New Farming Systems
TMAF New Farming Systems project timeline
New Farming Systems (NFS) 2006 – 2021
The New Farming Systems (NFS) project consists of a set of four experiments funded by TMAF and the JC Mann Trust. These mainly examine three inter-related themes;-
- Fertility building
- Tillage
- Soil amendment use.
These experiments are fully replicated, large plot studies using farm scale equipment and techniques. The core NFS work has enabled a number of other research projects funded and supported by other organisations.
| Trust funded experiments | Funder |
|---|---|
| Evaluating cultivation approaches | TMAF |
| Fertility building and cover crops | TMAF |
| The use of soil amendments | TMAF |
| Bio-sustainable systems for conventional arable cropping | TMAF |
| Code | Research projects | Funder/Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| NFS11 | Platforms to test and demonstrate sustainable soil management: integration of major UK field experiments | AHDB |
| NFS12 | Improvement of soil structure and crop yield by adding organic matter to soil | AHDB |
| NFS13 | Cover cropping with oilseed radish (Raphanus sativus) alone does not enhance deep burrowing earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) midden | DEFRA / AHDB |
| NFS14 | Sustainable Intensification Platform (SIP) | DEFRA |
| NFS15 | Soil microbial study | CEH |
| NFS16 | The study of soil volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) under annual and perennial cropping systems | Innovate UK |
| Code | Educational studies | Funder/Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| NFS21 | Worm survey | BSc – Easton&Otley College |
| NFS22 | Harnessing multiple ecosystem services from novel diverse crop rotations | PhD – Reading University |
| NFS23 | Novel crop rotations to enhance the provision of multiple ecosystem services underpinning arable production | PhD – Reading University |
| NFS24 | The effects upon soil bulk density and tillering in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum), under conventional plough and shallow non-inversion tillage systems | BSc – Easton&Otley College |
| NFS25 | Modelling and measuring soil organic carbon under different tillage practices in agricultural soils of the UK | MSc – Aberdeen University |
| NFS26 | Impact of different tillage approaches on break crop yields in England | MSc – University of Angers |
| NFS27 | Below-ground biodiversity | PhD – University of East Anglia |
| NFS28 | Soil mycorrhizae | PhD – University of Cambridge |
| NFS29 | Soil compaction |
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