New call for research proposals on Sustainable Agriculture

A joint researchprogramme from NERC and BBRC has announced its first call. The SustainableAgriculture Research & Innovation Club includes AHDB, M&S, seeds andagrichem companies. It seeks to find solutions to challenges affecting theefficiency, productivity and sustainability of UK crop and livestock sectors.Proposalsare invited for both research and research translation projects to address thefirst key challenge identified by SARC industry members: “Resilient and robustcrop and livestock production systems. Approximately £5.0 million of fundingis available for this call, divided between research (£3.5m), closing date 11thSep 2014, and research translation (£1.5m), closing date 29th July2014. Click here for details. 13.6.14