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About this Group

Agriculture Horticulture

The need to make agriculture more sustainable is increasingly being recognised, in addition to the fact that agriculture has many different functions in addition to food production. Entomologists know that insects are an important part of farmland biodiversity and provide many essential environmental services. Progress towards sustainability can be achieved through systems of management that minimise negative side-effects whilst maximising positive side-effects. Understanding and balancing the potential benefits and risks of existing and new agricultural technologies play an important part in this context. The SIG will aim to increase exchange of information on entomology-related aspects of these complex issues and to raise the profile of insects as an important component of farmland biodiversity. Subjects to be covered include e.g. potential effects of novel crops (e.g. GM crops and energy crops) and the impacts of environmental stewardship schemes on insects.

Convenors

Documents

  • 2024 Sustainable Agriculture: Innovations in research and practice

    This meeting will covered all aspects of entomology for sustainable agriculture but specifically focused on recent innovations in how we manage and monitor insects, and the translation of these innovations into agricultural practice. Alongside invited talks from some exceptional leading researchers across these topics, attendees were invited to bring and present portable equipment linked to their work in an innovative spin on traditional poster sessions.

    Welcoming Keynote speakers Sam Cook (Rothamsted Research), James Kitson (FERA Science Ltd) and Kirsten Miller (Environment Strategy Directorate, DEFRA).

     

    Read more about the meeting:

    2024Sustainable Agriculture: Innovations in research and practice – Royal Entomological Society