Farming Innovation Programme award to Eagle Genomics to explore vital role of soil microbiomes and move towards greater sustainable agriculture in the UK.
We are excited to announce the news, that we have been awarded a grant from DEFRA’s Farming Innovation Programme in partnership with Innovate UK’s Transforming Food Production Challenge which is aimed at improving arable farming, productivity, sustainability, and resilience with less environmental impact. Our award “A novel barometer for soil health including physical, chemical, and microbial elements to guide regenerative and sustainable agriculture’ started on the 1st January 2024 and will run for 24 months.
We are delighted to be working closely with scientists at Rothamsted Research (Tim Mauchline (RRes-Roth), Martin Broadley @Andy Neal, @Stefan Haefele, @Cathy Thomas, @Rodrigo Alegria-Terrazas, @Ian Clark) , CABI (Matthew Ryan Alan Buddie) and Eagle Genomics’ e[datascientist] platform (Alex Mitchelll, Ryan Ames Aiswarya Rajasekharan) to advance our understanding of the effect of different agricultural practices on the functionalities soil indicators/signatures and promote regenerative farming practices. Advancing research on solutions to UK farming at a time when chemical fertilizers and pesticides are in the spotlight and enabling the next generation of soil tests to help farmers to apply practical solutions is critical to find alternatives whilst addressing the concerns of climate change.
Soil Health testing laboratories have the appetite to use these signatures to provide more detailed analysis to guide farmers decision making. The outputs of this work will directly benefit farmers in the UK and guide the transition to more sustainable and restorative agriculture.
Thanks to the fantastic team who made it all happen. Now the hard work begins!
Nigel Higgs, Yvonne Pinto, Innovate UK, @DEFRA, @UKRI_News, Rothamsted Research, CABI, Victoria Kimonides, Lucie Eckenberg-Friedlander , Christian Roghi PhD MBA DipMC , Raghuram L., @Daniel S.
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