A three day conference

at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts UK

on 28 – 30 November 2017

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

ASSOCIATION OF APPLIED BIOLOGISTSPresident: Professor Christine Watson

Sustainable Intensification

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Sustainable Intensification on 28 – 30 November 2017

at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts UK

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

(18 BASIS Points have been awarded as follows: 6CP, 6E & 6PD)

Agriculture accounts for around 70% of the UK land area. It plays an essential role in the rural economy not only through the production of food and other agricultural outputs, but in the delivery of a wide range of additional ecosystem services and environmental outcomes. These include the provision of clean water, the regulation of air quality, flooding, climate and nutrient cycles, biodiversity, cultural, aesthetic and recreational value. In addition, the global food supply system faces an unprecedented challenge to feed a growing global

population and food security is firmly on the political agenda. UN projections of population growth indicate that the global food supply system will have to feed between nine and ten billion people by 2050 and, furthermore, the world’s population is expected to continue growing during the second half of the century. The challenge for the agricultural sector is therefore one of sustainable intensification. This means increasing

food production while simultaneously reducing environmental impacts and enhancing the wide range of interlinked ecosystem services that society needs from land. The UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has sought to address this challenge by investing £4 million of research through the Sustainable Intensification Research Platform (SIP) which is due to be concluded in November 2017. This conference will explore the outcomes of SIP and other relevant research.

Tuesday 28 November 2017

10:00 COFFEE and REGISTRATION

11:00 WELCOME and INTRODUCTION SIOBHAN SHERRY (Defra, London, UK)

Session1:SustainableIntensification,FoodSecurityandEcosystems Chair: SIOBHAN SHERRY (Defra, London, UK)

11:10 Invited speaker IAN BOYD (Defra, UK)

11:50 The Sustainable Intensification Research Network – SIRN ANDY WHITMORE (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK)

12:10 What can legumes deliver in European farming food systems CHRISTINE WATSON (SRUC, Aberdeen, UK)

12:30 Delivering more with less, increasing yield and resource use efficiency MARTIN PARRY (Lancaster University, UK)

12:50 LUNCH

Session 2: KnowledgeExchangeandDecisionSupport Chair: ROB CARLTON (CATE Group Convenor, AAB, UK)

13:50 Invited speaker Fostering collaboration to deliver Sustainable Intensification CAROLINE DRUMMOND (LEAF, Warwickshire, UK)

14:20 Sustainable Intensification: The view from the farm CAROL MORRIS (University of Nottingham, UK), ROB FISH (University of Kent, UK), MICHAEL WINTER & MATT LOBLEY (University of Exeter, UK)

14:40 Transitions to agroecological systems: farmers’ viewpoints SUSANNE PADEL (Organic Research Centre, Berkshire, UK), JIM EGAN (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Leicester, UK), OLIVER RUBINSTEIN (Organic Research Centre, Berkshire, UK), AMELIA WOOLFORD (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Leicester, UK) & BRUCE PEARCE (Organic Research Centre, Berkshire, UK)

15:00 I communicate all the time, don’t I? LYNDA DEEKS (Cranfield University, UK) & CHANTELLE JAY (NIAB EMR, East Malling UK)

15:20 TEA

15:50 Priority management innovations for sustainable intensification LYNN V DICKS (University of East Anglia, UK), DAVID C ROSE (University of Cambridge, UK; University of East Anglia, UK) & WILLIAM J SUTHERLAND (University of East Anglia, UK)

16:10 Farmer friendly tools – how can they help support decision making under a changing climate? CAIRISTIONA F E TOPP (SRUC, Edinburgh, UK), MORITZ RECKLING (ZALF, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Institute of Land Use Systems, Germany), MARJOLEINE HANEGRAAF (NMI, Wageningen, Netherlands), JOHANN BACHINGER (ZALF, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Institute of Land Use Systems, Germany), ROBIN L WALKER, SARAH BUCKINGHAM, ALASDAIR J SYKES & CHRISTINE WATSON (SRUC, Aberdeen, UK)

16:30 Cooperation and Sustainable Intensification for upland livestock farmers – highlighting challenges and questioning assumptions SOPHIE WYNNE-JONES, JOHN HYLAND, PRYSOR WILLIAMS, TIM PAGELLA, BRIDGET EMMETT & DAVE CHADWICK (Bangor University, UK)

