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Welcome to the December 2023 edition of The Spark, SEFARI Gateway’s (Centre of Expertise for Knowledge Exchange & Innovation) newsletter, a monthly update on the latest research developments from the Scottish Government’s Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (ENRA) strategic research programme. The ENRA Research Portfolio provides evidence for policy and practice across environment, climate change, biodiversity, land use, agriculture, food, and rural community agendas. Scottish innovation in Vertical Farming lands major deal at COP28 Picture: IGS Ltd Chief Executive David Farquhar
The 2nd 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.
The Soil Sentinel newsletter provides information about soil work being carried out in the Scottish Government's Strategic Research Programme.
This booklet highlights SEFARI research in food which is designed to help us have healthy diets that are safe, nutritious as well as being environmentally and economically sustainable.
Mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxins produced by fungal infection of agricultural crops. Several hundred mycotoxins have been characterized in a wide range of food crops around the world, and new mycotoxins and mycotoxin metabolites are continuously discovered. Mycotoxins can cause adverse health effects in humans including cancer, gastrointestinal disturbances or suppression of the immune system. In a bid to prevent or reduce mycotoxin contamination in cereals, and in collaboration with growers and processors, we have conducted a farm survey to assess mycotoxin levels in oats grown
Ian works at Scotland’s Rural College, Centre for Epidemiology and Planetary Health in Inverness. In the Scottish Governments Centre of Expertise for Animal Disease and Outbreaks EPIC 4, he shares his time between data support and managing our project website. The role of a data support assistant involves liaising with data providers and users, monitoring data set updates and the competition of DSAs/DPIAs. Ian led the EPIC website redeveloped in 2023; with the web design and development team at d8. The website redevelopment aimed to bring the 10+ years of EPIC research outputs to the fore
The conference was hosted by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) along with SEFARI Gateway and the Moredun Foundation and additional sponsorship was obtained from Scottish Land Commission and Nature Scot. The conference was designed and delivered by the RSA Fellows’ Rural + Environmental Issues Network Scotland. The RSA has been at the forefront of civic debate and social impact for over 260 years with an interest in rural affairs initiated by the late HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. The key aims of the conference were to highlight the different perspectives of people working within and connected to
Read Maisie McDavid’s perspective on the F5 Conference on Future Food, Fisheries, Farming and Forestry.