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Right tree, right place: a practical guide to tree selection in agroforestry

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26 November 202419 December 2024

Agroforestry from the air: lines of trees integrated into an arable cropping farm (credit: Wakelyns) As part of National Tree Week, the University of Reading and Forest Research have launched...Read More >

Exploring the financial implications of climate change

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17 October 202417 October 2024

As the world grapples with the escalating impacts of climate change, it is imperative for the financial sector to adapt and contribute to sustainable solutions. External drivers such as regulatory...Read More >

Building the case for natural farming in India

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22 August 202413 August 2024

For their work looking at the relationship between the land and those who live off it, Sarah Duddigan (Geography & Environmental Science) and Grady Walker (International Development) acheived runner up...Read More >

Transforming UK food systems for disadvantaged communities

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20 August 202413 August 2024

The FoodSEqual team won the 2024 Research Award for Interdisciplinary Research for their innovative work developing systems to address food poverty in disadvantaged communities. Read more about their project ‘FoodSEqual:...Read More >

Making cocoa farming in Ghana sustainable

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13 August 202413 August 2024

Andrew Daymond (Crop Science) and Tom Sizmur (Geography and Environmental Science) were the winners in the External Collaboration and Innovation category at the University of Reading's 2024 Research Awards. Read...Read More >

Feeling depleted? So is the planet. Here’s how to move from exhaustion to empowerment

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22 April 202422 April 2024

Have you felt overwhelmed recently? Stressed and exhausted from the busy treadmill of modern life? You’re not alone. Global polls suggest 76% of people experience burnout at least sometimes at work. Earth...Read More >

Millets – coming soon to a dinner table near you?

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11 August 20239 August 2023

Food security is a major global concern. Global warming, limited natural resources, an ever-growing global population and the global health crisis of under and over-nutrition coexisting are just some the...Read More >

Earth Day 2023 – call for poems

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22 March 202322 March 2023

To celebrate Earth Day on 22 April 2023, we are inviting staff to share their own poems on the theme of ‘re-imagining our world’ and climate research at the University.

Inspiring the next generation to dispose of food packaging sustainably

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7 March 2023

Children are the next generation and it is important they are well informed so they can make sustainable decisions. Our previous work highlighted that consumers are typically confused and lack…Read More >

A common framework for Global Agricultural Sustainability Assessments

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28 February 202328 February 2023

As an industry that occupies 36.5% of global land mass agriculture plays a key role in how the natural world is managed. It also supplies the food we need to…Read More >