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If you are engaged in SI research and would like to link to this portal, please contact us via the email below.

Contact

Jennifer Preston
SIP 1 Project Coordinator, NIAB. Email: jennifer.preston@niab.com

Gavin Huggett
SIP 2 Project Manager, University of Exeter. Email: SIP2@exeter.ac.uk

Outputs

Newsletter

Please see our newsletter for project details and articles relating to SI.

Infographic

You can view and download the SIP infographic.

SIP Information Sheet

Please feel free to print out and distribute our SIP Information Sheet.

Science, Policy and Practice Notes

A series of science, policy and practice briefing notes have been produced by SIP and they can be accessed at the links below.

Note 1: Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Intensification – An Introduction to SIP / Nodyn 1: Ymateb i’r Her Dwysáu Cynaliadwy Cyflwyniad i SIP

Note 2: Farmer and Adviser Attitudes to Integrated Farm Management / Nodyn 2: Agweddau Ffermwyr a Chynghorwyr tuag at Ddulliau Integredig o Reoli Ffermydd

Note 3: The Role of Cover Crops within Sustainable Soil Management / Nodyn 3: Rôl Cnydau Gorchudd mewn Rheoli Pridd yn Gynaliadwy

Note 4: Sustaining Trace Elements in Grazing Sheep / Nodyn 4: Cynnal Elfennau Hybrin mewn Defaid Pori

Note 5: Assessing the Performance of Commercial Farms / Nodyn 5: Asesu Perfformiad Ffermydd Masnachol

Note 6: Farmer Collaboration and Engagement / Nodyn 6: Cydweithredu ac Ymgysylltu ymysg Ffermwyr

Note 7: Dynamic Landscape Typology Tool for Sustainable Intensification / Nodyn 7: Offeryn Teipoleg Tirwedd Dynamig ar gyfer Dwysáu Cynaliadwy

Note 8: Benchmarking Sustainable Intensification / Nodyn 8: Meincnodi Dwysáu Cynaliadwy

Project Reports

SIP 1 and SIP 2 reports are available at the following links: 

SIP 1: Integrated Farm Management for improved economic, environmental and social performance

SIP 2: Opportunities and risks for farming and the environment at landscape scales

SIP 3: The influence of external drivers and actors on the sustainability and productivity of English and Welsh farming

Papers

Sustainable intensification
  • Dicks, L. V., Rose, D. C., Ang, F., Aston, S., Birch, A. N. E., et al. (2018). What agricultural practices are most likely to deliver ‘sustainable intensification’ in the UK?, Food and Energy Security, Full text (Open access)
  • Gunton, R.M., Firbank, L.G., Inman, A., Winter, D.M. (2016) 'How scalable is sustainable intensification?', Nature Plants, 2, Article No: 16065. http://www.nature.com/articles/nplants201665
Decision support tools
  • Rose, D. C.,Sutherland, W. J., et al., Dicks, L. V. (2018). Integrated farm management for sustainable agriculture: lessons for knowledge exchange and policy, Land Use Policy, Full text (Open access)
  • Rose, D. C., Parker, C., Fodey, J., Park, C., Sutherland, W. J., and Dicks, L. V. (2018). Involving stakeholders in agricultural decision support systems: improving user-centred design, International Journal of Agricultural Management 6 (3-4): 80-89
  • Rose, D. C., Morris, C., Lobley, M., Winter, M., Sutherland, W. J., and Dicks, L. V. (2018). Exploring the spatialities of technological and user re-scripting: The case of decision support tools in UK agriculture, Geoforum 89 pp. 11-18, Full Text (Open access)
  • Rose, D. C., Bruce, T. A. J. (2017) Finding the right connection – what makes a successful decision support system?, Food and Energy Security, Full Text (Open access)
  • Rose, D. C., Sutherland, W. J., Parker, C., Lobley, M., Winter, M., Morris, C., Twining, S., Ffoulkes, C., Amano, T., Dicks, L. V. (2016) Decision support tools for agriculture: Towards effective design and delivery, Agricultural Systems 149 pp. 165-174 Full Text (Open access)

 

Please contact jennifer.preston@niab.com or g.huggett@exeter.ac.uk with any queries.