16:50 END OF SESSION

17:20 POSTERS Chair: STUART KNIGHT (NIAB, CAMBRIDGE, UK)

The use of cover crops in the UK: A surveyTOM STORR, R SIMMONS & JACQUELINE HANNAM (Cranfield University, UK)

Do Cover Crops Give Short Term Benefits for Soil Health?TOM STORR, R SIMMONS & JACQUELINE HANNAM (Cranfield University, UK)

Variety-specific crop management – a possible tool in sustainable intensificationPETER PEPÓ (University of Debrecen, Hungary)

Communicating data from the Rothamsted Long-term experimentsR J OSTLER, N CASTELLS-BROOKES, M J GLENDINING, A J MACDONALD & S A M PERRYMAN (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK)

Effects of cover crops on phosphatase activity in a clay arable soil in the UKS H REYNOLDS (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK), K RITZ (University of Nottingham, UK), F V CROTTY, C STOATE (Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Loddington, UK), WEST H (University of Nottingham, UK) & A L NEAL (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK)

Using factorial design in laboratory incubation experiments to develop simple indicators of greenhouse gas fluxesALICE CHARTERIS, NADINE LOICK (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK), KARINA MARSDEN, DAVE CHADWICK (Bangor University, UK), MICK WHELAN (University of Leicester, UK), SREENIVAS RAO RAVELLA (Aberystwyth University, UK), ANDREW MEAD (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK) & LAURA CARDENAS (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK)

Improving the nutrient use efficiency of perennial forage species to enhance the sustainability of grassland based agricultureA H MARSHALL, R P COLLINS, K WILLIAMS, J W HAN, F M K CORKE & J H DOONAN (Aberystwyth University, UK)

Optimised management of upland pasture for economic and environmental benefitsNON G WILLIAMS, JAMES M GIBBONS & A PRYSOR WILLIAMS (Bangor University, UK)

Almería: A model for intensive sustainable productionFRANCISCO JAVIER EGEA (University of Almería, Spain) & RICHARD GLASS (Eurofins Agroscience Services, Derbyshire, UK)

The role of ‘on-farm’ seed priming for increasing crop disease resistance in the developing worldJAVIER CARRILLO RECHE (University of Stirling, UK)

A novel tool to assess ecosystem services delivered by grassland systemsR A MATTHEWS, M S A BLACKWELL, A L COLLINS, P HARRIS, E MALTBY & H SINT (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK)

Sustainable Intensification – Lessons from the Rothamsted Long-term Experiments A J MACDONALD, P R POULTON, M J GLENDINING, K W T GOULDING, S A M PERRYMAN & D S POWLSON (Rothamsted Research,Harpenden, UK)

Strategies for maintaining a functional legume contribution in forage mixturesR P COLLINS, D C LLOYD & A H MARSHALL (Aberystwyth University, UK)

The influence of intensive nutrient supply on the soil features in two long-term fertilizer experiments in HungaryJÁNOS KÁTAI (University of Debrecen, Hungary)

Stability of soil aggregates estimated by fractions of soil organic carbon and increased by manure applicationFRANCESC DOMINGO OLIVÉ (IRTA Mas Badia, Agricultural Experimental Station, Catalonia, Spain), ANGELA D BOSCH SERRA, ROSA YAGÜE (Universitat de Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) & JAUME BOIXADERA LLOBET (Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Catalonia, Spain)

Evaluation of six biomass species fertilized with digestate under arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculationC MAUCIERI, A BARCO, C CARUSO & M BORIN (University of Padova, Italy)

The design and establishment of a multifunctional vegetative strip in arable farmlandCLAIRE J BLOWERS (Harper Adams University, Shropshire, UK), HEIDI M CUNNINGHAM (Syngenta, Jealott’s Hill, Berkshire, UK), ANDREW WILCOX & NICOLA P RANDALL (Harper Adams University, Shropshire, UK)

Multi-species mixtures enhance yield stability in grasslands subjected to simulated droughtJ A FINN (Teagasc, Wexford, Ireland), M SUTER (Agroscope, Zürich, Switzerland), E HAUGHEY (Teagasc, Wexford, Ireland; College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland), D HOFER & A LÜSCHER (Agroscope, Zürich, Switzerland)

