Rural Economy, Environment And Society

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2017 2018 2019 2020 2024

• 52 Active
• 112 Finished

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  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%

• 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%

• Feasibility study for a UK Farm Soil Carbon Code

  Reed, M. & Rudman, H.

  1/09/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Soil 100%
  • Carbon 93%
  • Farm 88%
  • Feasibility Study 84%
  • Integrated 25%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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

• 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%

• 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%

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

  Reed, M. & Williams, A.

  7/12/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• VWI Cambridge: Exploring Fundamental Values for the Valuing Water Initiative

  Glenk, K. & Schulz, C.

  2/12/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Other

  • water 100%
  • document 62%
  • valuation 57%
  • world 46%
  • decision making 40%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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

  • Farm 100%
  • Wales 94%
  • Economic Effect 87%
  • Farming 86%
  • Agricultural Sector 84%

• Understanding the genetic basis for Ramularia resistance in barley

  Havis, N.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• 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

• Autums survey of wheat bulb fly incidence 2019-21

  Evans, A. & Dussart, F.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  16/09/19 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Low carbon farming: making carbon accounting relevant to farming and food productions

  Glenk, K., Eory, V. & Haroon, G.

  1/09/19 → 30/08/23

  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%

• Transforming food system relationships T-GRAINS

  Atterton, J.

  1/04/19 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• The potential for the refurbishment of historic hydro power generation for the benefit of local communities in the Highlands and Islands

  Glass, J.

  Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands

  1/04/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

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

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  14/02/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Resilient people need resilient ecosystems in smart cities RESPiRES

  Novo, P.

  14/02/19 → 14/08/22

  Project: Research

• South Asian Nitrogen Hub

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

  13/02/19 → 29/02/24

  Project: Research

• Assessment of direct and indirect use values of Lake Maninjau's Environmental Services

  Glenk, K.

  University of Edinburgh

  15/01/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • cage culture 100%
  • Indonesia 57%
  • farming systems 51%
  • lakes 51%
  • lake 36%

• 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%

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

  Buckingham, S.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Networks for risk management in developing dairy sectors

  Barnes, A.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  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

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

  Glenk, K. & Eory, V.

  1/09/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

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

  Hoad, S.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/07/18 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Legume SELECT: Science-driven evaluation of legume choice for transformed livelihoods

  Barnes, A.

  1/07/18 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

  • Legumes 100%
  • Sub-Saharan Africa 72%
  • households 56%
  • legumes 48%
  • Household 38%

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

  Hoad, S. & Walker, R.

  Scottish Government

  30/06/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

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

  Barnes, A., Toma, L., Shrestha, S., Ferreira, J., Thompson, B., McCracken, D. & Latto, D.

  European Commission

  1/05/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • farmers' attitudes 100%
  • Scotland 76%
  • farming systems 58%
  • farmers 50%
  • climate 10%

• Oilseed Rape Genetic Improvement Network OREGIN

  Burnett, F. & Havis, N.

  1/03/18 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

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

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

  B.b.s.r.c.

  1/11/17 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

  • beef 100%
  • herds 55%
  • cattle 54%
  • finishing 51%
  • Scotland 51%

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

  Wall, E. & Eory, V.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/17 → 30/09/21

  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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Genomic management tools to optimise resilience and efficiency GenTORE

  Wall, E., Eory, V. & Bunning, H.

  European Commission

  1/04/17 → 31/03/22

  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

• Mitigating producers' income fluctuations through collaborative supply chains in the dairy sector

  Revoredo Giha, C.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 31/03/22

  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

• Understanding the physiological and molecular basis of genetic variation in post-flowering N dynamics in Barley to improve N use efficiency

  Bingham, I.

  SRUC internal funding

  5/01/16 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Understanding interactions between Ramularia collo-cygni and barley leaf physiology to target improvements in host resistance and disease control strategies

  Bingham, I.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  5/01/16 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Understanding antibiotic usage on farms - improving usage and reducing the speed of antibiotic resistance

  McMorran, R.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/15 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Spatial land use modelling of CAP impacts

  Glenk, K.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/15 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research