Agriculture and Food Investigation Team (AFIT)

Rural Business Research (RBR)	Farm Business Survey (FBS)
Farm Business Survey Centres	AFIT Publications and Results

About Us

The Agriculture and Food Investigation Team (AFIT) is located in the Department of Agricultural and Food Economics within the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development. It is one of seven members of Rural Business Research the largest specialist group of its kind in the UK, researching agriculture, business and the rural sector.

Our researchers are principally involved with the Farm Business Survey which is conducted over a large part of central Southern England and the West Midlands . The team has particular expertise in the economics of horticulture and poultry production.

Staff in AFIT

Name and Position	Email Address	Telephone
Director
Professor Bruce Traill BSc, PhD	w.b.traill@reading.ac.uk	0118 378 8389

Manager
Rod Vaughan NDA, MRAC	r.l.vaughan@reading.ac.uk	0118 378 8960

Researchers
Bob Arkell	r.b.arkell@reading.ac.uk	0118 378 6481
Richard Crane HND, DFM, MSc	r.t.crane@reading.ac.uk	0118 378 8963
Helen Davis NCFS	h.m.davis@reading.ac.uk	0118 378 6480
Zoe Penrose BSc	z.m.penrose@reading.ac.uk	0118 378 8962
John Wright NDD	j.wright@reading.ac.uk	0118 378 8961

Clerical Officer
Christine Bradshaw	c.m.bradshaw@reading.ac.uk	0118 378 7426

Professor Bruce Traill is RBR Chair of Board of Directors
Rod Vaughan is RBR Operations Manager
Richard Crane is AFIT FBS Manager