David delivered a talk to students at Rothamsted, Lancaster, and Reading as part of the Waitrose-funded doctoral training centre, on policy impact. There was an engaging discussion about different methods…Read More >
Robot farmers could improve jobs and help fight climate change – if they’re developed responsibly
Farming robots that can move autonomously in an open field or greenhouse promise a cleaner, safer agricultural future. But there are also potential downsides, from the loss of much-needed jobs…Read More >
Our evidence features in a Parliamentary report!
Evidence provided by our ESRC funded project on the co-design of new environmental land management schemes, led by Dr Ruth Little at the University of Sheffield, influenced a key recommendation…Read More >
Keynote on teaching ethics at Eursafe 2021.
David was invited as part of three keynote speakers to talk at Eursafe 2021 about teaching methods involving in courses about the ethics of agricultural technologies. The session was organised…Read More >
ELM project – new report and appearance in Parliament!
Today, David was involved with the release of a report on engaging harder-to-reach farmers in the co-design and implementation of post-Brexit agricultural policy. This work was led by the University…Read More >
Engagement with policy-makers
This week, David presented the Agricology-led work on digital extension to the Defra Test and Trials team. The full report can be read here. It was also pleasing to see…Read More >
Agri-tech adoption workshop
The Change in Agriculture group, with the Centre for Effective Innovation in Agriculture and Agri-TechE, led a workshop on agri-tech adoption. This was attended by 40 key stakeholders in the…Read More >
‘Game-changing’ technologies of agriculture 4.0: short article
David published a short article in the EURSAFE newsletter with Laurens Klerkx reflecting on an earlier paper about the so-called game-changing technologies of agriculture 4.0. The short follow-up poses important…Read More >
BBC Radio Berkshire – farmer mental health
Davjd spoke to Bill Buckley on BBC Radio Berkshire about our project on farmer mental health. As a team (Reading, Sheffield, Exeter), we’ve now talked about this project on ITV…Read More >
Paper in Nature Food!
A team from the Universities of Reading and Lincoln have had a comment piece accepted in the journal Nature Food. The paper entitled ‘Responsible development of autonomous robotics in agriculture’…Read More >
