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RAU – Land use innovation

2 April 2025

Thames river land

This report, published by the Royal Agricultural University (RAU), in partnership with three national research initiatives – the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE), Land Use for Net Zero, People & Nature Hub (LUNZ) and Agri-Food for Net Zero Network+ (AFN Network+) – sets out how the UK can support innovation to address pressures on land.

Land use innovation (2025)

Download the report from the RAU website

Read a digest of the report by the AFN's Jez Fredenburgh

DIGEST: How to unlock pressures on land

UK Research and Innovation has funded this network with support from these four councils:

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

UK Research and Innovation