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Collaborating with farmers for more sustainable cocoa production

Shortlisted for Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year – Times Higher Education Awards 2025 Reading researchers are helping Ghanaian cocoa producers combat soil degradation through sustainable composting techniques, achieving 40%...Read More >

Resilience Rucksacks: building mental health resilience in children and young people

Professor Stella Chan’s Resilience Rucksacks initiative aims to equip young people with mental health tools to ease the difficult transition from primary to secondary school. The co-created wellbeing resources have...Read More >

Building speech therapy capacity across island communities

University of Reading researchers partnered with local professionals in the Caribbean Island of St Vincent and the Grenadines to deliver Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) training. The project strengthened national...Read More >

Research Output Prize 2025 – James Ryalls – Agriculture Food & Health

This project looks at how air pollution is impacting insects that are critical for crop pollination more significantly than insects that are considered pests. The paper, titled Air pollution disproportionately...Read More >

Building the case for natural farming in India

An innovative interdisciplinary approach combining soil and social sciences has revealed new understanding about the effectiveness of Zero Budget Natural Farming. By providing a holistic approach to support the case...Read More >

Transforming UK food systems for disadvantaged communities

An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Reading and four partner universities are working alongside food, government and civil society stakeholders to address food poverty in culturally-diverse disadvantaged communities....Read More >

Making cocoa farming in Ghana sustainable

More sustainable cocoa farming is now possible thanks to research co-developed by University of Reading crop and soil scientists working with Ghanaian partners. Through participation and training events, farmers and...Read More >

Flower-powered farming boosts biodiversity and crop yields

Planting insect-friendly flowers alongside crops is helping smallholder farmers in India improve fruit and vegetable yields while using fewer damaging agrochemicals, thanks to research co-developed by Reading ecologists, alongside Indian...Read More >

Serving and protecting, everyone

A fresh, evidence-based take on police diversity and inclusion training is tackling prejudice at its root, exploring what motivates staff to change their views and prompting open conversations and understanding....Read More >

Let’s talk about hedges

Our beautiful hedgerows support biodiversity, prevent flooding and counter climate change, but half have been lost in recent decades. A team of Reading researchers are informing the public about their...Read More >