Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Integrated assessment of the economic and environmental implications of greenhouse gas reduction practices in agriculture
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of pollution mitigation practices
- Farmers' perceptions and choices in sustainable practice adoption
- Evaluation of low carbon policy interventions
Personal profile
I am interested in the socio-economic aspects of sustainable agriculture and work with interdisciplinary methods to understand better how to reduce the environmental effects of agricultural production. My research spans across topics, including the cost-effectiveness of mitigation practices, environmental co-effects, farmers’ perceptions and the assessment of policy instruments. Besides developing and leading research projects, I supervise PhD projects and work with a range of stakeholders.
Supervision
PhD student (2023 – 2027) Modelling income-based inequality in the future food system
PhD student (2021 – 2025) Knowledge, values, and adoption of sustainable soil management in Nepal’s Terai
PhD student (2019 – 2023) Cattle breeding choices: reconciling productivity, sustainability and food security objectives
PhD student (2019 – 2023) Low carbon farming: making carbon accounting relevant to farming and food production
PhD student (2017 – 2022) Modelling short and long term resilience and efficiency of cattle production
PhD student (2017 – 2021) The socioeconomic and environmental aspects of agriculture: a spatial perspective on changing production practices
PhD student (2016 – 2020) Evaluation of participatory extension programmes related to climate change mitigation activities in the agricultural sector in Scotland and New Zealand
PhD student (2015 – 2021) Spatial econometric modelling of land use systems and ecosystem services
Projects
Selected current and recent projects:
- Scottish Government (2022-2027) Modelling the current and future GHG emissions and wider impacts in the Scottish beef, sheep and dairy sectors (SRUC-C5-1)
- GCRF (2019-2024) UKRI GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub
- ERA-NET Cofund 2 (2019-2023) Climate Care Cattle Farming System
- European Commission Joint Research Centre (2019-2020) Study of the adoption of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation technologies by EU livestock farmers
- Defra (2018-2021) Delivery of Clean Growth through Sustainable Intensification
- H2020 (2017-2022) Genomic management Tools to Optimise Resilience and Efficiency (GenTORE)
- NERC (2017-2021) Great Soils Research to deliver Greenhouse Gas REmovals and Abatement Technologies (Soils-R-GGREAT)
- Scottish Government (2016-2021) RD: 2.3.5 Improving existing GHG reduction measures
- Committee on Climate Change (2020) Analysis for the CCC’s 6th carbon budget for agriculture and land use
- GCRF (2019-2024) UKRI GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub
- ERA-NET Cofund 2 (2019-2023) Climate Care Cattle Farming System
- European Commission Joint Research Centre (2019-2020) Study of the adoption of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation technologies by EU livestock farmers
- Defra (2018-2021) Delivery of Clean Growth through Sustainable Intensification
- H2020 (2017-2022) Genomic management Tools to Optimise Resilience and Efficiency (GenTORE)
- NERC (2017-2021) Great Soils Research to deliver Greenhouse Gas REmovals and Abatement Technologies (Soils-R-GGREAT)
- Scottish Government (2016-2021) RD: 2.3.5 Improving existing GHG reduction measures
- Committee on Climate Change (2020) Analysis for the CCC’s 6th carbon budget for agriculture and land use
- European Commission Joint Research Centre (2018-2019) Adoption of nutrient management plans by EU farmers and their impact on farm economics and GHG emissions
- ClimateXChange (2018-2019) Comparative analysis of farm-based carbon audits
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The economics of greenhouse gas reduction in the UK agriculture, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 14 Jan 2016
Master, MSc in Ecological Economics, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 5 Dec 2008
Master, Master of Business Administration, Corvinus University of Budapest
Award Date: 14 Dec 2005
Master, BSc and MSc in Molecular Biology, Eotvos Lorand University
Award Date: 8 Feb 2002
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The Evaluation of Market Ready agricultural Technology Options (TEMaRTO)
Barnes, A. (PI), Mckay Fletcher, D. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoPI) & MacLeod, M. (CoPI)
19/02/24 → 18/02/27
Project: Research
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Understanding Micronutrients Provision In A Changing Global Food System
Eory, V. (Supervisor) & Waxenberg, K. (PhD Student)
1/10/23 → 30/09/27
Project: PhD project
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Wet Horizons - upgrading knowledge and solutions to fast-track wetland restoration across Europe
Glenk, K. (PI), Reed, M. (CoPI), Eory, V. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI), Rudman, H. (Researcher) & Noles, S. (Researcher)
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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Knowledge And Information In Sustainable Food Production: Farmers Mental Representation Of Soil Health And The Environment
Eory, V. (Supervisor)
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: PhD project
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RESAS 22-27: SRUC-c3-2 Modelling The Socio-economic, Greenhouse Gas And Natural Capital Impacts Of Land Use Policy And Opportunities?. *joint With SRUC-d5-3
McVittie, A. (PI), Thomson, S. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Botero Degiovanni, H. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI), Hamilton, A. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Thomson, S. (CoI), Holland, J. (CoI), McCracken, D. (CoI), Gibson-Poole, S. (CoI), McMillan, J. (CoI), Wall, E. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI), Glendinning, J. (CoI), Merrell, I. (CoI) & Mckay Fletcher, D. (CoI)
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Climate change: New breeding challenges, approaches and goals for European livestock production
Burns, J., Zira, S., Chase-Topping, M. E., Doeschl-Wilson, A., Eory, V., Oliviera-Silva, R. & Rydhmer, L., Nov 2025, Reference Module in Food Science. ElsevierResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Farm level drivers of nitrogen use efficiency in the Terai region of Nepal
Begho, T., Joshi, R., Nepal, B., Donovan, T. & Eory, V., 2 Jun 2025, (First published) In: Discover Soil. 2, 13 p., 38.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Greenhouse gas abatement in UK agriculture 2024-2050: Report submitted to support the 7th carbon budget in the UK
Eory, V., Mckay Fletcher, D., MacLeod, M., Duthie, C.-A., Rees, R. & Topp, C., 25 Feb 2025, Prepared for the Climate Change Committee. 84 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report
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Achieving cleaner growth in agriculture: establishing feasible mitigation through a bottom-up approach
Barnes, A., Stockdale, E., Norton, L., Eory, V., MacLeod, M. & Buys, G., 15 May 2024, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 454, 142287.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intensity of synthetic and organic fertilizers use among Indian paddy growers: Determinants and implications for productivity and sustainability
Jha, G. K., Velayudhan, P. K., Begho, T., Eory, V. & Bhatia, A., 2 Nov 2024, (First published) In: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment. 3, 4, p. 1-9 9 p., e70013.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Clean Growth through Sustainable Intensification. MACC Fiches
Macleod, M. (Creator), Eory, V. (Creator) & Barnes, A. (Creator), Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), 2024
DOI: 10.58073/sruc.24974955.v1, https://sruc.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Clean_Growth_through_Sustainable_Intensification_MACC_Fiches/24974955/1
Dataset
Prizes
Activities
- 1 Membership of committee
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European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (External organisation)
Eory, V. (Member)
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2026Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
Press/Media
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Reduce greenhouse gases with ‘magic beans’
Eory, V., Rees, B., Leinonen, I., Maire, J., MacLeod, M., Sykes, A. & Wall, E.
24/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Impacts
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Refined greenhouse gas reporting informs policy and mitigation measures to reduce emissions from agriculture
Rees, B. (Participant), Eory, V. (Participant), Topp, K. (Participant), Bell, M. (Participant), Jones, S. (Participant), Ball, B. (Participant), Cloy, J. (Participant) & Moran, D. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental
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