Past Research
Organization of American States
- CICAD, Washington DC, USA
Phase 2: A risk assessment
of the aerial application of glyphosate for the eradication of coca and poppy
in Colombia. - Spray drift; human health; toxicity to Colombian frog species;
alternative adjuvant mixtures
Phase 1: Report
released in Colombia on 22 April 2005.
Defra
Evaluation of Set-Aside
- subcontractor
Project leader: Central Science Laboratory,
York. Dr N J Boatman,
Dr N Jones
Monsanto
Europe, Brussels, Belgium.
Desk study: Impact of agronomic activities on weed populations
Contact: Richard Garnett, Monsanto Europe, Belgium
European
Crop Protection Association, Brussels, Belgium
Effects of herbicide use on Terrestrial Non-target Plants (TNTPs) at the population
and community levels
A literature review. Contact: Jon Cole, Syngenta, UK
The
Almarai Company, Saudi Arabia
A
review of weed control practice in alfalfa, maize and wheat under pivot irrigation.
Contact: Charles Kane, Senior Assistant
Farm Manager, Al Kabir Farms
charles.kane@almarai.com
Evaluation of UK Environmental
Stewardship - Farm Environment Plans (FEP) and Farm Environmental Records (FER)
- subcontractor
Project leader: Central Science Laboratory,
York. Dr N J Boatman
EASY
(QLRT 2001 01495): Evaluating current European agri-environment
schemes to quantify and improve nature conservation efforts in
agricultural landscapes - The EASY project. See the project website
at: http://www.dow.wau.nl/natcons/NP/EASY/
Funded under the EU Fifth Framework Programme Quality of Life and Management
of Living Resources. Project co-ordinators: Wageningen University, the Netherlands
- Prof Frank Berendse and Dr David Kleijn
Glufosinate-tolerant
maize: Implications of the USA experience for weed control in forage maize in
the UK
Sponsor: Greenpeace UK.
Collaborator: Mike Owen, Iowa State University Ames, USA
DEFRA Project HH3403SX: The impact
of herbicides on weed abundance and biodiveristy in horticulture.
From 01/04/2003.
Collaborators: HRI, Rothamsted Resarch, Marshall Agroecology
Methods
to diversify field margin plant communities. BD1607
Sponsor: DEFRA Countryside Management Division.
Collaborators: Farmed Environment Co., University of Sheffield
The
effects of different crop stubbles and cereal straw disposal methods on wintering
birds and arable plants. BD1610
Sponsor: DEFRA Countryside Management Division.
Collaborator: British Trust for Ornithology
3D farming: making biodiversity
work for the farmer.
Sponsor: Game Conservancy
Trust, DEFRA SAPPIO Link.
Crop
Protection Association: Environmental information for agronomists
A study of the needs for environmental information and recommendations on
the means of training and information provision, in association with the Farmed
Environment Company
Report now available: Environmental information
for agronomists 2002: needs and provision
The
impact of herbicides on weed abundance and biodiversity. PN0940
Sponsor: DEFRA Pesticides Safety Directorate. 2001.
Collaborators: IACR, CAER University of Reading, CSL, SCRI
Guidelines for hedge management to improve the conservation value of different
types of hedge. BD2102. 1.10.95 - 30.9.2000. Sponsor: MAFF CMD.
To access the short Guidelines.
BD1612. Pilot stubbles. 1.12.98 - 31.3.99
Farmland Ecology: plant and insect dispersal in fragmented habitats. 1.6.90 - 31.3.99
PN0923. Non-target plants. 1.3.98 -31.8.98
BD0412. Arable options. 1.8.97 - 31.3.98
AIR3-CT920476. Field boundary habitats for wildlife, crop and environmental protection. 1.11.92 - 31.10.96. Sponsor: Commission of the European Communities
BD0404. ESA margin strips. 1.4.93 - 1.10.96