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	Climate Change     -   Farming Futures  -   Warwick HRI  -   HGCA Conference, Arable Cropping in a Changing Climate  -   HGCA Research  -   Greenhouse Gas Calculator Renewables    Sustainable land management    HGCA Research There are a number of research projects funded by HGCA that have relevance to climate change. Climate Change 3214 Adapting wheat to global warming 3233 Improving water use efficiency and drought tolerance in UK winter wheats Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of agriculture 2979 Genetic reduction of energy use and emissions of nitrogen in cereal production (GREEN grain) 3084 Optimising fertiliser nitrogen levels for modern cereal crops 3116 Breeding oilseed rape with a low requirement for nitrogen fertiliser 3287 Better estimation of the efficiency of use of soil nitrogen 3169 Reducing the risk of diffuse pollution by improved assessment of the nutrient content in farm manures and biosolids (Details of this project will be available soon) 3211 Predicting grain protein in order to assure breadmaking quality and minimise diffuse pollution from wheat production (Details of this project will be available soon) Publications Project Report No. 422 - Effects of compost on yields of winter wheat and barley, sugar beet, onion and swede in the fourth and fifth years of a rotation Industrial uses section  (for projects relating to renewables to replace petroleum bases products) Bioethanol greenhouse gas calculator
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