Published date: 4 May 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 26 May 2021, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_289806/1068067

Published date

4 May 2022

Closing date

26 May 2021

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

1 March 2022

Contract end date

28 February 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: ERA-NET Joint call on Circularity 2021

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Specialization, intensification and spatial separation of crop, livestock and forestry production systems have contributed to climate change and biodiversity loss. Integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems offer multiple opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of agricultural production systems. Circular systems have been proposed to increase resource use efficiency, particularly of scarce nutrients, in a more sustainable way than conventional systems. Therefore, bringing in circularity contributes to minimizing the environmental footprint of agriculture. A clear picture of potential synergies and trade-offs is required before prioritizing solutions. We will develop a matrix of (existing) indicators for effective quantification of the status of circularity within various integrated system case studies in four European countries (Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and UK) and three South American countries (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay). Contrasting scenarios of carbon, nutrients, water, and biomass flows will be simulated in the case studies through the application of process-based models such as manure-DNDC. This analysis will return the predictions trajectories at farm level to redesign systems towards more complete local circularity within crop-livestock-forestry integrated systems.

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Award information

Awarded date

2 May 2022

Contract start date

1 March 2022

Contract end date

28 February 2025

Total value of contract

£100,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The James Hutton Institute

Address

Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

XX XX

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

+443001234500

Email

procurement@defra.gov.uk