AFCP Research in Action workshop - 27 Feb 23

Need, funding, outcomes

A free to attend event from The AgriFood Charities Partnership, supported by NIAB. From BBSRC and UKRI initiatives, hear from researchers looking at cover crops for soil structure and health, fungus and plant nutrient exchange, alleviating subsoil compaction, and more, finishing with a discussion of the research  needed by farmers and stakeholders.

Monday 27th February
9.30am - 3.00pm
Sophi Taylor Building, NIAB Park Farm, Villa Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NZ

Bookings essential via [email protected]

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Programme:

9.30am Registration and refreshments  
9.50am Introduction Professor Graham Jellis, Chairman, AgriFood Charities Partnership
10.00am Utilisation of cover cropping to enhance soil structure and health; are Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbioses contributing to beneficial outcomes? Dr George Crane, Yara International Ltd
10.20am Introduction of complex herbal leys into an arable rotation Dr Patrick McKenna, NIAB
10.40am Virus-induced gene silencing and editing on soybean Elena Bidash, Crop Science Centre
10.55am Quantifying and alleviating subsoil compaction in arable soils Dr Joe Martlew, NIAB
11.20am Break  
11.35am Long-term traffic and tillage effects on soil carbon dynamics and crop yield Ana Prada Barrio, Harper Adams University
11.55am The Morley PhD studentship programme - how TMAF made it happen and why Dr Steve Rawsthorne, TMAF
12.15pm Future initiatives from BBSRC and UKRI Emma Markham, BBSRC
12.35pm Discussion Chaired by Dr Lydia Smith, NIAB
13.00pm Lunch  
14.30pm Event closes  

Programme is subject to change. 

SoiBASIS CPD points available