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Sustainable Food Chains projects



Large Projects

The Role of Regulation in Developing Biological Alternatives to Pesticides (Wyn Grant)

Comparative Merits of Consuming Vegetables Produced Locally and Overseas (Gareth Edwards-Jones)

Realising the Links between Quality Food Production and Biodiversity Protection (Henry Buller)

Implications of a Nutrition Driven Food Policy for the Countryside (Bruce Traill)

Managing Food Chain Risks (Richard Shepherd)

Overcoming Market and Technical Obstacles to Alternative Pest Management in Arable Systems (Alastair Bailey)

Sustainable and Safe Recycling of Livestock Waste (Dave Chadwick)

Warm water Fish Production as a Diversification Strategy for Arable Farmers (David Little)


Small Projects 

Impact of Private Sector Environment Standards on the Ecological Performance and International Competitiveness of UK Agriculture (Richard Baines)

Studentships

Sustainability and Animal Welfare (Alison Hodge)

Farmer Perceptions of the Environmental Cost of Local Versus Overseas Food Production (Elizabeth York)

The Costs and Benefits of Pesticide Use in the UK and Kenya
(Paul Cross)

Modelling Inter-relationships between Biodiversity, Land Use and Landscape: Quantifying Ecological and Economic Value of Land Use Patterns in the Chilterns (Alan Poots)

 

 

Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Centre for Rural Economy, School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
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