Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the AFRC Modellers' Group

1994 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-165
Author(s):  
J. France

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, is sponsored by the Agricultural and Food Research Council. It was formed in 1970, and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The twenty-fourth meeting of the group, chaired by Dr M. A. Scaife of Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, was held in the Wellcome Meeting Room at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 8 October 1993, when the following papers were read.

1993 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. France

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, is sponsored by the Agricultural and Food Research Council. It was formed in 1970, and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The twenty-third meeting of the group, chaired by P. H. Nye of the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford, was held in the Wellcome Meeting Room at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 7 May 1993, when the following papers were read.


1992 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. France

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, is sponsored by the Agricultural and Food Research Council. It was formed in 1970, and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The twenty-second meeting of the group, chaired by Professor J. M. Forbes of the Department of Animal Physiology and Nutrition at the University of Leeds, was held in the Wellcome Meeting Room at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 10 April 1992, when the following papers were read.


1996 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
J. France

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, is sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. It was formed in 1970, and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The twenty-eighth meeting of the group, chaired by Dr. D. A. Rose of the Department of Agricultural & Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, was held in the Wellcome Meeting Room at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 29 March 1996, when the following papers were read.


1994 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-154
Author(s):  
J. France

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, is sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. It was formed in 1970, and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The twenty-fifth meeting of the group, chaired by Dr T. M. Addiscott of the Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted Experimental Station, was held in the Wellcome Meeting Room at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 15 April 1994, when the following papers were read.


1997 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
J. FRANCE

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, is sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. It was formed in 1970, and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The twenty-ninth meeting of the group, chaired by Professor R. H. Ellis of the Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, was held in the Wellcome Meeting Room at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 21 March 1997, when the following papers were read.


1995 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-163
Author(s):  
J. France

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, is sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. It was formed in 1970, and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The twenty-sixth meeting of the group, chaired by Professor R. J. Wilkins of the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke, was held in the Wellcome Meeting Room at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 7 April 1995, when the following papers were read.


1996 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
J. France

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, is sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. It was formed in 1970, and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The twenty-seventh meeting of the group, chaired by Professor D. E. Beever of the Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, was held in the Wellcome Meeting Room at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 13 October 1995, when the following papers were read.


1998 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. FRANCE

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, was formed in 1970 and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The thirtieth meeting of the group, chaired by G. J. S. Ross of the Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted, was held in the Wellcome Meeting Room at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 3 April 1998, when the following papers were read.


2021 ◽  
pp. 007327532199291
Author(s):  
Martino Lorenzo Fagnani

This article analyzes Italian research and experimentation on the economic potential of certain plant species in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, also providing insight into beekeeping and honey production. It focuses on continuity of method and progress across regimes and on the invisibility of many of the actors involved in the development of agricultural science and food research. Specifically, “continuity” refers to the continuation of certain threads of Old-Regime experimentation by the scientific apparatus put in place during the Napoleonic era. These threads were reworked and strengthened with the new means available to Frenchified Europe. The concept of “invisibility” derives from an expression by Steven Shapin and refers to actors who contributed to the development of agricultural science while remaining in the shadows. These include various types of technicians and members of rural society who supported the scientific work of scholars without receiving overt recognition. Continuity and invisibility were therefore two fundamental components both in the epistemological development of agricultural science and in the improvement of food research. The article analyzes case studies mainly from northern Italy – or rather, the various geopolitical entities existing in this geographical region – during the late Old Regime and the Napoleonic era, comparing them with examples from all over Europe.


1951 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-276
Author(s):  
D. P. Cuthbertson

The Rowett Institute for research on animal nutrition had its origin under a scheme for promoting scientific research in agriculture adopted by the Development Commission in 1911.The Governing Body, which originally consisted of an equal number of members appointed by the Court of the University of Aberdeen and the Governors of the North of Scotland College of Agriculture, was constituted in 1913. Within recent years it has been expanded to include persons nominated by the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Agricultural Research Council, and the Medical Research Council. Research work was begun in temporary accommodation in Marischal College in 1914, under the direction of Dr John Boyd Orr—now Lord Boyd-Orr—who continued as Director until his retirement in 1945.


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