Agriculture, Horticulture And Engineering Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2026

• 31 Active
• 58 Finished

Projects per year

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• Active

  CxC GHG emissions reduction targets in Scottish agriculture

  Eory, V., Rees, B., Barnes, A. & Topp, K.

  3/08/21 → 26/11/21

  Project: Research

  • emission reduction 100%
  • agriculture 97%

• Understanding farm level environmental indicators and economic performance

  Barnes, A., Toma, L., Eory, V., Rees, B., Topp, K., Glenk, K. & Knocker, L.

  15/07/21 → 25/02/22

  Project: Research

  • Business Survey 100%
  • Environmental Indicators 96%
  • Farm 83%
  • Environmental Economics 73%
  • Econometric Analysis 73%

• PAC: sheep methane recording technology platform

  Conington, J. & Lambe, N.

  21/05/21 → 20/05/22

  Project: Research

  • equipment maintenance and repair 100%
  • portable equipment 93%
  • methane 64%
  • sheep 45%
  • animals 27%

• GREEN-SHED_BEIS

  Duthie, C. & Farquhar, J.

  6/04/21 → 6/01/22

  Project: Research

  • cattle 100%
  • ruminant 84%
  • methane 75%
  • meat 69%
  • project 54%

• HoloRuminant: Understanding microbiomes of the ruminant holobiont.

  Dewhurst, R., Ferguson, H., Roehe, R. & Newbold, J.

  1/04/21 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

  • microbiome 100%
  • ruminants 88%
  • phenotype 24%
  • multiomics 18%
  • life events 17%

• IPM-N: Mapping information networks that influence farmer behaviours related to IPM adoption (MINIF)

  Meador, E. & Creissen, H.

  31/03/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • information network 100%
  • impact source 54%
  • social survey 53%
  • pest 41%
  • Contractors 35%

• Quantifying the relative nitrogen use efficiency of foliar and soil applied fertilizer

  Bingham, I., Reilly, Z. & Lindsay, P.

  1/03/21 → 3/03/23

  Project: Research

  • nutrient use efficiency 100%
  • spring barley 80%
  • fertilizers 79%
  • soil 75%
  • winter wheat 64%

• Scoping Study on the Opportunities and Barriers of Improved Forages for Livestock Sustainability and Productivity

  Watson, C., Newbold, J. & Topp, K.

  1/02/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • forage 100%
  • exercise 92%
  • livestock 80%
  • industry 64%

• SEFARI FELLOWSHIP with the Life Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group - Animal Health, Agritech and Aquaculture sub-group

  Bowen, J.

  11/01/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Other

  • Scotland 100%
  • aquaculture 80%
  • leadership 75%
  • animal health 61%
  • industry 41%

• GREENANIMO: STRENGTHENING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CAPACITY FOR GRAZING LIVESTOCK MEAT PRODUCTION IN BULGARIA THROUGH ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

  Haskell, M., Duthie, C., Roehe, R. & Lambe, N.

  5/01/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Bulgaria 100%
  • grazing intensity 96%
  • meat production 86%
  • livestock 61%
  • food production 30%

• IPM T&T: Environmental Land Management - Integrated Pest Management Test and Trial

  Creissen, H., Meador, E. & Evans, A.

  1/12/20 → 31/10/21

  Project: Other

  • integrated pest management 100%
  • land management 63%
  • trial 52%
  • behavior change 49%
  • growers 38%

• CalfQUOL: Development of a Health-Related Quality of Life Tool for Bovine Respiratory Disease in Calves

  Haskell, M., Duthie, C. & Mason, C.

  1/11/20 → 1/10/21

  Project: Research

  • bovine respiratory disease 100%
  • quality of life 71%
  • calves 66%
  • pets 10%
  • agricultural colleges 10%

• AHDB Strategic Cereal Farms 2021

  Hoad, S., Watson, C., Cole, L., Burnett, F., Riddell, I., Kinloch, F. & Melville, N.

