We are long-standing evaluation advisors to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) which is the R&D agency for most UK agricultural sectors. We helped design and implement the evaluation process which demonstrates return on investment to the levy payers who support the R&D work. We have also independently evaluated major complex AHDB programmes including:
- Recommended Lists – farmers using data to select optimum varieties in cereals and oilseeds
- Farmbench – farmers using benchmarking data to identify opportunities to save costs
- Exporting – support for UK businesses to develop exports in livestock and dairy
- Monitoring Contaminants – providing data about what goes into UK food and feed to help avoid food scares and mitigate any consumer concerns about what is in food-based products
- PhD Studentships – delivering applied scientific developments and skills through PhDs
- Fungicide Performance – independent data on alternative fungicide strategies
AHDB also undertakes some evaluations internally – we have been contracted to provide around 12 independent validations of internal evaluations to date.