Archive for the ‘RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT’ Category

HDC Research strategy . The HDC report of collaboration as a way forward for applied researchers

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Consultation on the HDC Divisional Plan 2012-2015 ends January 17th

These plans show a major reorientation of the way the Horticultural Development Company will act, taking into account its need to consider its AHDB  format and the reduced research funding and facility support for horticulture from Defra.

Please follow the links below for the consultation document and draft business plan:

http://www.ahdb.org.uk/publications/consultation.aspx

http://www.ahdb.org.uk/publications/documents/HDCDivisionalBusinessPlanDraft_000.pdf

Six months of the B-Lines initiative

Six months into the Buglife B-Lines Initiative and the  pilot Bee-Roads project in Yorkshire is progressing well. With help and support from a range of key organisations, including STC the project is now closer to defining how the B-Lines could look and how they could be implemented.

 

Please click the foll0wing link for the latest full update: B-Line update 2 (135)

Lord Taylor speaks on Applied Research

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STC entomology project featured on Natural Environment Research Council website and database

Dr Luke Tilley’s work on shore flies in protected crops is featured on the NERC Planet Earth website and selected for inclusion on the Science Impacts Database.

Planet Earth article click here

Science Impacts Database click here