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Alternative business models - wetter farming and land management on an

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

Buyer Address: SEACOLE BUILDING, LONDON, SW1P3JR, England

Contact Email: Network.procurement@defra.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
70000.0 GBP
Published
12 Nov 2025, 10:31
Deadline
28 Oct 2025, 12:00
Contract Start
29 Oct 2025, 00:00
Contract End
31 Mar 2026, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Harper Adams University
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

The principal aim of this project is to provide a number of farm-by-farm (or land holdings) economic assessments of how land management that favours the restoration of lowland raised bogs and functionally linked land (likely involving a period of ecohydrological restoration), could be undertaken in an economically viable way, using any available means of funding and income generation. Contract awarded by Defra.

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Opportunity Context

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