Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/X011062/1 | |
| Title | AgriFood4NetZero: Plausible Pathways, Practical and Open Science for Net Zero Agrifood | |
| Status | Started | |
| Energy Categories | Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Energy system analysis) 20%; Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy) 5%; Energy Efficiency(Industry) 50%; Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts) 25%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 50%; Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 50%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Dr RA Sanderson Bellamy Applied Sciences University of the West of England |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 July 2022 | |
| End Date | 31 December 2025 | |
| Duration | 42 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £3,897,947 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Agri-environmental science | |
| Region | South West | |
| Programme | Energy : Energy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr RA Sanderson Bellamy , Applied Sciences, University of the West of England |
| Other Investigator | Professor N Ward , Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Professor TG Benton , Sch of Biology, University of Leeds Professor ND Scollan , Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast Professor LJ Frewer , Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences, Newcastle University Professor P Smith , Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci, University of Aberdeen Professor S Bridle , Environment, University of York Professor D Charalampopoulos , Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading Professor T MacMillan , Sch of Agriculture, Food and the Environ, Royal Agricultural University Professor CA Watson , Research, SRUC Professor S Pearson , Lincoln Inst for Agri-Food Technology, University of Lincoln |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , DEFRA Project Contact , Exeter College Project Contact , AHDB (Agri & Horticulture Dev Board) Project Contact , Dept of Agri Project Contact , Queen Margaret University Edinburgh Project Contact , Harper Adams University Project Contact , Fera Science Limited Project Contact , National Farmers Union (NFU) Project Contact , Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Project Contact , Algae UK Project Contact , Cranfield University Project Contact , University of Greenwich Project Contact , Ove Arup & Partners Ltd Project Contact , Scottish Natural Heritage Project Contact , The Good Food Institute Europe Project Contact , WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature (UK) Project Contact , The James Hutton Institute Project Contact , Wilderness Foundation Project Contact , Northumberland County Council Project Contact , Nourish Scotland Project Contact , Applied Group Project Contact , British Grassland Society Project Contact , CHAP Solutions Project Contact , Centre for Effective Innovation in Agric Project Contact , Cool Farm Alliance CIC Project Contact , Ctr for Innov Excellence in Livestock Project Contact , Devro PLC Project Contact , Downforce Technologies Project Contact , Eating Better Project Contact , Energy Industrial Strategy Project Contact , Env & Rural Affairs DAERA Project Contact , Farming and Countryide Commission Project Contact , Food Ethics Council Project Contact , Food Sense Wales Project Contact , Food Standards Agency Project Contact , Food Standards Scotland (FSS) Project Contact , Food and Farming Futures Ltd Project Contact , Greater Lincolnshire LEP Project Contact , Institute Of Agricultural Engineering Project Contact , International Potato Centre Project Contact , Jones Food Company Project Contact , Linking Env and Farming LEAF Project Contact , National Federation Young Farmers' Clubs Project Contact , Organic Farmers and Growers Project Contact , Potato Processors' Association Project Contact , Quality Meat Scotland Project Contact , Quorn Foods Project Contact , RSK ADAS Ltd Project Contact , Dummy Organisation Project Contact , Royal Agricultural Society of England Project Contact , Samworth Brothers Ltd Project Contact , Scotch Whisky Research Institute Project Contact , Slade Farm Organics Project Contact , South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd Project Contact , Food and Drink Federation Project Contact , Zoe Global Ltd Project Contact , National Sheep Association Project Contact , AgriSearch Project Contact , Agri-EPI Centre Project Contact , Scottish Crofting Federation Project Contact , Agricultural Universities Council Project Contact , Cadscan Limited Project Contact , Agrivation Ltd Project Contact , Scottish Dairy Hub Project Contact , Agri-Food Quest Project Contact , The National Trust Project Contact , LettUs Grow Project Contact , European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Project Contact , National Museums Liverpool Project Contact , North East Surrey College of Technology |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The agri-food system, producing 23% of UK emissions, must play a key role in the UK's transition to net zero by 2050, and through leadership in innovation can support change globally. Our Network+ will build on existing and new partnerships across research and stakeholder communities to develop a shared agenda, robust research plans, and scope out future research and innovation. The Network will design and deliver high-reward feasibility projects to help catalyse rapid system transformation to ensure the agri-food system is sustainable and supports the UK's net zero goal, while enhancing biodiversity, maintaining ecosystem services, fostering livelihoods and supporting healthy consumption, and minimising the offshoring of environmental impacts overseas through trade. The radical scale of the net zero challenge requires an equally bold and ambitious approach to research and innovation, not least because of the agri-food and land system's unique potential as a carbon sink. Our title, Plausible Pathways, Practical and Open Science, recognises the agri-food system as a contested area in which a range of pathways are plausible. Success requires that new relationships between natural and social science, stakeholders including industry, government and citizens, be forged in which distributed expertise is actively harnessed to support sectoral transformation.We will use our breadth of expertise from basic research to application, policy and engagement to co-produce a trusted, well-evidenced, and practical set of routes, robust to changing future market, policy and social drivers, to evolve the agri-food system towards net zero and sustainability. Marshalling our many existing stakeholder links, we will review and evaluate current options and use Network funding to catalyse new partnerships through retreats, crucibles, workshops, online digital networking and scoping studies to develop system approaches to transformation, reframe the research agenda and undertake novel research projects. We will co-design productive and creative spaces that enable the research community to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and thought leaders through the following framework: 7 Co-Is who govern the Network but are not themselves eligible for funding; 9 Year-1 Champions (with new appointments after Year 1) dynamically forging new connections across research communities; 11 Advisory Board members tasked with challenging business-as-usual thinking; and regular liaison with other stakeholders. | |
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| Added to Database | 14/07/22 | |
