Rural Development & Food Marketing

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2018 2019 2025

• 15 Active
• 70 Finished

Projects per year

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  EPIC IV: Scottish Government's Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks, 2022 - 2025 (EPIC IV)

  Gunn, G., Barnes, A., Reeves, A., Lawton, S., Tongue, S., Stirling, J., Rodrigues da Costa, M., Eze, J., Toma, L., Helgesen, I., Barratt, A., Sparks, N., Hutchinson, I. & Denniston, J.

  1/04/22 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

  • animal diseases 100%
  • animal health 76%
  • disease control 42%
  • research policy 38%
  • disease surveillance 31%

• Dandelion : Dandelion Festival 2022

  Burnett, F., Rudman, H. & Vichos, R.

  1/10/21 → 31/07/22

  Project: Other

  • festival 100%
  • social isolation 21%
  • budget 20%
  • staff 15%
  • experiment 14%

• Economics of curly tails – consumer preference and willingness to pay

  Akaichi, F.

  15/08/21 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research

  • Willingness-to-pay 100%
  • willingness to pay 79%
  • Pork 75%
  • Consumer Preferences 58%
  • Antibiotics 34%

• Greenhouse Gas Removal by Accelerated Peat Formation

  Reed, M.

  4/05/21 → 3/11/25

  Project: Research

• Tropical peatland climate resilience: Transferring governance of Climate risks for poverty reduction in Indonesia, Peru and the Congo Basin

  Reed, M., Williams, A., Maynard, C. & Beechener, S.

  30/04/21 → 29/04/23

  Project: Research

• Understanding precision livestock farming adoption in the US swine industry: Examining needs, perceptions, and willingness to pay of users and consumers

  Turner, S., Vigors, B. & Akaichi, F.

  1/02/21 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

  • Willingness-to-pay 100%
  • Swine 91%
  • Livestock 67%
  • Farming 60%
  • United States of America 24%

• Provision of a livestock enterprise costing and carbon footprint survey and analysis to provide benchmark information for cattle and sheep farmers in Scotland.

  Riddell, I., Hill, G., Bothwell, C., Inman, G. & Sykes, A.

  1/10/20 → 31/10/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Costing 100%
  • Online Databases 97%
  • Audit 91%
  • Carbon Footprint 87%
  • Cattle 85%

• Improving access to nutritious and sustainable foods through increasing the production and consumption of underutilised crops in Nepal

  Akaichi, F.

  The Academy of Medical Sciences

  1/03/20 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

• MEASURE: Environmental and economic impacts of improved antibiotics stewardship in poultry systems

  Toma, L., Sparks, N., Shrestha, S. & MacLeod, M.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/08/19 → 1/06/23

  Project: Research

  • anti-infective agents 100%
  • poultry 84%
  • economic impact 70%
  • supply chain 68%
  • marginal abatement cost 64%

• Networks for risk management in developing dairy sectors

  Barnes, A.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research

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

  Toma, L.

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Support to economic modeling of agriculture

  Shrestha, S.

  1/09/18 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

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

  Barnes, A.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/09/17 → 30/08/23

  Project: Research

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

  Toma, L.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/07/17 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research

• Modelling Complex Social Systems in the Context of Coastal Ecosystem Services & Resource Management

  Barnes, A.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/09/14 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• Finished

  Pigdemic: Farmer-centric networks to control endemic pig diseases in the UK: using pleurisy as a case study

  Rodrigues da Costa, M., Pearce, M., Gunn, G., Berezowski, J., Reeves, A. & Beechener, S.

  1/11/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • pleurisy 100%
  • swine diseases 50%
  • farmers 35%
  • case studies 30%
  • control methods 16%

• Developing an inland flood/hydrological system and indicators to monitor and inform land management in Montserrat

  McVittie, A., Hamilton, A., Gibson-Poole, S. & Botero Degiovanni, H.

  20/09/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Commercial

  • land management 100%
  • natural capital 66%
  • indicator 60%

• CR/2021/03: Reducing emissions from agriculture – the role of new technologies

  Barnes, A., Eory, V., Rees, B., Newbold, J., Duthie, C., Bowen, J., Miller, G. & Farquhar, J.

  13/09/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • agriculture 100%
  • new technology 97%

• 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%

• Developing a decision support tool to inform land management scenarios in Montserrat

  McVittie, A., Hamilton, A., Gibson-Poole, S. & Botero Degiovanni, H.

  26/01/21 → 26/03/21

  Project: Other

  • Land use 100%
  • Bayesian networks 84%
  • Decision making 60%

• Uplandia: Systems modelling for evidence-informed peatland policy

  Reed, M.

  21/12/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • peatland 100%
  • policy 61%
  • peat 48%
  • wildfire 45%
  • Anglian 38%

• Resilient dairy: socio-technical innovation for dairy resilience and sustainability

  Reed, M. & Williams, A.

