Scotland's Rural College

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2031

• 1 Curtailed
• 11 Not started
• 192 Active
• 606 Finished

Projects per year

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• Finished

  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%

• 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

• 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%

• Welsh Sheep Breeding Project

  Coffey, M. (CoI), Id Lahoucine, S. (PI) & Kaseja, K. (CoI)

  Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

  1/08/19 → 31/01/24

  Project: Research

  • Flocks 100%
  • Genetic Improvement 20%
  • Parentage 20%
  • Rams 20%
  • Broodstock 10%

• 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

• 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%

• Distributed Ledger Technologies Training

  Smith, M. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/08/19 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• LymeApp

  Eze, J. (PI), Humphry, R. (CoI), Lamont, K. (CoI) & Anderson, H. (CoI)

  ID MAPPS Ltd.

  30/07/19 → 31/05/21

  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%

• Biomarkers Analysis

  Lowe, A. (PI) & Baker, E. (CoI)

  Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

  1/07/19 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

• 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

• Egenes Evaluation Service

  Coffey, M. (PI) & Cosso, M. (CoI)

  Roslin Technologies Limited

  1/07/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• Seed treatment and controlled condition experiment

  Havis, N. (PI), Crawford, C. (CoI) & Dussart, F. (CoI)

  Arysta LifeScience UK and Ireland

  14/06/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• ChickenStress MCSA

  Sandilands, V. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/06/19 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research

  • Laying Hens 100%
  • Feed Deprivation 50%
  • Hen 50%
  • Rapid Eye Movement Sleep 50%
  • Climate Change 25%

• Welfare Consultancy

  Dixon, L. (PI)

  1/06/19 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research

• QBA Advice

  Wemelsfelder, F. (PI)

  The Donkey Sanctuary

  18/05/19 → 18/05/20

  Project: Research

• Intercropping in practice: from research to on-farm trials

  Walker, R. (PI) & Watson, C. (CoI)

  1/05/19 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• WELL CALF- precision agricultural solution to improve health and productivity across the dairy-beef sector

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  1/05/19 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Breeds 100%
  • Birth Weight 100%
  • Milk Replacer 50%
  • Feeding Behavior 50%
  • Breed Type 50%

• Elucidating bovine host genomic links with rumen microbial genes to improve sustainably feed conversion efficiency using unique selection criteria

  Roehe, R. (PI) & Dewhurst, R. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/05/19 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Microbiome 100%
  • Rumen 60%
  • Microbial Gene 41%
  • Methane 36%
  • Bovine 29%

• 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

• QBA Advisory SubContract

  Wemelsfelder, F. (PI)

  Evidence Group Limited

  1/05/19 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

• Islands Revival: Exploring the potential for repopulation

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

  29/04/19 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• Brexit Advisory Call-Off Framework

  Atterton, J. (PI)

  16/04/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• RESAS Centres of Expertise: Plant Health

  Burnett, F. (PI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Metaldehyde 100%
  • Molluscicide 100%
  • Crop Production 33%
  • Environmental Impact 33%

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

  Barnes, A. (PI) & Botero Degiovanni, H. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Silvopastoral Systems 100%
  • Climate Change 66%
  • Cattle Production 33%
  • Cow 16%

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

  Barnes, A. (PI) & Botero Degiovanni, H. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Beans 75%
  • Phaseolus vulgaris 75%
  • Military Operation 75%
  • Homicide 75%

• RESAS Centres of Expertise: EPIC

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

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Biosecurity 100%
  • Laying Hens 66%
  • Equipment 16%
  • Flocks 16%

• Benefits of diverse herbal-rich leys Project 17

  Walker, R. (PI) & Watson, C. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management

  Wall, E. (PI), Smith, S. (CoI), Nicoll, L. (CoI), Parker, J. (CoI), Robertson, D. (CoI), Davidson, R. (CoI), Donbavand, J. (CoI), Anderson, C. (CoI), Roehe, R. (CoI), Harrison, B. (CoI), Purcell, L. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Gunn, G. (CoI), Pritchard, T. (CoI), Jones, S. (CoI), Bagnall, A. (CoI), Vosough Ahmadi, B. (CoI), Archibald, I. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI), Glenk, K. (CoI), Edwards, T. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), March, M. (CoI), Broadbent, C. (CoI), Cloy, J. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Wishart, H. (CoI), Griffiths, B. (CoI), Fox, N. (CoI), Sparks, N. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Banos, G. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI), Watson, C. (CoI), Dickinson, J. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Kyle, J. (CoI), Denholm, S. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI), Lawson, D. (CoI), McCubbin, I. (CoI), Dwyer, C. (CoI), Holland, J. (CoI), McCracken, D. (CoI), Barratt, A. (CoI), Havis, N. (CoI), Stanisz-Migal, M. (CoI), Miller, G. (CoI), Bowen, J. (CoI), Hutchings, M. (CoI), Creissen, H. (CoI), D'Eath, R. (CoI), Baddeley, J. (CoI), Houdijk, J. (CoI), Coffey, M. (CoI), Morgan-Davies, C. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI), Turner, S. (CoI), Haskell, M. (CoI), Barnes, A. (CoI), Athanasiadou, S. (CoI), Cole, L. (CoI), Sandilands, V. (CoI), McLaren, A. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI) & Smith, L. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Microbiome 100%
  • Methanogenesis 100%
  • Methanogen 50%
  • Protista 33%
  • Fibrobacter 33%

