Articles about 'Department for Environment food and Rural Affairs (Defra)'

Sea Change

22 March 2019

The coast is an intrinsic part of British identity – and perhaps nowhere is it more at risk than in the East of England. Cambridge researchers are working with communities and organisations across the region to manage the coast for the future, by working with nature rather than against it.

The £2 billion vegetable and the agricultural future of the East

15 March 2019

From crop science to robotics, supply chains to economics, Cambridge University researchers are working with farmers and industry to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and profitability.

Cost and scale of field trials for bovine TB vaccine may make them unfeasible

07 June 2018

Field trials for a vaccine to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) would need to involve 500 herds – potentially as many as 75,000-100,000 cattle – to demonstrate cost effectiveness for farmers, concludes a study published today in the journal eLife.

Minimising ‘false positives’ key to vaccinating against bovine TB

19 February 2015

New diagnostic tests are needed to make vaccination against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) viable and the number of false positives from these tests must be below 15 out of every 10,000 cattle tested, according to research published today in the journal PLOS Computational Biology.

Articles about 'Department for Environment food and Rural Affairs (Defra)'

Sea Change

The £2 billion vegetable and the agricultural future of the East

Cost and scale of field trials for bovine TB vaccine may make them unfeasible

Minimising ‘false positives’ key to vaccinating against bovine TB

Experts advocate for stronger measures to protect trees and other plants from pests and pathogens

Defending crops with maths

From pandemic to policy: combating swine flu

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