Current high-input farming methods using destructive practices have serious environmental consequences, including contributing to climate change and damaging biodiversity. Regenerative agriculture promotes a way of producing food while restoring degraded soils and supporting biodiversity.
There are a growing number of UK regenerative agriculture research projects, but they often only investigate the impact of one farming practice.
If policy and practice are to meet important goals for society – keeping us fed, tackling climate change and conserving biodiversity – we need to bring together all information from UK research projects to understand what is known, what the benefits and trade-offs are, and what we still do not know.
This project will enable researchers from the University of Leeds and the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) to:
- Summarise the evidence base, evidence gaps and trade-offs of the impacts of regenerative agricultural practices on multiple environmental outcomes.
- Develop a strategic UK research plan, setting research priorities.
- Rapidly disseminate the information directly to policymakers to ensure future policies are effective at delivering government targets.
This project is funded by the 2025–2026 Research England Policy Support Fund.
Contacts
Others involved
- Isobel Tomlinson
Partners
- RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Centre for Conservation Science