Northern Ireland’s Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has appointed Dr Iain Williams as its new chief executive with effect from 1st September. He succeeds Dr Stanley McDowell, who is retiring after serving as the AFBI chief...
Professor Gideon Henderson is the new Defra chief scientific adviser, joining the department in October. The geochemist replaces Sir Ian Boyd who is leaving Defra after seven years in the post. Prof Henderson has been Chair of Earth Sciences at the University of...
Five UK projects are to share £9 million in funding to address food security over the next five years, through an integrated biological, environmental and social science research effort. The Resilience of the UK food system in a global context project is part of the...
SOYL, the precision arable farming business within Frontier Agriculture, is part of a consortium awarded a share of a £3 million research fund from Innovate UK and the Natural Environment Research Council. The company is one of around 12 companies who successfully...