Current and Past Projects

Listed below is a selection of current and past projects involving our staff:

• Evidence for the impact of neonicotinoid insecticides on the environment, mitigation measures and the potential environmental and economic consequences of not using this class of products 
• The multifunctional roles of vegetated strips around and within agricultural fields
• The impact of on-farm mitigation measures for delivering an improved water environment
• The effectiveness of integrated farm management, organic farming and agri-environment schemes as interventions for conserving biodiversity
• What is the effectiveness of agriculture interventions on agricultural investment, yields and income for smallholder farmers in Africa?
• Linking evidence and policy for managing biodiversity in the agricultural landscape
• Rapid Evidence Assessment and Quick Scoping Review for water policy decision making
• Quick Scoping Review on the impact of amenity pesticides on the water environment
• Mycotoxin contamination: Assessment of risk in livestock systems
• Rapid evidence assessment of the relative risks to human health from the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic resistance genes in the aquatic environment
• Reducing cattle’s susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis infection through improved nutrition: establishing a knowledge base
• Potato Gap Analysis: Identifying the future crop protection needs for the potato crop
• Meloidogyne species that pose a threat to potato production in the United Kingdom

Current and past PhD projects:

• Claire Blowers - Multifunctional field margins for delivery of ecosystem services (water quality protection, pollinator support and bio-control) BBSRC/Syngenta icase
• Dr Helen Bayliss - The use of information and research synthesis methods with reference to invasive species.

Examples of undergraduate and MSc student projects:

• What evidence is there that the utilisation of catch crops can reduce nitrate leaching in temperate Europe?
• The environmental impacts of outdoor pig production - a systematic review of the evidence