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• Egenes Evaluation Service

  Coffey, M. & Cosso, M.

  Roslin Technologies Limited

  1/07/19 → 30/06/20

  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%

• 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

• Welsh Sheep Breeding Project

  Kaseja, K. & Coffey, M.

  Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

  1/08/19 → 31/01/24

  Project: Research

• Distributed Ledger Technologies Training

  Smith, M.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/08/19 → 31/08/19

  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

• 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

• MEASURE: Environmental and economic impacts of improved antibiotics stewardship in poultry systems

  Toma, L., Sparks, N., Shrestha, S. & MacLeod, M.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/08/19 → 1/06/23

  Project: Research

  • anti-infective agents 100%
  • poultry 84%
  • economic impact 70%
  • supply chain 68%
  • marginal abatement cost 64%

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

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

  Newcastle University

  1/08/19 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

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

• 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

• Low carbon farming: making carbon accounting relevant to farming and food productions

  Glenk, K., Eory, V. & Haroon, G.

  1/09/19 → 30/08/23

  Project: Research

• Database design and data flows from farms

  Archibald, I.

  Agri-EPI Centre Ltd

  13/09/19 → 31/01/20

  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

• SEFARI Fellowship with NFU Scotland

  Miller, G.

  James Hutton Limited

  23/09/19 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• Grass to Gas: Strategies to mitigate GHG emissions from pasture-based sheep emissions

  Conington, J.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  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

• Understanding the genetic basis for Ramularia resistance in barley

  Havis, N.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Climate Smart Cattle Farming: Development of novel technologies, solutions and systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in animal production systems

  Rees, B., Eory, V., Hargreaves, P. & Hoebe, P.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) Technologies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity of pasture-based cattle systems

  Dewhurst, R., Nicoll, L., Duthie, C., Broadbent, C., Miller, G., Bowen, J. & Ferguson, H.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Garnock Connections: Garnock's buzzing

  Cole, L., Robertson, D. & Harrison, B.

  RSPB

  9/10/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Review of evidence on Integrated Pest Management

  Creissen, H. & Evans, A.

  RSK ADAS Ltd

  17/10/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• SEFARI Fellowship with Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park

  McMorran, R.

  James Hutton Limited

  1/12/19 → 30/12/20

  Project: Research

• Review of legislation (RWF)

  Dixon, L.

  Rabbit Welfare Fund

  1/12/19 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

• CTLGH_Dairy Cow Improvement, Rwanda. JOA.

  Mrode, R.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/12/19 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

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

  Haskell, M.

  Scottish Government

  2/12/19 → 28/02/21

  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

• 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

• EuroSheep

  Morgan-Davies, C.

  European Commission

  1/01/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• 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

• 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%

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

  Spencer, M.

  7/02/20 → 9/03/20

  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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• AFIC SEFARI fellowship

  Jones, S.

  2/03/20 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

• Determining how cognitive ability and affective state impact assessment strategies during aggressive contests to improve pig welfare after regrouping

  Turner, S., Futro, A. & Brims, M.

  B.b.s.r.c.

  2/03/20 → 1/03/23

  Project: Research

• 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

• NEXTGEN_Internet of Food Things

  Mayfield, P.

  University of Lincoln

  1/04/20 → 17/09/20

  Project: Other

• Dairy_Core Evaluations

  Coffey, M., Tahir, U., Mrode, R., Krzyzelewski, T., Kaseja, K., Wells, A. & Cosso, M.

  AHDB/DAIRY CO

  1/04/20 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

  • Northern Africa 100%
  • Humidity 85%
  • Climate 83%
  • Heat-Shock Response 80%
  • dairy cattle 71%

• 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%

• ARC Zero NI Farm Carbon Project

  Bell, J., Forrest, J., Sellars, A., MacPherson, L., Ramsay, R. & Bothwell, C.

  1/04/20 → 31/03/23

  Project: Consultancy

  • Carbon 100%
  • Farm 59%

• 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%

• Quantitative Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Rural Scotland

  Wall, E. & Reeves, A.

  1/05/20 → 31/10/20

  Project: Research

• 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

• 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

• Improving the Mental Health of Farmers

  Stephen, K., Henry, M., Humphry, R., Gunn, G. & Baughan, J.

  1/07/20 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Farmers 100%
  • Agriculture 99%
  • Mental Health 67%
  • Data Analysis 64%