Dr Alan Hopkins

Associate

Alan Hopkins has contributed to research with the Centre for Rural Policy Research through his previous employment at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research and became an Honorary Research Associate in 2006. His background spans the environmental, agronomic and policy aspects of agricultural land management, particularly grassland. His research and review papers include work on farm surveys, low input and organic faming, sustainable land management, habitat restoration, agri-environment policies and nature conservation, and the implications of climate change for agriculture. He is currently contributed to research in the CRPR on organic farming markets and on sustainability indicators in the south-west England region.