Francis Rayns

Assistant Professor, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience
Honorary CAFS Associate, Faculty of Business & Law

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6878-7629

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Research Interests

Sustainable management of soil fertility, particularly concerning the use of green manure crops and the utilisation of waste materials in the form of soil amendments such as compost, anaerobic digestate and biochar for field applications and in growing media. I am also interested in intercropping, the use of heritage vegetable varieties (particularly legumes) alternatives to the use of plastics in agriculture and citizen science as a method for improving agricultural practice.

Education/Academic qualification

Biotechnology, Doctorate, De Montfort University

Applied Biology (BSc), Degree, University College of North Wales

External positions

Honorary Associate, Garden Organic

Keywords

SB Plant culture
Organic agriculture
Soil fertility
Crop varieties
Utilisation of wastes
Citizen science

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Organic-PLUS: Pathways to phase-out contentious inputs from organic agriculture in Europe
Schmutz, U., Burbi, S., Conroy, J., Evans, A. & Rayns, F.
1/05/18 → 30/04/22
Project: Research

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WASTE FEW ULL: Waste Food-Energy-Water Urban Living Lab - Mapping and Reducing Waste in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Charlesworth, S., Schmutz, U., Fried, J., Rayns, F. & Van De Wiel, M.
1/06/18 → 31/05/21
Project: Research

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TRansition to sUs: Circular and short-chain economic structures for transitioning to sustainable and profitable legume-based food and feed systems
Smith, B. & Rayns, F.
1/04/17 → 31/03/21
Project: Research

992 Citations
7 h-Index
14 Article
4 Commissioned report
3 Other report
3 Conference proceeding
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Effects of long-term (42 years) tillage sequence on soil chemical characteristics in a dryland farming system
Tshuma, F., Rayns, F., Labuschagne, J., Bennett, J. & Swanepoel, P. A., Aug 2021, In: Soil and Tillage Research. 212, 9 p., 105064.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
New plastics in agriculture: Output of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group 'Reducing the plastic footprint of agriculture' Minipaper C
Rayns, F., Carranca, C., Miličić, V., Fonteyne, K., Peñalva, C., Hernandez, A., Pereira, R., Accinelli, C. & Zlatar, K., 2021, 16 p. EIP-AGRI Focus Group - European Commission.
Research output: Other contribution
Secondary sources of plastic contamination: Output of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group 'Reducing the plastic footprint of agriculture' Minipaper E
Cornelis, G., Accinelli, C., Rayns, F., Fonteyene, K. & Miličić, V., 2021, 14 p. EIP-AGRI Focus Group - European Commission.
Research output: Other contribution
The actual uses of plastics in agriculture across EU: An overview and the environmental problems: Output of EIP-AGRI Focus Group 'Reducing the footprint of plastic in agriculture' Minipaper A
Pereira, R., Hernandez, A., James, B., LeMoine, B., Carranca, C., Rayns, F., Cornelis, G., Erälinna, L., Czech, L. & Picuno, P., 2021, 16 p. EIP-AGRI Focus Group - European Commission.
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‘Hell or high water’: Good farming and environmental care as contested practices in the implementation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Wales
Franklin, A., Udall, D., Schmutz, U. & Rayns, F., 1 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 83, p. 146-154 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review