Scotland's Rural College

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2026

• 1 Curtailed
• 9 Not started
• 145 Active
• 260 Finished

Projects per year

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• Finished

  Multiple spatial scales of habitat and landscape context drivers of distribution and site fidelity among reef fish.

  Burns, N.

  1/05/21 → 1/06/21

  Project: Other

  • site fidelity 100%
  • habitat 38%
  • reef 38%
  • fish 27%
  • distribution 25%

• Sugar beet feasibility study

  Riddell, I., Bowsher-Gibbs, M. & Bell, J.

  2/03/21 → 31/07/21

  Project: Consultancy

  • sugar beet 100%
  • feasibility study 58%
  • ethanol 50%
  • plastic 41%
  • product 25%

• AHDB Livestock Data Dashboard

  Carter, N.

  1/03/21 → 31/07/21

  Project: Consultancy

• Methane-inhibiting livestock feed supplements: review of net impacts, barriers to success and consumer acceptance

  Duthie, C., Newbold, J., Miller, G. & Vigors, B.

  8/02/21 → 8/08/21

  Project: Research

  • livestock feeds 100%
  • consumer acceptance 94%
  • methane 74%
  • feed additives 25%
  • food supply chain 21%

• 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

  • Land use 100%
  • Bayesian networks 84%
  • Decision making 60%

• Peeblesshire Monitor Farm Legacy project

  Bothwell, C. & Laughton, H.

  25/01/21 → 31/07/21

  Project: Consultancy

• Uplandia: Systems modelling for evidence-informed peatland policy

  Reed, M.

  21/12/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • peatland 100%
  • policy 61%
  • peat 48%
  • wildfire 45%
  • Anglian 38%

• Facilitation of Monitor Farm legacy project - Morayshire

  Riddell, I.

  8/12/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Consultancy

  • farm 100%

• Facilitation of Monitor Farm legacy project - Wigtownshire

  Riddell, I.

  8/12/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Consultancy

  • farm 100%

• 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

  • Soils 100%
  • Health 93%
  • agriculture 53%
  • farmer 37%
  • social network 33%

• Review of the Kilgallioch Windfarm Community Fund

  Glass, J. & Atterton, J.

  24/11/20 → 11/06/21

  Project: Research

• 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

  • Poverty 100%
  • Child 40%

• Research Economics and Biosecurity Assessments and Simulations for Livestock (Dairy, Camels, Sheep, and Goats) in the United Arab Emirates

  Reeves, A.

  United Arab Emirates University

  4/05/20 → 30/07/21

  Project: Research

• Quantitative Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Rural Scotland

  Wall, E. & Reeves, A.

  1/05/20 → 31/10/20

  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%

• Seagreen Offshore Windfarm

  Graham, L. & Crooks, B.

  9/04/20 → 9/04/21

  Project: Consultancy

  • consultancy 100%
  • sampling 40%
  • soil 30%
  • analysis 19%

• AHDB Farmbench Arable Project - Year 3 extension

  Ross, D.

  1/04/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Consultancy

• 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

• Place based policy case studies 2020-21

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

  RESAS

  1/04/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Service delivery 100%
  • rural community 73%
  • policy approach 64%
  • vulnerability 45%
  • strategic alliance 44%

• Winkston Hill Farm Feasibility Study

  Johnston, C.

  1/04/20 → 31/07/20

  Project: Consultancy

  • Farms 100%
  • Education 65%
  • Industry 33%

• NEXTGEN_Internet of Food Things

  Mayfield, P.

  University of Lincoln

  1/04/20 → 17/09/20

  Project: Other

• 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

• Historical varities of winter wheat, spring barley and spring oats at Woodlands field, Craibstone

  Walker, R.

  MAINS OF LOIRSTON TRUST

  2/03/20 → 1/04/21

  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 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

• Sefari Spark_Developing guidelines and policies for sustainable grassland systems

  Cole, L., Roberts, D., March, M., Watson, C., McCracken, D. & Maynard, C.

  RESAS

  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

  • land reform 100%
  • public attitude 96%
  • fieldwork 34%
  • autumn 28%
  • stakeholder 27%

• Identifying research priorities for the use of Agri-tech to improve productivity efficiency and sustainability in beef & sheep livestock production systems

  Bowen, J.

  James Hutton Limited

  1/02/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• Early life biomarker predictors of future production, health, welfare and longevity in dairy cattle

  Banos, G.

  Hannah Dairy Research Foundation

  1/01/20 → 31/10/20

  Project: Research

• The Greenkeeping Workforce/Education in Great Britain and Ireland

  Miller, P.

  R & A CHAMPIONSHIPS LTD

  1/01/20 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• Effect of Alternative chemistry on Rcc growth

  Havis, N., Crawford, C., Fortune, J., Kasperek, C. & Swaney, J.

  UPL Europe Ltd

  16/12/19 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

• Keeping Cow with Calf: bringing innovation to dairying in Scotland

  Haskell, M.

  Scottish Government

  2/12/19 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

• Review of legislation (RWF)

  Dixon, L.

  Rabbit Welfare Fund

  1/12/19 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

• SEFARI Fellowship with Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park

  McMorran, R.

  James Hutton Limited

  1/12/19 → 30/12/20

  Project: Research

• CTLGH_Dairy Cow Improvement, Rwanda. JOA.

  Mrode, R.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/12/19 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

• Review of evidence on Integrated Pest Management

  Creissen, H. & Evans, A.

  RSK ADAS Ltd

  17/10/19 → 31/03/20

  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

• SEFARI Fellowship with NFU Scotland

  Miller, G.

  James Hutton Limited

  23/09/19 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• Database design and data flows from farms

  Archibald, I.

  Agri-EPI Centre Ltd

  13/09/19 → 31/01/20

  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

• 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

• 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

• Distributed Ledger Technologies Training

  Smith, M.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/08/19 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• 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

  • rural area 100%
  • vulnerability 87%
  • local authority 65%
  • poverty 53%
  • resident 53%

• LymeApp

  Eze, J., Gunn, G., Auty, H., MacEwan, C., Humphry, R., Stephen, K. & Anderson, H.

  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., 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%

• 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