Rural Economy, Environment And Society

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2017 2018 2019 2020 2025

• 36 Active
• 132 Finished

Projects per year

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• Advanced technologies for efficient crop management: a participatory approach with application at farm scale

  Hoad, S., Borthwick, F., Rees, B., Barnes, A., Crawford, C., Florence, A., Buckingham, S., Buckingham, S., Miller, S., Fortune, J., Vigors, B., Domalazek, N., Rzepka, A. & Redpath, R.

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/12/16 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

  • leaf area index 100%
  • Chlorophyll 98%
  • crop yield 93%
  • empirical models 80%
  • Triticum 77%

• Enhanced monitoring systems for improved health management of dairy-bred beef youngstock

  Duthie, C., Mason, C., Haskell, M., Parker, J. & McCubbin, I.

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/09/16 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

  • calf feeding 100%
  • dairy calves 80%
  • respiratory tract diseases 69%
  • bovine respiratory disease 66%
  • Feeding Behavior 62%

• 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

• 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%

• Understanding farmer wealth, well-being and welfare : a comparative study of Scottish and Irish beef farmers

  Barnes, A.

  1/10/16 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Decarbonising global agrifood

  MacLeod, M.

  RESAS

  20/04/17 → 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

  • Poverty 100%
  • Child 40%

• 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

• 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

• Integrated disease management and reduced IPM

  Bingham, I.

  MAINS OF LOIRSTON TRUST

  1/04/17 → 1/09/20

  Project: Research

• 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%

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

  Baxter, E., Akaichi, F. & Farish, M.

  19/03/18 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• Novel methods for understanding the causes and control of a malting barley grain defect called ?skinning?

  Hoad, S.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/15 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• 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

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

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

  SFC GRANT DUMMY CLIENT

  1/03/18 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

• Steering animal production systems towards a sustainable future: AnimalFuture

  McCracken, D., Morgan-Davies, C. & Barnes, A.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/06/17 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

  • livestock farming 100%
  • mountains 62%
  • landscape management 32%
  • livelihood 16%
  • primary sector 13%

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

  Thomson, S., Atterton, J., Barnes, A. & McMillan, J.

  SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE

  18/04/17 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

  • turnover 100%
  • evidence 67%
  • knowledge gap 51%
  • funding 27%
  • gender 26%

• UK/NZ: Co-learning & co-innovation to achieve impact in research: Informing TT in Scotland & New Zealand

  Barnes, A.

  1/10/13 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

• AFIC SEFARI fellowship

  Jones, S.

  2/03/20 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

• Productivity of Scottish Agriculture

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

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• LEADER 2019-20

  Atterton, J., Skerratt, S., McMorran, R., Meador, E., Jones, S. & Glass, J.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • commissioned research 100%
  • public private partnership 72%
  • rural development 69%
  • development strategy 67%
  • networking 56%

• 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 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%

• iSAGE Innovation for sustainable sheep and goat production in Europe

  Banos, G., Conington, J., Lambe, N., Wall, E. & Topp, K.

  1/03/16 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Weather 100%
  • Climate 89%
  • Sheep 89%
  • Breeding 60%
  • Climate Change 44%

• 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%

• Activity of fungicides against Ramularia leaf spot

  Havis, N., Gorniak, K., Yoxall, T. & Walker, R.

  MAINS OF LOIRSTON TRUST

  1/09/18 → 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%

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

  Spencer, M.

  7/02/20 → 9/03/20

  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

• IMAGE Innovative management of animal genetic resources.

  Barnes, A., Vosough Ahmadi, B. & Moran, D.

  1/04/16 → 28/02/20

  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

• Brexit Advisory Call-Off Framework

  Atterton, J.

  16/04/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• N-CIRCLE: Virtual Joint centre for Closed-Loop Cycling of Nitrogen in Chinese Agriculture

  Rees, B., Roehe, R., Jones, S., Bingham, I., Tarsitano, D., Buckingham, S., Bell, M., Topp, K., Houdijk, J., Crawford, C., Anderson, C. & Parker, J.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

  • Nitrous Oxide 100%
  • Soil 80%
  • nitrous oxide production 77%
  • nitrous oxide 68%
  • agricultural soils 63%

• UK: Efficiency of Information impact on food waste behaviour

  Toma, L.

  1/10/14 → 2/12/19

  Project: Research

• 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

• Estimating the economic costs of bovine TB incidents on cattle farms in the high risk edge areas of England and Wales

  Barnes, A., Stott, A., Toma, L., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Barratt, A. & Hutchings, M.

  18/06/18 → 31/10/19

  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

• Carrots and Sticks: incentives to conserve Hilsa fish in Myanmar

  Glenk, K. & Novo, P.

  5/02/19 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

  • artisanal fishery 100%
  • Burma 82%
  • Choice Experiment 79%
  • Fish 75%
  • Incentives 74%

• Concentrated and large scale land ownership

  Glass, J. & McMorran, R.

  1/04/19 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

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

  Hoad, S.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/09/18 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• Islands Revival: Exploring the potential for repopulation

  Atterton, J. & McMorran, R.

  29/04/19 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• Formulating value chains for orphan crops

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

  1/05/17 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

  • Millet 100%
  • new crops 78%
  • crops 72%
  • Uganda 72%
  • Crops 64%

• Developing student enterprise: market challenge - selling wonky produce

  Milne, C.

  17/10/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• migrant workers in scottish agriculture: a short film

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

  14/05/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• The implications of Brexit for rural Scotland Budget

  Atterton, J.

  1/08/16 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Developing an evaluation culture and capacity within SRUC

  Milne, C.

  1/11/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Evaluation of the Griffin and Calliachar Enterprise Fund

  Atterton, J., Markantoni, M. & Meador, E.

  20/02/17 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research

• Causes and control of grain skinning in malting barley: phenotyping and genetic analysis

  Hoad, S.

  10/01/13 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research