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SEFARI experts in plant diversity, human nutrition and soil science have been exploring variation in wild and domesticated food plants relevant to nutrition and health. In the longer term, this research could help to improve the nutritional potential of our crops but in the meantime, you can experiment for yourself by growing wild or unusual seeds. Flavour is key, but despite the adage āhome-grown tastes better than shop boughtā, this is not always the case. Additionally, growing your own produce may not be cheaper than buying from your local supermarket, so there needs to be good reasons to
The Rowett Institute has contributed to a range of educational resources to help with home schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scottish research institutes are sharing educational activities and resources for teachers, parents and learners to use during the coronavirus pandemic. School children can learn how to manage a forest, become diet detectives or try being a farmer. Aimed at those who are home schooling, the free online educational activities and resources have been collated by the six organisations which make up SEFARI (the Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes). The resources cover a wide range of topics including the environment, food and agriculture and are suitable from primary
In recognition of the developing COVID-19 situation, Arable Scotland 2020 will move to a virtual format with key activity taking place on the original date of the Thursday 2nd July and a suite of webinars, videos, podcasts, articles, press coverage and resources delivered online to continue to deliver the important messages and content of this key industry event. Hopefully even more people will be able to engage this way and we can collectively use this as a focal point to meet and interact in a virtual way. This year the theme is 'alternative crops' and the four zones are: (1) Novel Crops (2)
The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 introduced several measures to ensure that there is a sustained focus across the Scottish Government and the public sector to meet the needs of island communities, now and in future. Data on small rural and island communities is often lacking, which provides challenges for the Scottish Government and Local Authorities to understand the specific challenges facing island communities and form effective policy measures to address them. This project identified key evidence gaps for Scotlandās island communities and to provide recommendations for how these could most
Along with so many other things, Covid-19 scuppered our plans to travel the length and breadth of the UK delivering sheep health road-shows in association with NSA and SRUC. Nevertheless, we were all keen to ensure that these important messages were still delivered so we agreed to embrace modern technology and try online webinars to inform all those interested on the risks posed by these āicebergā diseases. Infectious conditions that are classed as āicebergā diseases include Border disease, caseous lymphadenitis (CLA), Johneās disease and ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA). Despite their
Welcome to the SEFARI, free to access, table of collated educational resources. The table offers resources on Food and Health, Climate and Biodiversity, Land and Communities, Agriculture and Forestry, Careers.
Wisdom Dogbe is an applied agricultural economist. His research focuses on the evaluation of policies for the food sector. His main research interest are: Evaluating the effectiveness of climate and health policies on consumer welfare Analysing consumer behaviour and its influence on current trends in obesity Analysing household purchase and consumption behaviour Modelling land use changes to inform government policies
With support from the SEFARI Gateway Responsive Opportunity Fund, Moredun Research Institute (MRI) and Scotlandās Rural College (SRUC) jointly organized and hosted an event in January 2020 for the Pig and Poultry industry which showcased new developments in animal health, welfare and nutrition.
"We'd love to hear what you think of it, so please send us your comments" The latest issue of Hutton Highlights, our quarterly review showing how Hutton science is driving the sustainable use of land and natural resources, is now available from our Hutton Highlights pages. Read in our May 2020 issue: Related content Hutton Highlights More information from: Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo, Media Manager, Tel: +44 (0)1224 395089 (direct line), +44 (0)344 928 5428 (switchboard) or +44 (0)7791 193918 (mobile). read more