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We work with leading agricultural researchers, businesses, landowners, and farmers to develop the knowledge and technologies that will make modern farming more sustainable, resilient, and productive. Through practical and interactive workshops, farm walks, and on-farm demonstrations, we help farmers to put this knowledge into practice.
The IfA Soil team are passionate specialists who aim to reverse the depletion of UK soils. Our Livestock team help farmers improve livestock health and welfare in practical and sustainable ways, whether through Precision Livestock Farming techniques, innovation support or knowledge exchange activities.
The IfA Soil team are passionate specialists who aim to reverse the depletion of UK soils. Our Livestock team help farmers improve livestock health and welfare in practical and sustainable ways, whether through Precision Livestock Farming techniques, innovation support or knowledge exchange activities.
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We work with leading agricultural researchers, businesses, landowners, and farmers to develop the knowledge and technologies that will make modern farming more sustainable, resilient, and productive. Through practical and interactive workshops, farm walks, and on-farm demonstrations, we help farmers to put this knowledge into practice.
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Central to Innovation for Agriculture's establishment and development is the charitable fundraising campaign. Support in the very earliest stages from individuals and from the Elizabeth Creak Foundation and the Garfield Weston Foundation laid a platform on which the initiative has been built.
The current technical centres have started with support from these and other donors, including the Linbury Trust (supporting work on soils) and the Esme Fairbairn Foundation (antibiotic resistance).The aim is that each technical centre should, over a period, become self-sustaining and able to make a contribution to Innovation for Agriculture's core costs.
The current technical centres have started with support from these and other donors, including the Linbury Trust (supporting work on soils) and the Esme Fairbairn Foundation (antibiotic resistance).The aim is that each technical centre should, over a period, become self-sustaining and able to make a contribution to Innovation for Agriculture's core costs.
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Mainly focusing on the restoration of UK soils, Deborah's work includes running workshops, discussions and study tours of UK agricultural holdings and concentrates on Knowledge exchange and peer to peer learning. Deborah also coordinates the soil team's portfolio of EU projects. Through my role at the Royal Agricultural Society of England I've been privileged to be part of IfA since it was a seedling.
Soil & Water
Working with leading growers, industry experts, and top level research centres to gather information on innovations and techniques to improve soil health and water management. The intensification of agriculture over the past 60 years has severely degraded the UK's soils.
According to a recent government report, some of the most productive agricultural land in the country is at risk of becoming unprofitable within a generation as a result of soil erosion and loss of organic carbon.Poor soil health moreover increases the risk of flooding and threatens to undermine the UK's efforts to mitigate climate change.
According to a recent government report, some of the most productive agricultural land in the country is at risk of becoming unprofitable within a generation as a result of soil erosion and loss of organic carbon.Poor soil health moreover increases the risk of flooding and threatens to undermine the UK's efforts to mitigate climate change.
Livestock
We focus on helping farmers improve livestock health and welfare in practical and sustainable ways, whether through Precision Livestock Farming techniques, enhanced decision-making for livestock management, innovation support or knowledge exchange activities. We aim to inspire and support change in livestock farming across the UK and internationally.
Regenerative
Our industry needs to re-learn how to farm in harmony with nature. Encouraging a return to the mixed farm, where livestock are used as tools to heal the land between crops, is seen as a vital part of this solution. Through practices which enrich soil, protect water and increase biodiversity, Regenerative Agriculture aims to mimic natural processes to combine food production with environmental stewardship.
