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A horticultural message from Madagascar
Siobhan Gardiner, a PhD student at Cranfield University, is a 2017 recipient of the SCI's David Miller Travel Bursary Award. The award aims to give early career plant scientists or horticulturists the opportunity of overseas travel in ...
When water gives you lemons
Multiple complexities shape the connections between water efficiency and resilience in managing drought risks at different scales in fruit production for a South African producer.
Agrifood on tour: bringing science to life!
Throughout the year my Agrifood team and I travel around the world to raise awareness of Cranfield’s research and teaching expertise. Central to this is our participation in outreach activities, and this year has been ...
The Cape water crisis and the UK fruit system
The UK imports 327,000 tons of fresh fruits from South Africa each year, being the second most important source after Spain. In particular, a large proportion of the UK’s imports of grapefruit (32%), oranges (23%), ‘easy-peelers’ ...
Using European Space Agency expertise to grow better crops
When you hear the words European Space Agency (ESA), ambitious missions to mars or spectacular crash-landings on comets may come to mind. What is less likely to occur is agriculture and improving crop yields. But ...
The story of our soapbox: women in science
A dozen female scientists will take turns to climb on a soapbox in thecentre:mk in just over a fortnight (9 July) to share their research with members of the public going about their Saturday shopping. ...