Links : Agricultural

Biffa Waste Services Ltd

Biffa Waste Services Ltd has funded a number of Mass Balance studies, including of agricultural waste, and farm packaging waste.

Colors

Colors is a South African agri-business and the country’s third largest fruit exporter. Colors has a sustainable business strategy housed within the Colors Foundation.

Edinburgh University - School of Geosciences

Conducts research into greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, with a particular focus on the impacts of land use on nitrous oxide and methane emissions.

See here for a list of publications by Dave Reay (who runs ghgonline) Note – most require subscriptions to journals.

Farming Futures

Farming Futures is a communications collaboration between the NFU, Country Land and Business Association and the Agricultural and Horticultural Research Forum (representing the agricultural and horticultural levy boards), the Agricultural Industries Confederation, Forum for the Future and Defra.

HGCA

The statutory levy body for the UK cereals sector, it works to promote the industry and undertakes relevant research.

Institute of European Environmental Policy

Deals mainly with agricultural policy reform and fisheries.

Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research

A research institute focusing on forage-related plant breeding, plant biology and genetics, animal science and nutrition, organic dairying, soil science and agro-ecology.

National Farmer's Union

Represents the farmers and growers of England and Wales.

Rothamsted Research

Research into sustainable land management and its environmental impact. Disciplines include genetics, biochemistry, cell biology and soil processes as well as investigations at the ecosystem and landscape scale.