Dr Lydia Smith
2022
Head of NIAB Innovation Farm and Eastern AgriTech Innovation Hub. Dr Lydia Smith joined NIAB in 1997 and initially managed the expansion of research across NIAB groups. She established and ran the Novel and Non Food Crops area, which remains an important part of NIAB’s work. With a BSc. in Botany from the University of Sheffield, an MSc, from Reading University and a PhD from the University of East London. She spent postdoctoral periods at UEA and Luton University, with periods lecturing in soil/environmental science at the University of Luton and in reclamation science on M.Sc. courses at the University of East London.
My Sessions
How Do We Enhance The Domestic Supply Chain For Hemp Whilst Measuring & Recording The Environmental Impact?
Nathaniel Loxley
Dr Lydia Smith
Camilla Hayselden-Ashby
Prof Robert Simmons
Nick Voase
Glyn Mitchell
Hemp is experiencing a global renaissance. Governments and industry are waking up to its positive impacts and uses in textiles, construction, food and more. It is an environmentally and economically sustainable agricultural crop that could provide a solution to many of the UK challenges in this modern landscape. But there are various barriers to a […]