Landscape, Livelihoods, Farming, Biodiversity

Andrew Ormerod
Economic Botanist

Research and Practice
Working with farmers & producers to improve their crops for agro ecology production.

Research and writing

Talks and Lectures

Agriecology and plant breeding

Events organising

Services

Research, write reports, give presentations, lectures, write scientific and popular books and articles specialising in:

 * Agroecological subjects

 * Ethnobotany, human relationships                 and values linked to  plants.

 * Supply chain research for food and            non food products, adding value to                  raw ingredients in the UK and overseas.

Community engagement in research and development projects – such as :

* Renewable Energy

* Selection of crops for food and materials involving farmers, processors and consumers.

* Hands-on research 

* Running workshops on grafting, budding, pruning and participatory learning and selection linked to crop plants and trees.

 

 

   

Agriculture and the environment are 'now friends', hopefully heralding closer collaboration towards common objectives.
(Pablo Eyzaguirre, when working for Bioversity International). In response to the Satoyama Iniative in Japan, which promotes agricultural production that contributes to conservation of ecosystems and biological diversity