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