Simon Moakes

Simon Moakes

Research Fellow

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My research focus is improving the sustainability of farm systems. During the last 20 years I have worked in both the UK and Switzerland, and with partners across the globe to develop and apply a variety of methods including farm system modelling, carbon footprinting, lifecycle analysis, nutrient dynamics, economics and wider holistic methods. I work within multiple European and nationally funded projects to develop improved methods for assessing the diverse nature of agroecological innovations through farm system modelling linked to LCA indicators. My current work includes developing and assessing sustainable pathways for European livestock systems within the EU-Pathways project, creating improved legume based ruminant systems in the UK, as well as contributing towards meeting the multiple objectives of achieving Net Zero, reducing nitrogen losses and improving biodiversity, whilst maintaining high productivity through Land Use Net Zero projects. I am also happy to contribute to Agricultural Systems journal as an editorial advisory board member.

Current projects include:

Pathways for transitions to sustainability in livestock husbandry and food systems (PATHWAYS) - https://pathways-project.com/

Land Use for Net Zero - LUNZ Grassland Resilience for Net Zero - https://lunzhub.com/projects/grasslands/

Land Use for Net Zero - LUNZ Hub - https://lunzhub.com/

Optimising nitrogen from legumes to reduce emissions in grassland farming (NUE-Leg) - https://nueleg.org/

 

Recently completed projects:

Multi-actor and transdisciplinary development of efficient and resilient MIXED farming and agroforestry systems (MIXED) -https://projects.au.dk/mixed

 

Publications

Pelaracci, S, Goglio, P, Moakes, S, Knudsen, MT, Van Mierlo, K, Adams, N, Maxime, F, Maresca, A, Romero-Huelva, M, Waqas, MA, Smith, LG, Oudshoorn, FW, Nemecek, T, De Camillis, C, Grossi, G & Smith, W 2025, 'Harmonizing soil carbon simulation models, emission factors and direct measurements used in LCA of agricultural systems', Agricultural Systems, vol. 227, 104361. 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104361
Goglio, P, Moakes, S, Knudsen, MT, Van Mierlo, K, Adams, N, Maxime, F, Maresca, A, Romero-Huelva, M, Waqas, MA, Smith, LG, Grossi, G, Smith, W, De Camillis, C, Nemecek, T, Tei, F & Oudshoorn, FW 2024, 'Harmonizing methods to account for soil nitrous oxide emissions in Life Cycle Assessment of agricultural systems', Agricultural Systems, vol. 219, 104015. 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104015
Weiner, M, Moakes, S, Raya-Sereno, MD & Cooper, J 2024, 'Legume-based crop rotations as a strategy to mitigate fluctuations in fertilizer prices? A case study on bread wheat genotypes in northern Spain using life cycle and economic assessment', European Journal of Agronomy, vol. 159, 127267. 10.1016/j.eja.2024.127267
Heidenreich, A, Muller, A, Oggiano, P, Pfeifer, C, Moakes, S, Six, J & Stolze, M 2024, 'Model-based agricultural landscape assessments: A review', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 19, no. 7, 073005. 10.1088/1748-9326/ad57d3
Moakes, S & Oggiano, P 2024, Performance of mixed and agroforestry systems: Deliverable 5.1.
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