Representatives from farm networks in Northern Ireland, northern England and Normandy got together on the evening of Wednesday 23rd June to discuss the pros and cons of using multi-species swards. The discussion confirmed that farmers in...
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Open Access Government is a UK-based digital publication with a unique perspective, focusing on an interesting plethora of issues from physics to biology, economic development to agriculture, among many others. The bumper July 2021 edition of...
MoreSUPER-G participated in the 3rd ESP Europe Regional conference
Sophie Tindale from the University of Newcastle, a SUPER-G partner, participated in the 3rd ESP Europe Regional conference organized by the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP). This event took place in Tartu, Estonia from the 7-10 of June 2021...
More1st Joint Meeting of EAAP Mountain Livestock Farming Working Group & FAO-CIHEAM Mountain Pastures Sub-Network
On the 7th of June, Paul Newell-Price, coordinator of the SUPER-G project, participated in a joint EEAP & FAO-CIHEAM conference themed “Mountains are agroecosystems for people“ where he presented the 1st Session: Farming systems and global...
MoreEGF2021 SYMPOSIUM | Sensing – New Insights into Grassland Science and Practice
The EGF2021 Symposium, hosted by Universität Kassel, was held last week (17-19 May). With a special focus on sensing technologies, it addressed three main themes closely related to objectives of the SUPER-G project; “Biomass and quality...
MoreWebinar series: Permanent Grasslands in Europe – Policies, Services and Management
The SUPER-G project is hosting an open access Webinar series in June, to showcase some outputs from the project and contribute to discussions around policy making. Under the theme: Permanent Grasslands (PG) in Europe – policies, services, and...
MoreDecision Support Tools Report
Work Package 5 (WP5) of the SUPER-G project will develop Decision Support Tools (DSTs) to assist farmers and policy makers to assess Ecosystem Service (ES) provision on Permanent Grassland (PG). Within WP5, as part of Task 5.1, we undertook a...
MoreEuromontana Booklet of Good Practices
The European Association of mountain areas (EuroMontana) has published a booklet of good management practices in mountain grasslands, gathered across 18 European countries, through OREKA MENDIAN, a seven-year project funded by the European...
MoreWebinar Series – Findings from the trials
One aim of our WP3 research trials is to improve our understanding of trade-offs and synergies associated with the management of PG for Ecosystem service delivery in a wide range of contexts and socio-economic circumstances. In December 2020 and...
MoreThe effectiveness of policies promoting sustainable permanent grassland across five European countries (representing five biogeographic regions)
The report on the topic “The effectiveness of policies promoting sustainable permanent grassland across five European countries (representing five biogeographic regions)” – developed under the Task 4.1c of the SUPER-G project – is now available...
MoreData Management Plan
The SUPER-G Data Management Plan (DMP) is a key element of good data management. This DMP describes the data that will be acquired or produced during research; how the data will be managed, described, and stored, what standards will be used, and...
MoreeBook of Abstracts of the 1 st Joint Conference | Virtual meeting
In mid January 2021, there was a 1st Joint Conference of the EAAP Mountain Livestock Farming Group & FAO-CIHEAM Mountain Pastures Sub-Network on the topic “Mountains are agroecosystems for people“. On page 12 there is an article...
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