Sustainable management of water resources in Egypt: A review of past, present and futureH M S IBRAHIM & M BORIN (DAFNAE, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)

How do biomass export, straw return and mineral N fertilisation affect the soil carbon content in relation to the productivity of arable cropping systems?KATHLIN SCHWEITZER, BÄRBEL KROSCHEWSKI & MICHAEL BAUMECKER (Thaer-Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture, Berlin, Germany)

Rapeseed supplementation effect on antioxidant and trace element content of winter organic and conventional milk in North East EnglandHANNAH DAVIS (Newcastle University, UK), SOKRATIS STERGIADIS (University of Reading, UK), ELENI CHATZIDIMITRIOU (Newcastle University, UK), HÅVARD STEINSHAMN (NIBIO, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway), CARLO LEIFERT & GILLIAN BUTLER (Newcastle University, UK)

Drivers of production performance and profitability of the livestock sector in the Less Favoured Areas of England: the impact of distance, financial dependency and machineryG VITTIS, Y GADANAKIS & S MORTIMER (University of Reading, UK)

Slug invasions: cover crops, establishment methods or just environmental conditions?FELICITY CROTTY (The Allerton Project, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Leicestershire, UK)

A Yield Enhancement Network for oilseeds: estimating potential growth and yieldCHRISTINA CLARKE, DANIEL KINDRED, ROGER SYLVESTER-BRADLEY, MARK RAMSDEN (ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK) & PETE BERRY (ADAS High Mowthorpe, York, UK)

Nitrogen losses following food-based digestate and compost applications to agricultural landDANIEL MUNRO (ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK), FIONA NICHOLSON, ANNE BHOGAL (ADAS Gleadthorpe, Nottinghamshire, UK), LAURA CARDENAS (Rothamsted Research, Devon, UK), DAVE CHADWICK (Bangor University, UK), TOM MISSELBROOK (Rothamsted Research, Devon, UK), ALISON ROLLETT (ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK), MATT TAYLOR (AquaEnviro, Wakefield, UK), RACHEL THORMAN & JOHN WILLIAMS (ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK)

Guar - a new crop for sustainable cropping system in OmanM MUMTAZ KHAN & WALEED AL-BUSAIDI (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)

Response of cucurbit land-races to drought stress at the seedling stage A YAHYA AL-MASKRI, M NASSER AL-SADARANI & M MUMTAZ KHAN (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)

Potential ecosystem service impacts of cover cropping and reduced tillage in European agricultureSTACIA STETKIEWICZ, CAIRISTIONA F E TOPP (SRC, Edinburgh, UK), FRED L STODDARD (University of Helsinki, Finland) & CHRISTINE A WATSON (SRUC, Aberdeen, UK)

WEDNESDAY 29 November 2017

Session3:FarmingPracticesandSystems Chair: STUART KNIGHT (NIAB, Cambridge, UK)

09:00 Invited speaker Feeding the Future Four Years on: a review of innovation needs for British farming GUY SMITH (NFU, Warwickshire, UK)

09:30 The importance of productivity growth for sustainable intensification of agriculture ACHIM DOBERMANN (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK)

09:50 Sustainable Intensification of upland sheep systems: can we have our lamb and eat it? PRYSOR WILLIAMS, JAMES GIBBONS, DAVID STYLES & DAVE CHADWICK (Bangor University, UK)

10:10 The role of agroecology in sustainable intensification BRUCE PEARCE, NIC LAMPKIN (Organic Research Centre, Berkshire, UK), ALASTAIR LEAKE (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Leicester, UK) & SUSANNE PADEL (Organic Research Centre, Berkshire, UK)

10:30 Yields versus environmental externalities in food production systems ROWAN EISNER, RHYS GREEN, ANDREW BALMFORD (University of Cambridge, UK), DAVID EDWARDS (University of Sheffield, UK), ROB FIELD (RSPB, Bedfordshire, UK) & CLAIRE FENIUK (RSPB, Cambridge, UK)

10:50 COFFEE

Session3a,b:Parallel Sessions

Session3a:FarmLevel Chair: STUART KNIGHT (NIAB, CAMBRIDGE, UK)

11:20 Cultivation and cover crop practices – evaluation indicators and metrics N L MORRIS & R STOBART (NIAB, Norfolk, UK)

11:40 Understanding cover crops at the farm-scale – a method of sustainable intensification? FELICITY CROTTY & CHRIS STOATE (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Leicester, UK)

