Asian Hornet watch and Nnis to the beekeeping community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Bee Craft magazine article: Neonics appear in honey after the ban |
| 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 | Article describing the ASSIST PLOS paper output (B. A. Woodcock et al., Neonicotinoid residues in UK honey despite European Union moratorium. PLOS One 13, e0189681 (2018).) and giving wider details on the National Honey Monitoring Scheme and the ASSIST project in general. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BeeFarmer magazine article: Honey Monitoring Scheme Results |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Magazine article of 1st year regional summary results of National Honey Monitoring Scheme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Beecraft magazine article: Discovering what British honey bees forage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Magazine article of 1st year regional summary results of National Honey Monitoring Scheme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Bees are really busy, experts find |
| 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 | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Released in Telegraph newspaper in Nature Notes section, summarised results of first year NHMS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Bracknell Natural History Society Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on WP3 field experiment and NHMS to Bracknell Natural History Society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Building confidence in Beneficials - Conservation BioControl in Oilseed rape |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to Pest Management Expert Working Group Review; invited meeting to cross section of community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.bcpc.org/events/reviews-events/bcpc-pest-beneficials-reviews/3rd-bcpc-pests-beneficials-... |
| Description | Bumblebee Working Group Meeting |
| 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 | Bumblebee Working Group Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CEH Land Cover Plus: Crops - production and use |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | EDINA GeoForum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | CEH Press release on networks paper |
| 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 | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CEH Press release on networks paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CEH Press release: High-tech study shines light on varied diet of honeybees |
| 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 | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release of 1st year regional summary results of National Honey Monitoring Scheme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CEHCraft blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CEHCraft blog |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CFE relaunch showcase event, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CFE relaunch showcase event, Newmarket 29th March Talk to farmers, agronomists and conservationists on insect declines and links to environmental services in farmland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CFE relaunch showcase event, Newmarket 29th March, Talk to farmers, agronomists and conservationists on insect declines and links to environmental services in farmland. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CFE relaunch showcase event, Newmarket 29th March, Talk to farmers, agronomists and conservationists on insect declines and links to environmental services in farmland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Can we really solve the climate crisis by planting trees? (part two) - podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Guardian podcast, featuring interview |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/audio/2021/sep/02/can-we-really-solve-the-climate-crisis-by-... |
| Description | Central Association of Beekeepers conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk linked to the National Honey Monitoring Scheme WP2 to amateur beekeepers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Cereals - demonstration of ASSIST, VR and ASSET tool @ CEREALS 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cereals - demonstration of ASSIST, VR and ASSET tool @ CEREALS 2018, Duxford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk/ |
| Description | Cereals 2019 |
| 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 | Cereals demonstration plot and posters |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Cereals 2020 webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cereals 2020 webinar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Cereals 2022 |
| 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 | hosted a stand and demonstration plots focussed on the use of in-field strips for biocontrol |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Cereals event, June 2021 |
| 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 | Cereals event, June 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Channel Network Conference poster |
| 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 | Channel Network Conference: Poster on "Using nested sampling and residual maximum-likelihood to quantify scale-dependent relations between weeds and soil properties" - winner: Best poster prize (June) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Channel Network Conference: Poster on "Using nested sampling and residual maximum-likelihood to quantify scale-dependent relations between weeds and soil properties" - winner: Best poster prize (June) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster and discussion about the use of nested sampling |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Cheshire farmers group visit to RRes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination of the research plans for ASSIST |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Cornwall's Beekeeping Convention |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Beekeeping convention talk covering a rang of wild bee related topics, sustainable intensification and impacts of pesticides |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Countryfile Live 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CEH Craft dedicated tent in the Wildlife Zone over 4 days |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Crop performance with Stephanie Race |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Crop performance with Stephanie Race |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Crop performance with Stephanie Race |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Crop performance with Stephanie Race |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CropTech Show |
| 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 | Presentation of ASSIST work on a stand at the 2019 CropTech show |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Curator of the @realscientists twitter account |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | engaging a wide audience (81k followers) on agriculture, ecology, modelling and statistics. Over the week ww had 1661948 impressions and 14446 engagements) (14-20 July) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | DaNES annual exhibition NTU brackenhurst campus 9th November Entomological show with student attendees. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | DaNES annual exhibition NTU brackenhurst campus 9th November Entomological show with student attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Data Combine press release: WHAT MAKES THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON CROP PERFORMANCE? |
| 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 | Data Combine press release via ASSIST collaborator Agrimetrics: WHAT MAKES THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON CROP PERFORMANCE? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Defra Roundtable on natural woodland regeneration |
| 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 | Natural Regeneration Roundtable, Defra, charied by Minister Lord Goldsmith |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Defra-CEH Future land use scenarios meeting |
| 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 | Workshop to develop illustrative scenarios to model using CEH's existing tools, including the ASSET tool, and suggest how the tools could be developed further to help meet Defra's needs under the Defra-CEH Strategic Partnership Agreement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://assist.ceh.ac.uk/content/asset-assist-scenario-exploration-tool |
| Description | Defra/ONS Natural Capital Meeting |
| 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 | Presentation including ASSIST and the Land Cover Map plus crop products at Nobel House, Defra. Outreach to a significant number of policy areas/ agencies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Devon Grassland Society |
