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We’re delighted to be jointly hosting an event titled ‘Safeguarding the Health of Scotland’s Farmed and Natural Ecosystem’ with EPIC (Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks) and the PHC (Plant Health Centre of Expertise). Date: Friday, 21st June Time: 10:30 to 11:30 Venue: Royal Highland Show The event will showcase work within the Scottish Government’s Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (ENRA) Research Portfolio. After an opening address, presentations will focus on animal and plant health risks, before concluding with a networking reception. Due to limited venue capacity
Why are health and wellbeing values important? The UK is made up of stocks of elements of nature that have a value to society. This natural capital provides ecosystem services that contribute to the health and wellbeing of users, staff, and wider communities. NHS Scotland natural capital is made up of a combination of green and blue spaces within NHS sites. Green spaces can range from gardens with benches outside many GP Surgeries and NHS Hospitals to extensive areas with paths for people to walk and exercise, like in Ayr’s Ailsa Hospital. Blue spaces are areas that feature water like streams
Foodborne Toxoplasmosis: Detection of viable parasites in retail meat poster presented at Shaping the Science for Scotland’s Food Future event held at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh on 18th April 2024.
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that impacts human and animal health worldwide. Infection in humans is usually very mild, however, there can be severe or life-threatening disease in immune compromised people or pregnant women. Toxoplasma also impacts the livestock sector where it can cause abortion in sheep and goats. Foodborne transmission of T. gondii is thought to be a major source of infection in people, particularly the consumption of raw or undercooked meat. However, there is a significant lack of data on the role of retail meat in the transmission of this parasite. We aimed to address
Jackie is a research scientist at the Moredun Research Institute with over 30 years of experience working on livestock diseases in support of Scottish Government-funded work. Her expertise includes tissue culture, molecular biology and parasitology.
The agri-food market environment, where the Scottish food and drink sector operates is often characterised by high price instability in product and input markets. In such an environment, effective business relationships along supply chains have the possibility to reduce uncertainty. For instance, by securing a more stable inflow of orders and increasing quality and safety assurances associated with inputs. Business relationships can also improve access to crucial resources (e.g., capital, specialised skills or innovations) as well as raise business productivity through improved decision-making
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.