Project Details
Description
The aim of this project is to produce a composite breed of hill sheep that is capable of surviving and being productive under ongoing challenges from climate change. More sustainable feeding and management strategies will be developed, including taking the maintenance of biodiversity into account.
| Status | Active |
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| Effective start/end date | 1/04/22 → 31/03/27 |
Funding
- Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Sustainable livestock and habitat management: lessons from the Scottish uplands
McCracken, D. (Invited speaker)
20 Jan 2026Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Setting the wider agricultural, land use and forestry context
McCracken, D. (Speaker)
27 Jan 2026Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Water, water, everywhere: streams, storms and sensors
McCracken, D. (Speaker)
4 Dec 2025Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Developing a new digital vision for rangeland grazing systems
Morgan-Davies, C., Lambe, N., Holland, J., Mclaren, A. & Mccracken, D., 26 Feb 2026, (First published) In: Animal Frontiers.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bluetooth technology to assess sheep access to winter feeding supplementation in extensive systems
Morgan-Davies, C., Waterhouse, A., Walker, A., Thomson, A., Dwyer, C. & McLaren, A., 25 Aug 2025, Book of Abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. Rome, Vol. 39. p. 198 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Tracking sheep indoors or on pasture using Bluetooth and UHF RFID for welfare management: feedback from trials conducted in Scotland and France
Tesniere, G., Morgan-Davies, C., Kenyon, F., McLaren, A., Waterhouse, A., Duroy, S., Jean-Louis, U., Dwyer, C., Walker, A., Reeves, M., Duncan, J. & Gautier, J.-M., 10 Sept 2024, Book of Abstracts of the 75th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. Vol. 34. p. 740 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review