2011 Organic Farm Management Handbook
The publicataion provides up-to-date information on likely yields, prices and costs of production and relevant grants for organic farmers and advisors.
Use and efficiency of public support measures addressing organic farming in the EU
The project analyses public support measures addressing organic farming in relation to impact on number of organic farms, organic land area, market development and policy coherence.
Evaluation of the German Programme for Organic Food and Farming Research
The Programme for Organic Agriculture (BÖL) was set up in 2001 by the German Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (then BMVEL); the relevance, effectiveness and resource efficiency of its research component was evaluated in this project.
Organic Farm Incomes in England and Wales
Analysis of financial performance of organic farming in terms of profitablity and enterprise persformance relative to previous years and in comparison to conventional based on the FBS/Defra Data Archive for 2009/10
The Potential for Extending Economic Farm-Level Benchmarking to Environmental and Other Aspects of Farm Performance
Desk study exploring the potential to extend farm-level financial and technical benchmarking to cover the areas of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, animal welfare and agri-environment and management practices.
Can agroforestry reconcile conflicting demands for productivity, biodiversity conservation and delivery of ecosystem services?
This PhD aims: (i) to identify which goods and services agroforestry systems can deliver, (ii) to quantify the values of these services (ecologically and economically), and (iii) to inform the process of how policy can support these activities.
OCIS Public Goods Tool
The OCIS public goods project produced a tool which is designed to provide a simple, measurable and accessible way to show the ‘Public Goods’ that accrue through organic farming systems and the addition of an OELS agreement.
Eco-Agroforestry Network
The Eco-Agroforestry Network aims to bring the sustainable agroforestry approach into the mainstream of UK food, fuel, timber, and fibre production, through research, dissemination, and policy change.
Impacts of organic silvoarable systems on pest and disease distribution – Sheepdrove Organic Farm, Berkshire
MSc research project investigating the distribution of pests and diseases, and microclimatic differences, within a silvoarable system and arable control system.
A review of temperate agroforestry research literature
A comprehensive review of research activities in temperate agroforestry systems was carried out to provide a basis for identifying the potential of agroforestry as a land use system that balances productivity with environmental protection.