12:00 Impacts of management of soil health - site-specific delivery of sustainable agro-ecosystems E STOCKDALE (Newcastle University, UK) B S GRIFFITHS, P R HARGREAVES (SRUC, Edinburgh, UK), A BHOGAL (ADAS Gleadthorpe, Nottinghamshire, UK), F V CROTTY (GWCT Allerton Project, Leicester, UK) & C A WATSON (SRUC, Aberdeen, UK)

12:20 Evaluating organic fertilisers and their impact on the health, productivity and quality of spelt and rye A J MAGISTRALI, C LEIFERT, G BUTLER & P BILSBORROW (Newcastle University, UK)

12:40 From research to practice: Grass-legume mixtures as a pillar for sustainable intensification A LÜSCHER, O HUGUENIN-ELIE, M SUTER (Agroscope, Zürich, Switzerland), J A FINN (Teagasc, Wexford, Ireland) & D SUTER (Agroscope, Zürich, Switzerland)

Session 3b:Landscapelevel Chair: NAOMI JONES (Fera Science Limited (FSL), York, UK)

11:20 The scale problem in tackling the sustainability of agriculture with respect to water quality: insight from the Avon Demonstration Test Catchment MATTILDA BIDDULPH (University of Northampton, UK), ADRIAN COLLINS (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK), IAN FOSTER (Rhodes University, Eastern Cape, RSA) & NAOMI HOLMES (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)

11:40 Landscape scale implementation of interventions through farmer-led collaboration in The Conwy AMY THOMAS, JACK COSBY, MILES MARSHALL, PRYSOR WILLIAMS, SOPHIE WYNNE-JONES & BRIDGET EMMETT (Bangor University, UK)

12:00 The use of a herbicide to investigate catchment management approaches to meeting Sustainable Intensification (SI) objectives C STOATE (The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Leicsester, UK), C BROWN, M VILAMIZAR VELEZ (University of York, UK), S JARRATT, C MORRIS (University of Nottingham, UK), J BIGGS3, J SZCZUR & F CROTTY (The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Leicsester, UK) 12:20 Operation Pollinator: Positive action for biodiversity in the arable landscape P B SUTTON1, G COATES1, B BAILEY (Syngenta, Berkshire, UK), M NOWAKOWSKI (Wildlife Farming Company, Bicester, UK), M EDWARDS (Lea-side, West Sussex, UK), B A WOODCOCK, C CARVELL & R F PYWELL (NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK)

12:40 LUNCH

SustainableIntensificationResearchNetwork(SIRN)Sponsored Sessions

Session4:Metrics Chair: ANDY WHITMORE (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK)

14:00 Invited speaker TBC PAUL WILSON (University of Nottingham, UK)

14:30 Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of dairy herds across the UK MATT BELL & PAUL WILSON (University of Nottingham, UK)

14:50 Trends in uk dairy farms from 2001 to 2014: Evidence of sustainable intensification? ALEJANDRA M GONZÁLEZ-MEJÍA, DAVID STYLES (Bangor University, UK), PAUL WILSON (University of Nottingham, UK) & JAMES GIBBONS (Bangor University, UK)

15:10 Developing novel environmental metrics for beef production systems to account for differences in meat quality G A MCAULIFFE, TARO TAKAHASHI (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK; University of Bristol, UK), P HARRIS (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK) & M R F LEE (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK; University of Bristol, UK)

15:30 TEA

16:00 Novel metrics to evaluate farming systems based on dynamic flows of nutrients L M CARDENAS (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK), T TAKAHASHI (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK; University of Bristol, UK), P HARRIS (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK), A MEAD (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK) & M R F LEE (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK; University of Bristol, UK)

16:20 Using CO2 and N2O emissions as indicators of nutrient cycling and environmental impacts of different farm managements on the Farm Platform NADINE LOICK, ROBERT M DUNN, BRUCE GRIFFITH, TOM MISSELBROOK & LAURA M CARDENAS (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK)

16:40 END OF SESSION

17:00 Session5:SIRNInformalDiscussions Chair: ADELIA DE PAULA (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK)

18:30 END OF SESSION

19:30 CONFERENCE DINNER AfterDinnerSpeaker CHARLES GODFRAY (University of Oxford, UK)

