Central Faculty

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Projects per year 2012 2018 2019 2022 2023 2031

• 142 Active
• 407 Finished

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  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%

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

  Creissen, H. (PI), Gorniak, K. (CoI), Bain, R. (CoI), Yoxall, T. (CoI), Paterson, L. (CoI), Evans, A. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI) & Havis, N. (CoI)

  1/04/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

  • Biosecurity 100%
  • Plant Health 100%
  • Case Study 40%
  • Plant Pests 20%
  • Horticulture 20%

• 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

• 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

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

  Hoad, S. (PI), Crawford, C. (CoI), Bingham, I. (CoI), Hoebe, P. (CoI), Brennan, M. (CoI), Paterson, L. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Baddeley, J. (CoI), Miller, S. (CoI), Stanisz-Migal, M. (CoI), Taylor, J. (CoI), Harrison, B. (CoI), Baker, L. (CoI), Gorniak, K. (CoI), Whyte, F. (CoI), Bain, R. (CoI), Yoxall, T. (CoI), Laing, A. (CoI), Griffiths, B. (CoI), Watson, C. (CoI), Evans, A. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Irvine, S. (CoI), Lawson, D. (CoI), Havis, N. (CoI), Creissen, H. (CoI), Dussart, F. (CoI), Houdijk, J. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI) & Swaney, J. (CoI)

  1/04/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• 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%

• CTLGH African cattle genomic reference resource, SNP assays, and signature of selections

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

  University of Edinburgh

  1/04/18 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

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

• The development of an alternative method to high concentration CO2 for the commercial stunning of pigs

  Baxter, E. (PI), Akaichi, F. (CoI) & Farish, M. (CoI)

  19/03/18 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

  • Hypoxia 100%
  • Carbon Dioxide 80%
  • Sclera 75%
  • Physiological Response 75%
  • Pig 75%

• Oilseed Rape Genetic Improvement Network OREGIN

  Burnett, F. (PI) & Havis, N. (CoI)

  1/03/18 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

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

  Dewhurst, R. (PI) & Miller, G. (CoI)

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/03/18 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Microbial Proteins 100%
  • Protein Synthesis 100%
  • Rumen 100%
  • Feeds 92%
  • Beef Cattle 92%

• Benchmarking sustainable intensification of farms using AgRE Calc, DEA and ScotFarm

  Shrestha, S. (CoI), Vosough Ahmadi, B. (CoI), Thomson, S. (CoI), Spencer, M. (CoI), Barnes, A. (CoI), Stott, A. (CoI), Bell, J. (CoI), Vosough Ahmadi, B. (CoI), Spencer, M. (CoI), Barnes, A. (CoI), Inman, G. (CoI) & Toma, L. (PI)

  SFC GRANT

  1/03/18 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

• Genetic Evaluations for Danish Genetics Pig Data

  Coffey, M. (PI)

  1/03/18 → 28/02/19

  Project: Research

• Updating Nitrogen and Sulphur fertiliser recommendations for spring barley and potatoes

  Hoad, S. (PI), Sinclair, A. (CoI) & Bingham, I. (CoI)

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/03/18 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

  • Sulfur Fertilizers 100%
  • Grains 100%
  • Spring Barley 100%
  • Nitrogen Fertilizer 100%
  • Potential Yield 100%

• Managing risk through integrated farm management, diversification strategies and education

  Barnes, A. (PI)

  5/02/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• CAP Intentions Survey 2018

  Barnes, A. (PI), Thomson, S. (CoI), Spencer, M. (CoI) & McMillan, J. (CoI)

  1/02/18 → 30/04/19

  Project: Research

• SMARTCOW : An integrated infrastructure for increased research capability and innovation in the European cattle sector

  Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Ramsay, N. (CoI), Dwyer, C. (CoI), Ferguson, H. (CoI), Haskell, M. (CoI), Dickinson, J. (CoI), McCubbin, I. (CoI) & Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/02/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Feed Efficiency 60%
  • Feeds 60%
  • Feed Conversion 50%
  • Europeans 50%

• Developing sustainable economic and ecological grazing systems - learning from innovative practitioners

  Cloy, J. (CoI), Morgan-Davies, C. (CoI), McVittie, A. (CoI) & Watson, C. (PI)

  CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY(USE ACCOUNT 10151545)

  2/01/18 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

  • Agricultural Innovation 100%

• UK Sheep Genetic Improvement Scoping Study

  Conington, J. (PI), Banos, G. (CoI), Coffey, M. (CoI) & Wall, E. (CoI)

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• CTLGH Dairy Genomics

  Mrode, R. (PI)

  1/01/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Demonstrating and promoting the potential benefits of using drone-captured imagery to farmers

  Evans, A. (PI)

  1/12/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• Review of the evidence on welfare aspects of the transport of live animals

  Dwyer, C. (PI), Mitchell, M. (CoI) & Kettlewell, P. (CoI)

  10/11/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• Summary of crop research

  Evans, A. (PI)

  1/11/17 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Development of national genetic evaluations of beef cattle for resistance to bovine tuberculosis (bTB)

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

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/11/17 → 31/10/20

  Project: Research

• Livestock's role in food system resilience in remote, upland regions

  McCracken, D. (PI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Thomson, S. (CoI), Holland, J. (CoI), Morgan-Davies, C. (CoI), Barnes, A. (CoI) & McLaren, A. (CoI)

  B.b.s.r.c.

