Analysis of historic drought and water scarcity in the UK: a systems-based study of drivers, impacts and their interactions
Lead Research Organisation:
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Department Name: School of Water, Energy and Environment
Abstract
Drought and water scarcity (D&WS) are significant threats to livelihoods and wellbeing in many countries, including the United Kingdom (UK). Parts of the UK are already water-stressed and are facing a wide range of pressures, including an expanding population and intensifying exploitation of increasingly limited water resources. In addition, many regions may become significantly drier in future due to environmental changes, all of which implies major challenges to water resource management. However, D&WS are not simply natural hazards. There are also a range of socio-economic and regulatory factors that may influence the course of droughts, such as water consumption practices and abstraction licensing regimes. Consequently, if drought and water scarcity are to be better managed, there is a need for a more detailed understanding of the links between hydrometeorological and social systems during droughts.
Based on an analysis of information from a wide range of sectors (hydrometeorological, environmental, agricultural, regulatory, social and cultural), the project will characterise and quantify the history of drought and water scarcity (D&WS) since the late 19th century and will produce the first systematic account (UK Drought Inventory) of droughts in the UK. The Inventory forms the basis of a novel joint hydro-meteorological and socio-economic analysis of the drivers of drought and their impacts, with a focus on a search for characteristic systems interactions. The enhanced systems-based understanding is expected to improve decision-making for future drought management and planning, including more informed and thus effective public discourse related to D&WS.
Currently there are no conceptual models of D&WS that describe interactions between hydrometerological and socio-economic drivers and environmental and societal impacts of droughts. The first task will therefore develop a new systems-based conceptualisation of D&WS. This will be used to investigate drought drivers, impacts and their interdependencies. The second task will produce the knowledge base for use within the project and the wider NERC UK Drought and Water Scarcity Programme. It involves the compilation of datasets and metadata, including data and information for selected case study episodes of D&WS. Information on the social and cultural aspects of D&WS will be compiled from oral histories and collation of reports in the historic and recent print and broadcast media, and the first analysis of social media from the 2010-12 drought will be carried out. The third task will develop the Drought Inventory by a novel combination of drought timelines, sector-specific narrative chronologies highlighting key events, and the production of new cross-sectoral drought indicators. To understand the interactions between social and environmental systems during D&WS episodes, the fourth task will: identify significant systems interactions across a range of droughts; identify key triggers and thresholds for droughts; and, describe the reasons behind any changes in systems interactions in droughts over the historic record. The final and fifth task examines how socio-economic context and water resource management practices contributed to resilience to episodes of D&WS in the historic record and considers the implications for changes in planning for the management of future droughts. It also provides an assessment of what are the most effective forms of dialogue and information exchange between the public and those responsible for water resource management that may contribute to beneficial outcomes during future episodes of D&WS.
The key research outcomes will be: a systems-based understanding of D&WS in the context of multiple environmental and societal drivers; an accessible, integrated cross-sector UK Drought Inventory; improved advice and methods to support decision making related to drought management; and, new strategies to re-frame public discourse related to D&WS.
Based on an analysis of information from a wide range of sectors (hydrometeorological, environmental, agricultural, regulatory, social and cultural), the project will characterise and quantify the history of drought and water scarcity (D&WS) since the late 19th century and will produce the first systematic account (UK Drought Inventory) of droughts in the UK. The Inventory forms the basis of a novel joint hydro-meteorological and socio-economic analysis of the drivers of drought and their impacts, with a focus on a search for characteristic systems interactions. The enhanced systems-based understanding is expected to improve decision-making for future drought management and planning, including more informed and thus effective public discourse related to D&WS.
Currently there are no conceptual models of D&WS that describe interactions between hydrometerological and socio-economic drivers and environmental and societal impacts of droughts. The first task will therefore develop a new systems-based conceptualisation of D&WS. This will be used to investigate drought drivers, impacts and their interdependencies. The second task will produce the knowledge base for use within the project and the wider NERC UK Drought and Water Scarcity Programme. It involves the compilation of datasets and metadata, including data and information for selected case study episodes of D&WS. Information on the social and cultural aspects of D&WS will be compiled from oral histories and collation of reports in the historic and recent print and broadcast media, and the first analysis of social media from the 2010-12 drought will be carried out. The third task will develop the Drought Inventory by a novel combination of drought timelines, sector-specific narrative chronologies highlighting key events, and the production of new cross-sectoral drought indicators. To understand the interactions between social and environmental systems during D&WS episodes, the fourth task will: identify significant systems interactions across a range of droughts; identify key triggers and thresholds for droughts; and, describe the reasons behind any changes in systems interactions in droughts over the historic record. The final and fifth task examines how socio-economic context and water resource management practices contributed to resilience to episodes of D&WS in the historic record and considers the implications for changes in planning for the management of future droughts. It also provides an assessment of what are the most effective forms of dialogue and information exchange between the public and those responsible for water resource management that may contribute to beneficial outcomes during future episodes of D&WS.
The key research outcomes will be: a systems-based understanding of D&WS in the context of multiple environmental and societal drivers; an accessible, integrated cross-sector UK Drought Inventory; improved advice and methods to support decision making related to drought management; and, new strategies to re-frame public discourse related to D&WS.
Planned Impact
Due to the nature of the project, there will be multiple beneficiaries from the findings of the project. The following identifies who will benefit from the research and how they will benefit from different aspects of the proposed research.
The principal beneficiaries of the project will be: 1.) policy makers and environmental regulators in the UK; 2.) decision makers and water resource managers in water utilities; 3.) decision makers and managers in UK businesses where decisions related to water use and management are business-critical, including the agricultural sector; 4.) NGOs and Third Sector organisations with an interest in water resources issues and environmental management; 5.) the general public; 6.) communications professionals; 7.) academics and researchers with an interest in drought and water scarcity (D&WS); and 8.) the teaching profession, specifically those delivering key stage 3 and above related to environmental science.
The project will develop a systems-based understanding of D&WS. This will provide a framework for policymakers and environmental regulators, and those with responsibility for long-term water resource management to include and take account of broader socio-economic factors in decision making. Benefits will include improved, more integrated regulatory, planning and decision making processes related to D&WS in the UK.
The UK Drought Inventory, a cross-sector evidence base of historic episodes of D&WS produced by the project, will provide a common reference for policy makers and regulators, water supply companies, and UK business to make decisions in the context of D&WS and key reference droughts. This will enable the development of better drought mitigation plans, leading to improved long-term management of water resources and a reduction in the cost of droughts to UK business. Because it is a common evidence base, it will enable more consistent, transparent planning against standard benchmarks across multiple agencies.
The project will produce improved advice and methods to support decision making related to drought management during episodes of D&WS. Regulators, water resources managers, UK industry, particularly the agricultural sector, with responsibilities for strategic and operational decision making during episodes of D&WS will benefit from the advice, guidance and new methods developed to support decision making. Benefits will include more effective and timely management interventions as droughts develop and as they end; interventions based on commonly agreed principles and evidence; and, more certainty in management and co-ordination of response to droughts.
The development of new strategies to re-frame public discourse related to D&WS is a specific goal for the project. Beneficiaries of these new strategies include: policy makers and regulators; water supply companies; the public; and, NGOs and community groups, particularly those who are responsible for providing information for and engaging in dialogue with the public on issues related to water resources. The benefits include a more informed public debate around issues associated with D&WS; greater clarity regarding decision making process during droughts; wider consensus regarding the positive contribution the public can make to best water resource outcomes during episodes of D&WS.
The project will deliver a series of significant new resources for academics and researchers working in the field of drought research, that when combined with outputs from the other UK Drought Programme projects will have a significant international impact and will lead to major advances in research in this field.
The resources proposed to be developed for teachers as part of the follow-on knowledge exchange activities will provide teachers with appropriate, authoritative materials that will make their teaching of issues related to water resources more effective and will contribute to a more informed generation of young people.
The principal beneficiaries of the project will be: 1.) policy makers and environmental regulators in the UK; 2.) decision makers and water resource managers in water utilities; 3.) decision makers and managers in UK businesses where decisions related to water use and management are business-critical, including the agricultural sector; 4.) NGOs and Third Sector organisations with an interest in water resources issues and environmental management; 5.) the general public; 6.) communications professionals; 7.) academics and researchers with an interest in drought and water scarcity (D&WS); and 8.) the teaching profession, specifically those delivering key stage 3 and above related to environmental science.
The project will develop a systems-based understanding of D&WS. This will provide a framework for policymakers and environmental regulators, and those with responsibility for long-term water resource management to include and take account of broader socio-economic factors in decision making. Benefits will include improved, more integrated regulatory, planning and decision making processes related to D&WS in the UK.
The UK Drought Inventory, a cross-sector evidence base of historic episodes of D&WS produced by the project, will provide a common reference for policy makers and regulators, water supply companies, and UK business to make decisions in the context of D&WS and key reference droughts. This will enable the development of better drought mitigation plans, leading to improved long-term management of water resources and a reduction in the cost of droughts to UK business. Because it is a common evidence base, it will enable more consistent, transparent planning against standard benchmarks across multiple agencies.
The project will produce improved advice and methods to support decision making related to drought management during episodes of D&WS. Regulators, water resources managers, UK industry, particularly the agricultural sector, with responsibilities for strategic and operational decision making during episodes of D&WS will benefit from the advice, guidance and new methods developed to support decision making. Benefits will include more effective and timely management interventions as droughts develop and as they end; interventions based on commonly agreed principles and evidence; and, more certainty in management and co-ordination of response to droughts.
The development of new strategies to re-frame public discourse related to D&WS is a specific goal for the project. Beneficiaries of these new strategies include: policy makers and regulators; water supply companies; the public; and, NGOs and community groups, particularly those who are responsible for providing information for and engaging in dialogue with the public on issues related to water resources. The benefits include a more informed public debate around issues associated with D&WS; greater clarity regarding decision making process during droughts; wider consensus regarding the positive contribution the public can make to best water resource outcomes during episodes of D&WS.
The project will deliver a series of significant new resources for academics and researchers working in the field of drought research, that when combined with outputs from the other UK Drought Programme projects will have a significant international impact and will lead to major advances in research in this field.
The resources proposed to be developed for teachers as part of the follow-on knowledge exchange activities will provide teachers with appropriate, authoritative materials that will make their teaching of issues related to water resources more effective and will contribute to a more informed generation of young people.
Organisations
- CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY (Lead Research Organisation)
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Collaboration)
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Collaboration)
- Justus Liebig University Giessen (Collaboration)
- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF (Collaboration)
- Royal Horticultural Society (Collaboration)
Publications
Lange B
(2017)
A framework for a joint hydro-meteorological-social analysis of drought.
in The Science of the total environment
Holman I
(2021)
A Multi-Level Framework for Adaptation to Drought Within Temperate Agriculture
in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Holman IP
(2021)
A Multi-Level Framework for Adaptation to Drought Within Temperate Agriculture
in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Salmoral G
(2019)
A Probabilistic Risk Assessment of the National Economic Impacts of Regulatory Drought Management on Irrigated Agriculture
in Earth's Future
Rey D
(2017)
Developing drought resilience in irrigated agriculture in the face of increasing water scarcity.
in Regional environmental change
Description | Our analysis suggests that the total net benefits of irrigation in England and Wales in a 'design' dry year are around £219 million, with an average irrigation water productivity in excess of £1.80 per m3. There are, however, significant regional differences in water productivity reflecting the composition of land use and the importance of crop mix in determining economic value. The analysis highlights the importance of supplemental irrigation and the risks that future droughts and/or constraints in water resource availability might have on agricultural systems, livelihoods and the rural economy. We have collated a database of more than 2000 entries from the main farming magazines (Farmers Weekly and Farmers Guardian) describing the impacts of droughts and water scarcity on agriculture since the mid 1970s and the responses of the sector. The database is freely available. The agricultural entries were expanded as part of ENDOWS to include the 2018 drought for inclusion in the Agricultural Drought Impacts Explorer. The 2018 database is also freely available The drought impacts database has been used to explore regional relationship between drought impacts occurrence in British agriculture and two of the most commonly used drought indices (SPI and SPEI). Results show that SPEI calculated for the preceding six months is the best indicator to predict the probability of drought impacts on agriculture in the UK, although the variation in the response to SPEI6 differed between regions. However, this variation appears to result both from the method by which SPEI is derived, which means that similar values of the index equate to different soil moisture conditions in wet and dry regions, and from the variation in agriculture between regions. The study shows that SPEI alone has limited value as an indicator of agricultural droughts in heterogeneous areas and that such results cannot be usefully extrapolated between regions. Our research has sought to understand how agriculture in the UK has been affected by past droughts and how different actors (regulators, business and farmers) have adapted their activities and strategies over time to increase their resilience. A combination of data collected from an online survey, and interviews with farmers and water regulatory agency staff were used to explore attitudes and decision-making processes during drought events. The results highlight how agricultural drought management strategies have evolved over time, including how specific aspects have helped to reduce future drought risks. The importance of adopting a drought management approach that brings together the regulator, retaillers, agricultural industry and individual farmers, coupled with a better understanding of past drought impacts and management options, is shown to be crucial for improving decision-making during future drought events. |
Exploitation Route | The two agricultural drought inventories are freely available as a resource to illustrate the diversity of impacts of and responses to drought. Analysis is being used with farming sector representatives (UKIA, NFU etc) to make the case for 'water for food' within evolving policy to deliver sustainable water resources management. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Environment |
URL | http://historicdroughts.ceh.ac.uk |
Description | Due to our close working relationships with the National Farmers Union and the UK Irrigation Association, our work is informing their ongoing discussions to achieve a fair share of water for agriculture given increasing water scarcity, resource competition and legislative requirements for environmental protection- as seen with its prominent inclusion with the UKIA-published "Irrigation water strategy for UK agriculture and horticulture". Our economic analysis of the net-benefit of irrigation in a dry-year have been well received in demonstrating the case for agricultural water use during drought and may have contributed to the changing approach adopted by Defra with regard to constraining direct spray irrigation groundwater abstraction licences for WFD compliance. Engagement with agribusinesses during the award led to four major irrigated businesses acting as Project Partners for a successful NERC Open Innovation call application (DRisk) to understand the economic impacts of abstraction licencing changes due to the Water Framework Directive on their farm businesses. This work was also supported by the National Farmers Union and the UK Irrigation Association to deliver wider non-academic impacts. The expertise developed has also resulted in a drought article in the Conversation that was extensively re-reported and multiple media engagements with regional local news (BBC) and national and international newspapers. |
First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Description | Development and delivery of M-level module on "Drought and Water Scarcity" |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | ELM Modelling Expert Panel |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | BBRO |
Amount | £40,836 (GBP) |
Organisation | British Beet Research Organisation |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2017 |
End | 07/2017 |
Description | Directed-International (SE Asia Hazards) |
Amount | £435,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/S003223/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 09/2021 |
Description | Financial support for MSc group project |
Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | UK Irrigation Association |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2015 |
End | 06/2016 |
Description | KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PARTNERSHIP No KTP011130 between Cranfield University and The Royal Horticultural Society |
Amount | £240,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | KTP011130 |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2018 |
End | 11/2021 |
Description | NERC Drought and WaterScarcity Programme WP4 |
Amount | £2,000,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 09/2019 |
Description | NERC Open Innovation Call |
Amount | £117,238 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/N017471/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 03/2018 |
Description | NERC Research programme policy impact - short-term opportunity |
Amount | £13,914 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 04/2018 |
Description | Review of the state of research on drought - Agriculture |
Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Environment Agency |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2022 |
End | 03/2023 |
Title | Agricultural drought impacts database |
Description | A database of reported drought impacts on the agricultural sector and responses to those impacts has been collated. This database brings together a compendium of text excepts from Farmers Weekly and Farmers Guardian since 1977, web survey results, interviews with farmers and regulators and statistical data. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The database collation is still in progress, but findings from it have been used within two published paper on "Modelling and mapping the economic value of supplemental irrigation in a humid climate" and "Developing drought resilience in irrigated agriculture in the face of increasing water scarcity". These have been circulated to the National Farmers Union and UK Irrigation Association to inform their ongoing engagement to secure water for agriculture and food. |
Title | Data supporting 'Non-stationary control of the NAO on European rainfall and its implications for water resource management' |
Description | 10-year window rolling correlation between NAOI and GPCC gridded rainfall data for Western Europe. Grid cells between -13-20° Longitude and 35-70° Latitude were used to represent Western Europe. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://cord.cranfield.ac.uk/articles/dataset/nao_x_rainfall_mwc_r/13949381/1 |
Title | Data supporting: 'The importance of non-stationary multiannual periodicities in the North Atlantic Oscillation index for forecasting water resource drought' |
Description | 1- 157 x 136 matrix containing calculated drought series for each 136 GWL records over 157 years. NAs present where no GWL record present. Drought threshold method used after Peters et al, 2003.2 - 139 x 767 matrix containing calculated streamflow drought series for 767 streamflow gauges over 139 years. Value represents Boolean of whether a drought occurred in calendar year.3 - 201 x 157 x 136 array of cross-wavelet transform pval results between 136 groundwater level records over 157 years at 201 frequency intervals. NA values present where no values recorded in original GWL series.4 - 201 x 157 x 767 array of cross-wavelet transform pval results between 767 streamflow records over 157 years at 201 frequency intervals. NA values present where no values recorded in original GWL series. 5 - 201 x 157 x 136 array of cross-wavelet transform power results between 136 groundwater level records over 157 years at 201 frequency intervals. NA values present where no values recorded in original GWL series.6 - 5 - 201 x 157 x 767 array of cross-wavelet transform power results between 767 streamflow records over 157 years at 201 frequency intervals. NA values present where no values recorded in original GWL series.7 - 157 x 136 matrix containing phase difference values between the NAO and 136 groundwater level records over 157 year time period. Phase difference for the 7.5 year periodicity.8 - 157 x 767 matrix containing phase difference values between the NAO and 767 streamflow records over 157 year time period. Phase difference for the 7.5 year periodicity. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://cord.cranfield.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Nonstationary_NAO_periods_on_water_resources/16866868/... |
Title | Historic droughts and irrigated agriculture - Interviews with growers in the Anglian region, UK |
Description | This datasets contains the anonymised transcripts of interviews with irrigators in the Anglian region (UK) carried out between February 2015 and March 2016. A total of 15 growers participated in this study to understand how they had been impacted by, and responded to, past droughts. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Used within published paper |
URL | https://figshare.com/articles/Historic_droughts_and_irrigated_agriculture_-_Interviews_with_growers_... |
Title | Historic droughts inventory of references from agricultural media 2018 |
Description | The agricultural drought inventory for the UK is a subset of data from the UK Drought Inventory. This dataset contains qualitative drought data related to UK agriculture based on an extensive review of two weekly farming magazines in the UK: Farmers Weekly and Farmers Guardian for the 2018 summer drought. This inventory is a complement of the existing Historic droughts inventory of references from agricultural media 1975-2012 (Rey et al., 2019), also available in ReShare (see Related Resources). This dataset contains a total of 1,098 references. The inventory follows a standard format (based on the European Drought Impact Report Inventory, EDII), common to the other sectoral collection of references, that allows their combination for drought analysis and characterisation. Thus, it stores information on the start and end dates of the event and their location (local and regional based on NUTS regions) to characterise the temporal and spatial extents of the cited event. The events/entries are categorised as drivers, impacts, responses and includes a sample of text from the source. Entries for years different from 2018 are related to content about a previous drought (e.g., 1976) that is mentioned in 2018. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Used in two peer-reviewed journal publications to date |
URL | https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/854457/ |
Title | HistoricDroughts Agricultural Drought inventory |
Description | Agricultural Drought inventory contains qualitative drought data on over 2200 references related to UK agriculture based on an extensive review of two weekly farming magazines in the UK: Farmers Weekly and Farmers Guardian for the period 1975-2012 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Used in multiple presentations; academic paper and larger HistoricDroughts inventory |
URL | http://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/853167/ |
Title | Impacts of 2018 drought on agriculture in the UK - Interview responses |
Description | Summarised responses from interviewees on the impacts of drought in 2018 on agriculture and potential strategies for mitigation. The responses have been anonymised and and information that could be used to identify individuals of businesses has been redacted. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Used to date in one peer-reviewed publication |
URL | https://cord.cranfield.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Impacts_of_2018_drought_on_agriculture_in_the_UK_-_Int... |
Title | Nonstationary NAO periods on water resources |
Description | 1- 157 x 136 matrix containing calculated drought series for each 136 GWL records over 157 years. NAs present where no GWL record present. Drought threshold method used after Peters et al, 2003.2 - 139 x 767 matrix containing calculated streamflow drought series for 767 streamflow gauges over 139 years. Value represents Boolean of whether a drought occurred in calendar year.3 - 201 x 157 x 136 array of cross-wavelet transform pval results between 136 groundwater level records over 157 years at 201 frequency intervals. NA values present where no values recorded in original GWL series.4 - 201 x 157 x 767 array of cross-wavelet transform pval results between 767 streamflow records over 157 years at 201 frequency intervals. NA values present where no values recorded in original GWL series. 5 - 201 x 157 x 136 array of cross-wavelet transform power results between 136 groundwater level records over 157 years at 201 frequency intervals. NA values present where no values recorded in original GWL series.6 - 5 - 201 x 157 x 767 array of cross-wavelet transform power results between 767 streamflow records over 157 years at 201 frequency intervals. NA values present where no values recorded in original GWL series.7 - 157 x 136 matrix containing phase difference values between the NAO and 136 groundwater level records over 157 year time period. Phase difference for the 7.5 year periodicity.8 - 157 x 767 matrix containing phase difference values between the NAO and 767 streamflow records over 157 year time period. Phase difference for the 7.5 year periodicity. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://cord.cranfield.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Nonstationary_NAO_periods_on_water_resources/16866868 |
Description | International expert to "Adaptation strategies for sustainable ecosystem services and food security under adverse environmental conditions" project |
Organisation | Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
Department | Global Change Research Institute |
Country | Czech Republic |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Contributed, as part of the invited international expert, to the SustES "Adaptation strategies for sustainable ecosystem services and food security under adverse environmental conditions" proposal. Recently (Dec 2017) awarded funding from the EU European Structural and Investment Funds. Contributing to the landuse change and agricultural drought modelling, feeding through into the ecosystem service assessment, and capacity building activities |
Collaborator Contribution | Proposal was led by the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Science. They are providing access to data ad a well-resourced multidisciplinary team |
Impact | Inception meeting in March 2018,so no outcomes yet |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Invited tutor with CzechGlobe Summer School |
Organisation | Justus Liebig University Giessen |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Keynote speaker and seminar group leader within early career and PhD student summer school; co-author on journal manuscript in preparation |
Collaborator Contribution | Workshop organisation; journal manuscript proposal |
Impact | Journal paper in press: • Trnka M, Hayes M, Jurecka F, BartoÅ¡ová L , Anderson M, Brázdil R, Brown J, Camarero JJ, Cudlín P, Dobrovolný P, Itzinger J, Feng S, Finnessey T, Gregoric G, Havlik P, Hain C, Holman I et al (In Press). Priority questions in multidisciplinary drought research. Clim Res. Also collaboration has led to involvement in a recently awarded multi-disciplinary project to the European Structural and Investment Funds on "SustES - Adaptation strategies for sustainable ecosystem services and food security under adverse environmental conditions" |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Invited tutor with CzechGlobe Summer School |
Organisation | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Department | National Drought Mitigation Centre |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Keynote speaker and seminar group leader within early career and PhD student summer school; co-author on journal manuscript in preparation |
Collaborator Contribution | Workshop organisation; journal manuscript proposal |
Impact | Journal paper in press: • Trnka M, Hayes M, Jurecka F, BartoÅ¡ová L , Anderson M, Brázdil R, Brown J, Camarero JJ, Cudlín P, Dobrovolný P, Itzinger J, Feng S, Finnessey T, Gregoric G, Havlik P, Hain C, Holman I et al (In Press). Priority questions in multidisciplinary drought research. Clim Res. Also collaboration has led to involvement in a recently awarded multi-disciplinary project to the European Structural and Investment Funds on "SustES - Adaptation strategies for sustainable ecosystem services and food security under adverse environmental conditions" |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Invited tutor with CzechGlobe Summer School |
Organisation | WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF |
Department | Landscape Dynamics |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Keynote speaker and seminar group leader within early career and PhD student summer school; co-author on journal manuscript in preparation |
Collaborator Contribution | Workshop organisation; journal manuscript proposal |
Impact | Journal paper in press: • Trnka M, Hayes M, Jurecka F, BartoÅ¡ová L , Anderson M, Brázdil R, Brown J, Camarero JJ, Cudlín P, Dobrovolný P, Itzinger J, Feng S, Finnessey T, Gregoric G, Havlik P, Hain C, Holman I et al (In Press). Priority questions in multidisciplinary drought research. Clim Res. Also collaboration has led to involvement in a recently awarded multi-disciplinary project to the European Structural and Investment Funds on "SustES - Adaptation strategies for sustainable ecosystem services and food security under adverse environmental conditions" |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | KTP on drought management in the gardening sector |
Organisation | Royal Horticultural Society |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | After being approached by RHS, meetings and follow-on discussions led to the co-development and writing of a KTP proposal on drought management with the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley |
Collaborator Contribution | Co-development and writing of a KTP proposal on drought management |
Impact | KTP proposal on drought management successfully submitted - awaiting funding decision |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | "Gardening in a drought" on BBC 3 Counties Radio Roberto Perrone drive-time show |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Radio interview on "gardening in a drought" on BBC 3 Counties Radio Roberto Perrone drive-time show |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | "Summer drought in UK" on BBC 3 Counties Radio Andy Collins morning show |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Radio interview on "Summer drought in UK" on BBC 3 Counties Radio Andy Collins morning show |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | "Weather and food prices" on BBC 3 Counties Radio Roberto Perrone drive-time show |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Radio interview on "Weather and food prices" on BBC 3 Counties Radio Roberto Perrone drive-time show |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | AboutDrought Download 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 | Contribution to the D&WS programme AboutDrought Download event in London which aimed to promote awareness and uptake of research outputs and tools. Cranfield contributions included demonstrations of the DRisk webtool (which utilises the MaRIUS event set) and the Agricultural Drought Impact explorer to participants; provding multiple posters highlighting our findings for the Agriculture Stand; manning the Agriculture Stand and responding to stakeholder questions; and a plenary agricultural synthesis presentation. The event generated plenty of interest and discussion and is expected to increased the impact of our D&WS programme outputs |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | BBC Farming Today interview (July 2018) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Radio interview for BBC Farming Today on "Summer drought in the UK" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | BBC regional news interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | TV interviews were given on the regional news programmes of BBC Look East, BBC South East and BBC Look North regarding the impacts of the 2022 drought on agriculture and water resource management |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Blog on how the UK is dealing with the impact of droughts on agriculture |
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 | A blog on the how the UK is dealing with the impact of droughts on agriculture following the last drought, informed by NERC research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | British Council/Newton Fund and FAPESP workshop (Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2015) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Presentation provided overview of the Historic Droughts and MaRIUS projects in the "Water as the Frontier of Agribusiness: Politico-Ecological and Socio-Economic Connections from Farms to Global Markets" workshop (Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 2015, supported by the British Council/Newton Fund and FAPESP). Increased awareness of NERC Droughts programme; increased early career researcher's professional network None to date |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | British Hydrological Society evening presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | An invited talk on "The 2018 drought - lessons for the agricultural sector (and others)" to members of the south-east branch of the British Hydrological Society. The talks generated a lot of questions and discussions on improved drought and abstraction management and the challenges of balancing the competing needs for water within an evidence-based approach |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | British Hydrological Society presentation (November 2014) |
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 | Overview of NERC Droughts projects at BHS meeting on "Putting more hydrology into water resource planning - better links between water resources and drought planning" generated questions on the programme; requests for more information; increased awareness Increased awareness of practioners of the NERC drought projects; how they can be involved; led to invitation to present at CIWEM study weekend |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Drought article in The Times (August 2022) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviewed by Times journalist for an article on the developing 2022 drought that was published in the Time on 1st August 2022 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/drought-uk-hosepipe-ban-august-how-worried-should-you-be-dl2kqkjg... |
Description | Drought article in the Adu Dhabi National newpaper |
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 | Interviewed on drought impacts for a piece on the UK drought for The National in Abu Dhabi (print and online editions) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2022/08/05/uk-drought-panic-as-europe-shrivels-in-battle-to-... |
Description | Farmer interviews |
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 | Interviews with irrigated agribusinesses to understand their vulnerability to drought and responses implemented. Outcomes / impacts - three of the business interviewed became Project Partners on a successful NERC Open Innovation call proposal; invited speaker to UK Irrigation Association annual science conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Invited presentation at IrrigEx - Feb 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Invited speaker on "Supporting farmers and growers to assess and manage drought risk" at the Irrigex theatre at IrrigEx/FloodEx, the largest national industry event covering irrigation and flooding. The talk covered insights from the Drought and Water Scarcity programme projects and the DRisk webtool. The talk developed a lot of interest, with delegates coming along to the Drought and Water Scarcity programme stand to find out more and ask for further details on the projects and tools. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited speaker - Drought in the Anthropocene |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation on drought in agriculture, given at the Royal Society's "Drought risk in the Anthropocene" conference. Droughts affect a range of economically important sectors but their impacts are usually most evident within agriculture. These impacts are not confined to arid and semi-arid regions, but are increasingly experienced in more temperate and humid regions. Agriculture is a highly heterogenous sector, with differing drought sensitivity and potential drought response options. This presentation considered how agriculture is affected by different types of drought and then, using research from Thailand and the UK, consider examples of reactive and adaptive drought responses implemented by farming and non-farming actors. Finally, the presentation discussed how agriculture can transition to longer-term planning and investment that builds drought resilience through supporting both short-term coping responses and effective adaptation to future droughts |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2021/10/drought-anthropocene/ |
Description | Invited speaker on "Supporting innovation for increased drought resilience in the irrigated sector" at AgriTech East's 5th REAP conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Invited speaker to give presentation on "Supporting innovation for increased drought resilience in the irrigated sector" at AgriTech East's 5th REAP conference on 'What is the future we want for agriculture and how can innovation help deliver it?'. This flagship conference is focussed on promoting innovation in the agricultural sector and its suppliers. Led to enquiry for research expertise from company which was passed to colleagues for follow-on |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Invited speaker on "Understanding and managing current and future drought risks to UK irrigated agriculture" at MCAST Annual Water conference in Malta |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited speaker on "Understanding and managing current and future drought risks to UK irrigated agriculture" at MCAST Annual Water conference on "the Science and Creativity in Water" in Malta- an annual conference targeted at academia, industry and policymakers in this water-stressed island. Increased awareness of UK drought research and potential input into ongoing water resource strategy development |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Oral and poster presentations at American Geophysical Union Fall conference (St Fancisco, December 2016) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Two poster presentations and one oral presentations of research to diverse international audiences, which generated useful feedback and a potential collaborator to enhance research scope |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Oral presentation at UKIA Annual conference 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation on "Agriculture and Water Resources East" at UK Irrigation Association annual science conference at Peterborough, highlighting the use of products from the Drought and Water Scarcity programme in assessing the water needs for irrigation within this multi-sectoral water resources management strategy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Oxford Drought Conference 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A plenary oral presentation on "Taking lessons from the 2018 drought forward into increased drought resilience in the agricultural sector", drawing on Cranfield activities within the D&WS Programme. The talk generated lively discussion around agreeing the importance of recognising the mental health impacts of drought; and the need for an improved evidence base regarding the longer-term ecological impacts of irrigation abstraction |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | PICO presentation at EGU 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Pico oral presentation on "An innovative drought risk management tool to support resilient irrigated food production" to delegates followed by interactive demonstration and discussion of the D-Risk webtool at European Geophysical Union conference in Vienna in 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Participation in CzechGlobe InterDrought (Building an interdisciplinary team for drought research) project's Drought Summer School 2014 |
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 | About 20 Czech PhD students attended my Summer School presentation on "Managing drought risks to irrigated agricultural production", developing their understanding of the issues and of the UK drought research programme and sparking questions and discussions. Also provided 1-to-1 mentoring to improve their paper writing skills PhD students reported an improved understanding of the paper writing process. Questions demonstrated an increased understanding of UK drought hazards and impacts |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Poster presentation at UK Irrigation Association annual conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Poster generated questions and discussion on results Additional stakeholder contact for follow-up interviews |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Presentation at Drought and Decision Making symposium, Oxford |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on "Evidence of increasing resilience in the irrigated agricultural sector in the face of increasing water scarcity" by Research Fellow, subsequently podcast. Sparked valuable feedback and discussion. Valuable networking development and exposure for Research Fellow |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Presentation at ENDOWS/AboutDrought Showcase event in Birmingam |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on "Risk of economic impacts to agricultural irrigation due to drought management" at ENDOWS/AboutDrought Showcase event in Birmingam. Generated interested discussion on costs of drought management to agriculture. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation at IAH 2018 at Daejeon, South Korea |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Poster presentation on "Supporting efficient and resilient irrigation in the context of increasing water scarcity" at International Association of Hydrogeologists 2018 conference at Daejeon, South Korea. Generated interested discussion, but unclear impact other than general awareness raising of D&WS research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation at MCAST annual water conference (Science and Creativity in Water) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation on "Understanding and managing current and future drought risks to UK irrigated agriculture" at MCAST Annual Water Conference on "The science and creativity in water", Paola, Malta. Questions and discussion aimed to promote outputs from NERC Drought and Water Scarcity programme (MaRIUS, HistoricDroughts and ENDOWS) and D:Risk. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation at UK Irrigation Assocation conference - March 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Presentation to diverse audience of farmers, agribusinesses, regulatory agency staff, consultants and equipment suppliers on Cranfield's work on agricultural water resources, irrigation demand and drought. Very positive feedback from head of Water Resources East. New contacts made to follow-up |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation on "15 years of agricultural abstraction and the 2011-2012 drought" at the HistoricDrought stakeholder symposium (March 2016) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation to stakeholder audience placing the most recent 2010-12 drought within a longer record of agricultural abstraction. Results on the distribution of abstraction within the sector (which showed that a very large volume of water is tied up in largely unused licences even during severe drought) and the implications for abstraction reform generated questions and discussions from audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation on "Adaptation to changing future risk of agricultural irrigation constraints during drought" at ECCA 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation on "Adaptation to changing future risk of agricultural irrigation constraints during drought" at European Climate Change Adaptation conference in Glasgow in 2017. Generated useful discussion and contribute to increased awareness of UK D&WS research and the DRisk webtool |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation on "Droughts and agriculture in the UK - impacts and responses" to British Hydrological Society SE Section in London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation on "Droughts and agriculture in the UK - impacts and responses" to British Hydrological Society SE Section in London. Generated discussion from audience and requests for additional information |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation on "Past, present and future - agriculture and drought" at Drought and Water Scarcity programme conference (June 2016) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation on overview of agricultural research within MaRIUS and HistoricDroughts to other researchers and stakeholders that increased awareness, generated questions and discussions and provides foundation for pursuing future collaborative proposals |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation on agricultural activities within the NERC D&WS projects at ENDOWS event with Natural Resources Wales staff (Cardiff) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on agricultural activities within the NERC D&WS projects at ENDOWS event with Natural Resources Wales staff (Cardiff). Engaged discussion led to useful feedback and follow-on engagement activities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation to UK Irrigation Association members |
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 drought research to UK Irrigation Association members (agribusinesses, consultants, suppliers, regulators) at annual conference. Stimulated debate and questions with regard to regulatory reform and food security. Received requests from representatives of Defra and Environment Agency for further information; and agreement of additional agribusinesses to engage in our research activities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation to agricultural stakeholders at Drought and Water Scarcity Programme sector workshop (Peterborough, 2016) |
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 describing the agricultural user relevance of research outcomes and activities to inform discussion on future collaboration and research policies generated valuable sector prioritisation of future activities to inform follow-on funding application |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | RGS drought conference 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A presentation reporting our D&WS research on "Understanding the hydro-climatic conditions of the 2018 drought: experiences and lessons from the UK livestock sector" that sought to increase awareness of the under-appreciated vulnerability of the livestock sector to drought. The presentations lessons' on the need for longer term strategic planning from farm to sector to government was discussed during the Q&A |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Roorkee Water Conclave 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A presentation (to a largely Indian audience) describing how Cranfield D&WS research has contributed to increased drought resilience within the UK irrigated sector. The discussion focussed on the understanding the relative importance of crop yield vs quality for maximising irrigation benefits and the contrasts between the regulatory regimes of the UK and water management in India |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | SMC Media briefing - London September 2018 |
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 | SMC media briefing in London to national and international press representatives on the 2018 drought, with Jim Hall (infrastructure and water management), Jamie Hannaford (environment and hydrology) and Ian Holman (agriculture). Led to several articles in the press, in particular "After the hottest summer on record, get set for an 'above-average autumn" in The Daily Telegraph includes agricultural impacts of summer drought. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20180904/281711205527450 |
Description | Sugar beet growers workshop 2018 |
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 with sugar beet growers at Clumber Park Hotel. Present were 17 growers (who supply the Newark factory), 2 representatives from British Sugar and 1 from the British Beet Research Organisation to discuss the financial value of irrigation on sugar beet and the impacts of the 2018 drought. Insights from the discussions will feed into ongoing drought and water scarcity research and KE activities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Toolshed demonstration on "An innovative drought risk management tool to support resilient irrigated food production" at AdaptationFutures 2018 in Cape Town |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A "Toolshed" presentation on "An innovative drought risk management tool to support resilient irrigated food production" at AdaptationFutures 2018 in Cape Town. This consisted of a short presentation to assembled delegates, followed by an interactive presentation and discussion on the DRisk webtool with participants. Generated substantial interest from international audience on drought research and management in UK |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | UK drought: are farmers facing the crop failures of 1976 all over again? |
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 | An article on "UK drought: are farmers facing the crop failures of 1976 all over again?" was written for The Conversation. The article attracted 20 comments, was shared 34 and 42 on twitter and Facbook, respectively and was republished by 13 other outlets |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/uk-drought-are-farmers-facing-the-crop-failures-of-1976-all-over-again-1... |
Description | WaterFutures 2020 (Bangalore) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A presentation describing how Cranfield D&WS research has contributed to increased drought resilience within the UK irrigated sector. The discussion focussed on the understanding the relative importance of crop yield vs quality for maximising irrigation benefits and the contrasts between the regulatory regimes of the UK and water management in other countries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Workshop and discussion on the 2018 drought at CUPGRA conference at Cambridge |
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 | A workshop and discussion on the 2018 drought with delegates at the 28th annual Cambridge University Potato GRowers Association (CUPGRA) conference at Cambridge. Using insights from the NERC Drought and Water Scarcity programme, four interactive workshops were run with growers and agronomists to reflect on the 2018 drought, its impacts and their coping measures and longer term responses. Responses will feed back into the D&WS WP4 activities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |