A Lighter Touch (ALT), the pan-industry project to reduce agrichemical use, is running a series of webinars about enhancing agroecosystems. Dr Charles Merfield (“Merf”), head of the BHU Future Farming Centre at Lincoln University, will be presenting the concepts of agroecology with examples of crop protection and the different forms of biological control with a focus on conservation biocontrol.
The three 45 minute webinars will cover:
- Tuesday 17 May 11am – Introduction and explainer of agroecology
- Tuesday 14 June 11am – Introduction and explainer of biocontrol
- Wednesday 13 July 11am – How ALT have applied this agroecosystem enhancement and biocontrol theory in the Gisborne citrus project.
No registration is necessary – the link to each webinar can be found below. Each webinar will be uploaded to the ALT website after the presentation date.