  1/10/20 → 31/01/22

  Project: Other

  • farm 100%
  • farms 71%
  • farm programs 52%
  • Scotland 46%
  • cost-benefit analysis 31%

• WWC: The Winter Wheat Challenge

  Bingham, I., Hilton, A., Reynolds, A. & Hoad, S.

  1/09/20 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • agronomy 100%
  • funding 87%
  • decision making 80%
  • staff 77%
  • first-year student 65%

• Blunting the blows: using naturally-occurring variation in beak morphology to reduce pecking damage in laying hens

  Sandilands, V. & Struthers, S.

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • beak 100%
  • bones 69%
  • feather pecking 25%
  • hens 10%
  • phenotype 7%

• Climate Smart Cattle Farming: Development of novel technologies, solutions and systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in animal production systems

  Rees, B., Eory, V., Hargreaves, P. & Hoebe, P.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) Technologies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity of pasture-based cattle systems

  Dewhurst, R., Nicoll, L., Duthie, C., Broadbent, C., Miller, G., Bowen, J. & Ferguson, H.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Autums survey of wheat bulb fly incidence 2019-21

  Evans, A. & Dussart, F.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  16/09/19 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• ChickenStress MCSA

  Sandilands, V.

  European Commission

  1/06/19 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research

• South Asian Nitrogen Hub

  Rees, B., Eory, V., Glenk, K. & Begho, T.

  13/02/19 → 29/02/24

  Project: Research

• Encapsulated antimicrobial precursors for non-antibiotic treatment of MDRO in poultry Principal

  Houdijk, J., Whyte, F. & Sparks, N.

  Innovate UK (TSB QUARTERLY)

  1/02/19 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

• Legumes Translated

  Revoredo Giha, C., Topp, K., Dewhurst, R., Costa Font, M., MacPherson, L., Houdijk, J., Flockhart, J., Walker, R., Hargreaves, P., Lawson, D., Newbold, J., Fischer-Moller, M. & Watson, C.

  European Commission

  1/11/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • pollinator 100%
  • pollinating insects 79%
  • legumes 61%
  • agricultural land 60%
  • Syrphidae 38%

• Agronomic and disease control techniques to produce a profitable winter barley crop

  Creissen, H.

  MAINS OF LOIRSTON TRUST

  1/07/18 → 30/12/21

  Project: Research

• Agri CIEL - Re-defining nutrition standards for improving beef production efficiency

  Dewhurst, R., Miller, G. & Bowen, J.

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/03/18 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• Oilseed Rape Genetic Improvement Network OREGIN

  Burnett, F. & Havis, N.

  1/03/18 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• Dairy 4 Future - Propagating innovations for more resilient dairy farming in the Atlantic area

  Dewhurst, R., Ramsay, N., March, M., Hargreaves, P. & Ferguson, H.

  European Commission

  1/10/17 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

• Delivering the agricultural greenhouse gas and ammonia inventories and projections

  Wall, E., Pritchard, T., Archibald, I. & Rees, B.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  4/09/17 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

• The significance of plant interactions in the design of breeding programmes

  Hoad, S. & Scott, P.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research

• Orphan crops: conventional breeding versus genomic selection approaches. Understanding Issues and options to support food and nutritional security in Africa

  Hoad, S. & Bančič, J.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

• Soils Programme Research Partnership: Management for Soil Biology and Health

  Jones, S., Cloy, J., Hargreaves, P., Dussart, F., Watson, C., Parker, J. & Griffiths, B.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Inoculated disease trials: cereals and winter oilseed rape

  Havis, N., Gorniak, K., Yoxall, T., Burnett, F., Laing, A. & Fortune, J.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/07/16 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

• Finished

  Methane-inhibiting livestock feed supplements: review of net impacts, barriers to success and consumer acceptance

  Duthie, C., Newbold, J., Miller, G. & Vigors, B.

  8/02/21 → 8/08/21

  Project: Research

  • livestock feeds 100%
  • consumer acceptance 94%
  • methane 74%
  • feed additives 25%
  • food supply chain 21%

• EtT: Exploring the Twitterverse: Developing novel approaches to scaling the dissemination of expert knowledge on social media platforms in Scotland.

