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The free online event (11-12.30, 12 th June), funded as part of a SEFARI Gateway Specialist Advisory Group, will gather interdisciplinary academics to provide greater insights on: the home and hearth: the influence of rural housing challenges on migration decisions (Dr Ana Vain and Dr Jane Atterton, Scotland's Rural College); the role of social connections in shaping young people's mobility paterns in rural contexts (Dr Emilia Pietka-Nykaza and Dr Rosie Alexander, University of the West of Scotland) and complexities of rural return-related mobilities in the Irish context (Dr Caitriona Ni
SEFARI Gateway Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Specialist Advisory Groups (SAGs) are interdisciplinary partnerships that respond to cross-cutting priority issues at appropriate scales and pace. SEFARI Gateway will provide support for a new SAG with Scottish Government (RESAS) on new and emerging technologies and practices that can either remove Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) from materials, allowing them to move up the waste hierarchy, or improve separation to ensure the loss of resource is minimised as part of the circular economy. We are looking for individuals across SEFARI, Centres
Alongside Jane, five academics were selected to be SAG members, all of whom have worked on various aspects of rural policies and policy-making, including rural proofing - an alternative term for applying a rural lens - in various countries. Members of the SAG were: Professor Lorna Philip, Emeritus Professor Mark Shucksmith, Dr Mags Currie, Dr Ana Vuin and Professor Sally Shortall. The SAG’s initial work focused on providing comments on early drafts of the rural lens guidance, based on their knowledge and experience of how rural proofing has been undertaken using similar tools in other
The 7th edition of The Spark, SEFARI Gateway’s Newsletter, a monthly update on the latest research developments from the Scottish Government’s Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (ENRA) strategic research programme.
Official end of project report for RI-B7-02: Revalourisation potential of agricultural waste materials into a sustainable source of health-promoting dietary fibre.
The “You Are What Your Food Eats” Conversation investigated the long-term effects of land-use decisions on climate change and the food chain and, in particular, which crops can be grown locally, by traditional or alternative methods, to provide the nutrition for a healthy diet. This series of Conversations was funded by the Scottish Government Climate Change Engagement Programme and SEFARI Gateway, and was organised through collaboration between SEDA Land, The James Hutton Institute and Scotland’s Rural College.
This report summarises the information provided to, and discussed with, the Scottish Government by a SEFARI Gateway-funded Specialist Advisory Group (SAG). The aim of the SAG was to draw on the individual and collective expertise of a group of academics to provide information and advice to the Scottish Government on its introduction of a rural lens and on its Rural Delivery Plan.
SEFARI Gateway is delighted to provide support for a new Fellowship with Scottish Government. We are seeking an individual researcher or small team of researchers who can contribute to the next phase of development for a Scottish Agriculture Knowledge Innovation System (AKIS). Background An AKIS is represented by the combined interactions, knowledge flows and innovative practices instigated between persons, organisations and institutions in the agricultural sector. Key stakeholders in the AKIS include supply chain actors, farmers, crofters, farm advisory services and advisors, land based
The index measures year-on-year change, building on the UKFSR evidence base but also taking into account wider intelligence and forecasts, and policy developments. In contrast with the common use of the term, the index is not presented as a single number but it comprises 9 separate indicators across a range of areas. The 9 indicators and their assessment (in parenthesis) are: Indicator 1: Global food supply for human consumption (broadly stable); Indicator 2: Share of global cereals and soyabeans internationally traded (broadly stable Indicator 3: Production-supply ratio (broadly stable)
This year, 84 films were submitted to the festival of which just 13 were chosen to be screened as part of the final line-up, just showing how many amazing projects there are out there. These 13 films documented a diversity of films including, but certainly not limited to, Native American communities restoring the river that is the lifeblood of both their culture and the local ecology; African Artists using their art to draw attention to wildlife conservation; enterprising Solar farms integrating technology with the simple act of food production; a pacific islander who turned personal tragedy