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 UK, 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 UK Farming Innovation Programme 鈥淒eveloping floatovoltaics for agriculture鈥� with TeamAg (UK), Dyson Farming, Polybell Farms and Achelous Energy.
2023-24: Co-Investigator: Innovate UK Farming Innovation Programme 鈥淒evelopment of a prototype rainwater harvesting decision support tool to reduce water and climate-related risks in UK agriculture鈥� with Berryworld UK.
2022-23: Co-Investigator 鈥淧rototype planning tool for green hydrogen generation and use in UK agriculture鈥� Impact Accelerator Account EPSRC
Author of 100 peer-reviewed journal papers; Scopus h-index: 31; Google Scholar h-index: 40.
Clients
UK Research Councils, including NERC and BBSRC.
UK Government departments including Defra and DFID.
European Commission (H2020) and DG Environment.
Environment Agency (EA)
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), including UK Potato Council (PCL) and Horticulture Development Company (HDC).
UN FAO
UK and international agri-businesses
