AMPHoRA: Investigating air pollution controls from agriculture to protect heath

AMPHoRA = Assessing Mitigation Pathways to Realise Public Health Benefits of Air Pollutant Emission Reductions from Agriculture

What contribution can emission reductions from agricultural production make to improving public health in the UK?

The key aims of this project are to evaluate the health impact of food and agriculture strategies in the UK aimed at improving outdoor  air  pollution,  and  how  to  align  them  with  strategies  for  reducing  chronic  disease  and  improving environmental sustainability, including reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, and to understand barriers and opportunities for rapid implementation of policies at scale.

Primary outputs will comprise scientific publications in peer-reviewed literature. These publications will draw from the substantial datasets generated by the project, which will be documented and stored in in UKCEH’s Environmental Information Data Centre for use by the wider scientific community after the conclusion of the project.

Outputs will also include reports and a novel, well-documented framework for the integrated, comprehensive assessment of environmental and public health benefits of interventions, as well as plain-English reports and accessible information materials for Focus Group events and to contribute to wider dissemination and engagement.

End of the project  

30th June 2023 - the AMPHoRA project has now ended and a project report will be published in the coming months. The project team would like to thank stakeholders and those that provided input to the project.

Sister project

Our sister project, AIM-HEALTH: Effectiveness of agricultural interventions to minimise the health impacts of air pollution, is funded by the same call from the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

Project partners

Funded by

This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research’s Public Health Research Programme (Project number 129440). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Prof. Stefan Reis

Principal Investigator

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Stefan Reis

 

Dr. Ulrike Dragosits

Work Package 3 Lead

 

Edward Carnell

Spatial Data Analyst

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Edward Carnell

 

Angelica Orsi

Project Manager

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Angelica Orsi

 

Dr. Massimo Vieno

Work Package 3 Lead

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Massimo Vieno

Mind the Gap

Dr. Megan Jones

Work Package 6 Lead

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Megan Jones

Dr. Scott Jones

Work Package 6 Lead

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Scott Jones

London school of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Ai Milojevic

Work Package 4 Lead

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Ai Milojevic

Dr. James Milner

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James Milner

Dr. Rosemary Green

Work Package 2Lead

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Rosemary Green

Rothamsted Research

Prof. Tom Misselbrook

Work Package 1 Lead

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Tom Misselbrook

The University of Edinburgh

Dr. Ryan Wereski

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Ryan Wereski

Dr. Mark Miller

Work Package 4 Task Lead

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Mark Miller

EMRC

Dr. Mike Holland

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Mike Holland

Previous project partners

Dr. Paul Wilkinson

Work Package 4 Lead (LSHTM)

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Paul Wilkinson

Prof. Alan Dangour

Work Package 2 Lead (LSHTM)

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Alan Dangour

Josie Williams

Project Manager (UKCEH)

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Josie Williams