An open day at one of Farming Connect’s new innovation sites will showcase the latest research aiming to improve sustainability in the Welsh uplands.
The open event at Pwllpeiran Upland Research Centre in Cwmystwyth will feature projects which aim to balance biodiversity, productivity and financial viability in the uplands. These include innovative systems for sustainable production of galanthamine, an approved Alzheimer’s Disease treatment, derived from daffodils; growing forage legumes such as such as clover and lotus; and the performance of miscanthus when grown in the uplands.
Sustainable intensification will also feature, along with the centre’s integrated constructed wetlands, which capture nutrient run-off from farms, and long-term trial plots that test the effectiveness of different management techniques on restoring botanical diversity to permanent pasture.
Pwllpeiran has been a centre for the study of upland farmed ecosystems since the 1930s and its new status as a Farming Connect innovation site will give Welsh farmers access to IBERS’ ongoing research in action. The eight innovation sites are based at agri-education and research establishments, which host projects at the forefront of research and development within agriculture and forestry.
Event:
17 May 2016 - 11am to 3pm
Pwllpeiran Upland Research Centre, Cwmystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 4AB
For further information contact Lisa Roberts - 07985379890 / lisa.roberts@menterabusnes.co.uk