Central Faculty

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2018 2019 2022 2023 2031

• 123 Active
• 426 Finished

Projects per year

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  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. (PI), Rees, B. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI) & Wall, E. (CoI)

  3/01/19 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Predicting TB status of dairy cows from mid infra-red spectral data using machine learning

  Coffey, M. (PI) & Denholm, S. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/01/19 → 6/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Dairy Cattle 71%
  • Cow 47%
  • Infrared Spectroscopy 38%
  • Herd 35%

• Assistance in Developing criteria on Agricultural activities to be included in the EU sustainable finance taxonomy

  Eory, V. (PI)

  20/12/18 → 15/06/19

  Project: Research

• Evaluating the significance of agri-supply chains in rural economies

  Thomson, S. (PI), Revoredo Giha, C. (CoI), Atterton, J. (CoI), Jones, S. (CoI) & Barnes, A. (CoI)

  20/12/18 → 30/04/19

  Project: Research

  • Input-Output Table 100%
  • Specific Industry 100%
  • Rural Economy 100%

• Aetiopathogenesis and genomic architecture of resistance to claw horn disruption lesions in dairy cattle

  Banos, G. (PI) & Coffey, M. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  2/12/18 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

  • Sole 100%
  • Holstein 69%
  • Cow 68%
  • Claws 67%
  • Horn 66%

• Assessment of the welfare of calves following long-distance transport from Scotland to Spain

  Dwyer, C. (PI), Mitchell, M. (CoI) & Farish, M. (CoI)

  1/12/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Grass bio-processing alternative protein for human consumption

  Lawson, D. (PI)

  1/12/18 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research

• The impact of mandatory written dairy contracts In European countries and their potential application in Scotland

  Revoredo Giha, C. (PI), Akaichi, F. (CoI) & Costa Font, M. (CoI)

  26/11/18 → 24/05/19

  Project: Research

• Identifying the 'hot' spots and 'not' spots of emergency and everyday resilience centres in Scotland

  Meador, E. (PI)

  1/11/18 → 1/05/19

  Project: Research

• Review of international experience of community, communal and municipal ownership of land

  Atterton, J. (PI) & McMorran, R. (CoI)

  1/11/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Legumes Translated

  Revoredo Giha, C. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI), Costa Font, M. (CoI), MacPherson, L. (CoI), Houdijk, J. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Lawson, D. (CoI), Newbold, J. (CoI) & Watson, C. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/11/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Arable Land 100%
  • Cropping System 97%
  • Pollinator 85%
  • Europe 85%
  • Nitrous Oxide 57%

• Developing an evaluation culture and capacity within SRUC

  Milne, C. (PI)

  1/11/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Network analysis- where do people in Scotland get their plant health information

  Meador, E. (PI)

  1/11/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Exploring the gender pay gap in rural Scotland

  Meador, E. (CoI) & Atterton, J. (PI)

  1/11/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• SMARTER - SMAll RuminanTs breeding for Efficiency and Resilience

  Conington, J. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/11/18 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research

  • Lamb 100%
  • Genome-Wide Association Study 94%
  • Sheep Meat 78%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 63%
  • Scottish Blackface 58%

• Developing student enterprise: market challenge - selling wonky produce

  Milne, C. (PI)

  17/10/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Advancing performance on Scottish beef farms through improving body condition scoring skills

  Rutherford, K. (PI)

  SFC GRANT

  16/10/18 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

• Delivering clean growth through sustainable intensification

  Barnes, A. (PI), Carter, N. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI) & MacLeod, M. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  8/10/18 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research

  • Greenhouse Gas 100%
  • United Kingdom 50%
  • Incentives 50%
  • England 33%
  • Land Use 30%

• Disease mapping

  Havis, N. (PI)

  1/10/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Brexit_Enhanced need for policy advice

  Barnes, A. (PI), Atterton, J. (CoI), Thomson, S. (CoI) & McCracken, D. (CoI)

  1/10/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Innovation and collaboration to mitigate food waste in the fruit and vegetable supply chain

  Toma, L. (PI)

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• EmotiPig, Investigating automatic detection of emotion in biometrically identified pig faces using machine learning

  Baxter, E. (PI), Rutherford, K. (CoI), Farish, M. (CoI), Smith, M. L. (PI) & Hansen, M. F. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/10/18 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Face 50%
  • Automatic Detection 50%
  • Facial Recognition 50%
  • Cow 25%

• Replacement of contentious inputs in organic farming systems (RELACS)

  Athanasiadou, S. (PI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Chlamydospore 100%
  • Lamb 100%
  • Haemonchus contortus 100%
  • Supplementation 100%
  • Calluna vulgaris 100%

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

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI)

  1/10/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Networks for risk management in developing dairy sectors

  Barnes, A. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

  • Kenya 100%
  • Ethiopia 100%
  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Data Transmission 33%
  • Smallholder 33%

• The role of cognitive ability and affective state during aggressive encounters: implications for contest behaviour and animal welfare

  Turner, S. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Development of an integrated metagenomic analysis system using the microbial community, their genes and biological mechanisms to predict cattle phenotype

