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29th - Horticulture LINK 2004 - A special partnering event to be held on 27 February 2004
10th - Assuring the Quality of Research - If you are interested in peer reviewing Defra-funded science, please see these details.

3rd- Organic LINK Research - As part of the Organic Action Plan announced on 29 July 2002, Government committed to set aside £5 million over 5 years for LINK research on organic farming. The Organic Action Plan Group decided that this resource would be best managed within the existing LINK programmes rather than by establishing a separate Organic LINK Programme. Further Details.
3rd - Information on Exploitation of LINK Project Results

30th - New Publication : Review of the use of models in informing disease control policy development and adjustment.
26th - FoodLink - Updated calendar & new event
25th - New Site Link - Stockless Arable Organic Research - The Stockless Arable Organic Project at ADAS Terrington is funded by Defra (projects OF0318 and OF0322) in support of its policy objective of encouraging conversion to organic methods. The aim of the project is to assess the sustainability of arable organic production with particular focus on a stockless rotation on a fertile soil.
23rd - Sustainable Farming and Food Research Priorities Group - Details of the group's purpose and membership
23rd - Horizon Scanning Sub-Group - Two new papers
19th - Avian Influenza Sub-Group : Prompted by growing concern regarding the potential incursion of avian influenza into the UK, in May 2003 the CSA established the Avian Influenza Sub-Group.

30th - Delivering the Evidence - Defra's Science and Innovation Strategy (2003-06) has been published
Wildlife and Countryside Research Newsletter 2003 / 2004
8th - Defra, FSA, BBSRC & NERC have developed a Joint Code of Practice for Research, which is launched today
6th - Open meeting reviewing Defra funded research on Bio-Energy and Renewable Industrial Materials - New Contact Details
16th and 17th June 2003 Warwick Conferences, University of Warwick
An open meeting reviewing the Defra funded research programmes on Bioenergy and Renewable Industrial Materials will be held at Warwick Conference Centre on the 16th and 17th June 2003.
The review will consider whether the current projects are meeting the overall policy and scientific objectives of the programmes and will discuss future directions. Details of the research can be found at http://cbaforms.defra.gov.uk/aims.
The meeting will be open to the public. Anybody interested in attending should e-mail anne.phillips@aeat.co.uk detailing their name, organisation, and contact details.
We will be in touch with further details nearer the time. Spaces are limited so it will be on a first come, first serve basis.

23rd - About The Chief Scientific Adviser
Information about Howard Dalton FRS, our Chief Scientific Adviser, is now available.
15th - The Research Funding Paradox -
A meeting hosted by the SCI will be held on the 13th May in London on the research funding paradox. The meeting aims to investigate the funding opportunities that are available to industry from the UK government or the EU either independently or in collaboration with commercial enterprises, universities, 'blue-sky' and applied research organisations.
For further information on this meeting please go to http://www.soci.org/SCI/events/details.jsp?eventID=EV184
8th - Report of the Workshop on Farmed Fish Welfare.
4th - UK Country Report on Animal Genetic Resources. This has been updated, and now available here
3rd - Have your say in the future of the environmental sciences in the UK. Complete the questionnaire here.

31st - The DRAFT Defra Science and Innovation Strategy has been launched today.
28th - Review of HRI - Statement by Lord Whitty on the negotiations to determine the future of Horticulture Research International
4th - Review of HRI - Summary of the second Project Board
4th - Defra Science and Innovation Strategy: "Delivering the Evidence" - invitation to an open meeting to an open meeting on 7 April to launch the Strategy
4th - Information on the establishment of Defra's new Horizon Scanning Sub-Group (of the Defra Science Advisory Group)

19th - The SLP Guidance Notes have been updated
18th - Details of the Review of Defra's Bovine Tuberculosis Research programme are now available
17th - Defra's response to the Government's Cross-Cutting Review of Science and Research 2002
14th - More details on the Quinquennial Review of Horticulture Research International
11th - OPEN MEETING REVIEWING Defra FUNDED RESEARCH ON BIOENERGY AND RENEWABLE INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS
16th and 17th June 2003 Warwick Conferences, University of Warwick

An open meeting reviewing the Defra funded research programmes on Bioenergy and Renewable Industrial Materials will be held at Warwick Conference Centre on the 16th and 17th June 2003.

The review will consider whether the current projects are meeting the overall policy and scientific objectives of the programmes and will discuss future directions. Details of the research can be found at http://cbaforms.defra.gov.uk/aims .

The meeting will be open to the public. Anybody interested in attending should e-mail anne.phillips@aeat.co.uk detailing their name, organisation, and contact details.

We will be in touch with further details nearer the time. Spaces are limited so it will be on a first come, first serve basis.

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