Farming Connect Development Office Event

Description

The workshop was a proactive move towards fostering innovation and sustainability in agriculture. A team of Farming Connect's development officers were invited to the Institute of Biological, Environmental, and Rural Sciences (IBERS) for an event to enhance awareness of emerging biomass industries and potential benefits within the land-based sector. The visiting team was strategically located in various counties, and plays a pivotal role in engaging with land-based activities, including discussion group meetings, demonstration events, and industry training. To ensure the sustainability and integration of biomass crops into future land use policies, the event featured presentations by Paul Robson detailing research on breeding resilient biomass crops, emphasising the need for crops like miscanthus to thrive in the UK's variable climate and Elaine Jensen who discussed her collaborative work with the government, focusing on how biomass crops could be integrated within the Welsh landscape and the importance of research that can help to influence future land use policies. Following constructive discussions prompted by the presentations, the group explored IBERS' newly established biomass hub site plots.

Period	26 Jan 2024
Event type	Conference
Degree of Recognition	National