An independent assessment of the value of research taking place at crop science organisation NIAB has revealed an 18-fold return on investment to the wider UK economy. The economic impact report, by Donald Webb of Brookdale Consulting, concluded that for …
Summary Report Full Report The economic impact report, by economists Brookdale Consulting in 2020, concluded that for every £1 spent on research at Niab, at least £17.60 is returned to the UK economy through improved production efficiency, economic …
An international research team, including crop scientists from NIAB, genetically characterised nearly 80,000 samples of wheat from the germplasm banks of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center ( CIMMYT ) and the International Center for …
The partnership between NIAB EMR and ABACO, Europe’s leading provider of software solutions for land resource management, will focus on developing a digital platform that optimises the delivery of information and the application of data-driven …
The Cambridge site has access to 250 ha of commercial cropping and field trials both on-site and nearby, including satellite sites at Hinxton and Duxford. The Niab Seed Handling Unit is also based at the farm. Sue Cahill SHU Manager Featured in Niab's …
Niab has a wide-ranging research programme across the horticultural sector, including soft and top fruit crops as well as field vegetables. Niab, at East Malling in Kent, is the UK centre for innovation and research on horticultural crops and plants and …
The mission, vision and strategy for the department are: Mission To develop industry-leading varieties of horticultural crops using cutting-edge tools and methodologies Vision For our varieties to be the dominant genetics in the global soft-fruit and …
The ecology of important pests and pathogens of perennial horticultural and clonal crops, and the environmental and biotic factors which affect them, is being studied at East Malling with a view to gaining a deeper understanding of the processes that …
Utilisation and development of the perennial crop habit provides a sustainable and economic means of securing food supplies in a growing population and a changing climate. The RECP programme focuses on the complete production-to-supply chain and tackles …
A central objective of Niab’s research activity is to bridge the recognised gap between the basic understanding of plant genetics and our ability to apply that knowledge in practice. Niab has expertise in plant breeding and plant genetics, focused on a …
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