Dr Anthony Millington
BSc (Hon); PhDPostdoctoral Research Associate
Researcher Profile
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the at ÁÕÀÅÊÓÆµ and I work with members of the team, collaborators and stakeholders to carry out systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses for decision makers.
- Experience of conducting evidence syntheses (e.g. systematic maps, rapid evidence assessments and quick scoping reviews)
- PhD research: to determine the effect of differing soil management strategies on crop growth and yield. Included investigation of the changes in soil porosity, pore distribution and connectivity resulting from the differing traffic and tillage treatments using X-ray Computed Tomography.
Selected examples of evidence review awards (funder in brackets)
- 2023 Quick Scoping Review (QSR) of the value of mob/holistic grazing regimes used to support management of historic and ecological assets (Natural England)
- 2023 The potential impact on the prevalence of cereal seed and soil borne diseases due to removal of fungicidal seed treatments or the use of alternative approaches: A rapid evidence review. (Bayer AG: Crop Science Division)
- 2021 Food and feed safety vulnerabilities in circular economy (EFSA)
- 2018 Food waste management in the food retail sector (European Commission and Government of The People’s Republic of China)
- 2015 How effective are on-farm mitigation measures for delivering an improved water environment? A systematic map (NERC, Defra WT0965).
- 2014 ‘Quick Scoping Review’ to review the impact of pesticides used for amenity purposes on controlled waters (Defra WT1546).
- 2014 How effective are farmland interventions for reducing Faecal Indicator Organisms (FIOs) in bathing and shellfish waters (especially Escherichia Coli and Intestinal Enterococci) coming from river catchments? A quick scoping review (Defra).
Academic Department: Agriculture and Environment
Research: Centre for Evidence-Based Agriculture (CEBA)
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Publications
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Other publications
- Millington, A. and Misiewicz, P. (2025) A guide to reducing soil compaction
- Millington, A. (2025) A review of potential sources of funding for wet farming on lowland peat in England. (Part of the Patchy Peat Solutions Project funded by the Environment Agency)
- Millington, A. (2025) A review of the policy, legislation, and regulation of England’s water environment and the barriers to wet farming on lowland peat in England. (Part of the Patchy Peat Solutions Project funded by the Environment Agency)
- Huang, I.Y., Erskine, L., Millington, A. and Hill, N. (2025)
- James, K., Millington, A. and Randall, N. (2022) Food and feed safety vulnerabilities in the circular economy. EFSA Supporting Publications 19(3), p.7226E
- Huang, I.Y., Manning, L., Wood, V., James, K.L., Millington, A., Grigoriadis, V. and Ward, S. (2022) British Food Journal 124(10), pp. 3201-3219
- Godwin, R.J., White, D.R., Dickin, E.T., Kaczorowska-Dolowy, M., Millington, W.A., Pope, E.K. and Misiewicz, P.A (2022) The effects of traffic management systems on the yield and economics of crops grown in deep, shallow and zero tilled sandy loam soil over eight years Soil and Tillage Research 223
- Huang, I.Y., Manning, L., James, K.L., Grigoriadis, V., Millington, A., Wood, V. and Ward, S. (2021) Food waste management: a review of retailers’ business practices and their implications for sustainable value. Journal of Cleaner Production 285, p.125484
- Millington, W.A.J (2019) The effect of low ground pressure and controlled traffic farming systems on soil properties and crop development for three tillage systems. (Doctoral thesis, ÁÕÀÅÊÓÆµ)
- Misiewicz, P., Godwin, R.J., Millington, W.A.J, Smith, E.K., White, D.R., Dickin, E.T. and Chaney, K. (2018) Summary of the effects of three tillage and three traffic systems on cereal yields over a five-year rotation in the UK. 21st International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO) Conference, Paris, France, 24-27 September, 2018
- Millington, A., Misiewicz, P., Dickin, E., White, D. Mooney, S. and Godwin, R. (2018) Application of X-ray Computed Tomography to investigate the effect of alternative traffic and tillage systems on soil physical properties. 21st International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO) Conference, Paris, France, 24-27 September, 2018
- Millington, W. A., Misiewicz, P. A., White, D. R., Dickin, E. T., Mooney, S. J. and Godwin, R. J. (2018) How to relate X-ray Computed Tomography derived porosities to physical soil porosity in a randomised 3x3 factorial traffic and tillage field experiment. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 29 July - 01 August, 2018, p. 1801651.
- Godwin, R.J., Misiewicz, P.A., Smith, E.K., Millington, W.A., White, D.R., Dickin, E.T. and Chaney, K., (2017) Summary of the effects of three tillage and three traffic systems on cereal yields over a four-year rotation. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Spokane, Washington, USA, 16-19 July, 2017, p. 1701652.
- Millington, W.A., Misiewicz, P.A., White, D.R., Dickin, E.T., Mooney, S.J. and Godwin, R.J. (2017) An investigation into the effect of traffic and tillage on soil properties using X-ray computed tomography. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Spokane, Washington, USA, 16-19 July, 2017, p. 1700380.
- Godwin, R.J., Misiewicz, P.A., Smith, E.K., Millington, W.A.J., White, D.R., Dickin, E.T. and Chaney, K. (2017) Summary of the effects of three tillage and three traffic systems on cereal yields over a four-year rotation. Aspects of Applied Biology 134, pp. 233-242.
- Millington, W.A., Misiewicz, P.A., Dickin, E.T, White, D.R, and Godwin, R.J. (2016) An investigation into the effect of soil compaction and tillage on plant growth and yield of winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). ASABE Annual International Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA, 17-20 July, 2016, p. 162461725.
- James, K. Randall, N.P. and Millington, A. (2014) (Final report WT1546. DEFRA.)
- Millington, A. and Randall, N.P. (2014) How effective are farmland interventions for reducing Faecal Indicator Organisms (FIOs) in bathing and shellfish waters (especially Escherichia Coli and Intestinal Enterococci) coming from river catchments? A quick scoping review. (Centre for Evidence Based Agriculture, ÁÕÀÅÊÓÆµ. )
Research projects
- Critical review of slurry storage ammonia emissions and their mitigation - Researcher
- Impact of agri-environmental schemes and the emerging biodiversity and carbon credit markets on farm resilience - Researcher
- Innovations in arable cultivation systems and their impacts on buried heritage assets. A Quick Scoping Review - Researcher
- Patchy Peat Solutions Project - Researcher
- The effect of low ground pressure and controlled traffic farming systems on soil properties and crop development for three tillage systems - Researcher
- Value of mob grazing to support historic and ecological asset management - Researcher