Programmes are now available for the Enhancing Our Agricultural Landscape: Sustainable Intensification in Practice workshops. Funded by Defra and the Welsh Government, the Sustainable Intensification Research Platform is promoting new methods in farmland and landscape scale management to increase farm output and competitiveness, whilst protecting the countryside and enhancing environmental and social benefits. Sign up for the workshops to listen and share views about the work of the platform, including interacting with new practical tools for decision support.
Autumn workshops – October 2017
20 Oct 2017 - 10:00am to 27 Oct 2017 - 3:00pm
Conwy, Devon, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Northumberland
Enhancing Our Agricultural Landscape: Sustainable Intensification in Practice
We invite you to discuss our findings from the Sustainable Intensification Research Platform. Funded by Defra and the Welsh Government, the Platform is promoting new methods in farmland and landscape scale management, which could, for society’s welfare, provide both enhanced farm productivity and environmental benefits e.g. clean air, water.
There are five events at the following locations. Each will enable you:
- To learn more about various land management decision support tools.
- To meet and interact with the researchers involved on the research farms.
- To learn about the range of findings across the 7 national Platform study sites.
Friday 20th North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2SB Programme
Monday 23rd Nafferton Farm, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7XD Programme
Tuesday 24th GWCT Visitor Centre, Loddington, LE7 9XE Programme
Wednesday 25th Morley Farm, Botolph, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9DF Programme
Friday 27th Neuadd Reichel, Bangor University, Bangor, LL57 2TW Programme
The workshops run from 10.00 -15.00 and are free to attend.
Online registration: http://bit.ly/2u6Ewta (This link will take you to an Eventbrite page)
For more information please contact: Steven Guilbert S.Guilbert2@exeter.ac.uk or crpr@exeter.ac.uk