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• Grass bio-processing alternative protein for human consumption

  Lawson, D.

  1/12/18 → 30/11/19

  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

• 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

• GREEN-SHED_BEIS

  Duthie, C. & Farquhar, J.

  6/04/21 → 6/01/22

  Project: Research

  • cattle 100%
  • ruminant 84%
  • methane 75%
  • meat 69%
  • project 54%

• Healthy animals, healthy food, healthy people

  Dwyer, C., Langford, F., Mitchell, M., Dixon, L. & Turner, S.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/04/17 → 30/03/21

  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

• 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

• Horse Welfare within Traveller/Gypsy communities: an ethnic group often under-represented in horse welfare research

  Coombs, T.

  The Horse Trust

  1/10/17 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

• Host pathogen interactions important in the movement of Campylobacter jejuni from the broiler chicken gut to edible tissues (CampAttack)

  Sparks, N.

  B.b.s.r.c.

  1/08/18 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

• ICE Robotics Lying time curve

  Haskell, M., Duthie, C. & March, M.

  1/06/18 → 31/05/19

  Project: Research

• Dairy Sensors: Identifying best sensor technologies to deliver verifiable health and welfare, environment and processing quality benefits for Dairy Products

  Dewhurst, R., Ferguson, H. & Haskell, M.

  1/08/20 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • dairy products 100%
  • processing quality 97%
  • milk production 91%
  • sensors (equipment) 89%
  • environmental technology 51%

• 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

• Identifying the 'hot' spots and 'not' spots of emergency and everyday resilience centres in Scotland

  Barnes, A., Atterton, J., Thomson, S. & McCracken, D.

  1/10/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Identifying the 'hot' spots and 'not' spots of emergency and everyday resilience centres in Scotland

  Meador, E.

  1/11/18 → 1/05/19

  Project: Research

• IMAGE Innovative management of animal genetic resources.

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

  1/04/16 → 28/02/20

  Project: Research

• Impact of animal breeding on farm economics and on reduction of GHG emissions

  MacLeod, M.

  1/02/19 → 30/04/19

  Project: Research

• 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%

• Impact of genetics and growth promoters on avian intestinal microbiota and health

  Athanasiadou, S.

  RESAS DUMMY CLIENT

  1/10/14 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

• SUSDIET: Implementing sustainable diets in Europe

  Revoredo Giha, C., Akaichi, F. & Costa Font, M.

  1/12/14 → 31/08/17

  Project: Research

  • Trend Analysis 100%
  • Aquaculture 98%
  • trend analysis 90%
  • fishery 84%
  • Fisheries 84%

• Improved estimation and mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions and soil carbon storage from crop residues (ResidueGas)

  Rees, B. & Topp, K.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/04/17 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

  • United Kingdom 100%
  • case studies 84%
  • climate change 83%
  • livestock 81%
  • economic sectors 52%

• Improved timing of curative blight fungicides for superior control of late blight and greater cost effectiveness

  Bain, R.

  1/10/14 → 31/03/20

  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

• Improving the control of liver fluke infection in cattle in the UK - FLAG

  Tongue, S., Stott, A., Weldegebriel, H., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Milne, C., Gomes, C., Eze, J., Henry, M. & Barratt, A.

  1/10/13 → 31/07/18

  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%

• Improving the sustainability and competitive position of the UK beef industry through selective breeding

  Wall, E., Pritchard, T., Dewhurst, R., Coffey, M. & Moran, D.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/01/15 → 30/07/19

  Project: Research

• Increasing efficiency of dietary nitrogen use in dairy systems

  Roberts, D., Bagnall, A., Flockhart, J., Bell, D., Dickinson, J. & McCubbin, I.

  21/06/12 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Innovation and collaboration to mitigate food waste in the fruit and vegetable supply chain

  Toma, L.

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Innovations in aquaculture: Delivering operational methods for the control of infectious disease

  Hutchings, M. & Davidson, R.

  1/04/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Innovative Use of Emerging Technologies to Improve Pig Production Efficiency

  Gomes, C., Gunn, G., Henry, M., Reeves, A., Adam, K., Cardoso Ribeiro, R., Pearce, M. & Humphry, R.

  4/04/16 → 29/03/19

  Project: Research

• Inoculated disease trials: cereals and winter oilseed rape

  Havis, N., Gorniak, K., Yoxall, T., Burnett, F., Laing, A. & Fortune, J.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/07/16 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

• Integrated disease management and reduced IPM

  Bingham, I.

  MAINS OF LOIRSTON TRUST

  1/04/17 → 1/09/20

  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

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

  Walker, R. & Watson, C.

  1/05/19 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• Investigation of reproductive and health factors influencing breeding ewe fertility in hill flocks

  McEvoy, T.

  5/01/15 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

• Investigation of the impact soil pH management has on Scotland?s grassland productivity

  Walker, R.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Investigations into behavioural and neural / cellular consequences of tooth resection in commercial piglets: implications for welfare

  Sandercock, D.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/15 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • piglets 100%
  • pain 95%
  • teeth 68%
  • resection 61%
  • tooth pulp 41%

• IRELAND: Balancing short and long-term aggression in pigs to maximise welfare and productivity

  Turner, S.

  1/10/15 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

• IRELAND: Increasing sow output through implementation of pre-weaning interventions to keep weak piglets alive OPTIPIG

  Baxter, E.

  1/10/14 → 29/08/18

  Project: Research

  • Swine 100%
  • artificial rearing 93%
  • swine 81%
  • piglets 78%
  • Weaning 67%

• IRELAND: Scaling reactive N mitigation in grassland systems

  Rees, B.

  1/04/15 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• IRELAND: Strategies to reduce the risk of tail biting in pigs managed on slatted floors

  D'Eath, R.

  1/09/15 → 1/09/19

  Project: Research

  • tail biting 100%
  • swine 65%
  • rearing 43%
  • dietary fiber 42%
  • Swine 40%

• IRELAND: Understanding farmer decision making in relation to nutrient to improve knowledge transfer methodologies

  Barnes, A.

  1/11/14 → 30/03/19

  Project: Research

• iSAGE Innovation for sustainable sheep and goat production in Europe

  Banos, G. & Dellar, M.

  1/10/16 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• iSAGE Innovation for sustainable sheep and goat production in Europe

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

  1/03/16 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Weather 100%
  • Sheep 80%
  • Volatilization 73%
  • Breeding 51%
  • Climate 51%

• Islands Knowledge Exchange Webinar Series

  McMorran, R., Atterton, J. & Glass, J.

  SFC GRANT DUMMY CLIENT

  1/02/19 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

  • learning 100%
  • act 78%
  • New Zealand 48%
  • public sector 48%
  • Canada 39%

• Islands Revival: Exploring the potential for repopulation

  Atterton, J. & McMorran, R.

  29/04/19 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

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

  Haskell, M.

  Scottish Government

  2/12/19 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

• Kelda Land Bank Management

  Graham, L. & Sinclair, A.

  1/06/21 → 31/05/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Bank Management 100%

• KENYA: Herd and animal level interventions for GHG emission mitigation

  MacLeod, M.

  6/01/14 → 29/03/19

  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%

• Leatherjacket Biocontrol

  Cole, L.

  Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research