agrifood
When water gives you lemons
Professor Bruce Lankford and Dr Sandile Hadebe2017-10-27T15:14:50+01:0027/10/2017|Tags: “Cranfield”, agrifood, fruit, production, South Africa, Tzaneen, water|
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!
Cranfield University2021-09-16T09:46:06+01:0027/09/2017|Tags: agriculture, agrifood, international, msc, Outreach, research, soil|
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
Dr Tim Hess2017-06-12T16:07:36+01:0012/06/2017|Tags: agrifood, food supply chain, fruit imports, Institute of Natural Resources, UK imports, water, water crisis, Western Cape|
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
Boris Snapir2017-02-22T16:02:32+00:0022/02/2017|Tags: “Cranfield”, agrifood, Agrifood Institute, Earth Observation, ESA, European Space Agency, PolSAR, Remote Sensing, research, Scientific Exploitation, SEOM, space|
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
Cranfield University2021-09-15T11:19:54+01:0023/06/2016|Tags: agrifood, cranfield soil science, dirt science, environment, jack hannam, soapbox science, soil, soil 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. ...
How can we reduce flooding in places like Carlisle?
Dr Timothy Farewell2015-12-09T17:12:51+00:0009/12/2015|Tags: agrifood, carlisle, catchment management, cranfield university, cumbria, farming, flood plains, flooding, soil, soilscapes, timothy farewell|
In the past week, rainfall in Cumbria has caused flooding of homes, wreaked havoc on the transport network, and resulted in one death. It certainly seems that these ‘unprecedented’ weather events are becoming more common, ...