  7/12/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• EWSFS: Provision of services to analyse the potential economic effects of the Sustainable Farming Scheme on the agricultural sector in Wales

  Thomson, S.

  16/09/20 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

  • Economic Effect 100%
  • Farming 98%
  • Farm 98%
  • Wales 85%
  • Agricultural Sector 41%

• 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%

• Assessment of large-scale plant biosecurity risks to Scotland from non-specialist and online horticultural sales

  Toma, L.

  Forest Research

  30/03/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• Historical changes in climate/snow cover in Cairngorm Mountains and to estimate future response

  Spencer, M.

  7/02/20 → 9/03/20

  Project: Research

• Attitudes towards land reform: Public priorities and focus for the future

  McMorran, R., Craigie, M., Maynard, C., Thomson, S. & Glass, J.

  Ipsos MORI

  5/02/20 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

  • land reform 100%
  • public attitude 96%
  • fieldwork 34%
  • autumn 28%
  • stakeholder 27%

• Economic Modelling: Reducing Health Harms of Foods High in Fat, Sugar or Salt

  Revoredo Giha, C. & Akaichi, F.

  26/08/19 → 29/02/20

  Project: Research

  • high fat foods 100%
  • salts 87%
  • sugars 83%
  • health foods 82%
  • Scotland 73%

• Understanding the Relative Cost-effectiveness of Sea-lice Treatments for Farmed Salmon Production

  Toma, L., Shrestha, S., Reeves, A., Barratt, A., Leinonen, I. & Boerlage, A.

  1/08/19 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• Research to assess the socioeconomic and biodiversity impacts of driven grouse moors and to understand the rights of gamekeepers

  Thomson, S., McMorran, R., Spencer, M., McMillan, J. & Glass, J.

  29/07/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • biodiversity 100%
  • Employment rights 71%
  • Socio-economic Impact 60%
  • Biodiversity 54%
  • economic impact 50%

• Preparing the evidence base for post-Brexit agriculture in Scotland - Case studies on alternative payments

  Watson, C., Shrestha, S. & Sellars, A.

  1/05/19 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research

• Transforming food system relationships T-GRAINS

  Atterton, J.

  1/04/19 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Bean breeding for adaptation to a changing climate and post-conflict Colombia

  Barnes, A. & Botero Degiovanni, H.

  1/04/19 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Colombia 100%
  • Bean 90%
  • farmer 57%
  • Farmers 53%
  • climate change 48%

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP3.3 Food Security

  Revoredo Giha, C., Toma, L., Akaichi, F. & Costa Font, M.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • potato products 100%
  • Solanum tuberosum 88%
  • Meat 72%
  • environmental assessment 71%
  • vegetable 68%

• Productivity of Scottish Agriculture

  Thomson, S., Bell, J., Bevan, K., McMillan, J. & Barnes, A.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Towards BIOSmart livestock farming in Colombia: cultural landscape, silvo-pastoral systems and biodiversity

  Barnes, A. & Botero Degiovanni, H.

  1/04/19 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • silvopastoral systems 100%
  • Colombia 74%
  • farmer 64%
  • Farmers 59%
  • determinants 52%

• RESAS Centres of Expertise: EPIC

  Gunn, G., Toma, L., Tongue, S., Auty, H., Gomes, C., Eze, J., Sparks, N., Hutchinson, I., Reeves, A., Stirling, J., Barratt, A. & Barnes, A.

  RESAS

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • biosecurity 100%
  • Practice Management 99%
  • Scotland 96%
  • Ovum 85%
  • questionnaires 56%

• 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%

• Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

  Baughan, J., Shrestha, S., Henry, M., Reeves, A., Lamont, K., Humphry, R., Tongue, S. & Gomes, C.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  14/02/19 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

• Adoption of Nutrient MGT plans by EU Farmers & the impact on GHG Emissions

  Eory, V. & Barnes, A.

  IPSOS IBERIA

  23/01/19 → 22/02/20

  Project: Research

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

  Thomson, S., Revoredo Giha, C., Atterton, J., Jones, S. & Barnes, A.

  20/12/18 → 30/04/19

  Project: Research

  • Rural Economy 100%
  • Input-output Table 82%
  • Urban Geography 60%
  • Agriculture 54%
  • Supply Chain 43%

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

  Revoredo Giha, C., Akaichi, F. & Costa Font, M.

  26/11/18 → 24/05/19

  Project: Research

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

  Atterton, J. & McMorran, R.

  1/11/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Exploring the gender pay gap in rural Scotland

  Meador, E. & Atterton, J.

  1/11/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

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

  Meador, E.

  1/11/18 → 31/03/19

  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%

• Developing an evaluation culture and capacity within SRUC

  Milne, C.

  1/11/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Developing student enterprise: market challenge - selling wonky produce

  Milne, C.

  17/10/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research