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• 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%

• SARIC Translation: Grassland Management

  Topp, K.

  Natural Environment Research Council

  1/08/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

  • Wales 100%
  • England 86%
  • climate 68%
  • grasses 63%
  • soil 43%

• Scoping Study on the Opportunities and Barriers of Improved Forages for Livestock Sustainability and Productivity

  Watson, C., Newbold, J. & Topp, K.

  1/02/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • forage 100%
  • exercise 92%
  • livestock 80%
  • industry 64%

• Scottish Enterprise Rural Leadership Programme Extension

  Williams, K.

  5/05/21 → 30/04/22

  Project: Consultancy

• Scottish Government Deer Working Group

  Glass, J.

  1/04/19 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

• Seed treatment and controlled condition experiment

  Havis, N., Crawford, C. & Dussart, F.

  Arysta LifeScience UK and Ireland

  14/06/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• SEFARI Fellowship with Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park

  McMorran, R.

  James Hutton Limited

  1/12/19 → 30/12/20

  Project: Research

• SEFARI Fellowship with NFU Scotland

  Miller, G.

  James Hutton Limited

  23/09/19 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• SEFARI FELLOWSHIP with the Life Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group - Animal Health, Agritech and Aquaculture sub-group

  Bowen, J.

  11/01/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Other

  • Scotland 100%
  • aquaculture 80%
  • leadership 75%
  • animal health 61%
  • industry 41%

• 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

• SEFARI Virtual Farm Tours

  Cole, L., Dawson, L., Robertson, D. & Holland, J.

  Project: Research

  • farms 100%

• Sensitivity of ideal protein nutrition to gut health

  Houdijk, J.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Separating fibre from feed – the role of gut fungi in ruminant digestion

  van Munster, J.

  1/03/21 → 1/03/22

  Project: Research

  • digestive system 100%
  • ruminants 78%
  • digestion 73%
  • dietary fiber 71%
  • fungi 66%

• Sermons, carrots or sticks? Evaluating climate change management in agriculture

  Eory, V.

  1/10/16 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• Sharing expertise and experience towards sheep productivity through NET working (SheepNET)

  Dwyer, C., Vipond, J., Morgan-Davies, C., Camerlink, I., Frater, P. & McLaren, A.

  European Commission

  1/07/16 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research

  • lambs 100%
  • Turkey (country) 97%
  • sheep 79%
  • farmers 64%
  • dairy sheep 61%

• PAC: sheep methane recording technology platform

  Conington, J. & Lambe, N.

  21/05/21 → 20/05/22

  Project: Research

  • equipment maintenance and repair 100%
  • portable equipment 93%
  • methane 64%
  • sheep 45%
  • animals 27%

• Sleep behaviour as a novel indicator of animal welfare using laying hens as a model

  Sandilands, V., Baker, L. & Dixon, L.

  25/09/17 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Slurry Trial

  Lawson, D.

  1/04/19 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research

• Sm@rt: Small Ruminant Technology

  Morgan-Davies, C.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • small ruminants 100%
  • farmers 38%
  • rural society 20%
  • livestock 20%
  • rural economics 17%

• SMARTCOW : An integrated infrastructure for increased research capability and innovation in the European cattle sector

  Dewhurst, R., Duthie, C., Ramsay, N., Dwyer, C., Ferguson, H., Flockhart, J., Haskell, M., Dickinson, J. & McCubbin, I.

  European Commission

  1/02/18 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • cattle 100%
  • physiology 66%
  • infrastructure 56%
  • methodology 27%
  • ethics 27%

• SMARTER - SMAll RuminanTs breeding for Efficiency and Resilience

  Conington, J. & Mucha, S.

  European Commission

  1/11/18 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Scottish Blackface 100%
  • sheep 93%
  • lambs 93%
  • parasite load 88%
  • body weight 85%

• Smart sheep: Precision livestock farming and sustainable sheep production

  Morgan-Davies, C., McLaren, A. & Wishart, H.

  1/08/20 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • electronic identification 72%
  • sheep 64%
  • farmers 35%
  • farms 26%
  • community farming 22%

• Soils Programme Research Partnership: Management for Soil Biology and Health

  Jones, S., Cloy, J., Hargreaves, P., Dussart, F., Watson, C., Parker, J., Griffiths, B. & Stanisz-Migal, M.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Soils research to deliver Greenhouse Gas Removals and Abatement Technologies (SOILS-R-GGREAT)

  MacLeod, M., Rees, B., Eory, V. & Moran, D.