| 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 | Visit of Devon Grassland Society to ASSIST grassland experiment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Dialogue with AHDB |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dialogue with AHDB |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Dialogue with BGS on UKSO and ASSIST contributions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dialogue with BGS on UKSO and ASSSIST contributions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussing synergies with JHI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussing synergies with JHI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Discussion around getting new assist sites |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to recruit new farms |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion around getting new assist sites |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion around getting new assist sites |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion around getting new assist sites |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion around getting new assist sites |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion with AHDB Harley Stoddart, Bastiaan Brak |
| 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 about research opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion with Cooperative Research Centre for Honey Bee Products |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk about interactions between Cooperative Research Centre for Honey Bee Products and WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion with Wessex water about ASSIST |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Wessex water about ASSIST |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Discussion with farmers and agronomist about the ASSIST WP3 Field experiment |
| 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 about results from WP3 project and implications for farming systems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion with farmers and agronomists about the ASSIST WP3 Field experiment |
| 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 about results from the ASSIST WP3 experiment and wider implications for farming systems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | E-Planner press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article in Farmer's Weekly |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/press/free-online-tool-will-enable-farmers-deliver-environmental-benefits |
| Description | E-Planner press release on integration with BASF Xarvio field management tool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | E-Planner press release on integration with BASF Xarvio field management tool |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | E-Planner video release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Environmental Planner tool (E-Planner) has been produced by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology to help farmers make decisions on which agri-environment options to introduce and where these are likely to work best. It uses detailed environmental data at a resolution of just five metres on all two million-plus fields across Great Britain. Read more in our news story: https://www.ceh.ac.uk/press/free-online-tool-will-enable-farmers-deliver-environmental-benefits Try the tool here: To use the free Environmental Planner tool, visit https://assist-e-planner.ceh.ac.uk/ #sustainablefarming #ASSISTagri #pollinators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2xwIvR4VSA&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | E-tools blog post |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | E-tools blog post - Free E-tools help deliver sustainable farming | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blogs/free-e-tools-help-deliver-sustainable-farming |
| Description | EDINA GeoForum: Tall on CEH Land Cover Plus: Crops - production and use |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The EDINA GeoForum: Talk to data providers and academics on CEH Land Cover Plus: Crops - production and use |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EIT Food Venture Summit, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | EIT Food Venture Summit, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EWRS weeds and biodiversity 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 | EWRS weeds and biodiversity conference, Talk on "The contribution of spatial mass effects to plant diversity in arable fields", and poster on "Using functional traits to model plant communities in arable fields". (17-19 June) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EWRS weeds and biodiversity conference, Talk on "The contribution of spatial mass effects to plant diversity in arable fields", and poster on "Using functional traits to model plant communities in arable fields". (17-19 June) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with other scientists and people working with farmers across Europe |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Ecological intensification: using wildlife-friendly farming to increases crop yield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ecological intensification: using wildlife-friendly farming to increases crop yield |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Executive Director of Ecological Continuity TRust |
| 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 | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration of ASSIST site and facilities to Executive Director of Ecological Continuity Truts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Exhibitor at New Scientist live |
| 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 | Exhibitor at New Scientist live |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Expert assessment of co-benefits of pollinator-targeted interventions |
| 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 | Expert panel using delphi process to determine co-benefits of pollinator targeted interventions undertaken for EU project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Exploring the impact of future GB land use change scenarios on biodiversity, society and the environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of ASSET at BES2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | FACE visit schoolchildren beetle solutions 24th June |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | "FACE visit schoolchildren beetle solutions 24th June Farmschool visit with Ian Pigott, to inform schoolchildren on natural enemy pest control. Talk and microscope session." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | FACE visit schoolchildren beetle solutions 24th June, Farmschool visit with Ian Pigott, to inform schoolchildren on natural enemy pest control. Talk and microscope session. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | FACE visit schoolchildren beetle solutions 24th June, Farmschool visit with Ian Pigott, to inform schoolchildren on natural enemy pest control. Talk and microscope session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | FWAG Herbal Leys event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of benefits of herbal leys with farmers and demonstration of ASSIST plots at North Wyke |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Farm Consultancy Group |
| 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 | Disseminated the findings of ASSIST Grassland 2019-2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Farm Open Day |
| 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 | McCracken] 9/6/2019- Farm open day meeting talking about ASSIST and WP3 experimental framework. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Farm site visits |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | via Agrimetrics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Farm site visits for new farms: AHDB Monitor and Stragety Farms Paul Hill and Rob Fox |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Farm site visits for new farms: AHDB Monitor and Stragety Farms Paul Hill and Rob Fox |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Farmer Visit - Hutchinsons |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Farmer visit 2nd July 2019 Hutchinsons growers visit with Will Macalpine. Natural pest control with showcase of pinned specimens. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Farmer field meeting at the East Hendred site, hosted by Julian Gold |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Farmer field meeting at the East Hendred site, hosted by Julian Gold |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Farmer meeting for WP3 |