  Roehe, R. (PI)

  1/10/18 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

  • Microbial Gene 100%
  • Thermal Diffusion 100%
  • Volatile Fatty Acid 60%
  • Metagenomics 40%
  • Metabolic Pathway 40%

• Do UK grasslands have the ability to sequester more carbon? Assessment of stability and resilience to changing climate and management

  Buckingham, S. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

• Identifying the 'hot' spots and 'not' spots of emergency and everyday resilience centres in Scotland

  Barnes, A. (PI), Atterton, J. (CoI), Thomson, S. (CoI) & McCracken, D. (CoI)

  1/10/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• The effect of the presence or absence of maternal care on the neurobiological, emotional and cognitive development of lambs

  Dwyer, C. (PI)

  1/10/18 → 30/09/23

  Project: PhD project

• Rat tickling as a model to understand and improve positive welfare in confined animals

  Lawrence, A. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/18 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research

• Cattle breeding choices : reconciling productivity, sustainability and food security objectives

  Glenk, K. (Supervisor) & Eory, V. (Supervisor)

  1/09/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: PhD project

• Activity of fungicides against Ramularia leaf spot

  Havis, N. (PI), Gorniak, K. (CoI), Yoxall, T. (CoI) & Walker, R. (CoI)

  MAINS OF LOIRSTON TRUST

  1/09/18 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Variety trials for AHDB's Recommended List: trial crop - Winter wheat

  Hoad, S. (PI)

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/09/18 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• Application of B & G Label Products to Grass

  Lawson, D. (PI)

  15/08/18 → 1/12/19

  Project: Research

• SARIC Translation: Grassland Management

  Topp, K. (PI)

  Natural Environment Research Council

  1/08/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

  • Grassland 100%
  • User Interface 100%
  • Simulation Model 100%
  • Lolium 100%
  • Nitrogen Mineralization 100%

• Nitrogen and sulphur fertiliser management to achieve grain protein quality targets of high yielding modern winter milling wheat

  Hoad, S. (PI)

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/07/18 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

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

  Creissen, H. (PI)

  MAINS OF LOIRSTON TRUST

  1/07/18 → 30/12/21

  Project: Research

• Provision of agronomic trials for cultivation and use 2018-2023 Lot 2

  Hoad, S. (PI) & Walker, R. (CoI)

  Scottish Government

  30/06/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• To support the South Atlantic NCA project by providing ecosystem services valuation and Bayesian modelling expertise

  McVittie, A. (PI) & Glenk, K. (CoI)

  18/06/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Estimating the economic costs of bovine TB incidents on cattle farms in the high risk edge areas of England and Wales

  Barnes, A. (PI), Stott, A. (CoI), Toma, L. (CoI), Vosough Ahmadi, B. (CoI), Barratt, A. (CoI) & Hutchings, M. (CoI)

  18/06/18 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research

• ICE Robotics Lying time curve

  Haskell, M. (PI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI) & March, M. (CoI)

  1/06/18 → 31/05/19

  Project: Research

• migrant workers in scottish agriculture: a short film

  Atterton, J. (PI), McMorran, R. (CoI) & Jones, S. (CoI)

  14/05/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Replacement of contentious inputs in organic farming systems (RELACS)

  Athanasiadou, S. (PI) & Hutchings, M. (CoI)

  European Commission

  1/05/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Anthelmintic 100%
  • Gastrointestinal Nematodes 89%
  • Teladorsagia circumcincta 82%
  • Organic Farming 59%
  • Organic Farming System 54%

• Low-Input Farming and Territories - Integrating knowledge for improving ecosystem-based farming

  Barnes, A. (PI), Toma, L. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Ferreira, J. (CoI), Thompson, B. (CoI), McCracken, D. (CoI) & Latto, D. (Other)

  European Commission

  1/05/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Farming System 100%
  • Europeans 100%
  • Agricultural Policy 75%
  • Ecological Farming 62%
  • Agroforestry 50%

• Bean breeding and Adoption in changing climates in post-conflict COlombia (BACO)

  Barnes, A. (PI) & Botero Degiovanni, H. (CoI)

  1/04/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

  • Phaseolus vulgaris 100%
  • Climate Change 66%
  • Growers 50%
  • Common Bean 50%
  • Phaseolus vulgaris L. 16%

• Delivery of on farm education visits

  Conington, J. (PI), Gordon, J. (CoI), McLean, K. (CoI) & Steel, M. (CoI)

  1/04/18 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• CTLGH Genetic and genomic evaluation delivery tools

  Wall, E. (PI), Mwacharo, J. (PI) & Mrode, R. (PI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/04/18 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Africans 85%
  • Evolutionary Adaptation 85%
  • Dynamics 85%
  • Genetic Structure 85%

• Tailtech: developing an early warning system for pig tail biting

  D'Eath, R. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  1/04/18 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Tail 100%

• Innovations in aquaculture: Delivering operational methods for the control of infectious disease

  Hutchings, M. (PI) & Davidson, R. (CoI)

  1/04/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research