THURSDAY 30 November 2017

Session6:SustainableLand Chair: MICHAEL WINTER (University of Exeter, UK)

09:00 Invited speaker Sustainable intensification – the right direction, but are we on the right road? LES FIRBANK (University of Leeds, UK), J ELLIOTT & C TURNER (RSK ADAS, Leeds, UK)

09:30 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an opportunity to stimulate sustainable intensification L C TODMAN, K COLEMAN (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK), J GIL, P REIDSMA (Wageningen University, The Netherlands), M H SCHWOOB, S TREYER (Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI), Paris, France), M K VAN ITTERSUM (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) & A P WHITMORE (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK)

09:50 Applying and ground-truthing the SIP Dynamic Typologies web tool AMY THOMAS, PETER HENRYS, JACK COSBY, JOHN WATKINS (Bangor University, UK) DAVID LEE, STEPHEN ANTHONY (ADAS, Wolverhampton, UK), ANDREW CROWE, NIGEL BOATMAN (Fera Science Limited (FSL), York, UK) & BRIDGET EMMETT (Bangor University, UK).

10:10 England’s green and pleasant land: comparing land sparing and sharing in the UK T FINCH (RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Sandy, UK; University of Cambridge, UK), A BALMFORD (University of Cambridge, UK), R GREEN (RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Sandy, UK; University of Cambridge, UK) & W PEACH (RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Sandy, UK)

10:30 COFFEE

Session7:Whatcomesnext? Chairs: STUART KNIGHT (NIAB, Cambridge, UK) MICHAEL WINTER (University of Exeter, UK)

11:00 Invited speaker Sustainable Intensification in Politics and Practice: Reflecting on the rise (and fall?) of a concept MICHAEL WINTER (University of Exeter, UK)

11:30 Sustainable Intensification: opportunities, obstacles and risks for UK farms S M KNIGHT & J M PRESTON (NIAB, Cambridge, UK)

11:50 The ASSIST project: Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems J STORKEY (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK) & R F PYWELL (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxfordshire, UK)

12:10 Comparing Sustainable Intensification in the UK and China – what can we learn from each other? DAVE CHADWICK (Bangor University, UK), MICHAEL WINTER (University of Exeter, UK), STUART KNIGHT (NIAB, Cambridge, UK), ANDY WHITMORE (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK), TOM MISSELBROOK (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Devon, UK), YUELAI LU (University of East Anglia, UK), XUEJUN LIU (China Agricultural University, Beijing, China), SHANGBIN GAO (Agro-Environmental Protection Institutino, MoA, Beijing, China) & FUSUO ZHANG (Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Devon, UK) 12:30 DISCUSSION

13:00 CLOSING REMARKS MICHAEL WINTER (University of Exeter, UK)

13:10 LUNCH

14:00 SIRN AGM

16:00 CLOSE

AABFORWARD CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

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2017

28–30 November Sustainable IntensificationRothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK (CATE Group, Defra, SIP)

11-12 December Quality Traits in Leafy CropsThe Holiday Inn, Peterborough, UK, (PP&CI Group)POSTPONED UNTIL 2018

12 December Advances in NematologyLinnean Society of London, Piccadilly, London, UK (Nematology Group)

20189–11 January International Advances in Pesticide Application

Mercure Brighton Seafront Hotel, Brighton, Sussex, UK(Pesticide Application Group)

30 January Rethinking British Agricultural Systems - Policylinking agri-science to post Brexit UK agricultural policy Society of Chemical Industry, Belgrave, London, UK (CATE Group/SCI/BES)

06 March Mathematical Modelling in PlantsRothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

21–22 March Advances in Legume Science and PracticeJury’s Inn, Glasgow, UK (CATE Group/BES/TRUE Project)

27–28 March Ecosystem and Habitat Management: Research, Policy, Practice University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester, UK (CATE Group)

12–13 April Advances in Plant Virology Jury’s Inn, Birmingham, UK (Virology Group)

16–18 October Soil Improvement: Impact of Management Practices onSoil Function and QualityThe Game & Wildlife Trust, Loddington, Leics, UK (CATE/Soil Biology Groups)

ASSOCIATION OF APPLIED BIOLOGISTSPresident: Professor Christine Watson

Sustainable Intensificationon 28 – 30 November 2017

at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts UK

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