Dr STACIA STETKIEWICZ's Outputs (10)

Food system actor perspectives on future-proofing European food systems through plant breeding (2023)
Journal Article
Stetkiewicz, S., Menary, J., Nair, A., Rufino, M., Fischer, A. R. H., Cornelissen, M., Guichaoua, A., Jorasch, P., Lemarié, S., Nanda, A. K., Wilhelm, R., & Davies, J. A. C. (2023). Food system actor perspectives on future-proofing European food systems through plant breeding. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 5444. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32207-1

Crop improvement is a key innovation area in the pursuit of sustainable food systems. However, realising its potential requires integration of the needs and priorities of all agri-food chain stakeholders. In this study, we provide a multi-stakeholder... Read More about Food system actor perspectives on future-proofing European food systems through plant breeding.

Crop improvements for future‐proofing European food systems: A focus‐group‐driven analysis of agricultural production stakeholder priorities and viewpoints (2022)
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Stetkiewicz, S., Menary, J., Nair, A., Rufino, M. C., Fischer, A. R., Cornelissen, M., Duchesne, R., Guichaoua, A., Jorasch, P., Lemarié, S., Nanda, A. K., Wilhelm, R., & Davies, J. A. (2022). Crop improvements for future‐proofing European food systems: A focus‐group‐driven analysis of agricultural production stakeholder priorities and viewpoints. Food and Energy Security, Article e362. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.362

Crop breeding is one of the main tools which can assist in future-proofing food systems for more sustainable outcomes. In order to ensure priorities are aligned with the needs and wants of food system actors, it is essential to engage with key stakeh... Read More about Crop improvements for future‐proofing European food systems: A focus‐group‐driven analysis of agricultural production stakeholder priorities and viewpoints.

European consumer and societal stakeholders' response to crop improvements and new plant breeding techniques (2022)
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Nair, A., Fischer, A. R., Moscatelli, S., Socaciu, C., Kohl, C., Stetkiewicz, S. S., Menary, J., Baekelandt, A., Nanda, A. K., Jorasch, P., Davies, J. A., & Wilhelm, R. (2023). European consumer and societal stakeholders' response to crop improvements and new plant breeding techniques. Food and Energy Security, 12(1), Article e417. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.417

The global demand for providing nutritious, sustainable, and safe diets for a 10 billion population by 2050 while preserving affordability, reducing environmental impacts, and adapting to climate change will require accelerating the transition to sus... Read More about European consumer and societal stakeholders' response to crop improvements and new plant breeding techniques.

An interdisciplinary method for assessing IPM potential: case study in Scottish spring barley (2022)
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Stetkiewicz, S., Bruce, A., Burnett, F. J., Ennos, R. A., & Topp, C. F. E. (2022). An interdisciplinary method for assessing IPM potential: case study in Scottish spring barley. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 3(1), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-022-00096-5

A method is proposed which considers Integrated Pest Management (IPM) through several lenses, in order to obtain a more holistic view of the potential for IPM, and is described using a case study of Scottish spring barley. Long-term experimental fiel... Read More about An interdisciplinary method for assessing IPM potential: case study in Scottish spring barley.

Going virtual: adapting in-person interactive focus groups to the online environment (2021)
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Menary, J., Stetkiewicz, S., Nair, A., Jorasch, P., Nanda, A. K., Guichaoua, A., Rufino, M., Fischer, A. R., & Davies, J. A. (2023). Going virtual: adapting in-person interactive focus groups to the online environment. Emerald Open Research, 1(6), https://doi.org/10.1108/eor-06-2023-0008

Restrictions on social interaction and travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic have affected how researchers approach fieldwork and data collection. Whilst online focus groups have received attention since the 2000s as a method for qualitative data colle... Read More about Going virtual: adapting in-person interactive focus groups to the online environment.

Impacts of Reducing UK Beef Consumption Using a Revised Sustainable Diets Framework (2019)
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Chalmers, N., Stetkiewicz, S., Sudhakar, P., Osei-Kwasi, H., & Reynolds, C. J. (2019). Impacts of Reducing UK Beef Consumption Using a Revised Sustainable Diets Framework. Sustainability, 11(23), Article 6863. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11236863

The impact of beef consumption on sustainability is a complex and evolving area, as sustainability covers many areas from human nutrient adequacy to ecosystem stability. Three sustainability assessment frameworks have been created to help policy make... Read More about Impacts of Reducing UK Beef Consumption Using a Revised Sustainable Diets Framework.

The importance of fisheries and aquaculture production for nutrition and food security (2019)
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Norman, R. A., Crumlish, M., & Stetkiewicz, S. (2019). The importance of fisheries and aquaculture production for nutrition and food security. Revue Scientifique et Technique / Scientific and Technical Review, 38(2), 395-407. https://doi.org/10.20506/rst.38.2.2994

Aquatic food has a significant role to play in global nutrition and food security but is often ignored in that debate. Understanding its potential role is made difficult by the fact that aquatic food covers a large number of species which come from b... Read More about The importance of fisheries and aquaculture production for nutrition and food security.

The impact of fungicide treatment and Integrated Pest Management on barley yields: Analysis of a long term field trials database (2019)
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Stetkiewicz, S., Burnett, F. J., Ennos, R. A., & Topp, C. F. (2019). The impact of fungicide treatment and Integrated Pest Management on barley yields: Analysis of a long term field trials database. European Journal of Agronomy, 105, 111-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2019.02.010

This paper assesses potential for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques to reduce the need for fungicide use without negatively impacting yields. The impacts of three disease management practices of relevance to broad acre crops –disease resist... Read More about The impact of fungicide treatment and Integrated Pest Management on barley yields: Analysis of a long term field trials database.

Perception vs practice: Farmer attitudes towards and uptake of IPM in Scottish spring barley (2018)
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Stetkiewicz, S., Bruce, A., Burnett, F. J., Ennos, R. A., & Topp, C. F. (2018). Perception vs practice: Farmer attitudes towards and uptake of IPM in Scottish spring barley. Crop Protection, 112, 96-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2018.05.005

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) offers a suite of ways by which to reduce the need for pesticide use, thus minimising environmental damage and pathogen resistance build-up in crop production. Farmers and agronomists active in the Scottish spring bar... Read More about Perception vs practice: Farmer attitudes towards and uptake of IPM in Scottish spring barley.

Modelling and mapping potential epidemics of wheat diseases—examples on leaf rust and Septoria tritici blotch using EPIWHEAT (2015)
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S, S., S, S., F, B., & L, W. (2015). Modelling and mapping potential epidemics of wheat diseases—examples on leaf rust and Septoria tritici blotch using EPIWHEAT. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 142(4), 771–790. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-015-0650-7

Policymakers and researchers need to develop long-term priorities using reliable, quantitative tools to assess the risks associated with plant diseases over a range of plant pathogens and over space. EPIWHEAT is a generic simulation model designed to... Read More about Modelling and mapping potential epidemics of wheat diseases—examples on leaf rust and Septoria tritici blotch using EPIWHEAT.