Event
Can Regenerative Agriculture get us closer to net Zero?
Countryside COP is back this 04 – 08 November, bringing together the rural community and businesses to showcase and inspire activity ahead of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 – 22 November 2024.
Now in its fourth year, Countryside COP provides a platform for anyone interested in the countryside to hear how the UK’s rural economy and agriculture can help tackle climate change and improve sustainability.
The Countryside COP allows the rural community and UK agriculture to set the agenda and will serve to amplify policy asks and other messaging through many voices.
The regenerative agriculture movement has largely grown as a result of a focus on the importance of soil health to support farming system resilience. The focus has widened to include regeneration of biodiversity as well as a rediscovery of the role of biological cycles, alongside targeted use of inputs to support high quality food production. It is therefore timely to explore the role of regenerative farming in the UK in the context of both adaptation of food systems to climate change and their role in the achievement of net zero. Join us to hear experts reflect on the issues and join in discussions to identify the next steps needed and what roles all stakeholders might play.
Aims
• To explore the role that regenerative agriculture systems can play in meeting Net Zero targets
• To review the implications for all cropping systems (not just combinable crops) and consider whether changes in the underlying principles might be needed
Agenda
Morning talks 10.10 – 11.45
• Liz Bowles, Farm Carbon Toolkit – Carbon farming for net zero or similar title
• Andrew Ferguson, General Manager on the Leckford Estate (John Lewis Partnership)
• Miha Pipan, CSO & Founder at Better Origin – Black soldier fly for waste valorisation and animal feed
• Dr Stéphanie Swarbreck, NIAB – Nitrogen use efficiency in Wheat
• Dr Ross Morrison, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology – Greenhouse gas fluxes under different farming conditions
Break 11.45 – 12.00
Focus groups – 12.00 – 13.30
• Group 1 Led by Dr Elizabeth Stockdale, NIAB – Fen soil and Paludiculture
• Group 2 led by Ian Wilkinson, FarmED – Economic feasibility on farm of achieving sustainable regenerative path to net zero or similar
• Group 3 led by Dr Lydia Smith, NIAB – Is more mixed farming/ cropping feasible in terms of markets and infrastructural needs?
Lunch 13.30 – 14.30
Depart
For more information on Countryside COP 2024 events, go to https://agricology.co.uk/research-projects/countryside-cop4-04-08-november-2024/
