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Report by ADAS for Tesco and WWF on the potential for insects as an alternative protein.
Population growth is increasing the demand for food products…
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The fate of much of the nitrogen applied to crops or grass as fertiliser around the world is ultimately to pass out of digestive systems as urine. We…
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Phoma stem canker is a damaging disease of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) that causes annual yield losses to UK oilseed rape growers worth…
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Report by Prof Tim Benton and Dr Helen Harwatt on sustainability in farming, regenerative agriculture, agroecology and land sparing vs sharing.…
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Large-scale land acquisition for carbon: opportunities and risks
Interest in carbon markets has increased rapidly in recent months, leading to new…
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Many thanks to our Steering Group for a really good session on how to take FarmPEP forward.
Some conclusions and highlights below:
Need to be…
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Welfare and environmental impact of organic pig production
The handbook summarizes the results of the Core Organic Cofund project POWER, aiming to…
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This chapter covers the definition of biostimulants, brief summary of various categories, and how they are used for promoting plant growth, building…
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Cyber-security threats and side-channel attacks for digital agriculture
This paper discusses the security threats and vulnerabilities to digital…
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Farmers Weekly article from 2020:
Grain growers could gain £500/field if they get crop nutrition spot on, and this has prompted crop consultants Adas…