  1/11/17 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Herd 100%
  • Slaughter 85%
  • Transhumance 75%
  • Greenhouse Gas 75%
  • Lambing 75%

• Use of varietal mixtures of winter barley

  Creissen, H. (PI), Stanisz-Migal, M. (CoI) & Fortune, J. (CoI)

  MAINS OF LOIRSTON TRUST

  1/10/17 → 1/12/20

  Project: Research

• Modelling short & long-term resilience and efficiency of cattle production

  Wall, E. (PI) & Eory, V. (CoI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/17 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

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

  Dewhurst, R. (PI), Ramsay, N. (Project manager), March, M. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (Researcher), Ferguson, H. (Researcher) & Shewbridge Carter, L. (Researcher)

  European Commission

  1/10/17 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Sleep behaviour as a novel indicator of animal welfare using laying hens as a model

  Sandilands, V. (PI), Baker, L. (CoI) & Dixon, L. (CoI)

  25/09/17 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Delivering the agricultural greenhouse gas and ammonia inventories and projections

  Wall, E. (PI), Pritchard, T. (CoI) & Archibald, I. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  4/09/17 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

• Can technological solutions deliver positive welfare benefits in housing for dairy cattle?

  Haskell, M. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Cow 100%
  • Automatic Milking Systems 100%
  • Raceways 25%
  • Dairy Cattle 12%

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

  Hoad, S. (PI) & Scott, P. (CoI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 18/11/22

  Project: PhD project

• Unravelling the biological basis for heterosis in cereals

  Hoad, S. (PI)

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Arthropod conservatin in agricultural landscapes : modelling farmer decision-making and biodiversity outcomes

  Barnes, A. (PI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/09/17 → 30/08/23

  Project: Research

• Behavioural Signatures of Parasitism

  Smith, L. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Lamb 100%
  • Social Environment 20%
  • Adaptive Response 20%
  • Teladorsagia circumcincta 20%
  • Ovis 20%

• Sensitivity of ideal protein nutrition to gut health

  Houdijk, J. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Supplementation 100%
  • Amino Acid 100%
  • Growth Performance 40%
  • Weight Gain 40%
  • Feed Intake 20%

• Precision breeding for piglet survival and the use of microbiome information to improve wellness in pigs

  Roehe, R. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

• Can the survival of lambs from larger litters be improved?

  Dwyer, C. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

• Quantifying the social, economic and environmental consequences of changes in agricultural production in a spatial perspective

  Eory, V. (PI)

  1/09/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

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

  Hoad, S. (PI) & Bančič, J. (CoI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

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

  Hoad, S. (PI)

  1/09/17 → 30/09/18

  Project: Research

• Investigations of the origins of altered pain perception in a commercial pig strain

  Sandercock, D. (PI)

  1/08/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• Linking food system shocks with conflict and migration: using historical evidence to predict resilience and vulnerabilities

  Toma, L. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/07/17 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research

• Underutilised Protein-Rich Resouces

  Watson, C. (PI) & Walker, R. (CoI)

  22/06/17 → 22/01/18

  Project: Other

• Soils research to deliver Greenhouse Gas Removals and Abatement Technologies (SOILS-R-GGREAT)

  MacLeod, M. (PI), Rees, B. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI) & Moran, D. (CoI)

  Natural Environment Research Council

  20/06/17 → 20/06/21

  Project: Research

  • Carbon Sequestration 100%
  • Soil Organic Carbon 96%
  • Greenhouse Gas 39%
  • Soil Carbon 28%
  • Meta-Analysis 25%

• Steering animal production systems towards a sustainable future: AnimalFuture

  McCracken, D. (PI), Morgan-Davies, C. (CoI) & Barnes, A. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/06/17 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

  • Scopus 100%
  • Stocking Density 100%
  • Rural Population 100%
  • Bovine 100%
  • Farm Animal 100%

• Formulating value chains for orphan crops

  Revoredo Giha, C. (PI), Toma, L. (CoI), Akaichi, F. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Costa Font, M. (CoI), Hoad, S. (CoI) & Dawson, I. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/05/17 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

  • Africans 100%
  • Human Nutrition 50%
  • Panicum miliaceum 50%
  • Uganda 50%
  • Developing Countries 50%

• Decarbonising global agrifood

  MacLeod, M. (PI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  20/04/17 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Impact of changes in the CAP regime on rural (non-agricultural) businesses

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

  SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE

  18/04/17 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

  • Data Visualization 100%
  • Agribusiness 75%
  • Brexit 50%
  • Gender 25%
  • Wealth 25%

• The use of intestinal microbiota as a biomarker for swine wellness and performance

  Roehe, R. (PI), Auffret, M. (CoI) & Rutherford, K. (CoI)

  3/04/17 → 2/09/18

  Project: Research

• Brexit: How might UK agriculture survive or thrive?

  Shrestha, S. (PI)

  1/04/17 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

  • Agricultural Policy 100%
  • Rural Income 33%