Tuesday 27 March 2012

UK University receives £300,000 research grant in Agriculture

Harper Adams University College was awarded a research grant of £300,000 ($479,689.161) to support a number of research projects and a scholarship scheme in the field of agriculture. One of the awards £45,000 ($71,953.374) will fund a three year PhD studentship looking at the ‘effect of macro nutrients and phytase on mineral digestibility and immunology in weaned pigs’.

The funding for this has come from AB Vista and Primary Diets and £45,000 ($71,953.374) came from the Silcock Fellowship for Livestock Research. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has pledged £75,000 ($119,922.29) towards research that will conduct an ‘independent systematic review of impact of on-farm mitigation measures for delivering an improved water environment’. Read more ...
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