| 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 | Farmer meeting for WP3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Farmer visit 2nd July 2019 Hutchinsons growers visit with Will Macalpine. Natural pest control with showcase of pinned specimens. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Farmer visit 2nd July 2019 Hutchinsons growers visit with Will Macalpine. Natural pest control with showcase of pinned specimens. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Farmers weekly article |
| 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 | Disseminated the initial findings of ASSIST Grassland 2019 in Farmers weekly article |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/sheep/experiment-shows-potential-for-cell-grazing-herbal-leys |
| Description | Farming Today interview |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Farming Today interview |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000mkw8 |
| Description | Food Security Hackathon at Cambridge Judge Business School, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Food Security Hackathon at Cambridge Judge Business School, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Food System Vision Prize, Rockefeller Foundation, US |
| 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 | Food System Vision Prize, Rockefeller Foundation, US |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://challenges.openideo.com/challenge/food-system-vision-prize/open-submission/upsetting-the-app... |
| Description | Future Leader at Shaping Horizons, Cambridge University, UK |
| 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 | Future Leader at Shaping Horizons, Cambridge University, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Future farming systems to achieve greater efficiency and sustainability - Farmer meeting |
| 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 | Workshop and engagement meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Future farming systems to achieve greater efficiency and sustainability - Farmer meeting |
| 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 | Future farming systems to achieve greater efficiency and sustainability - Farmer meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | GFS Policy Lab on Emerging Food Trends, London, UK |
| 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 | GFS Policy Lab on Emerging Food Trends, London, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Getting more from your grazing - workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Disseminated the initial findings of ASSIST Grassland 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Groundswell 2019 |
| 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 | Participated in Agricology dicussion session on beneficial insects for pest management |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Half the trees in two new English woodlands planted by jays, study finds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Guardian newspaper article including interview |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/16/half-the-trees-in-two-new-english-woodlands-plan... |
| Description | Hedgerows for farmland birds, Cornwall Bird & Wildlife Preservation Society newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Cornwall Bird & Wildlife Preservation Society newsletter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Hedgerows for farmland birds, Devon Rural Skills Trust newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Devon Rural Skills Trust newsletter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Herbal Leys Virtual Field Day - Webinar |
| 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 | Disseminated the initial findings of ASSIST Grassland 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Herbal ley blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Disseminated the initial findings of ASSIST Grassland and plans for 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.agricology.co.uk/field/blog/potential-cell-grazing-herbal-leys |
| Description | Hillesden Farm Research Platform Cotswold Farmers visit |
| 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 | Workshop and field visit showcasing the Hillesden Farm Research Platform and the AgZero+ programme to leading farmers and agronomists from souhern England |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Honey monitoring: tapping into the golden flow of citizen science in conservation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Speed-talk (10min) given at Conservation Optimism Summit 2019, University of Oxford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Honey survey 2019. News item in BeeCraft magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and information for NHMS, under WP2. Reaches many beekeepers not associated with beekeeping associations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Hosting of AHDB staff on their away day at CEH Lancaster |
| 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 | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Harley Stoddart and team visited from AHDB |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IGD Supply Chain Summit, London, UK |
| 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 | IGD Supply Chain Summit, London, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IOBC Conference |
| 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 | IOBC Conference Stratford-upon-Avon 13-16 October 2019 Integrated Protection of Field Vegetables- Association of Applied Biologists. Title: A farm scale study of field margin effects on carabid communities and their pest control services |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Information leaflet on the creation and management of habitat for insect pollinators in the UK and Europe |
| 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 | Production of an information leaflet to support practitioners in the creation and management of habitat for insect pollinators on farmland in the UK and Europe. The leaflet describes the ecological requirements of insect pollinators, provides practical guidance on how to design, establish and manage pollinator habitats on farmland. Finally, it provides new detailed information on the important floral resources utilised by insect pollinators in the British countryside. This information will be critically important for the design of new pollen and nectar rich seed mixes to support pollinators. The guidance leaflet is available free of charge in online and paper formats. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/bee-book-chart.pdf |
| Description | Integrated farming, now and for the future |
| 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 | Integrated farming, now and for the future |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.stfcfoodnetwork.org/launch-meeting.html |
| Description | Interview and article on soil health indicators in Crop Production Magazine |
| 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 | Members of the ASSIST research team were interviewed by Crop Production Magazine about work undertaken by the ASSIST project with the farming industry to develop new indicators of farmland soil health and function. The article 'Pioneering Research Signposts Novel Soil Health Indicators' will be published in the March edition of Crop Production Magazine. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Interview for Farmer's Weekly podcast on E-Tools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview for Farmer's Weekly podcast on E-Tools |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.fwi.co.uk/farmers-weekly-podcast?gclid=CjwKCAjwruSHBhAtEiwA_qCppo7-XQGJypmkrYYTOBQrAJqYD... |
| Description | Interview with Farmer's Weekly on E-Tools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Farmer's Weekly on E-Tools |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/crop-management/cereals-2021-e-tools-to-help-plan-environmental-options |
| Description | Invited expert - Thames Estuary Partnership working group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ASSIST water quality data showed reduced phosphorus to Thames Estuary |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/ZSL_TheStateoftheThamesReport_16Nov2021.pdf |
| Description | Invited keynote speaker at BASE AGM 'New IPM Conference' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited keynote speaker on 'Building Confidence in Beneficials' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited panel member giving oral evidence to the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee on the inquiry into Insect Decline and UK Food Security |
| 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 | The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee held a series of oral evidence sessions as part of its inquiry into 'Insect decline and UK food security' in 2023 https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7381/insect-decline-and-uk-food-security/. Having led a written submission to the inquiry by UKCEH, I was invited to be a witness and give evidence at a session at Westminster introducing the topic of insect decline, exploring the gaps in our knowledge and the role of 'Citizen Science', all topics which are covered under our work on the DRUID project. The report from the inquiry is yet to be released. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7381/insect-decline-and-uk-food-security/ |
