Trees – what role could they play in helping reduce emissions in our food system? Prof Heiko Balzter (University of Leicester) and one our Champions last year, has synthesised research on agroforestry in this report – Agroforestry as a tool for net zero in the UK.
Key report conclusions;
Watch our webinar with farmer and agroforestry pioneer, Stephen Briggs. By Jez Fredenburgh Knowledge Exchange Fellow for AFN Network+ If you missed our annual network gathering a while back, you will have missed Dr Navaratnam Patheeban OBE's insightful presentation on the importance of diversity in decision making. You can watch his presentation here, along with other key speakers, including Judith Batchelar OBE on retailer mindset and Sue Pritchard on why we need to grab the opportunity this year for food system change.
Navaratnam Partheeban is a farm vet and founder of the British Veterinary Ethnicity & Diversity Society. Key points from his presentation; “There are many ways to get from A to B, but if we all have a similar mindset, similar education and similar background, we’re all going to think in a similar way and our solutions are going to be very similar. But actually the quality and number of [solutions and] decisions available are multiple”
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