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In our first workshop of the season and as part of the Countryside COP programme we met to introduce YEN Zero and discuss productivity and land use as it relates to crops and GHG emissions, addressing the questions: What is the role of productivity in reaching net zero agriculture? How do we balance meeting food demand while protecting our environment? Should we be ‘sparing’ land for nature or ‘sharing’ our agricultural land with nature?
Are environmental benefits (carbon, biodiversity...) best served by sharing agricultural land with nature, or by maximising yield in some areas to spare tracts of land exclusively for nature in other areas?
The development of a forage network which will recommend a pathway to gaining optimum benefits from forages through realistic actions. This project, which runs from September 2023 for 6 months, will: Bring together a network of stakeholders to understand the best approach for improving forage systems, considering potential opportunities and barriers to uptake Create a roadmap, which can be used to achieve benefits for livestock sectors through changes in forage systems
Report by Prof Tim Benton and Dr Helen Harwatt on sustainability in farming, regenerative agr
This topic refers to the whole food supply chain, from farm fork, and all the products and services that contribute to food production.
Crop yield has been a major subject of research and industrial improvement for decades. The YENs have set out a framework for understoanding yield in terms of capture and conversion of the major resources light and water. Temperature plays a role in crop development and can also have a substantial impact on growth and yields.
Five farming businesses, progressing through data analysis and knowledge exchange, to enhance the productive, financial and ecological results of our farming.
Scientific paper by Andrew Balmford & colleagues published in Nature Sustainability 2018:
Report by John Beddington setting out the case for Sustainable Intensification.
Scientific paper in Nature Climate Change in 2016 by Antony Lamb, Andrew Balmford & Colle
Scientific paper by Andrew Balmford & colleagues in 2012 published in Proceedings of the
Report by ADAS in 2009 for Government Chief Scientific Advisor John Beddington. Authore
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The SEEGSLIP project sought to evidence the practices of a particular group of farmers, the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association (PFLA) in terms of their social, ecological and economic sustainability. This video explains the project, the pasture-fed concept and some of our research findings.
Book edited by Roger Sylvester-Bradley and Julian Wiseman exploring the potential for yield
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