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Sustainable Phosphorus Use in UK Agriculture workshop at Cranfield University
Cranfield University2021-09-16T11:28:10+01:0018/05/2018|Tags: biosolids, circular economy, food security, recycling, utilities, water|
Biosolids are a good example of the circular economy conundrum. We need to re-use all types of resources - even human waste - because, as the United Nations has reported, the over-use of the planet’s ...
Get to know your SWEE Student Academic Support team
Cranfield University2021-09-16T10:26:47+01:0014/03/2018|Tags: agrifood, design, energy, environment, Student Academic Support, water|
When you arrive at Cranfield you will be introduced to your Student Academic Support (SAS) team. We are your first point of contact and will look after you from the moment you arrive to the ...
Can we use cleaning products to improve sanitation systems in developing countries?
Joah Bramhall2017-12-08T11:46:08+00:0008/12/2017|Tags: Hygiene, PhD, pit latrines, research, sanitation, toilet, WASH, water|
Toilets, and how we clean them, very rarely comes up in most people’s conversations. We visit the bathroom, do our business, and with one flush and a hand wash later, all evidence and memory of ...
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.
2017 graduation prize winners: Energy and Power, Environment and Agrifood, Water
Cranfield University2021-09-16T09:33:27+01:0001/08/2017|Tags: energy and power, Environment and Agrifood, Graduation Prize Winners, SWEE, water|
Cranfield's Graduation Ceremony was held in June 2017. As part of the celebrations, Energy and Power, Environment and Agrifood, and Water held a prize winner's ceremony for their top students. The full listing of winners (plus some ...
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’ ...