Event Details

The Farming Innovation Forum aims to bring together researchers and businesses to look at solutions to the challenges of declining farming yields and climate instability.

Agriculture’s role in driving (and/or mitigating) climate change has recently been under the spotlight.

Against this backdrop, UK farmers produced significantly less (6-18% according to the crop) food in 2023, with lower acreages and yields of the major cereal crops, while an unseasonably wet summer weather delayed harvests.

Can researchers & businesses offer solutions to the challenges of declining yields and climate instability?

15:00 Welcome and Introduction, Prof Ian Dodd (Lancaster Environment Centre)

15:05 The challenges of integrating biostimulants into agriculture

Dr Rob Kempster, Lead Applications Scientist, Croda Europe Ltd

15:30 Advances in soil health monitoring; why use TUdi’s decision support tool for soil biology monitoring

Dr Csilla Hudek, Researcher, Lancaster Environment Centre

15:55 COFFEE BREAK

16:15 Improving soil health to mitigate nutrient losses from the agricultural sector: EU LIFE WADER

project

Dr Marta Cattin, Soil Health Specialist, Environment Agency

16:35 Nutragy: a low cost soil fertiliser

Dr Ben Herbert (Stopford Projects Ltd) & Dr Vasileios Giannakopoulos (Lancaster Environment Centre)

16:55 Closing remarks & departure

You’re welcome to attend this free event at the Lancaster Environment Centre, which showcases some of

the work that our researchers and affiliated businesses are doing. Please register (no charge) at:

https://lancaster-uk.libcal.com/event/4164503

For maps & directions to Lancaster University: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/aboutus/maps-and-travel/