H2020
PROJECT UPDATES Agri Capture This project is focused around promoting regenerative agriculture and developing markets for carbon credits. It will offer four services; quantification, explore, support, and verification, all of which will involve key stakeholders including farmers, businesses, agri-food coops and many more. LEAF Demonstration Farmer, Duncan Farrington and LEAF Innovation Centre, The Allerton Project are also partners in this project alongside LEAF. We will all be involved in developing an engagement strategy for farmers and businesses, offering training opportunities within regenerative agriculture, and assessing the potential of a carbon standard for assurance schemes. Additionally, Duncan is one of the project’s five case studies to evidence the services Agri Capture will offer.
SolACE SolACE is in its final year journey of finding solutions for improved agroecosystem and crop efficiency for water and nutrient use. The project is designing solutions that combine novel genotypes and crop innovations on a range of crops including Durham wheat and potatoes across climatic regions of Europe. LEAF alongside the University of Newcastle is leading the UK farmer network, trialling the use of microbial inoculants on their effectiveness to water and nutrient stress. Check out the next issue of the IFM bulletin for the report on our findings of the 2020 trials and our plans for 2021.
DIVERSify This H2020 funded project, led by LEAF Innovation Centre, the James Hutton Institute, is in its final stages of its four-year journey and has seen the design of innovative plant teams for ecosystem resilience and agricultural sustainability across Europe by identifying the mechanisms and traits for optimised plant teams. The project has seen many successes and legacies including an intercropping decision aid tool and LEAF’s very own Speak Out Tool Kit. If you would like to know how intercropping can help achieve European green deal ambitions please join us for the DIVERSify & ReMIX joint conference on 23rd March register here.
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