Resource: Applied research

Abstract created as part of the DiverIMPACTS project giving practical recommendations of how to ensure plant mixtures for flowering strips on arable land can guarantee a flowering relay throughout the season; attracting useful insects and other groups of invertebrates alongside a cash crop.

Practical, easy-to-use guidance to help farmers reduce their greenhouse gas footprint. Offering actions for all UK agricultural sectors, it aims to be both environmentally and economically beneficial. Written by farmers, for farmers.

Recording of a workshop hosted by the Organic Research Centre online that set out to explore how agroforestry could contribute towards the conservation and restoration of biodiversity, and the policy options that could support the realisation of these benefits.

Abstract created as part of the DiverIMPACTS project providing practical guidance of how to maximise on N in a sustainable way when growing oilseed rape.

This LIVESEED abstract provides a guide for organic farmers wanting to set up their own on-farm trial of different broccoli varieties – using a simplified cultivar trial.

Some basic guidance produced as part of the LIVESEED project on how farmers can set up a simplified cultivar trial to identify potato cultivars which are resistant to late blight.

A quick reference guide produced as part of the LIVESEED project for farmers interested in carrying out some on-farm variety testing and needing some basic guidance.

Organic Research Centre Research Digest focusing on ways of increasing the sustainability of organic low-input dairy systems and benefits that can be attained.

Factsheet based on research undertaken as part of the LIVESEED project detailing an experiment in which wheat varieties were tested by organic farmers at a commercial field scale and includes findings that can feed into weed management strategies.

Abstract created as part of the LIVESEED project outlining points useful for farmers who may be interested in developing a genetically diverse crop, based on the experience of the ORC Wakelyns Population.

Some practical recommendations for producing silage sorghum based on research carried out as part of the DiverIMPACTS project.

Report on studies carried out within an organic silvoarable alley cropping system in the UK (Wakelyns Agroforestry in Suffolk) where researchers have investigated the impact of trees on crops in adjacent alleys.

Abstract created as part of the DiverIMPACTS project, outlining outcomes from strip cropping experiments and practical recommendations for designing and managing effective strip systems.

Abstract created as part of the DiverIMPACTS project based on a long-term Dutch field trial, outlining practical recommendations, advantages, and challenges of combining winter cover crops and early maize varieties.

The DIVERSify project Guide for Farmers and Agronomists – summarising key results from the intercropping research carried out in an easily digestible way, dividing information into 3 keys areas.

Footage of four webinars exploring issues surrounding herbal leys; a collaboration between the AHDB and British Grassland Society.

Footage of a discussion held as part of a 3-day intercropping conference that was a collaboration between DIVERSify and ReMIX projects and the Association of Applied Biologists.

A useful feed database programme developed within the OK-Net Ecofeed project with the objective of helping farmers achieve a 100% organic diet for monogastric animals.

This abstract, produced as part of the OK-Net Ecofeed project, focuses on reducing nutrient inputs from concentrated feed for pigs by encouraging nutrient intake from foraging.

This booklet (translated from Danish as part of the OK-Net Ecofeed project) looks at different planting methods to improve the use of free-range areas on organic layer farms.

Last in a series of mini-documentary films; this presents recommendations from the DIVERSify project and asks what have we learnt in DIVERSify that will help farmers and others make decisions about mixed cropping?

A report summarising findings from experimental trials conducted across Europe as part of the Horizon 2020 DIVERSify project to measure plant team performance and identify what factors impact on performance.

Three mini-documentary films presenting findings from the DIVERSify project, focusing on impacts of crop diversification and challenges and ideas for growing crop mixtures as a way to increase resilience against climate change whilst increasing biodiversity and carbon sequestration.

In this podcast, recorded as part of NOCC online in partnership with OF&G, ideas around land sharing and sparing are explored.