Rural Economy, Environment And Society

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2018 2019 2022 2027

• 75 Active
• 152 Finished

Projects per year

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  Climate change, the land-based labour market and rural land use in Scotland - an evidence assessment

  Atterton, J. & Tiwasing, P.

  25/07/22 → 15/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Assessment 100%
  • Scotland 100%
  • Labor Market 75%
  • Rural Land Use 50%
  • Climate Change 50%

• Rapid Evidence Assessments - Assessment of practices to reduce post-weaning diarrhoea in pigs

  Rodrigues da Costa, M., Nale, J., Botero Degiovanni, H. & Beechener, S.

  27/06/22 → 11/11/22

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Zinc Oxide 81%
  • Research 28%
  • Feed Additives 9%
  • Colostrum 6%

• Review and evaluation of existing (or near-to-market) methane reducing feed additives and technologies, with associated (business and government) recommendations to deliver ‘best practice’, well-governed markets.

  Miller, G., Duthie, C., Newbold, J. & Eory, V.

  12/05/22 → 30/10/22

  Project: Research

• Reviewing, assessing and critiquing the evidence base on muirburn to inform the development of a licensing approach in Scotland

  Holland, J., McCracken, D., Glendinning, J. G., Buckingham, S. & Pollock, M.

  6/04/22 → 14/06/22

  Project: Commercial

  • Licensing 100%

• Japan - Shared Challenges on Depopulation across Island Communities

  Atterton, J., Lamont, K., Gkartzios, M. & Dilley, L.

  7/03/22 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Islands 100%
  • Japan 100%
  • Communities 50%
  • UK 50%
  • Policy 50%

• SLC-LandMarket: Rural Land Market Insights Reporting 2022

  Thomson, S., Merrell, I. & Glendinning, J. G.

  14/01/22 → 20/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Land 100%
  • Interviews 33%
  • Research 33%
  • Reporting Finding 33%
  • Conducting Interview 33%

• Improving Reporting of Land Market Transactions

  McMorran, R.

  20/11/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Activity 100%
  • Datum 75%
  • Scotland 52%
  • UK 50%
  • Interviews 50%

• Growing the Community Business Network UK-wide Understanding the ‘cold spot’ areas where Plunkett Foundation supports fewer community businesses

  Atterton, J.

  8/11/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Comprehension 100%

• 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

  • Control 100%
  • Farmers 74%
  • Information 62%
  • Pig 50%
  • Specific Industry 50%

• Dandelion : Dandelion Festival 2022

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

  1/10/21 → 31/07/22

  Project: Other

  • Festivals 100%
  • Challenges 66%
  • Northern England 33%
  • Isolation Method 33%
  • Engage-ment 33%

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

  Thomson, S.

  1/10/21 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Support 100%
  • UK 66%
  • Scotland 53%
  • Policy 45%
  • Land 44%

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

  McVittie, A.

  20/09/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Other

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

• 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

  • Montserrat 100%
  • Natural Capital 100%
  • Model 100%
  • Monitor 50%
  • Flood 50%

• 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

  • Technology 100%
  • Science and Technology 97%
  • Agriculture 73%
  • Emission 42%
  • Utilization 35%

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

  Akaichi, F.

  15/08/21 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research

  • Welfare 100%
  • Pork 80%
  • Tail 80%
  • Information 47%
  • Consumers 42%

• CxC GHG emissions reduction targets in Scottish agriculture

  Eory, V., Rees, B., Barnes, A. & Topp, K.

  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., Toma, L., Eory, V., Rees, B., Topp, K., Glenk, K. & Knocker, L.

  15/07/21 → 25/02/22

  Project: Research

  • Environmental Valuation 100%
  • Environmental Economics 100%

• 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

  • Farmers 100%
  • Integrated Pest Management 35%
  • Information Network 31%
  • Surveys 31%
  • Databases 28%

• 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

  • Consumers 100%
  • USA 50%
  • Application 50%
  • State 50%
  • Adoption 50%

• 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

  • Montserrat 100%
  • Belief 50%
  • Land Management 50%
  • Decision Support Tools 50%
  • Land Use 50%

• Uplandia: Systems modelling for evidence-informed peatland policy

  Reed, M.

  21/12/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • UK 100%
  • Strategy 100%
  • England 100%
  • Peat 66%
  • Wildfire 66%

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

  Reed, M. & Williams, A.

  7/12/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Soil Carbon 100%
  • Dairies 100%
  • Ecosystem 68%
  • Carbon 65%
  • United Kingdom 54%

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

  Glenk, K. & Schulz, C.

  2/12/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Water 100%
  • Surveys 41%
  • Survey 41%
  • Decision Making 33%
  • Value 33%

• 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

  • Land Management 100%
  • Public Goods 95%
  • Delivery 87%
  • Management 77%
  • Pests 75%

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

  Meador, E. & Creissen, H.

  1/12/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Online Social Networks 100%
  • Expert Knowledge 85%
  • Social Medium Platform 85%
  • Twitter 85%
  • Scientific Knowledge 85%

• Review of the Kilgallioch Windfarm Community Fund

  Glass, J. & Atterton, J.

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

  1/10/20 → 31/10/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Sheep 100%
  • Cattle 50%

• 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%
  • Welsh 60%
  • Economic Analysis 51%
  • Payment Scheme 51%
  • Agriculture 51%

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

  Eory, V.

  1/07/20 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

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

  Glass, J.

  1/06/20 → 30/09/20

  Project: Commercial

  • Children 100%

• 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%
  • Net Zero 66%
  • Carbon 66%
  • Area 66%
  • United Kingdom 66%

• Place based policy case studies 2020-21

  Meador, E., Maynard, C., Atterton, J. & Glass, J.

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • UK 100%
  • Policy 98%
  • Approach 84%
  • Scotland 82%
  • Communities 74%

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

  Eory, V. & MacLeod, M.

  IPSOS IBERIA

  1/04/20 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

• Understanding the experiences of peatland restoration in Scotland

  Novo, P., Glenk, K., Maynard, C. & Sposato, M.

  1/04/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Peatlands 100%
  • Research 25%
  • Design 25%
  • Information 25%

• 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

• AFIC SEFARI fellowship

  Jones, S.

  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.

  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., March, M., Watson, C., McCracken, D. & Maynard, C.

  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.

  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.

  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

  • Research 100%
  • Land Reform 75%
  • Evidence 50%
  • UK 50%
  • Public Attitude 50%

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

  Lawson, D., Forster, J., Burnett, F., Meador, E., Galloway, L. & Riddell, I.

  Scottish Government

  1/10/19 → 30/09/20

  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

• 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

  • Food 100%
  • Sugar 46%
  • Groups 42%
  • Salt 39%
  • Calorie 32%

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

  Glass, J. & Atterton, J.

  Newcastle University

  1/08/19 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

  • Vulnerability 100%
  • Rural Areas 70%
  • Case Studies 56%
  • Authority 46%
  • Support 43%

• 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

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

  Atterton, J., McMorran, R. & Jones, S.

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

  29/07/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Impact 100%
  • Biodiversity 85%
  • Socioeconomics 85%
  • Right 85%
  • Moor 85%

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

  Evans, A. & Hamilton, A.

  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., Shrestha, S. & Sellars, A.

  1/05/19 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research