In October 2021, Defra will launch the first of its competitions within the ‘Industry-led R&D Partnerships fund’. The aim of the fund is to encourage groups of farmers, growers, businesses and researchers to get involved in collaborative research and development.
Salary: £33,809 to £37,684
CD: Thursday 30th September
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Research Fellow in Food Systems to join the Plant Science Laboratory at the School of Water, Energy, Environment and AgriFood at Cranfield University, to work on EPSRC funded project ‘Zero-emission cold-chain (ZECC) building the road to sustainable cold-chain systems for food resilience’.
If anything, this year has taught us that the future is unpredictable. And that makes planning problematic, how can you account for the impact of disruption, whether that is from a world event, extreme weather or technological breakthrough?
“This feels like a tipping point”, says Chris Brown, Senior Director of Sustainable Supply Chains at ASDA.
When weather extremes make growing conditions difficult, the chance to farm indoors becomes more appealing, and this month we are taking a deep dive into this vibrant sector. We are also looking outwards to Central Europe and forward into the future.
The entire agri-tech innovation ecosystem will be impacted by the journey to a net zero future, raising important questions about the route we take.
As we emerge into 2021, all eyes are looking forward and nurturing hopes, plans and ambitions that life will be better – healthier, happier, safer and more sustainable. So how do we make the future we want a reality, by design – and avoid ending up with the future we don’t want, by accident?
The Willand Intelligent Livestock System offers the potential for methane and carbon capture.
Provoked by “artefacts from the future” we will be looking ahead to alternative future scenarios.
Stephen Briggs gives the lowdown on the UK’s largest agroforestry operation in Cambridgeshire, where he grows cereals and fruits, side by side in strips, across 52 hectares of rich fenland soil. He will be talking about his experiences at an Agri-TechE event.
Download direct from Google Drive. Join Brian Reid, Professor of Soil Science at the University of East Anglia and Gareth Roberts, Co-Founder of Cambond, as we
Climate impact of grass-fed herds in pastures, that include white clover, are less than previous IPPC estimates, which are based on collated data not direct measurement and underestimate the reduction in microbial activity.