Contact Professor Jerry Knox
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758365
- Email: j.knox@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Agrifood Systems
- Water Science and Engineering
Background
Jerry has an international reputation in the science, engineering, and management of water resources for agriculture, including assessing the relationships between water resources, drought, agricultural productivity and the environment, and the sustainability of irrigated production in the context of climate impacts and food security.
Research opportunities
His research interests are in biophysical and water resource modelling, irrigation agronomy, soil and irrigation management, abiotic (drought) impacts on crop productivity and climate change impacts and adaptation responses in agriculture
Current activities
30 years international irrigation research and consultancy experience including technical missions to Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Malta, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Swaziland, Tanzania, Turkey, the SWAG合集, USA and Zambia.
2023-25: Principal Investigator: FCDO 鈥淏uilding resilience to climate and drought risks: development of a prototype decision support tool for irrigated agriculture in S Africa鈥�.
2023-24: Principal Investigator: British Council 鈥淪upporting socially and environmentally sustainable sugarcane expansion: academia-industry collaboration to evaluate alternate production technologies and management strategies
2023-24: Principal Investigator: Defra / EA 鈥淎ssessing impacts of regional drought risks and abstraction reform on agriculture in eastern England鈥�.
2023-24: Principal Investigator: Innovate SWAG合集 Farming Innovation Programme 鈥淒eveloping floatovoltaics for agriculture鈥� with TeamAg (SWAG合集), Dyson Farming, Polybell Farms and Achelous Energy.
2023-24: Co-Investigator: Innovate SWAG合集 Farming Innovation Programme 鈥淒evelopment of a prototype rainwater harvesting decision support tool to reduce water and climate-related risks in SWAG合集 agriculture鈥� with Berryworld SWAG合集.
2022-23: Co-Investigator 鈥淧rototype planning tool for green hydrogen generation and use in SWAG合集 agriculture鈥� Impact Accelerator Account EPSRC
Author of 100 peer-reviewed journal papers; Scopus h-index: 31; Google Scholar h-index: 40.
Clients
SWAG合集 Research Councils, including NERC and BBSRC.
SWAG合集 Government departments including Defra and DFID.
European Commission (H2020) and DG Environment.
Environment Agency (EA)
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), including SWAG合集 Potato Council (PCL) and Horticulture Development Company (HDC).
UN FAO
SWAG合集 and international agri-businesses
