1. Associate Director of Science
Prof. John W. Crawford
Associate Director of Science
Rothamsted Research

2. Agrimetrics UK Government funded Centre for Excellence in Big Data
Headquartered at Rothamsted
Simon David will give details

3. Rothamsted: China activities
CSIA (Centre for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture)
Core funding from BBSRC/Newton Fund matched by CAAS
Successful bids for associated projects > £4.5M for Rothamsted-China activities won in 2015.
STFC Agritech in China Newton Network+
Funding joint research projects, workshops and UK-China exchanges

4. UK-China Centre for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture (CSIA)
A platform for joint Research, training & capacity building
Research areas:
Crop efficiency
Soil management
Integrated Pest, Disease & Weed Management
Agricultural innovation, practice & policy
Activities:
Shared studentships, incorporating summer schools and extended exchange
CSIA annual scientific meetings
Support for associated project bids
Management of linked activities
An open platform with the flexibility to include new partners
PhD Summer schools
CSIA scientific meetings
Research area 3
Research area 1
Research area 2
Research area 4
CAU
NAU
NWAFU
RRes: CAAS hub
PhD ?

5. CSIA - Associated projects
Relevant CSIA research areas
NERC - Critical Zone Observatory projects
1: Modelling and managing critical zone relationships between soil, water and ecosystem processes across the Loess Plateau (CAS, NWAFU, LaU, Leeds)
2: SPECTRA: Soil Processes and Ecological Services in the Karst Critical Zone of Southwest China (CAS, Beijing Normal,Tianjin, Exeter, Bristol)
STFC - Earth Observation projects
1: Remote Sensing for Sustainable Intensification in China through Improved Farm Decision-Making (CAU, NAU, Zhejiang, ADAS, AgSpace, LaU, Leeds, Soton)
2: A system to improve the rational use of pesticides against migratory locusts towards a sustainable management strategy. (CAAS, CAS, Zhejiang, CABI, Kings, Assimila Ltd) 2 4 4
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Geochemistry - CAS 3 4
1 Crop efficiency; 2 Soil management; 3 pest/weed/disease mgmt.; 4 Ag innovation/practice/policy

6. CSIA - Associated projects
Relevant CSIA research areas
BBSRC - Virtual Joint Centre for Improved Nitrogen Agronomy (CINAG)
Partners: CAAS, CAU, CAS, CEH, Bangor
Aims:
Improved fundamental understanding of N cycling
novel indicators of NUE, new real-time physical and chemical metrics, holistic measures of soil health
Harnessing novel N technologies
develop farm systems that permit the sustainable intensification of (especially Chinese) agriculture
Improved agronomic practices
Translated through the STB programme to Chinese farmers.
Predictive capacity and knowledge exchange
Staff and student training programmes, links with CSIA and Network+ activities 1 2 4
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology- CAS
CAAS – Mingang Xu, Institute of Crop Sciences; long-term experiments on nutrient use efficiency
1 Crop efficiency; 2 Soil management; 3 pest/weed/disease mgmt.; 4 Ag innovation/practice/policy

7. Next steps 2016 CSIA internal call for projects
Seed projects to lay groundwork for subsequent bids for larger associated projects
Focus on CSIA Partners, but affiliates welcome
Extending activity with NAU and CAS
2016 STFC Network+ call for proposals
Official Development Assistance *
Ongoing Newton Fund opportunities to be monitored
AMR initiatives
Upcoming Global Challenges Fund - £1.5bn
Capacity building opporunities
* China’s position on Development Assistance Committee (DAC) lists will be critical 3 1 2 4