A5091295437- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Rural development and sustainability
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Forest Management and Policy
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Engineering and Test Systems
- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- Advanced Electrical Measurement Techniques
- Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies
University of Reading
2013-2024
University of Bristol
2018
Aalto University
2012-2013
University of Sheffield
2010
North Yorkshire County Council
2009
University of Leicester
2007
Impact
2005
Wye College
1999
University of Plymouth
1999
Euxton Hall Hospital
1998
Purpose This paper sets out to profile the activities and consumers of a unique successful local food retail outlet in UK that is based on weekly community markets. Design/methodology/approach The seminal literature reviewed prior providing case study outlet, True Food Co‐op. followed by results from detailed survey its customers. Findings increase availability interest over last decade has been matched new research findings. Although there consensus reasons why people buy food, are...
Agriculture is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and must feature in efforts reduce emissions. Organic farming might contribute this through decreased use of farm inputs increased soil carbon sequestration, but it also exacerbate greater food production elsewhere make up for lower organic yields. To date there has been no rigorous assessment potential at national scales. Here we assess the consequences net GHG 100% shift England Wales using life-cycle assessment....
The Mandelstam-Tamm and Margolus-Levitin inequalities play an important role in the study of quantum-mechanical processes nature since they provide general limits on speed dynamical evolution. However, to date there has been only one derivation inequality. In this paper, alternative geometric derivations for both are obtained from statistical distance between quantum states. shown hold unitary evolution pure mixed states, a counterexample is given described by completely positive...
Many members of the public and important stakeholders operating at upper end food chain, may be unfamiliar with how is produced, including within modern animal production systems. The intensification becoming increasingly common in farming. However, intensive systems are particularly susceptible to diseases, potentially negative consequences for farm welfare (FAW). Previous research has demonstrated that concerned about FAW, yet there been little into attitudes towards their approval...
We assess the production impacts of a 100% conversion to organic agriculture in England and Wales using large-scale linear programming model. The model includes range typical farm structures, scaled up across available land area, with objective maximising food production. effects soil rainfall, nitrogen (N) supply/offtake livestock feed demand are accounted for. Results reveal major reductions wheat barley production, whilst minor cereals such as oats rye increase. Monogastric milk also...
Abstract BACKGROUND Arable crops in temperate climatic regions such as the UK and Ireland are subject to a multitude of pests (weeds, diseases vertebrate/invertebrate pests) that can negatively impact productivity if not properly managed. Integrated pest management (IPM) is widely promoted sustainable approach management, yet there few recent studies assessing adoption levels factors influencing this arable cropping systems Ireland. This study used an extensive farmer survey address both...
In agriculture, the intricate relationship between innovation, productivity, and entrepreneurship is underexplored. Despite widely recognised role of innovation in driving concrete indicators comprehensive farm-level studies are lacking. This research aims to unravel this complexity by exploring impact specifically agricultural entrepreneurship, on transformative changes farm productivity. Using a two-stage analysis with Malmquist Index (MI) total factor productivity (TFP) cereal farms from...
Value chain analysis (VCA) calculated the financial effects on food actors of interventions to improve animal health and welfare in intensive pig sector. Two reduce production diseases were studied. A generic diagram linkages between stakeholders value-added dimensions was designed. Data structure performance collected for The parameters then described illustrate impact supply chain. also assessed at market level using economic analysis. sectors Finland UK are small farm numbers few...
Abstract Diet is a key modulator of non‐communicable diseases, and food production represents major cause environmental degradation greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, ‘nudging’ people to make better choices challenging, as factors including affordability, convenience taste often take priority over the achievement health benefits. The overall ‘Raising Pulse’ project aim bring about step change in nutritional value UK consumers' diet, do so way that leads improved greater sustainability within...
Agroforestry (AF) is a land use that incorporates growing trees into agricultural crops and/or livestock production on the same piece of land. Due to tree cover and growth, AF has potential generate additional products, enhance biogenic carbon capture storage, reduce soil erosion surface water run-off improve structure fertility. These effects are likely farmers' financial return with minimal loss production. To date, there been very little uptake in UK despite awareness these benefits...
The impetus to adopt integrated pest management (IPM) practices has re-emerged in the last decade, mainly as a result of legislative and environmental drivers. However, significant deficit exists ability practically monitor measure IPM adoption across arable farms; therefore, aim project reported here was establish universal metric for quantifying temperate farming. This achieved by: (i) identifying set key activities that contribute IPM; (ii) weighting these terms their importance...
We introduce a setup which realises tunable engineered environment for experiments in circuit quantum electrodynamics. illustrate this concept with the specific example of bit, qubit, high-quality-factor cavity is capacitively coupled to another including resistor. The temperature resistor, acts as dissipative environment, can be controlled well defined manner order provide hot or cold desired. Furthermore, introducing superconducting interference devices (SQUIDs) into containing provides...
Abstract Free-range egg producers face continuing problems from injurious pecking (IP) which has financial consequences for farmers and poor welfare implications birds. Beak-trimming been practised many years to limit the damage caused by IP, but with UK Government giving notification that they intend ban beak-trimming in 2016, considerable efforts have made devise feasible housing, range management strategies reduce IP. A recent research project investigated efficacy of a IP-reducing...