From the Knowledge Exchange Hub at IBERS, Will provides current and applicable scientific knowledge to the agricultural industry through Farming Connect which is a high profile, integrated project supplying focussed training, support and advice, delivered through a pan-Wales programme of knowledge transfer activities, specialist advice and support for innovation. A key objective of Farming Connect is to increase the emphasis on business-focused behaviour, therefore improving profitability, competitiveness and environmental performance of farm, forestry and food businesses in Wales. Farming Connect is funded through the Rural Development Plan (RDP) 2014 - 2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government.Through Farming Connect Will has produced numerous technical articles on a range of topics, with particular focus on climate and environmental change, to disseminate current scientific research to the agricultural industry. He is also involved in the development of farmer-led agricultural research through the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) scheme in Wales .
近期论文
Stiles, W., Rowe, E., Dennis, P. 2015. The role of phosphorus availability: has nitrogen deposition pushed the upland ecosystem to the limit? BES Annual Meeting 13–16 December 2015 EICC, Edinburgh, Scotland. British Ecological Society annual meeting, Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 13/12/2015 - 17/12/2015.
