Rural Economy Environment And Society

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• 207 Finished

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  Dandelion : Dandelion Festival 2022

  Burnett, F. (PI), Rudman, H. (CoI) & Vichos, R. (CoI)

  1/10/21 → 31/07/22

  Project: Other

  • Taraxacum 100%

• Showcasing Digital Methods For Measuring Biodiversity Improvement With The Alliance For Scotland's Rainforests

  Rudman, H. (PI)

  SFC GRANT

  1/10/21 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research

  • Natural Environment 100%
  • Scottish Government 100%
  • Market Mechanism 100%
  • Private Investment 100%
  • Physical Environment 100%

• Provision of Economic Advice and Related Services to Support Development of a New Rural Support Scheme for Scotland]

  Thomson, S. (PI)

  1/10/21 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Agricultural Policy 100%
  • Conditionality 83%
  • Grassland 70%
  • UK 53%
  • Calving Interval 39%

• Understanding the effects of land management scenarios on reef resilience in Montserrat

  McVittie, A. (PI)

  20/09/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Other

  • Montserrat 100%
  • Land Management 100%
  • Belief Networks 50%
  • Ecosystem Service 50%
  • Land Use 50%

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

  McVittie, A. (PI), Hamilton, A. (CoPI), Gibson-Poole, S. (CoI) & Botero Degiovanni, H. (CoI)

  20/09/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Commercial

  • Montserrat 100%
  • Land Management 100%
  • Natural Capital 50%

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

  Barnes, A. (PI), Eory, V. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Newbold, J. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Bowen, J. (CoI), Miller, G. (CoI) & Farquhar, J. (CoI)

  13/09/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Emissions 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 50%
  • Feed Additives 25%
  • Methane 25%
  • Zero Emissions 12%

• Feasibility study for a UK Farm Soil Carbon Code

  Reed, M. (PI) & Rudman, H. (CoI)

  1/09/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Feasibility Study 100%
  • Analytical Framework 50%
  • UK 50%
  • Soil Carbon 50%
  • Atmospheric Carbon 25%

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

  Akaichi, F. (PI)

  15/08/21 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research

  • Tail 100%
  • Consumer Preference 50%
  • Willingness-to-Pay 50%
  • Welfare 50%
  • Pig 50%

• CxC GHG emissions reduction targets in Scottish agriculture

  Eory, V. (PI), Rees, B. (CoPI), Barnes, A. (CoPI) & Topp, K. (CoPI)

  3/08/21 → 26/11/21

  Project: Research

  • Greenhouse Gas Emission 100%
  • Targets 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 100%

• Understanding farm level environmental indicators and economic performance

  Barnes, A. (PI), Toma, L. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Glenk, K. (CoI) & Knocker, L. (Researcher)

  15/07/21 → 25/02/22

  Project: Research

  • Environmental Valuation 100%
  • Environmental Economics 100%
  • Environmental Indicator 100%

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

  Reed, M. (PI), Williams, A. (Researcher), Maynard, C. (Researcher) & Beechener, S. (Researcher)

  30/04/21 → 29/04/23

  Project: Research

  • Congo DR 100%
  • Poverty Alleviation 100%
  • Indonesia 100%
  • Peru 100%
  • Peatland 100%

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

  Meador, E. (PI) & Creissen, H. (CoI)

  31/03/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Information Network 100%
  • Agronomists 100%
  • Integrated Pest Management 100%
  • Information Source 27%
  • Farm Animal 9%

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

  Turner, S. (PI), Vigors, B. (PI) & Akaichi, F. (PI)

  1/02/21 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

  • Precision Agriculture 100%
  • USDA 100%
  • Precision Livestock Farming 100%

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

  McVittie, A. (PI), Hamilton, A. (CoPI), Gibson-Poole, S. (CoPI) & Botero Degiovanni, H. (Researcher)

  26/01/21 → 26/03/21

  Project: Other

  • Land Management 100%
  • Montserrat 100%
  • Natural Capital 50%
  • Belief Networks 50%
  • Land Use 50%

• Uplandia: Systems modelling for evidence-informed peatland policy

  Reed, M. (PI)

  21/12/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Peatland 100%
  • Peatlands 88%
  • England 66%
  • Ecosystem Service 44%
  • Carbon Finance 44%

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

  Reed, M. (PI) & Williams, A. (Researcher)

  7/12/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Soil Carbon 100%
  • Analytical Framework 100%
  • Coordinate 100%
  • Ecosystem Service 100%
  • Dairy Product 100%

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

  Glenk, K. (PI) & Schulz, C. (CoPI)

  2/12/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Water Management 100%
  • Decision Making 60%
  • Case Study 40%
  • Kenya 40%
  • River Basin 40%

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

  Creissen, H. (CoPI), Meador, E. (Researcher) & Evans, A. (Researcher)

  1/12/20 → 31/10/21

  Project: Other

  • Integrated Pest Management 100%
  • Land Management 100%
  • Public Goods 81%
  • Field Margin 9%
  • Growers 9%

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

  Meador, E. (PI) & Creissen, H. (CoI)

  1/12/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Online Social Networks 100%
  • Social Medium Platform 66%
  • Twitter 66%
  • Best Practice 66%
  • Scientific Knowledge 66%

• Review of the Kilgallioch Windfarm Community Fund

  Glass, J. (CoPI) & Atterton, J. (PI)

  24/11/20 → 11/06/21

  Project: Research

• 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. (PI), Hill, G. (PI), Bothwell, C. (PI), Inman, G. (CoPI) & Sykes, A. (CoPI)

