The NCS Project

The NCS Project

Nitrogen efficient plants for Climate Smart arable cropping systems (NCS)

Led by farmers, backed by science
The NCS project is a four-year £5.9m research programme led by PGRO with 17 partners. It aims to enable UK agriculture to bring about a reduction of 1.5Mt CO₂e per annum through increased pulse and legume cropping.
The ambition is to increase pulse and legume cropping in arable rotations to 20% across the UK from the current 5% and to replace 50% of imported soya meal used in livestock feed rations with home-grown legumes.
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