25 January 2010
Defra together with the EA has recently announced that ADAS is to lead a major collaborative research programme in one of three sentinel Demonstration Test Catchments in England (Hampshire Avon) to monitor the potential of sustainable on-farm mitigation methods for improving water quality and ecology as part of the EU Water Framework Directive.
24 February 2010
Food production has a complex and inextricable relationship with the natural environment. Some inputs are extracted from natural sources and require little or no processing, like water; meanwhile others are manufactured - crop protection chemicals and some fertilisers for example.
11 February 2010
The end of this icy cold winter and some recent rainfall will kick start the emergence of Great Crested Newts and migration across land to a suitable breeding pond.