  Meador, E. & Creissen, H.

  1/12/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Soils 100%
  • Health 93%
  • agriculture 53%
  • farmer 37%
  • social network 33%

• NZL: Carbon net zero & UK livestock systems

  Rees, B., Buckingham, S., Dewhurst, R., Sykes, A. & Bell, J.

  1/05/20 → 31/08/20

  Project: Research

  • livestock 100%
  • carbon 49%
  • land use 29%

• Identifying research priorities for the use of Agri-tech to improve productivity efficiency and sustainability in beef & sheep livestock production systems

  Bowen, J.

  James Hutton Limited

  1/02/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• Effect of Alternative chemistry on Rcc growth

  Havis, N., Crawford, C., Fortune, J., Kasperek, C. & Swaney, J.

  UPL Europe Ltd

  16/12/19 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

• Review of evidence on Integrated Pest Management

  Creissen, H. & Evans, A.

  RSK ADAS Ltd

  17/10/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• SEFARI Fellowship with NFU Scotland

  Miller, G.

  James Hutton Limited

  23/09/19 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• Seed treatment and controlled condition experiment

  Havis, N., Crawford, C. & Dussart, F.

  Arysta LifeScience UK and Ireland

  14/06/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• Slurry Trial

  Lawson, D.

  1/04/19 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.1 Crop and grassland production and disease control

  Hoebe, P., Griffiths, B. & Irvine, S.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• RESAS Centres of Expertise: CxC

  Barnes, A., Hyslop, J., Bell, J., Rees, B., Eory, V., Leinonen, I., Flockhart, J. & MacLeod, M.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management

  Wall, E., Smith, S., Nicoll, L., Parker, J., Robertson, D., Davidson, R., Donbavand, J., Anderson, C., Roehe, R., Harrison, B., Purcell, L., Duthie, C., Gunn, G., Pritchard, T., Jones, S., Bagnall, A., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Archibald, I., Rees, B., Eory, V., Glenk, K., Edwards, T., Buckingham, S., March, M., Broadbent, C., Cloy, J., Hargreaves, P., Wishart, H., Griffiths, B., Fox, N., Sparks, N., Shrestha, S., Banos, G., Henry, M., Watson, C., Dickinson, J., Topp, K., Burnett, F., Kyle, J., Denholm, S., Dewhurst, R., Lawson, D., McCubbin, I., Dwyer, C., Holland, J., McCracken, D., Barratt, A., Havis, N., Stanisz-Migal, M., Miller, G., Bowen, J., Hutchings, M., Creissen, H., D'Eath, R., Baddeley, J., Houdijk, J., Coffey, M., Morgan-Davies, C., Walker, R., Turner, S., Haskell, M., Barnes, A., Athanasiadou, S., Cole, L., Sandilands, V., McLaren, A., MacLeod, M. & Smith, L.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Rumen 100%
  • Methane 91%
  • Microbiota 66%
  • Cattle 53%
  • Fibrobacter 51%

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management

  Havis, N. & Creissen, H.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.1 Crop and grassland production and disease control

  Creissen, H., Harrison, B., Gorniak, K., Bain, R., Yoxall, T., Paterson, L., Evans, A., Burnett, F., Havis, N. & Laing, A.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Provision of analysis to quantify non-CO2 abatement in the UK agriculture sector by 2050, with an emphasis on the potential for innovative and novel measures

  Eory, V., Rees, B., Topp, K., Dewhurst, R. & Wall, E.

  3/01/19 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Grass bio-processing alternative protein for human consumption

  Lawson, D.

  1/12/18 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research

• Delivering clean growth through sustainable intensification

  Barnes, A., Carter, N., Rees, B., Eory, V. & MacLeod, M.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  8/10/18 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research

• Agri-EPI: project management services on behalf of Agri-EPI in relation to Massey University (New Zealand) projects

  Duthie, C.

  1/10/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Disease mapping

  Havis, N.

  1/10/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research