Projects per year
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Profiles
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Mia Aitchison
- Agricultural Systems, Agriculture - Lecturer
- Scotland's Rural College - Lecturer
Person: Academic contract that is teaching only
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Carlos Alvarado
- Agricultural Systems, Regenerative Systems - Ed - Research Associate
- Scotland's Rural College - Research Associate
Person: Academic contract that is research only
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Rose Boyko
- Agricultural Systems, Regenerative Systems - Ed - Lecturer
- Scotland's Rural College - Lecturer
Person: Academic contract that is research only
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GrassConnect: Connecting actors to enhance multifunctionality in grass-based livestock sector through ecosystem service monitoring and informed decision-making
Watson, C. (PI), Topp, K. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI), Cole, L. (CoI), Ross, D. (Specialist) & Shaw, L. (Specialist)
1/09/26 → 28/02/31
Project: Research
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Farm carbon audits and regenerative farming practices in Scotland
Topp, K. (PI), Alvarado, C. (CoI), Naidu, T. (CoI), McNicol, L. (CoI), Murphy, S. (Consultant) & Cole, L. (Consultant)
21/08/26 → 26/03/27
Project: Research
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PhenoRuMP: Developing and validation of a rumen bolus for measuring methane
Duthie, C.-A. (CoPI), Roehe, R. (PI) & Miller, G. (CoPI)
1/08/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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A genetic analysis of lamb survival to different time points and reasons for lamb death
Hay, K., Lambe, N., Roden, J., Jarvis, S. & Dwyer, C. M., 11 Apr 2026, (First published) In: Animal - Open space. 5, 100131.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A genetic analysis of the causes of lamb mortality determined by an on-farm postmortem procedure
Hay, K., Lambe, N., Roden, J., Jarvis, S. & Dwyer, C. M., Mar 2026, In: Research in Veterinary Science. 200, p. 106032 106032.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anaerobic gut fungi Caecomyces communis, Neocallimastix frontalis and Piromyces spp. nov., have distinct effects on plant fibres during digestion.
Shen, S., Matthews, J., Li, S. & van Munster, J., 25 Mar 2026, (First published) In: Royal Society Open Science. 13, 3, 251684.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research Platform - InveN2Ory. Defra project number AC0116
Topp, K. (Contributor) & Rees, B. (Contributor), Freshwater Biological Association, 5 Apr 2017
http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/ghgno:676
Dataset
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KOunt.v1.1.0.tar.gz
Mattock, J. (Creator), Martínez-Álvaro, M. (Creator), Roehe, R. (Creator) & Watson, M. (Creator), Figshare, 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22250662.v1, https://figshare.com/articles/software/KOunt_v1_1_0_tar_gz/22250662/1
Dataset
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KOunt_databases_v1.tar
Mattock, J. (Creator), Martínez-Álvaro, M. (Creator), Roehe, R. (Creator) & Watson, M. (Creator), Figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21269715, https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/KOunt_databases_v1_tar/21269715
Dataset
Prizes
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Awarded Professorship in Agricultural Ecology
McCracken, D. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Other distinction
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Activities
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VTEC 2026 conference
Holden, N. (Organiser)
10 May 2026 → 13 May 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) (External organisation)
Watson, C. (Member)
2026 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of board
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Setting the wider agricultural, land use and forestry context
McCracken, D. (Speaker)
27 Jan 2026Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Press/Media
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Britain's protected birds of prey still being shot, trapped and poisoned, says RSPB
26/05/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Impacts
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Refined greenhouse gas reporting informs policy and mitigation measures to reduce emissions from agriculture
Rees, R. (Participant), Eory, V. (Participant), Topp, C. (Participant), Bell, M. (Participant), Jones, S. (Participant), Ball, B. (Participant), Cloy, J. (Participant) & Moran, D. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental
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Transforming genomic selection in commercial breeding programmes for pigs, dairy goats and poultry
Hickey, J. M. (Participant), Coffey, M. (Participant), Mrode, R. (Participant), Conington, J. (Participant), Woolliams, J. (Participant), Archibald, A. L. (Participant), Tenesa, A. (Participant), Kranis, A. (Participant) & Visscher, P. (Participant)
Impact: Technological
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