Paludiculture Innovation Project (PIP)
The Paludiculture Innovation Project (PIP) aims to create a facility for paludiculture research, development, demonstration and knowledge transfer.
Project aims
The project will:
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create a facility for paludiculture research, development, demonstration and knowledge transfer, establishing baseline data, developing rewetting techniques, measuring and evaluating the impact of these techniques.
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track behavioural change within the farming community, modelling the socio-economic impacts of the project to inform and contribute to policy, lowland peatland restoration and the paludiculture debate.
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develop a long-term regenerative field experiment. The themes will be developed to direct future cross cutting research with a view to expanding the scope of the project following completion of the PIP project
Location
Adeney Yard, Harper Adams University Future Farm, Shropshire
Project partners
Partners - Harper Adams University
The PIP team is inter-disciplinary and includes: Professor Jim Monaghan (PIP Chair, crops), Mr Scott Kirby (Executive Project and Programme Consultant, Farm & Sustainability), Dr Simon Jeffery (soil ecology) , Professor Karl Behrendt (agri-tech economic modelling), Dr Iona Huang (socio-economics), Dr Julia Casperd (agriculture and environment), Dr Lucy Crockford (soil and water management), Mr David White (engineering).
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Contact - Julia Casperd - PIP Chair, crops
Email: jcasperd@harper-adams.ac.uk
Mobile: 07375 862004
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Partner - UKCEH
UKCEH provides valuable support and collaborative links for our research
Partner - LEAF
LEAF will inform and facilitate the development of the LEAF Marque Standard for sustainable products from paludiculture farming systems
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The PIP also has also established important collaborative links with the Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Severn Trent, the School of Sustainable Food and Farming, North Shropshire Farmer cluster and Agri-EPI Centre.