| Description | Invited participant at UN Food System Summit Dialogue - Leave No-one Behind: The Transition to Sustainable Agriculture, virtual workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited participant at UN Food System Summit Dialogue - Leave No-one Behind: The Transition to Sustainable Agriculture, virtual workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited presentation at BASF Sustainability Press Briefing How can digital farming help farmers to improve their sustainability? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at BASF Sustainability Press Briefing How can digital farming help farmers to improve their sustainability? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Joint Agricultural Research Strategy launch for UK |
| 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 | The Agricultural Universities Council UK represents universities that both teach and research agriculture. Alongside strategic research institutes (including UKCEH), we deliver the lion's share of agricultural research in the UK.1 But, while groups of universities team up on projects all the time, we have not worked before as a whole sector. This shared strategy sets out, for the first time, steps that we have agreed to take together to make our research as effective and efficient as possible. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.auc-uk.org/research-strategy |
| Description | June Newsletter: National Honey Monitoring Scheme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Newsletter sent out to beekeepers registered on the honey monitoring website, detailing scheme updates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Kellogg's Origins Winter Meeting 2019 - Letting the Biology do the Chemistry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | LEAF - Linking Farming and Environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of IPM and practices developed under WP3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | LEAF Network Event Summer 18 |
| 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 | Talk on field visit about natural pest control and the ASSIST project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | LEAF Network Event Winter 18 |
| 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 | Talk on field visit about naturla pest contorl and ASSIST project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | March 2019 Newsletter: National Honey Monitoring Scheme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Newsletter sent out to beekeepers registered on the honey monitoring website, detailing scheme updates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Maximising the Value of Home Grown Forage - A workshop on grazing and livestock |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination of the research plans for ASSIST |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting and presentation at AHDB |
| 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 | Meeting and presentation at AHDB |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting and presentation at AHDB |
| 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 | Meeting and presentation of ASSIST to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, critical for input into the design of management approaches to be tested under the WP3 farm platform experiment and scoping of potential long-term yield datasets required under WP1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting and presentation at Agrii |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting and presentation of ASSIST to Head of R&D and Stewardship at Agrii, critical for input into the design of management approaches to be tested under the WP3 farm platform experiment and scoping of potential long-term yield datasets required under WP1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting and presentation at Agrovista |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting and presentation of ASSIST to Agrovista, critical for input into the design of management approaches to be tested under the WP3 farm platform experiment and scoping of potential long-term yield datasets required under WP1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting and presentation at Beeswax |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Field meeting and presentation of ASSIST to Beeswax, critical for input into the design of management approaches to be tested under the WP3 farm platform experiment and scoping of potential long-term yield datasets required under WP1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting to discuss SAR mapping of grass volumes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | meeting to discuss SAR mapping of grass volumes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting to discuss expt |
| 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 | Meeting to discuss expt |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting to discuss expt with AHDB |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss expt with AHDB |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting to discuss expt with AHDB and possibly get new monitor farm |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Industry Partners to discuss seed mixes for grassland experiment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with AIC |
| 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 | Meeting with AIC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with BBKA research team to discuss NHMS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with BBKA research team to discuss NHMS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Chinese Geological Survey and Rothamsted to discuss and develop proposla for seedcorn grant on soil - shallow groundwater interactions |
| 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 | Seedcorn grant applied for via FCDO SIN |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Edward Darling, the Life Map |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Edward Darling, the Life Map |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Edward Darling, the Life Map |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Edward Darling, the Life Map |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Edward Darling, the Life Map |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Edward Darling, the Life Map |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Farmer re experiment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Farmer re experiment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Industry Partners to discuss seed mixes for ASSIST grassland experiment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Industry Partners to discuss and co-design seed mixes for the ASSIST grassland experiment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Industry Partners to discuss seed mixes for grassland experiment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of commercial seed mix to include in grassland experiments |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with NERC re honey monitoring in Scotland |
| 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 | Meeting with NERC re honey monitoring in Scotland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Reed business re synergies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CEH blogpost on news pages |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blogs/ceh-bring-assist-science-and-minecraft-cereals-2018 |
| Description | Meeting with SOYL to discuss soil analysis |
| 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 | An event for agronomits and industry partners. A lot of interest in ASSIST and possible links to farmers for WP1 and WP3. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.aiccconference1.co.uk/ |
| Description | Meeting with Strutt and Parker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Strutt and Parker |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Tesco |
| 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 | Workshop and engagement meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with US Monsanto representitives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of principles of ASSIST and ecological intensification with Agrochemical industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Joint workshop to explore potential synergies between ASSIST and YEN |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with project team and collaborators to discuss GHG expt |
