Applications open for 2022 Nuffield Farming Scholarship
11 January 2021 |
Around 20 Nuffield Farming Scholarships are awarded each year (Photo: Nuffield s 2020 Scholars)
Those interested in studying a topic within agriculture or the wider industry are being urged to apply for next year s Nuffield Farming Scholarships.
With around 20 Scholarships awarded each year, successful applicants are provided a substantial bursary to fund travel to study their chosen topic.
Applications tend to be from those working across the farming, food, horticulture, rural or associated industries.
A Nuffield Farming Scholarship brings fresh insight and ideas that inspire change and drive the industry forward.
Mike Vacher, Director of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust, explains the important role that Scholars play, especially during times of change.
The Duke & Duchess of Gloucester (Photo credit: @RoyalFamily via Twitter)
An overseas visit, engagements focused on improving global relations and a focus on interfaith dialogue. All were part of the Duke of Gloucester’s 2020 diary, before the coronavirus pandemic struck, yet the work of this discreet royal and his equally low key wife often go unnoticed. Yet in a year when the Royal Family have faced ongoing challenges, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester have remained a constant in the calendar of regal duty.
The year began with a series of audiences and engagements in support of some of the many organisations with which the couple are involved including the BR Class 8 Steam Locomotive Trust, the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution and Lepra. Military matters also played a part with the Duke of Gloucester holding meetings in his role as Honorary Air Marshal of the Royal Air Force and in his capacity as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal
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11:01 AM December 17, 2020
Stephen Briggs, who is a tenant of the Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, has won the Stephen and Gill Bullock Award for his research into agroforestry systems.
- Credit: CAMBS COUNCIL
A Fenland farmer whose business now employs 11 people and generates an annual turnover of £400,000 has won a national award for his research into agroforestry systems.
Stephen Briggs built a farm shop, café and education centre at his farm in Farcet three years ago thanks to a £250,000 investment from Cambridgeshire County Council.
A tenant of the Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, Mr Briggs work investigated how farmers in other countries operated agroforestry systems.
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12:00 PM December 14, 2020
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11:19 AM December 16, 2020
Stephen Briggs, a tenant of Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, investigated how farmers in other countries operated agroforestry systems and was convinced that it could be applied successfully in the UK.
- Credit: Archant
A farmer who developed the UK’s biggest agroforestry system on his land at Farcet has won a top national award for his research into the system which involves growing trees and conventional crops side by side.
Stephen Briggs, a tenant of Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, investigated how farmers in other countries operated agroforestry systems and was convinced that it could be applied successfully in the UK.
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