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Michael Winter is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Global and Planetary Change, Speech and Hearing, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The main topics of Michael Winter's work cover a range of issues related to agriculture, rural development, and sustainability. These include:

  • Rural development and sustainability
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Agriculture and Farm Safety
  • Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Michael Winter has authored multiple recent papers contributing to scholarly discourse across various journals. Notable publications include:

  • Agriculture 4.0: Making it work for people, production, and the planet (2020), published in Land Use Policy
  • Assessment of the growth in social groups for sustainable agriculture and land management (2020), published in Global Sustainability
  • A practical conservation tool to combine diverse types of evidence for transparent evidence-based decision-making (2021), published in Conservation Science and Practice
  • The role of the livestock auction mart in promoting help-seeking behavior change among farmers in the UK (2022), published in BMC Public Health
  • Understanding the roles of economy and society in the relative risks of zoonosis emergence from livestock (2024), published in Royal Society Open Science

Their research output also includes book publications predominantly through Bristol University Press eBooks, where they have released four editions of Feeding People in a Crisis in 2024. Additionally, Michael Winter has contributed to other academic books such as The Real Agricultural Revolution (2021), published by Boydell UK eBooks and Boydell and Brewer eBooks.

Frequent collaborators in Michael Winter's research efforts include:

  • Matt Lobley
  • Catherine Broomfield
  • Steven Guilbert
  • Timothy Wilkinson
  • Paul Brassley

Michael Winter's publications appear in a range of venues, with multiple works published by Bristol University Press eBooks. Other publication outlets include:

  • Land Use Policy
  • Global Sustainability
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • BMC Public Health

Best Publications

  • Embeddedness, the new food economy and defensive localism

    Michael Winter

  • Local food, food miles and carbon emissions: a comparison of farm shop and mass distribution approaches.

    David A Coley;Mark Howard;Michael Winter

  • Conceptualising cultural ecosystem services: A novel framework for research and critical engagement

    Robert Fish;Andrew Church;Michael Winter

  • Conceptualizing agriculture: a critique of post-productivism as the new orthodoxy:

    Nick Evans;Carol Morris;Michael Winter

  • Decision support tools for agriculture: Towards effective design and delivery

    David C. Rose;William J. Sutherland;Caroline Parker;Matt Lobley

  • Agriculture: Steps to sustainable livestock

    Mark C. Eisler;Michael R. F. Lee;Michael R. F. Lee;John F. Tarlton;Graeme B. Martin

  • UK National Ecosystem Assessment:understanding nature's value to society. Synthesis of key findings

    R. Watson;S. Albon;R. Aspinall;M. Austen

  • Rural Politics: Policies for Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment

    Michael Winter

  • UK National Ecosystem Assessment:Technical report

    R Watson;S Albon;R Aspinall;M Austen

  • Agriculture 4.0: Making it work for people, production, and the planet

    David Christian Rose;Rebecca Wheeler;Michael Winter;Matt Lobley

  • Geographies of food: agro-food geographies making reconnections:

    Michael Winter

  • Renewable energy policy and public perceptions of renewable energy: A cultural theory approach

    J. West;I. Bailey;M. Winter

  • Integrated farming systems: the third way for European agriculture?

    Carol Morris;Michael Winter

  • Gender relations and farm household pluriactivity

    Ruth Gasson;Michael Winter

  • Valuing local knowledge as a source of expert data: Farmer engagement and the design of decision support systems

    David M. Oliver;Rob D. Fish;Michael Winter;Chris J. Hodgson

  • Making space for cultural ecosystem services: Insights from a study of the UK nature improvement initiative

    Robert Fish;Andrew Church;Cheryl Willis;Michael Winter

  • Food miles: time for a re‐think?

    David A Coley;Mark Howard;Michael Winter

  • UK National Ecosystem Assessment follow-on: work package report 5: cultural ecosystem services and indicators

    Andrew Church;Rob Fish;Roy Haines-Young;S. Mourato

  • The multi-disciplinary evaluation of a national agri-environment scheme

    P D Carey;Christopher J Short;C Morris;J Hunt

  • Environmentally sensitive areas: Incrementalism or reform?

    David Baldock;Graham Cox;Philip Lowe;Michael Winter

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynn V. Dicks
Lynn V. Dicks University of Cambridge
Les G. Firbank
Les G. Firbank University of Leeds
David R. Chadwick
David R. Chadwick Bangor University
Jules Pretty
Jules Pretty University of Essex
Roy Haines-Young
Roy Haines-Young University of Nottingham
Jacquelin Burgess
Jacquelin Burgess University of East Anglia
Adrian L. Collins
Adrian L. Collins Rothamsted Research
Michael R. F. Lee
Michael R. F. Lee Harper Adams University
William J. Sutherland
William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge
Nicholas Evans
Nicholas Evans Australian National University

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