Renewables

Renewable materials  have the potential to make a positive contribution to reducing reliance on fossil fuels and cutting carbon dioxide emissions.

HGCA funds research which looks at developing the market and optimising UK feedstock availability.

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Renewable materials

• biopolymers
• biofuels
• biorefinery
• biolubricants
• R&D projects

National Non-Food Crops Centre

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Greenhouse Gas Action Plan

AHDB is a Partner in GHGAP

Over the next 40 years, the global food system will have to feed more people with less impact.  This will mean providing a higher quality diet whilst dealing with greater competition for land, water and energy and the economic and political pressures of globalisation as the climate changes. 

Our farmers and growers will need to adapt to the changing conditions alongside reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  Greenhouse gases are an inevitable consequence of food production, and the challenge of reducing them whilst increasing food production is huge.

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Biodiversity

Climate change

HGCA is involved in several initiatives that aim to help growers understand how their businesses may be affected by climate change. 

The Farming Futures project communicates the impacts and opportunities of climate change. HGCA's participation is co-ordinated through the Agriculture and Horticulture Research Forum.

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The Carbon Labelling Project

HGCA is a partner in this first European carbon labelling initiative which will help in meeting greenhouse gas reduction and biofuel targets of the European Union, reduce petroleum dependence and help to combat climate change.

http://www.co₂star.eu/

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