| 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 | Meeting with project team and collaborators to discuss GHG expt |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Midlands Soil Discussion Group; a Regional group of British Soil Science Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Midlands Soil Discussion Group; a Regional group of British Soil Science Society |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Modelling the concentration of ammonia and exceedance of the critical level in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Tony Dore presenting on deposition modelling in Canada (publicity of CEH work: "Modelling the concentration of ammonia and exceedance of the critical level in the UK", 36th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application: Ottawa, Canada |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Modelling the impacts of scenarios of land use change on farmland and woodland bird indicators |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation of ASSET bird modelling work at BES2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Monks Wood Wilderness: 60 years ago, scientists let a farm field rewild - here's what happened |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Conversation article |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/monks-wood-wilderness-60-years-ago-scientists-let-a-farm-field-rewild-he... |
| Description | Montplellier seminar |
| 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 | Invited seminar at SupAro, Montpellier, France |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | NERC GCRF 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 | NERC GCRF Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NERC GCRF Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NERC GCRF Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NERC mid term review |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NERC mid term review |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NEWS ITEM: Pesticide analysis and 2021 sample packs. Emailed to all subscribers and put on NHMS website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of new scientific research associated with the NHMS, under WP2. Reaches all subscribers to website (1900+). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://honey-monitoring.ac.uk/news-and-events |
| Description | NFU Headquarters to present ASSIST project and potential NFU involvement |
| 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 | NFU Headquarters to present ASSIST project and potential NFU involvement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NFU Headquarters to present ASSIST project and potential NFU involvement |
| 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 | NFU Headquarters to present ASSIST project and potential NFU involvement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NFU Pollinator Evenet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | As part of the National farmers Union (NFU) involvement with the Campaign for the Farmed Environment, a series of farmer days were organised around different themes. Jon Storkey and Richard Pywell were invited to speak at two of these events with a focus on habitat management on farms for pollinators. A talk was given based on the ASSIST project and then Jon and Richard helped lead farm walks that demonstrated alternative agri-environment options |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NFU stakeholder event @ Circencester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "A range of stakeholders were consulted to help produce a semi-quantitative assessment of the effectiveness, evidence base and feasibility of different agricultural management practices to identify the key farming solutions needed to achieve greater efficiency and sustainability. Just over a hundred stakeholders comprising mostly farmers, agronomists, scientists and conservation practitioners were asked to complete a questionnaire and we received 38 full responses. Of these respondents, a selected, cross sectional group of 21 attended the follow-up workshop to review the findings of the questionnaire and identify key areas of consensus & conflict and potential areas for future development. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NFU stakeholder event @ Circencester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A range of stakeholders were consulted to help produce a semi-quantitative assessment of the effectiveness, evidence base and feasibility of different agricultural management practices to identify the key farming solutions needed to achieve greater efficiency and sustainability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NHMS 2020 results made available to participants. Informed via news item and on website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://honey-monitoring.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/nhms-newsletter-may-2021-0 |
| Description | NHMS Newsletter: Month 2020. Emailed to all and put on NHMS website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and information for NHMS, under WP2. Reaches all subscribers to website (1800+) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://honey-monitoring.ac.uk/news-and-events |
| Description | NHMS Newsletters 2021. Emailed to all and put on NHMS website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and information for NHMS, under WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | NHMS Twitter account (@CEH_Honey) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NHMS Twitter account (@CEH_Honey) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NTU global food security visit 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | NTU global food security visit 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NTU global food security visit 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | NTU global food security visit 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NTU global food security visit 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | NTU global food security visit 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | National Honey Show 2019 |
| 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 | Trade show stand to comm on NHMS and innov grant project (floral composition of honey) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Neonics appear in honey after the ban |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article describing WP2 PLOS paper output (B. A. Woodcock et al., Neonicotinoid residues in UK honey despite European Union moratorium. PLOS One 13, e0189681 (2018).) and giving wider details on the National Honey monitoring Scheme and the ASSIST project in general. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | News articles on conservation headlands - reference to the Spatial Mass effects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "News articles on conservation headlands - reference to the Spatial Mass effects paper in: Farmers guardian, The Press and Journal, SeedQuest (June) " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Open Farm Sunday |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ASSIST stand at Open Farm Sunday Event at Tuesley Farm, Surrey including meeting with Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Organiser of Blogging Workshop, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Organiser of Blogging Workshop, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Real Farming Conference - discussions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 1. Dave Goulson referred to Gary's Nature Comms 2019 paper on pollinator declines as evidence (second example after UKBMS butterfly trends) 2. Dave also referred to Hillesden research and Richard's ecological intensification paper in PRSB 3. A question from the audience asked about the ASSIST in-field strips as a measure to reverse insect declines and Dave was very positive about them but rightly noted the paper wasn't out yet |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Oxford Real Farming Conference 2018 - speaker slot |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Farming event for researchers, public, NGOs and agronomists, Michael Gove also presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Oxford Real Farming Conference 2018 - speaker slot |
| 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 | Oxford Real Farming Conference 2018 - speaker slot |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Panel for IPM at ORFC |
