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What agricultural practices are most likely to deliver ‘sustainable intensification’ in the UK? (2018)
Journal Article
Dicks, L., Rose, D., Ang, F., Aston, S., Birch, A., Boatman, N., …Sutherland, W. (2019). What agricultural practices are most likely to deliver ‘sustainable intensification’ in the UK?. Food and Energy Security, 8(1), Article e00148. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.148

Sustainable intensification is a process by which agricultural productivity is enhanced whilst also creating environmental and social benefits. We aimed to identify practices likely to deliver sustainable intensification, currently available for UK f... Read More about What agricultural practices are most likely to deliver ‘sustainable intensification’ in the UK?.

Wheat straw availability for bioenergy in England (2018)
Journal Article
Townsend, T., Sparkes, D., Ramsden, S., Glithero, N., & Wilson, P. (2018). Wheat straw availability for bioenergy in England. Energy Policy, 122, 349-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.07.053

In an effort to meet energy demands while reducing carbon emissions, crop residues, such as wheat straw, have been investigated for their use as feedstock for biofuel production. In order to identify the feasibility of utilising crop residues as bioe... Read More about Wheat straw availability for bioenergy in England.

Integrating the economic and environmental performance of agricultural systems: a demonstration using Farm Business Survey data and Farmscoper (2018)
Journal Article
Lynch, J., Skirvin, D., Wilson, P., & Ramsden, S. (in press). Integrating the economic and environmental performance of agricultural systems: a demonstration using Farm Business Survey data and Farmscoper. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.256

There is a continued need to monitor the environmental impacts of agricultural systems while also ensuring sufficient agricultural production. However, it can be difficult to collect relevant environmental data on a large enough number of farms and s... Read More about Integrating the economic and environmental performance of agricultural systems: a demonstration using Farm Business Survey data and Farmscoper.

Integrating economic and environmental impact analysis: the case of rice-based farming in northern Thailand (2017)
Journal Article
Ramsden, S. J., Wilson, P., & Phrommarat, B. (2017). Integrating economic and environmental impact analysis: the case of rice-based farming in northern Thailand. Agricultural Systems, 157, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.06.006

Crop production is associated with a range of potential environmental impacts, including field 9 emissions of greenhouse gases, loss of nitrogen and phosphorous nutrients to water and toxicity 10 effects on humans and natural ecosystems. Farmers can... Read More about Integrating economic and environmental impact analysis: the case of rice-based farming in northern Thailand.

Analysing reduced tillage practices within a bio-economic modelling framework (2016)
Journal Article
Townsend, T. J., Ramsden, S. J., & Wilson, P. (2016). Analysing reduced tillage practices within a bio-economic modelling framework. Agricultural Systems, 146, 91-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.04.005

Sustainable Intensification of agricultural production systems will require changes in farm practice. Within arable cropping systems, reducing the intensity of tillage practices (e.g. reduced tillage) potentially offers one such sustainable intensifi... Read More about Analysing reduced tillage practices within a bio-economic modelling framework.

Mathematical modelling of antimicrobial resistance in agricultural waste highlights importance of gene transfer rate (2016)
Journal Article
Baker, M., Hobman, J. L., Dodd, C. E., Ramsden, S. J., & Stekel, D. J. (2016). Mathematical modelling of antimicrobial resistance in agricultural waste highlights importance of gene transfer rate. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92(4), Article fiw040. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw040

Antimicrobial resistance is of global concern. Most antimicrobial use is in agriculture; manures and slurry are especially important because they contain a mix of bacteria, including potential pathogens, antimicrobial resistance genes and antimicrobi... Read More about Mathematical modelling of antimicrobial resistance in agricultural waste highlights importance of gene transfer rate.

Multidrug resistant, extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli isolated from a dairy farm (2016)
Journal Article
Ibrahim, D. R., Dodd, C. E. R., Stekel, D. J., Ramsden, S. J., & Hobman, J. L. (2016). Multidrug resistant, extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli isolated from a dairy farm. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92(4), Article fiw013. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw013

Escherichia coli strains were isolated from a single dairy farm as a sentinel organism for the persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in the farm environment. Selective microbiological media were used to isolate 126 E. coli isolates from slurry a... Read More about Multidrug resistant, extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli isolated from a dairy farm.

How do we cultivate in England? Tillage practices in crop production systems (2015)
Journal Article
Townsend, T. J., Ramsden, S. J., & Wilson, P. (2016). How do we cultivate in England? Tillage practices in crop production systems. Soil Use and Management, 32(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12241

Reducing tillage intensity offers the possibility of moving towards sustainable intensification objectives. Reduced tillage (RT) practices, where the plough is not used, can provide a number of environmental and financial benefits, particularly for s... Read More about How do we cultivate in England? Tillage practices in crop production systems.

Optimal combinable and dedicated energy crop scenarios for marginal land (2015)
Journal Article
Glithero, N., Wilson, P., & Ramsden, S. J. (in press). Optimal combinable and dedicated energy crop scenarios for marginal land. Applied Energy, 147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.119

Modern biomass energy sources account for less than 2% of primary world energy supplies while major economies have enabled legislation that aims to increase bioenergy production. In response to controversies over first generation biofuel, it has been... Read More about Optimal combinable and dedicated energy crop scenarios for marginal land.

Biochar-mediated reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from soil amended with anaerobic digestates (2015)
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Martin, S. L., Clarke, M. L., Othman, M., Ramsden, S. J., & West, H. M. (2015). Biochar-mediated reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from soil amended with anaerobic digestates. Biomass and Bioenergy, 79, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.04.030

This investigation examines nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes from soil with simultaneous amendments of anaerobic digestates and biochar. The main source of anthropogenic emissions of N2O is agriculture and in particular, manure and slurry application to fi... Read More about Biochar-mediated reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from soil amended with anaerobic digestates.

Prospects for dedicated energy crop production and attitudes towards agricultural straw use: the case of livestock farmers (2014)
Journal Article
Wilson, P., Glithero, N., & Ramsden, S. J. (in press). Prospects for dedicated energy crop production and attitudes towards agricultural straw use: the case of livestock farmers. Energy Policy, 74, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.07.009

Second generation biofuels utilising agricultural by-products (e.g. straw), or dedicated energy crops (DECs) produced on ‘marginal’ land, have been called for. A structured telephone survey of 263 livestock farmers, predominantly located in the west... Read More about Prospects for dedicated energy crop production and attitudes towards agricultural straw use: the case of livestock farmers.