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  Developing an evaluation culture and capacity within SRUC

  Milne, C.

  1/11/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.1 Crop and grassland production and disease control

  Creissen, H., Gorniak, K., Bain, R., Yoxall, T., Paterson, L., Evans, A., Burnett, F. & Havis, N.

  1/04/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Scottish Government Deer Working Group

  Glass, J.

  1/04/19 → 30/09/19

  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

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

  MacLeod, M.

  6/01/14 → 29/03/19

  Project: Research

• Optimising cattle genotypes and systems in Sub-Saharan Africa to increase productivity and reduce GHG emissions

  Wall, E.

  1/10/15 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

• IMAGE Innovative management of animal genetic resources.

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

  1/04/16 → 28/02/20

  Project: Research

• Follow up development of nutrition modelling and farm rationing software

  Dewhurst, R.

  1/08/18 → 30/04/19

  Project: Research

• Developing sustainable management methods for club root

  Burnett, F., Gorniak, K., Yoxall, T., Gravouil, C., McGrann, G., Dussart, F., Crawford, C. & Paterson, L.

  1/06/15 → 28/02/19

  Project: Research

• Application of B & G Label Products to Grass

  Lawson, D.

  15/08/18 → 1/12/19

  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

• 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

• Developing an integrated farm level model for spatial innovative uptake for Scottish Beef farms

  Barnes, A.

  1/07/16 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• The use of networks of rumen microbial genes associated with performance traits for precision breeding and nutrition in beef cattle

  Roehe, R.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 1/02/22

  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 → 29/01/21

  Project: Research

• Development of international sheep genetic and genomic evaluations between Ireland and the UK

  Banos, G.

  Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

  12/09/16 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

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

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

  NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

  20/06/17 → 19/06/21

  Project: Research

• Redesigning european cropping systems based on species MIXtures (ReMix)

  Watson, C., Borthwick, F., Rees, B., Ross, D., Topp, K., Baddeley, J., Walker, R. & Barnes, A.

  European Commission

  1/04/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• Can the survival of lambs from larger litters be improved?

  Dwyer, C.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Impact of changes in the CAP regime on rural (non-agricultural) businesses

  Thomson, S., Atterton, J., Spencer, M., Barnes, A. & McMillan, J.

  SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE

  18/04/17 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

• Can technological solutions deliver positive welfare benefits in housing for dairy cattle?

  Haskell, M.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Sensitivity of ideal protein nutrition to gut health

  Houdijk, J.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• EmotiPig, Investigating automatic detection of emotion in biometrically identified pig faces using machine learning

  Baxter, E., Rutherford, K., Farish, M., Smith, M. L. & Hansen, M. F.

  B.B.S.R.C.

  1/10/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

• SMARTER - SMAll RuminanTs breeding for Efficiency and Resilience

  Conington, J. & Mucha, S.

  European Commission

  1/11/18 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

• Do UK grasslands have the ability to sequester more carbon? Assessment of stability and resilience to changing climate and management

  Buckingham, S.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Development of an integrated metagenomic analysis system using the microbial community, their genes and biological mechanisms to predict cattle phenotype

  Roehe, R.

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  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

• Development and testing of Operational Models of Bovine Tuberculosis in British Cattle and Badgers

  Hutchings, M.

  1/04/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• Elucidating bovine host genomic links with rumen microbial genes to improve sustainably feed conversion efficiency using unique selection criteria

  Roehe, R., Dewhurst, R. & Auffret, M.

  B.B.S.R.C.

  1/05/19 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

• RESAS Centres of Expertise: EPIC

  Gunn, G., Toma, L., Tongue, S., Auty, H., Gomes, C., Eze, J., Sparks, N., Hutchinson, I., Reeves, A., Stirling, J., Barratt, A. & Barnes, A.

  RESAS

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP3.3 Food Security

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

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Review of the Kilgallioch Windfarm Community Fund

  Glass, J. & Atterton, J.

  24/11/20 → 11/06/21

  Project: Research

• Using multi-criteria analysis to improve the sustainability of Scottish farming systems

  Watson, C.

  RESAS

  1/10/13 → 28/02/20

  Project: Research

• Understanding interactions between Ramularia collo-cygni and barley leaf physiology to target improvements in host resistance and disease control strategies

  Bingham, I.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  5/01/16 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

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

  Athanasiadou, S.

  RESAS DUMMY CLIENT

  1/10/14 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Mathematical and statistical tools to quantify disease in aquaculture

  Davidson, R.

  REF Funding

  1/10/16 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Spatial land use modelling of CAP impacts

  Glenk, K.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/15 → 1/09/20

  Project: Research

• Preventing respiratory disease in calves: optimising ventilation and thermal comfort and reducing microbial transmission

  Haskell, M.

  Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

  1/10/16 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• Understanding components of specific weight in barley grains - opportunities for improving grain quality and processing efficiency

  Hoad, S.

  Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

  1/10/16 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

• Provision of agronomic trials for cultivation and use 2018-2023 Lot 2

  Hoad, S. & Walker, R.

  Scottish Government

  30/06/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Updating Nitrogen and Sulphur fertiliser recommendations for spring barley and potatoes

  Hoad, S., Sinclair, A., Bingham, I. & Crawford, C.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/03/18 → 30/04/21

  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

• Benefits of diverse herbal-rich leys Project 17

  Walker, R. & Watson, C.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• QBA Advice

  Wemelsfelder, F.

  The Donkey Sanctuary

  18/05/19 → 18/05/20

  Project: Research

• EGENES - Texel

  Coffey, M., Kaseja, K. & Stainton, J.

  The British Texel Sheep Society Ltd

  1/05/19 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

• Database design and data flows from farms

  Archibald, I.

  Agri-EPI Centre Ltd

  13/09/19 → 31/01/20

  Project: Research

• EuroSheep

  Morgan-Davies, C.

  European Commission

  1/01/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• Review of legislation (RWF)

  Dixon, L.

  Rabbit Welfare Fund

  1/12/19 → 31/05/20

  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

• N-CIRCLE: Virtual Joint centre for Closed-Loop Cycling of Nitrogen in Chinese Agriculture

  Rees, B., Roehe, R., Jones, S., Bingham, I., Tarsitano, D., Buckingham, S., Bell, M., Topp, K., Houdijk, J., Crawford, C., Anderson, C. & Parker, J.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research