  Natural Environment Research Council

  20/06/17 → 20/06/21

  Project: Research

  • Agroecosystems 100%
  • Carbon Sequestration 93%
  • vineyard 75%
  • soil management 73%
  • carbon sequestration 72%

• South Asian Nitrogen Hub

  Rees, B., Eory, V., Glenk, K. & Begho, T.

  13/02/19 → 29/02/24

  Project: Research

• Spatial land use modelling of CAP impacts

  Glenk, K.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/15 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

• Statistical consulting and training - 2019-2021

  Humphry, R.

  NHS HIGHLAND

  1/04/19 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• Steering animal production systems towards a sustainable future: AnimalFuture

  McCracken, D., Morgan-Davies, C. & Barnes, A.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/06/17 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

  • livestock farming 100%
  • mountains 62%
  • landscape management 32%
  • livelihood 16%
  • primary sector 13%

• STEM database for Scottish Secondary Schools (Data-4-Schools)

  March, M.

  12/11/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• STOC-Free: A surveillance analysis tool

  Gunn, G., Eze, J., Humphry, R., Henry, M., Gomes, C., Eze, J. & Henry, M.

  Univeristy of Utrecht

  1/12/16 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Cattle Diseases 100%
  • disease control programs 99%
  • cattle diseases 87%
  • Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1 85%
  • data quality 85%

• Strategic use of carbohydrase enzymes in broiler diets to increase productivity by improving gut health

  Khattak, F.

  1/10/15 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

• GREENANIMO: STRENGTHENING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CAPACITY FOR GRAZING LIVESTOCK MEAT PRODUCTION IN BULGARIA THROUGH ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

  Haskell, M., Duthie, C., Roehe, R. & Lambe, N.

  5/01/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Bulgaria 100%
  • grazing intensity 96%
  • meat production 86%
  • livestock 61%
  • food production 30%

• Stress effects on the ovine rumen microbiome

  Dewhurst, R.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/12/15 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• 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

• Summary of crop research

  Evans, A.

  1/11/17 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Support to economic modeling of agriculture

  Shrestha, S.

  1/09/18 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Sustainability of nutrient cycling processes associated with arable land management

  Griffiths, B.

  1/10/14 → 30/09/18

  Project: Research

• Sustainable Agriculture Intensification and the Nexus in Brazil (SAIN)

  Barnes, A., Alexander, P., Silva, R., Moran, D. & MacLeod, M.

  9/05/16 → 8/05/19

  Project: Research

• EATS: Sustainable Digital Society

  Rudman, H. & Mayfield, P.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Supply Chain 100%
  • Information Infrastructure 82%
  • Farmers 68%
  • Environmental Impact 62%
  • Environmental Decision-making 49%

• Sustainable environmental remediation of abandoned lead mining sites

  Griffiths, B.

  1/11/14 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Tailtech: developing an early warning system for pig tail biting

  D'Eath, R.

  Innovate UK (TSB QUARTERLY)

  1/04/18 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• TANZANIA: Investigation of farmer-led breeding goals and strategies

  Dewhurst, R.

  2/02/16 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

  • cattle productivity 100%
  • Breeding 73%
  • Sub-Saharan Africa 71%
  • Africa South of the Sahara 69%
  • dairy cattle 61%

• TANZANIA: The use of cow-side milk progesterone tests

  Dewhurst, R.

  1/09/15 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• The BUG consortium Building upon the genome: Using H. contortus genomic resources to develop novel interventions to control endemic GI parasites

  Milne, C., Stott, A. & Pate, L.

  REF Funding

  28/03/15 → 27/03/21

  Project: Research

• The development of an alternative method to high concentration CO2 for the commercial stunning of pigs

  Baxter, E., Akaichi, F. & Farish, M.

  19/03/18 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• The economic value of Farm animal genetic resource in the Uk, Brazil and Malawi

  Barnes, A.

  1/09/14 → 29/03/19

  Project: Research

• The effect of the presence or absence of maternal care on the neurobiological, emotional and cognitive development of lambs

  Dwyer, C.

  1/10/18 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• The effectrs of stress on the ruminal microbial environment in beef cattle and its relationship to feed efficiency and methane emissions

  Turner, S.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• The establishment and management of Ecological Focus Areas to enhance ecosystem services and integrated pest management

  Cole, L.

  Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

  1/10/16 → 31/05/22

  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