  1/10/20 → 31/10/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Carbon Footprint 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions 100%

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

  Thomson, S. (PI)

  16/09/20 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

  • Wales 100%
  • Economic Analysis 100%
  • Payment Scheme 100%
  • Information System 75%
  • Land Capability 75%

• Insights Offered by Behavioural Science to Improve the Perception of and Positive Action on Protected Areas

  Barnes, A. (PI)

  Scottish Natural Heritage

  25/08/20 → 1/02/21

  Project: Research

• A high-level scoping review farming, greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage - cereals and oilseeds

  Eory, V. (PI)

  1/07/20 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Rural poverty with a focus on children and young people: an evidence review

  Glass, J. (PI)

  1/06/20 → 30/09/20

  Project: Commercial

  • Rural Areas 100%

• Cross SEFARI Integration Capacity

  Jones, S. (PI)

  James Hutton Limited

  1/05/20 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• NZL: Carbon net zero & UK livestock systems

  Rees, B. (PI), Buckingham, S. (Researcher), Dewhurst, R. (Researcher), Sykes, A. (PI) & Bell, J. (PI)

  1/05/20 → 31/08/20

  Project: Research

  • Net Zero 100%
  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Land Use 50%

• Place based policy case studies 2020-21

  Meador, E. (CoI), Maynard, C. (CoI), Atterton, J. (PI) & Glass, J. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Rural Areas 100%
  • Private Sector 100%
  • Health Care Delivery 80%
  • Local Development 80%
  • Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development 80%

• Understanding the experiences of peatland restoration in Scotland

  Novo, P. (PI), Glenk, K. (CoI), Maynard, C. (CoI) & Sposato, M. (CoI)

  1/04/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Peatland 100%
  • Peatlands 100%
  • Upscaling 25%

• Study of the adoption of GHG mitigation technologies by EU livestock farmers

  Eory, V. (PI) & MacLeod, M. (CoI)

  IPSOS IBERIA

  1/04/20 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

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

  Toma, L. (PI)

  Forestry Commission England

  30/03/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• AFIC SEFARI fellowship

  Jones, S. (PI)

  2/03/20 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

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

  Akaichi, F. (PI)

  The Academy of Medical Sciences

  1/03/20 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

• Sefari Spark_Developing guidelines and policies for sustainable grassland systems

  Cole, L. (PI), March, M. (CoI), Watson, C. (CoI), McCracken, D. (CoI) & Maynard, C. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  20/02/20 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research

• Interactions between Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use and Farm Practices for the Common Agricultural Policy

  Eory, V. (PI)

  Wageningen University & Research

  12/02/20 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

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

  Spencer, M. (PI)

  7/02/20 → 9/03/20

  Project: Research

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

  McMorran, R. (PI), Craigie, M. (CoI), Maynard, C. (CoI), Thomson, S. (CoI) & Glass, J. (CoI)

  Ipsos MORI

  5/02/20 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

  • Land Reform 100%
  • Scottish Government 33%
  • Land Use 33%
  • Mixed-Methods 33%

• GrassRoots: A participatory approach to drive improvements in grass breeding and productivity

  Lawson, D. (PI), Forster, J. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Meador, E. (CoI), Galloway, L. (CoI) & Riddell, I. (CoI)

  Scottish Government

  1/10/19 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Understanding the genetic basis for Ramularia resistance in barley

  Havis, N. (PI) & Roehrig, L. (PhD Student)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: PhD project

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

  Rees, B. (PI), Eory, V. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI) & Hoebe, P. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Production System 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 100%
  • Farming System 100%
  • Animal Production System 100%
  • Robot 50%

• Autums survey of wheat bulb fly incidence 2019-21

  Evans, A. (PI) & Dussart, F. (CoI)

  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. (PI), Eory, V. (PI) & Haroon, G. (PhD Student)

  1/09/19 → 30/08/23

  Project: Research

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

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

  26/08/19 → 29/02/20

  Project: Research

  • Food Group 100%
  • Sweet 50%
  • Snack 50%
  • Nutritive Value 50%
  • Macronutrient 50%

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

  Toma, L. (PI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI) & Sparks, N. (CoI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/08/19 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

  • in Vitro Studies 100%
  • Animal Production 100%
  • Food Animals 100%
  • Decision Support System 100%
  • Metagenomics 100%

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

  Toma, L. (PI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Reeves, A. (CoI), Barratt, A. (CoI), Leinonen, I. (CoI) & Boerlage, A. (CoI)

  1/08/19 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• On the Margins? Understanding financial hardship in remote and rural areas

  Glass, J. (PI) & Atterton, J. (CoI)

  Newcastle University

  1/08/19 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

  • Rural Areas 100%
  • Rural Sociology 66%
  • Case Study 50%
  • Context Analysis 33%
  • Lockdown 33%

• The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018: Evidence needs for improving outcomes for Scotland's island communities

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

  1/08/19 → 18/10/19

  Project: Research

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

  Thomson, S. (PI), McMorran, R. (CoI), Spencer, M. (CoI), McMillan, J. (CoI) & Glass, J. (CoI)

  29/07/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Scottish Government 100%
  • Socioeconomics 66%
  • Grouse 66%
  • Land Use 33%
  • Socioeconomic Impact 33%

• PHC2019_01 Monitoring for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Halyomorpha halys

  Evans, A. (PI) & Hamilton, A. (CoI)

  The James Hutton Institute

  1/07/19 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research

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

  Watson, C. (PI), Shrestha, S. (CoI) & Sellars, A. (CoI)

  1/05/19 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research