| 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 | Panel for IPM at ORFC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Panel for IPM at Oxford Real Farming Conrerence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Panel for IPM at Oxford Real Farming Conrerence in Oxford. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Pesticides and bees |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk about pesticides and bees, data from WP2 and bringing in WP3 field experiment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Pesticides and bees |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Overview of sustianable management and its links with pollination and pesticides |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Platform presentation at AAB Sustainable Intensification conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A paper was presented at the AAB Sustainable Intensification Conference at Rothamsted Research 28th-30th November 2017: Jon Storkey & Richard Pywell "The ASSIST project: Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems" Aspects of Applied Biology 136: 177-182 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Plenary lecture at the NW European IUSSI meeting: 20 years of bumblebee research at UKCEH |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Plenary lecture at the NW European IUSSI meeting: 20 years of bumblebee research at UKCEH |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | PoMS and NHMS, Talk to Herefordshire beekeepers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of both citizen science schemes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | PoMS and NHMS, Talk to Warwickshire beekeepers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of both citizen science schemes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Podcast - Science of Feeding the World, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK |
| 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 | Podcast - Science of Feeding the World, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Pollinators and the ASSIST programme |
| 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 | Pollinators and the ASSIST programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Poster at AAB Sustainable Intensification conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presented at AAB Sustainable Intensification Conference at Rothamsted Research 28th-30th November 2017: Martin Blackwell, Jon Storkey, Rachel Matthews, Adrian Collins (2017) A novel tool to assess ecosystem services delivered by grassland systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Poster presentation on new ASSIST-generated non-disclosive NH3 emission maps at the International Nitrogen Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ed Carnell presenting our new non-disclosive NH3 emission maps at the International Nitrogen Workshop in Rennes, France (June 2018; poster) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation ASSIST at ORFC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation ASSIST at ORFC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at AgriTech 4.0 Crops, Seeds & Soil "Sustainable Crop Production Practices Aided by Digital Farming" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at AgriTech 4.0 Crops, Seeds & Soil "Sustainable Crop Production Practices Aided by Digital Farming" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation at BASF, Limburgerhof, Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at BASF, Limburgerhof, Germany |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation by Indogro, including ASSIST, at Philipson Estates Blaston to Natural England, CLA, NFU , LEAF, WRI, Sustainable Land Trust, Woodland Trust, GWCT etc. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 40 ASSIST leaflets sent out to Roger to use |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation of ASSIST work (e.g. E-Planner, Skyline, WP3 strips) to new DEFRA chief scientist (Prof. Gideon Henderson) |
| 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 | Presentation of ASSIST work (e.g. E-Planner, Skyline, WP3 strips) to new DEFRA chief scientist (Prof. Gideon Henderson) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation of E-Planner at IALEUK conference, 'The Landscape Ecology of Forests, Woodlands and Trees' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of E-Planner at IALEUK conference, 'The Landscape Ecology of Forests, Woodlands and Trees' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation of E-Planner to WP3 farmers, June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of E-Planner to WP3 farmers, June 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation of Land Cover plus Fertilisers at Phosphorus 350 workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation of the LTLS N deposition modelling work in plenary at the International Nitrogen Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ed Carnell presented the LTLS N deposition modelling work from Ed T's NERC project in plenary at the International Nitrogen Workshop in Rennes, France (June 2018) to 250 delegates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation on conservation biocontrol in oilseed rape to agronomists |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of principles of WP3 in ASSIST in context of pest control in Oilseed Rape to group of agronomists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://aicc.org.uk/news/post.php?s=2019-01-25-aicc-conference-2019-ipm-session |
| Description | Presenting opportunities around ASSIST |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Katie Bliss - Agricology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presenting opportunities around ASSIST/Strutt and Parker and BNP Paribas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Jason Beedel - BNP Paribas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presenting talk on assist and NHMS |
| 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 | Presenting talk on assist and NHMS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Promoting ASSIST |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promoting ASSIST |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RSPB Nature's Home magazine: Innovation: Seeding Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Short article featureing ASSIST and Hope Farm in RSPBs quarterly subscriber magazine |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Radio interview on rewilding woodland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Radio interview on rewilding woodland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://abbey104.com/play-it-again |
| Description | Reading & district Natural History Scoiety, Pangbourne |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of IPM and practices developed under WP3; NHMS monitoring scheme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Reading University press release on networks paper |
| 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 | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Pete Bryant from Reading confirmed link to release, University collaborator on John's PhD |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Realscientists twitter takeover |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Curator of the @realscientists twitter account engaging a wide audience (81k followers) on agriculture, ecology, modelling and statistics. Over the week ww had 1661948 impressions and 14446 engagements) (14-20 July) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Research day talk at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research day talk at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services in intensive agricultural landscapes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk about achieving sustanable agriculture |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Rothamsted Open Day: tree of trade offs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | visions of future farming were presented in the form of images; key points and verbally. The public were encouraged to think about potential trade-offs that challenge sustainable ag systems and vote for what they wanted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Rothamsted Open Innovation Forum |
| 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 | Rothamsted Open Innovation Forum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Rothamsted Open Innovation Forum - ASSIST stand |
| 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 | ASSIST programme stand linked with LCM+ Crops Map stand at the event attracted interest from a range of stakeholders (policy to industry and research focussed). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Rothamsted Science Strategy Launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | On 9th May 2017, Rothamsted Research announced it's new Science Strategy at an event attended by the national media, Rothamsted supporters and policy makers. Jon Storkey presented the ASSIST project and attended an additional event for further questions and interviews with the media following the formal launch. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SEESOIL Farm Walk for WP3 discussing techniques for soil carbon sequestration |
| 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 | Open discussion amongst varied group; new flux tower handouts created and distributed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | STFC Food network + Launch Meeting |
