Category: News and events

Inter-row hoeing and its associated agronomy

A review of knowledge article on Inter-row hoeing in organic cereal and pulse crops

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Non-animal based nutrient sources

Alternative methods of plant raising

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Modelling manure NPK flows

Modelling manure NPK flows in organic farming systems to minimise nitrate leaching, NH3 volatilization and NO2 emissions (OF0197)

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Sheepdrove Organic Farm – Monitoring, R & D

Sheepdrove Organic Farm research document detailing R & D at Sheepdrove

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Poultry Breed and Feed Trials

How changes in organic certification will affect breed and feed

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Weeds management in organic systems

Research into weed management in organic systems

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Weed Management

Participatory investigation of the management of weeds in organic production systems

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Improving perfromance of arable crops

Improving nitrogen use and performance of arable crops on organic arable farms using an expert group approach

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Late Blight Management

Development of a systems approach for the management of late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in organic potato production

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Organic Cereals

Organic cereal variety and mixtures trials

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Genetically Diverse Wheat Populations

Generating & Evaluating A Novel Genetic Resource In Wheat Diverse Environments

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Poultry: Summary of Work to Date

A summary of the research EFRC has completed in silvo-poultry production systems

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Functional Biodiversity

An examination of functional biodiversity by Wakelyns Agroforestry

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Have your say on HGCA research

Organic farmers opinions requested!

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COR Paper: Scott Phillips

Plant Breeding for Agricultural Diversity

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COR Paper: Mark Measures

Farm Auditing for Sustainability

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COR Paper: Professor Martin Wolfe

Ecological Cropping Systems – An Organic Target

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Health, Sustainability and the Global Economy

Given at the 11th International IFOAM Conference in Copenhagen , Denmark, August 1996.

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Eating Oil Report summary

A summary version of the report “Eating Oil: Food supply in a changing climate” produced by Sustain and Elm Farm Research Centre

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Functional Biodiversity

An article by Professor Martin Wolfe, Research Director of EFRC

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The Environmental Benefits of Organic Farming

A DEFRA Project. This is the Executive Summary of the DEFRA-funded project, OF0405, by authors Mark Shepherd, Dr Bruce Pearce, Bill Cormack, Lois Philipps, Steve Cuttle, Anne Bhogal, Peter Costigan & Roger Unwin.

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Animal Health and Welfare Strategy

A consultation document by UK Government, the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly for Wales. Consultation response by Elm Farm Research Centre. Position statement.

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