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Deb is Director of Science at the James Hutton Institute, and her research experience includes agricultural economics and regional science, with a nuber of inter-related areas. relation to rural and regional development she focuses on understanding how and why rural economies are unique, the key drivers for change, and reasons for regional disparities. Second, in relation to the policy, she has focussed on modelling the economy-wide impacts of changes in farm, forestry and structural policies using social accounting methods and general equilibrium models. Deb is the work package cordinator for
Eileen is a livestock genetics and systems researcher within the Animal & Veterinary Sciences Groups at SRUC, with experience in animal breeding, genetics, modelling and biostatistics. For SEFARI, Eileen is the Work Package Cordinator for Agricultural systems and land management; working on improving livestock management and genetics.
Background Farmers now have access to a wide range of modern farm management support tools and services. Smart farming refers to an approach which applies in-depth and frequently collected data with real-time processing to provide information for agricultural decision making. Precision agricultural technologies (PATs) are important to SMART farming because they allow for the management of tasks with multiple variables. The most common arable PATs are machine guidance technologies, which pilot machinery using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for greater accuracy. Variable rate technologies
Background The dietary choices and habits of a person cannot be divorced from climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems, or the more common focus, the prevalence of diet-related diseases (e.g. obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer). As regards climate change, it has been estimated that the food system (including e.g. agricultural production, processing, distribution, retail, cooking and waste) accounts for 20-30% of all UK greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Scotland has ambitious climate change targets, and these are set to increase through the Bill, and in the context of the 2015
Climate change, both projected and realised, impacts on livestock production – and livestock impacts on climate change, both here in Scotland and globally. Changing weather patterns can affect livestock directly, in terms of heat and cold stress, availability of food and water, and dictates what can be raised where and when. Climatic change also affects the prevalence, seasonality and geographic spread of livestock diseases. Less healthy livestock are inherently less efficient, and likely to have higher greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensities, i.e. to produce more kg of GHG per kg of edible
“I am constantly impressed by the quality of research I see coming out of Scotland’s higher education and research centres, and today’s fascinating tour shed light on the continuous innovation at the James Hutton Institute" Mr Richard Lochhead MSP, the Scottish Government’s Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science, today visited the James Hutton Institute in Invergowrie to hear about world leading research in land, crop, waters and the environment. During his visit, Mr Lochhead was briefed about the progress of the International Barley Hub and the Advanced Plant Growth
Marc is senior scientist in Environmental and Biochemical Sciences at the James Hutton Institute. He Work Package Co-ordinator for water resources and flood risk management. Hi background as a catchment biogeochemist gives him a vast understadning across different disciplines, including hydrology, chemistry and ecosystems.
"The detailed variations at the level of the bacterial isolate, plant species and tissue type all need to be considered in risk assessments" The complex landscape of plants and microbe interaction means that food safety specialists should consider fine detail and cannot generalise when carrying out risk assessments, new research by James Hutton Institute scientists has shown. Fresh produce is an important vehicle for transmission of disease-causing bacteria like Eschericia coli, and experimental evidence shows that they can colonise plants as secondary hosts, but differences in the capacity to
Jenni is a highly experienced Research Scientist in the Ecological Sciences Group at the James Hutton Institute. With a research career spanning over eighteen years, her expertise primarily lies in the field of insect ecology. Invertebrates play a crucial role in nearly all ecosystems, contributing to vital processes such as nutrient cycling, natural pest control, pollination of crops and wildflowers, and serving as a food source for other organisms. Jenni's research focuses on understanding the effects of key stressors, including climate change, land management practices, plant diseases, and
Paul is a grassland researcher at SRUC in Future Farming Systems - Dairy Research and Innovation Centre, with research interests in soil structure and compaction, greenhouse gas emissions/atmospheric chemistry from grassland production, and agroecology.