• Out wintering for dairy herd replacements
• Ruminant Nutrition
  • Effect of nutrition on rumen development and immune status of calves
  • Anti-oxidant nutrition of sheep
  • Mineral nutrition of dairy cows
• Wool Technology
  • The genetics of wool quality
• Poultry Production
  • Effect of colony size on behaviour, health and performance of laying hens

• Food, diet and health
• Retail Marketing and Distribution
• Urban sustainability
• Globalisation and inequality
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Theories of Consumption
• Food
  • Attitudes to food, health and the environment
  • Consumer / customer behaviour
  • International (cultural) effects on food purchase
  • Branding of food products
  • Country-of-origin of food products
  • Food waste
• Food Supply Chain
  • Cooperation / coopetition in the food supply chain
  • Value generation and exploitation in the food supply chain
  • Farm retailing - farmers markets, farm shops, farm e-tailing
  • Quality assurance in the food sector
• Rural Business Strategy
  • Competitiveness of rural business
  • Farm diversification
  • Strategic development of niche food companies
  • Leadership in the agribusiness sector

• Environmental effects on crop production especially drought
• The effect of nematodes on water use efficiency in crops
• Use of plant derived compounds to induce systemic acquired resistance in nematode infested plants
• Potential damage to potato crops in developing nations by potato cyst nematodes (Globodera spp.)
• Use of the fungus Paecilomyces lilacinus to control of root-knot nematodes
• Use of arbuscular mychorizal fungi to improve crop tolerance of nematode damage
• The interaction of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) with Rhizoctonia solani to form harmful disease complexes
• Plant extracts for the control of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.)
• Biofumigation of nematodes using mustard plants
• The interaction between different species of plant parasitic nematodes
• Complex carbohydrates as nematode control agents
• Use of green manures in nematode management
• The effect of anaerobic digestion on the viability of plant pathogens
• Use of nematicides to control nematode pests
• Other nematode based projects - ideas from students are welcomed
• Effects of environmental stress (drought) on lodging resistance of cereals and root development
• Use of intercopping legumes with cereals to increase protein production per hectare for use as an animal feedstock
• Effects of agronomy on oilseed rape oil quality for biodiesel production
• Viability of using oilseed rape straw as a ligno-cellulosic feedstock for bioethanol production
• Structural development in crops and relationship with lodging resistance
• Novel strategies for pest management of the grey field slug in cereals
• Partitioning of resources of Oil Seed Rape: towards improving crop yield
• Use of seaweed based extracts for the reduction of potato cyst nematodes
• The use of Brassica biofumigants for managing oilseed rape yield decline
• Bt-amended Biosolids as a crop protection option and its impact on soil health
• Elucidation of Rhizoctonia solani infection of oilseed rape
• Development of a diagnostic method for estimating the viability of potato cyst nematodes
• Soil-borne diseases of oilseed rape
• Sustainable soil use
• Salinity in soils
• Post-harvest physiology of fresh produce crops

Apart from anything to do with Agricultural Engineering and Off Road Vehicles, focus will be in the Precision Farming, Precision Livestock Farming and Precision Agriculture areas as well as any type of smart machines / equipment leading up to Agricultural Robotics.

• Electronics
• Field Robotics
• Mechatronics
• Work Rates
• Field Efficiences
• Fuel Consumption
• Other Mechanisation Projects

• Alternative livelihoods - the development of licit agriculture in response to counter narcotic policy
• Food security planning for arid environments
• Food security planning in post-conflict environments
• The development of agricultural extension services in post-conflict environments
• An evaluation of traditional agricultural systems in arid climates in relation to their environmental, social and economic robustness
• Agricultural development as a stabilisation tool in post-conflict societies
• Development of extension services for nomadic peoples
• Identification , recognition and formalisation of agricultural holdings land tenure in post conflict societies
• Post conflict agricultural planning and research development
• Land and irrigation rehabilitation in post-conflict environments