| 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 | The Launch Meeting offered opportunities for knowledge share from ASSIST to the STFC Physics and AgriFood communities. The event was free to attend and consisted of a series of talks by expert speakers on topics spanning the STFC and Agri-Food sectors along with interactive sessions and networking opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.stfcfoodnetwork.org/launch-meeting.html |
| Description | STFC Food network + Launch Meeting |
| 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 | ASSIST programme website created to showcase the research programme, collaborators and partners, areas of research, expected outputs, latest news and opportunities for involvement from the wider farming and scientific/ policy community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.assist.ceh.ac.uk |
| Description | Site visit with head of Natural England (Tony Juniper) to showcase natural regeneration of woodland (Monks Wood Wildernesses) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Site visit/demonstration of results |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/TonyJuniper/status/1388169215027433482 |
| Description | Society of Chemical Industry: Climate Change and Agriculture, London, UK |
| 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 | Society of Chemical Industry: Climate Change and Agriculture, London, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | South Devon AONB Farmer Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Disseminated the findings of ASSIST Grassland 2019-2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | South Today: BBC News at Ten - Michael Gove holding an ASSIST leaflet after the Rothamsted open day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | South Today: BBC News at Ten - Michael Gove holding an ASSIST leaflet after the Rothamsted open day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | South Today: BBC News at Ten - Michael Gove holding an ASSIST leaflet after the Rothamsted open day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | South Today: BBC News at Ten - Michael Gove holding an ASSIST leaflet after the Rothamsted open day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Speaking to sixth form at Watford Grammar School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Jon Storkey was invited to speak to the sixth form at Watford Boys Grammar School on the topic of global food security and sustainable agriculture. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Stakeholders workshop for WP3 Farmers |
| 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 | Agronomists conference hosted by Indigro. Agronomists conference at which the ASSIST programme was presented, sharing opportunities for involvement through provision of yield data and/or sites for the experimental farm platform. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Stakeholders workshop for WP3 Farmers |
| 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 | Agronomists conference hosted by Indigro. Agronomists conference at which the ASSIST programme was presented, sharing opportunities for involvement through provision of yield data and/or sites for the experimental farm platform. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Start-up covered on Rothamsted Website |
| 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 | Start-up covered on Rothamsted Website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Steering group meeting for Rothamsted Soils to Nutrition programme |
| 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 | Report on progress on ASSIST and exploration of links with related projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SuSCrop |
| 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 | ASSIST featured in the Guardian and The Times following SMC Briefing entitled "Beyond neonics". Articles focussed on experiments within ASSIST looking at whether flower strips planted not just in margins but in the midst of crops can reduce the need for pesticides by enhancing natural pest control throughout the field. See the CEH Blog |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blogs/exploring-alternatives-farming-without-neonics |
| Description | Sustainable Intensification & Valuing Nature in Dialogue: enabling researchers to work across environment |
| 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 attended (Whitmore and Metcalfe) the "Sustainable Intensification & Valuing Nature in Dialogue: enabling researchers to work across environment" workshop (5-7 April) - Paper planned. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sustainable Intensification Platform meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and debate of ASSIST work and principles with sustainable intensification community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sustainable agriculture and our bees |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk about pesticides and bees, data from WP2 and bringing in WP3 field experiment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at SER 18: Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services in intensive agricultural landscapes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk about achieving sustainable agriculture and introduction to the ASSIST programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at Upton for South Warwickshire Sustainable Farming Group (held at Upton Estate) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An overview of the programme including the field trials |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk at the ECCB conference: Ecological intensification: using wildlife-friendly farming to increases crop yield |
| 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 sustainable land management incorporating the ASSISt project, Javskyla, Finand. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk on ASSIST and the National Honey Monitoring Scheme to Essex Beekeepers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Talk on ASSIST and the National Honey Monitoring Scheme to Essex Beekeepers, aiming to engage participants to submit samples to the scheme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk on CEH research on pollinators and sustainable intensification to Wageningen Group (David Kleijn and colleagues) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on CEH research on pollinators and sustainable intensification to Wageningen Group (David Kleijn and colleagues) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk on sustainable intensification |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promoting insect biodiversity in farming systems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk to BASE farmers |
| 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 | Talk to BASE farmers 9th May 2019. BASE visit with Jackie Stroud and Sam Cook talking with farmers on natural pest control. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk to BASE farmers 9th May 2019. BASE visit with Jackie Stroud talking with farmers on natural pest control. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk to BASE farmers 9th May 2019. BASE visit with Jackie Stroud talking with farmers on natural pest control. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk to Bedfordshire Beekeepers Association: Managing Farmland for Pollinators |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk to Bedfordshire Beekeepers Association: Managing Farmland for Pollinators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk to Strutt and Parker agronomy group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of ASSIST project to Strutt and Parker meeting for farmers and agronomists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talking soils with SOYL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talking soils with SOYL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talking through assist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | talking through assist |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ASSIST Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme @ AHDB workshop'East Anglia Agronomy 2019' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Summary talk of the ASSIST program |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme @ combined LEAF and AHDB Farmers 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 | Summary talk of the ASSIST program to encourage participation in new yield network and increase understanding of ASSIST experiments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The ASSIST Programme @Nottinghamshire Farm Business association |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Summary talk of the ASSIST program |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The Crop it Like it's Hot Podcast |
