The big picture: using wildflower strips for pest control
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Science
Prof. Paul Harris
Farming Footprints and Adaptations Team Leader
Farming Footprints and Adaptations
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Email
paul.harris@rothamsted.ac.uk
Location
North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2SB
Tel
+44 (0) 1837 512 335
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Biography
Paul Harris is an Agroecosystems Data Scientist who leads the Farming Footprints and Adaptations science team at Rothamsted’s North Wyke site. He also leads the North Wyke Farm Platform. His work specialises in how a farm’s productivity and emissions interact given changes in management practice and changes in climate. This information, typically built around a decision support tool, help farmers and policy makers look to key farm adaptations to ensure farm resilience in the short and long term.
Key topics:
- Environmental monitoring and sensors
- Farm-scale systems research
- Space-time modelling in agriculture
Awards
- 2009 - PhD Geography (Non-stationary Geostatistics), University of Newcastle, UK
- 1996 - MSc Environmental Geostatistics, University of Leeds, UK
- 1989 - BSc (Joint Hons.) Mathematics & Statistics, University of London (Goldsmiths), UK