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Regenerative Agriculture – Understanding the opportunities and challenges
25 April 2023 - 26 April 2023
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The concept of Regenerative Agriculture is successfully engaging the agricultural community, food industry and policy makers to consider how to utilise agricultural land to maximise the delivery of ecosystem services. There is no single definition of “regenerative agriculture”, with interpretations varying between practitioners; but it can broadly be defined as “an approach to farming that uses soil conservation as the entry point to regenerate and contribute to the delivery of food production and other ecosystem services”. In practice, regenerative agriculture can be broken down into 5 key principles: 1) reduced soil disturbance; 2) retention of green cover; 3) retention of living roots in the soil; 4) crop diversification and 5) integration of livestock into rotations.
It is recognised that there is a need to bring together the scientific evidence supporting the implementation of regenerative agriculture, to help evaluate the potential benefits and challenges for food production, the environment and farm profitability, across different agroclimatic zones and farming systems. This conference will bring together researchers, consultants, farmers, agronomists and students to share research findings.
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Lizzie Sagoo, Soil Scientist, ADAS Sustainable Agriculture Systems. Supported by ADAS.
Alastair Leake, Director of Policy · The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Ruth Wade, Research Fellow, University of Leeds
Emily Padfield, Nuffield Scholar
David Blacker, Yorkshire Farmer
Fergus Younger, Scottish Farmer with SAOS
This event is organised by the AAB Cropping and the Environment and Soil Biology groups led by Kate Smith, Harry Henderson, Charlotte Smith and Kairsty Topp.
The event is kindly sponsored by Mirico, ADAS, CHAP-Solutions, Diageo