• Scottish Government Deer Working Group

  Glass, J. (PI)

  1/04/19 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

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

  Revoredo Giha, C. (PI), Toma, L. (CoI), Akaichi, F. (CoI) & Costa Font, M. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Vegetable Consumption 100%
  • Fruit Consumption 100%
  • Nutritive Value 100%
  • Pepper 100%
  • Nutrient Intake 100%

• Productivity of Scottish Agriculture

  Thomson, S. (PI), Bell, J. (CoI), Bevan, K. (CoI), McMillan, J. (CoI) & Barnes, A. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Transforming food system relationships T-GRAINS

  Atterton, J. (PI)

  1/04/19 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Legume Gap: Increasing productivity and sustainability of European plant protein production by closing the grain legume yield gap

  Watson, C. (PI) & Topp, K. (PI)

  1/04/19 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Grain Legume 100%
  • Cropping System 72%
  • Europeans 71%
  • Cultivar 63%
  • Vegetable Protein 60%

• Slurry Trial

  Lawson, D. (PI)

  1/04/19 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management

  Havis, N. (PI) & Creissen, H. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Concentrated and large scale land ownership

  Glass, J. (PI) & McMorran, R. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.1 Crop and grassland production and disease control

  Hoebe, P. (PI), Griffiths, B. (CoI) & Irvine, S. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.1 Crop and grassland production and disease control

  Creissen, H. (PI), Harrison, B. (CoI), Gorniak, K. (CoI), Bain, R. (CoI), Yoxall, T. (CoI), Paterson, L. (CoI), Evans, A. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Havis, N. (CoI) & Laing, A. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  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. (PI)

  Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands

  1/04/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Statistical consulting and training - 2019-2021

  Humphry, R. (PI)

  NHS Highland

  1/04/19 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• LEADER 2019-20

  Atterton, J. (PI), Skerratt, S. (CoI), McMorran, R. (CoI), Meador, E. (CoI), Jones, S. (CoI) & Glass, J. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Public Private Partnerships 100%
  • Development Strategy 100%
  • Rural Development 100%
  • Commissioned Research 100%
  • Brexit 100%

• OPTI-BEEF: Precision agricultural solution to monitor lifetime productivity and product quality

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI)

  1/04/19 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research

  • Dimensional Measurement 100%
  • Machine Learning 100%
  • Carcass Weight 100%
  • Beef Carcasses 100%
  • Conformation 100%

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.2 Livestock production, health, welfare and disease control

  Gunn, G. (PI), Webster, C. (CoI), Baughan, J. (CoI), Tongue, S. (CoI), Gomes, C. (CoI), Eze, J. (CoI), Hutchings, M. (CoI), Lamont, K. (CoI), Humphry, R. (CoI) & Evans, J. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Biosecurity 100%
  • Animal Health 100%
  • Farm Animal 50%
  • United Nations 25%
  • Cultural Heritage 25%

• RESAS Centres of Expertise: CxC

  Barnes, A. (PI), Hyslop, J. (CoI), Bell, J. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI), Leinonen, I. (CoI), Flockhart, J. (CoI) & MacLeod, M. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Predicting the spread of the Great Spruce Bark Beetle in Scotland

  Hutchings, M. (PI) & Davidson, R. (CoI)

  1/03/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• Resilient people need resilient ecosystems in smart cities RESPiRES

  Novo, P. (PI)

  14/02/19 → 14/08/22

  Project: Research

• Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

  Baughan, J. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI), Lamont, K. (CoI), Humphry, R. (CoI) & Tongue, S. (PI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  14/02/19 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Feeds 60%
  • Biosecurity 20%
  • Herd 20%

• South Asian Nitrogen Hub

  Rees, B. (PI), Eory, V. (CoI), Glenk, K. (CoI) & Begho, T. (CoI)

  13/02/19 → 31/05/24

  Project: Research

  • Organic Fertilizer 100%
  • Reactive Nitrogen 96%
  • South Asia 89%
  • Crop Residue 59%
  • Azadirachta Indica 53%