Regenerative Agriculture Managing the Farm Carbon Footprint Annual Edith Mary Gayton Lecture, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Speaker: Jake Freestone, Farm Manager at Overbury Farms Details to follow To…Read More >
Agriculture
Interrogating the promises of agriculture 4.0: who will win, who will lose, and who has the power to decide?
Human Geography Research Seminar Dr David Rose, Elizabeth Creak Associate Professor of Agricultural Innovation and Extension, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development. Presentation, followed by commentary and Q& A with…Read More >
The fourth agricultural revolution is coming – but who will really benefit?
Depending on who you listen to, artificial intelligence may either free us from monotonous labour and unleash huge productivity gains, or create a dystopia of mass unemployment and automated oppression….Read More >
The Trepidations of an African PhD Researcher
The Trepidations of an African PhD Researcher – Who Are You and Why Are You Here? Atenchong Talleh Nkobou, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development This paper contributes to research…Read More >
Enabling a just transition to England’s new agri-environment scheme
The UK’s decision to leave the EU is seen by the Government as an opportunity to reform UK agricultural land policy. Researchers from the University of Reading and the University…Read More >
Daffodils and snowdrops are here – but what happens next?
If you’ve braved the outdoors recently you may have noticed that snowdrops and daffodils are beginning to show their faces. Professor Richard Ellis and Rosemary Newton explain what happens to…Read More >
Our most popular papers of 2019
Which Reading research publications got the most attention across the globe in 2019? We’ve scoured Altmetric data to bring you the top ten most talked about Reading-authored papers of the…Read More >
Secrets of the perfect seed – and its vulnerability to future climate change
A recent paper by Professor Richard Ellis has got seed scientists talking because it is rewriting the textbooks on when a developing seed reaches peak quality. It also exposes possible…Read More >