| 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 | Promotion of IPM and practices developed under WP3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.croptecshow.com/podcasts/ |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Article in the Halifax BKA newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of NHMS regionally to encourage samples from under-represented area |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, High Wycombe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2, to High Wycombe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, Ipswich and East Suffolk BKA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2, to Ipswich and East Suffolk BKA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, South West England beekeepers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2, to South West England beekeepers (also some invited -by host-from elsewhere in the UK/ internationally). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, Talk to Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, Talk to Gloucestershire BKA annual meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, Talk to New Forest beekeepers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, Talk to Norfolk beekeepers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, Talk to Norfolk beekeepers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS also defra funded pilot study on pesticides in honey, under WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, Talk to Saffron Walden beekeepers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, Talk to Vale and Downland beekeepers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, Talk to Wantage bee keepers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, West Suffolk BKA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2, to West Suffolk BKA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to investigate the foraging habits of UK honeybees, West Sussex Beekeepers convention |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion and disennination of results for NHMS, under WP2, at the West Sussex Beekeepers convention. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Using citizen science to understand honey bees |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public launch of the results of the 1st year of the NHMS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The National Honey Monitoring Scheme: Year 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | National bee Unit, Technical Training Conference. Presentation and Q+A on the National Honey Monitoring Scheme and bee health work carried out at CEH (Innovation grant) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Tree of trade-offs: LEAF event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | visions of future farming were presented in the form of images; key points and verbally. The public were encouraged to think about potential trade-offs that challenge sustainable ag systems and vote for what they wanted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | University of Bristol & Kraal Company Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | [Rivero] 19/06/2019 - Hosted the visit of researchers from the University of Bristol and Kraal company (sensors and software for monitoring livestock and relate that with the landscape) to discuss the feasibility of monitoring sheep at the Rowden plots experiment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit of AICC Agronomists to learn about 'Integrating systems' |
| 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 | demonstrated field margin experiments on how flower margins can improve biocontrol in OSR; took part in a panel discussion on 'Integrating systems'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit of LEAF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of links with ASSIST and LEAF with Head of Integrated Farming |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit of Patrick Valanace |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Debate and presentation of ASSIST with Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government and colleagues from Defra |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit of senior National Trust staff to an ASSIST study farm |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Visit of senior National Trust staff to an ASSIST study farm |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to ASSIST farm to meet senior National Trust staff (set up by Rosie Hails) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mark Harrold and Rosie Hails |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to G's - Cambridgeshire |
| 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 | Recorded interview at Hillesden Farm, for BBC Radio 4 on 'Farming Today'. The topic was to discuss the problems on water logged soils on farming and what/why we are measuring at Hillesden Farm to understand how crop yields can be improved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09pjgrj |
| Description | WP3 field experiment and NHMS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | WP3 updates |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WP3 updates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Wageningen University Working Group |
| 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 | [Carvell] 28/8/2019- Talk on CEH research on pollinators and sustainable intensification to Wageningen University working Group (David Kleijn and colleagues). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | What is..CEH? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | What is..CEH? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | What's in your Honey? Article in BeeCraft |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of NHMS nationally to encourage samples from under-represented areas. Reaches many beekeepers not associated with the BBKA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Winners of GFS Policy Lab (Link) |
| 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 | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Winners of GFS Policy Lab (Link) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://challenges.openideo.com/challenge/food-system-vision-prize/open-submission/upsetting-the-app... |
| Description | Workshop to review questionnaire assessment of sustainable intensification and obstacles to uptake (co-hosted with RSPB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A range of stakeholders were consulted to help produce a semi-quantitative assessment of the effectiveness, evidence base and feasibility of different agricultural management practices to identify the key farming solutions needed to achieve greater efficiency and sustainability. Just over a hundred stakeholders comprising mostly farmers, agronomists, scientists and conservation practitioners were asked to complete a questionnaire and we received 38 full responses. Of these respondents, a selected, cross sectional group of 21 attended the follow-up workshop to review the findings of the questionnaire and identify key areas of consensus & conflict and potential areas for future development. The workshop was hosted jointly between the ASSIST team and RSPB. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Yield network catch up |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Yield network catch up |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Yield network/CropMap press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Articles in Farmers Weekly, The Times, Farming UK, Farming Today |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/press/high-tech-data-confirm-record-poor-harvest-after-year-extreme-weather |
| Description | iCROPM 2020 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Durum wheat ideotypes characteristics for the Mediterranean basin under future climate conditions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | iCROPM 2020 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Substantial increase in yield is predicted by designing wheat ideotypes for Europe under future climate |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | iCROPM 2020 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A UK climate-crop modelling capability for impact assessments on food security: plans and progress |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | iCROPM 2020 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Drought not heat stress driving yield losses in extreme years under climate change |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | iCROPM 2020 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | New modelling methodology for improving crop model performance under stress conditions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | iCROPM 2020 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Why do crop models diverge substantially in climate impact projections? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |