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Food and Farming Futures is an independent consortium body which is developing the The National Libraries for AgriFood as a knowledge exchange integrator service aimed at the food and farming industries, to help more efficient, sustainable supply chains.

It is a place where quality-vetted grey literature, advisory notices and research papers are held in collections appropriate to the agri-food sectors, and it holds 
a large and competent repository of actual documents (mostly PDF files), videos and other electronic media files, rather than linking to documents held elsewhere.

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Farm-PEP aims to bring together all the sources of useful knowledge for Agriculture, whether from academic science, applied research projects, industry trials, farmers own trials or simple on-farm experience. Listed below are useful websites, organisations and websites that we know of.  Add any we've missed in the comments box or by adding as new content, or better still, as a new Group.  

Useful websites

What web resources do you find useful to find and share knowledge?

National Library for Agrifood - NLAF

The National Library for Agri-Food serves agri-food practitioners by providing access to recent, high quality, science-evidenced information and guidance in a well-constructed online repository with good metadata standards for easy searching and robust perma-links to content.

Knowledge Exchange

Knowledge Exchange in Agriculture in the UK is diverse, with many organisations involved. That is part of the reason for creating Farm-PEP, to help provide connections to what many percieve as a fragmented landscape.

Application of Science to Realise the Potential of the Agricultural Transition

Report by Lord Curry (Food & Farming Futures), James Lowenburg-DeBoer and Michael Lee (Harper Adams University) into how agricultural science and extension can be supported and co-ordinated to address the productivity gap in UK agriculture.    

Rewilding and its implications for agriculture

Where does rewilding sit in the future of food and agriculture? Rewilding is a contested term, described by some as laying a foundation for global biodiversity restoration and by others as a threat to human and non-human life in the countryside. This explainer explores how and why people disagree about rewilding, compares its various definitions, and considers how the rewilding debate ties in with different visions for the future of food.

Land sparing and land sharing – considerations for farming with nature

Land sparing and land sharing are two different perspectives on land management towards improving global biodiversity, 

This week's highlights from Food & Farming Futures (14th May 2022)

The Future of Food & Farming: Challenges and choices for Global Sustainability (Foresight Report)

Report by John Beddington setting out the case for Sustainable Intensification.

F&FF Highlight (25th May 2022)

Pig welfare and water use

Novel Teagasc study finds providing pigs with a high enrichment allowance reduces water usage and

This week's highlights from F&FF (21st May 2022)

Ergot Explained

Ergot is a fungus that grows on rye, triticale, wheat and barley, and to a lesser extent, oats. It also affects a wide range of grasses, particularly blackgrass. Although the disease has a relatively small effect on yield, ergots contain large amounts of toxic alkaloids that can pose a pose a risk to animal and human health.

Golden Rice - the seeds have germinated

For the first time, farmers in the Philippines have cultivated Golden Rice on a larger scale and harvested almost 70 tonnes of grains this October.This nearly never-​ending story began at ETH Zurich.

Could we use foster cows to rear dairy calves?

Recent research has shown that calves reared by a foster-cow not only experience increased growth, but also benefit from improved health during the 8-week milk rearing period when compared with artificially reared group housed calves.

F&FF NLAF Presentation – AUC Retreat 2023

Food and Farming Futures and The National Libraries for Agri-food slides developed to share with educators who lead agriculture degree courses at the AUC Educators Retreat 2023.

Comparative economics of Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby and Silphium perfoliatum L. as bioenergy crops in Europe

Silphium could provide a profitable and viable perennial bioenergy crop. For Sida to be a profita

Rewilding and its implications for agriculture

Where does rewilding sit in the future of food and agriculture? Rewilding is a contested term, de

Potential co-benefits and trade-offs between improved soil management, climate change mitigation and agri-food productivity

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Deferred grazing – an opportunity to reduce winter feed costs

Grazing on pasture closed and set aside for winter grazing can significantly reduce feeding costs

Rapid Risk Assessment for spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 from wild birds to poultry from the shooting of wild waterfowl and wild game (including formerly captive) birds

Expert opinion during the HPAI H5N8 epizootic of 2016/2017 was that wildfowling, or more general

Data-driven decision making in pig farming: A review of the literature

Current studies focus on isolated and one-off problems, and we suggest future research to conside

Data-driven decision making in pig farming: A review of the literature

Current studies focus on isolated and one-off problems, and we suggest future research to conside

Stopping the spread: Researchers create rapid test for deadly infections in livestock, starting with pigs

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new form of rapid test to detect infections i

Fertiliser use could be reduced with nature-based farming, shows major study

Analysis of 30 long running farm experiments in Europe and Africa by Rothamsted Research has show

F&FF Highlight 27th May 2022

Meat Protein Alternatives - Opportunities and Challenges for Food Systems' Transformations - OECD Report

Report on alternatives to meat protein published by OECD. Abstract: Meat alte

Translational research in agriculture. Can we do it better?

A major reason for the predominant failure of translational research from laboratory to field is

F&FF Featured article, 28th May 2022

The effects of traffic management systems on the yield and economics of crops grown in deep, shallow and zero tilled sandy loam soil over eight years.

Crop yields from zero tillage practices improve with time. Controlled traffic farming increases c

Review: Improving the performance of neonatal piglets

Newborn piglets have a high incidence of preweaning mortality that is not only associated with lo

This week's highlights from F&FF

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