Delivering regenerative agriculture in practice: a farmers-led prioritisation for net-zero

Regenerative agriculture has been promoted as a nature-based solution to protect, restore and sustainably manage agricultural ecosystems. However, more research is needed on the interactions between practices and their scalability and adaptability to farm-specific conditions. For this purpose, it is important to place farmers at the forefront. This project aims to explore and prioritise regenerative agricultural practices that can deliver net zero from a farmers’ perspective. The project will identify regenerative agricultural practices that can promote soil C storage and reduce GHG emissions while enhancing productivity. Farmers will be then asked to evaluate those practices to determine the required farm system applicability, success factors and scalability potential. This will allow the prioritisation of regenerative practices based on their potential to support UK agriculture transition towards net-zero.

Project lead: Karen Rial-Lovera (Royal Agricultural University)

Project collaborators: Jonathan Brunyee (Conygree Farm), Emmanuel Zuza (Royal Agricultural University), Lisa Morgans (Royal Agricultural University)