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This work aims to understand the relationship between Scottish consumption of domestic food and drink products versus imported products; and whether purchases of a particular provenance are due to prices or other reasons. Furthermore there is a need to understand the relationship between Scottish exports and domestic demand for those exported products and to what extent the goals of the Scottish Government of expanding the exporting base are compatible with domestic food security.
There is a focus on foods which appeal to the customer in terms of taste, appearance and price. Such foods may not be compatible with the current health messages in key policy documents and legislature. A central question for public health nutrition is whether industrially processed foods can be reformulated to improve their healthiness. At the same time reformulation has to be acceptable to both manufacturers and consumers. Consequently, the main driver of this RD is to reformulate foods improving their healthiness while retaining consumer appeal and food manufacturer acceptability.
SEFARI is responsible, with Higher Education Institutes partners, for delivering the Scottish Government-funded Strategic Research Programme 2016-2021 (SRP) on environment, food, agriculture, land and communities. The SRP delivers multi-and interdisciplinary research responding to key strategic challenges and underpinning national research capacity and capabilities. There are three ways you can view our research: Case Studies, Research Summaries and Reports Case Studies are short and more accessible reads for anyone who wants to learn more about the impacts and benefits being delivered to
Naomi Fox is aquantatitive ecologist in the Disease Systems Team within Animal and Veterinary Sciences at SRUC. Her main research interests include biotic and abiotic drivers of parastite transmission, approaches to modelling disease systeams and impacts of climate change on disease risk. Naomi is also an associate at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS).
"Let's celebrate the people, organisations and businesses going above and beyond to support our precious natural heritage: nominate a person, project or business dedicated to supporting our environment or submit your own project and tell the world what you’re doing to support nature" Recognising excellence, innovation and outstanding achievement in nature conservation, the eighth annual Nature of Scotland Awards are open for applications until 4 June, with the James Hutton Institute again sponsoring the Food and Farming category. Entering the awards is free and applications are being sought
This case study will summarise ongoing research on Teladorsagia circumcincta, one of the most common and economically important endemic parasites to control in sheep in the UK. SEFARI scientists have found that as temperatures gradually get warmer there could be a ‘tipping point’ where parasite burdens suddenly get a lot higher. Our scientists have also shown that climate change can increase parasite burdens, these parasite burdens can substantially drive-up greenhouse gas emissions, and ineffective parasite control can lead to further increases in emissions. The positive is that parasitic
Methane emissions from ruminants are responsible for approximately 50% of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with agriculture in Scotland. Reducing the emissions intensity (i.e. the amount of GHG emitted per unit of meat or milk produced) of ruminants is, therefore, key to reducing agricultural emissions in Scotland. Scottish Government commissioned ClimateXChange to carry out a rapid evidence assessment to explore the potential for eradicating or controlling major livestock diseases in Scotland, as a contribution to reducing the intensity of GHG emissions.
“The workshop will develop a rich discourse regarding how Scotland compares and contrasts with processes of land reform across the world” Allocation of land rights and struggles for access to land and natural resources are common worldwide. The rise of land reform on the political agenda following Scottish devolution in 1999 is commonly attributed to the relatively unregulated nature of Scottish land sales, and the concentration of private land ownership, with implications for sustainable rural development. More information from: Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo, Media Manager, Tel: +44 (0)1224
Lorna Dawson “I am delighted to be invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. It is a great honour to be among such prestigious and diverse company. The RSE, Scotland’s National Academy, is a wonderful organisation, making a real impact to the social, cultural and economic wellbeing of Scotland” Professor Lorna Dawson, head of Forensic Soil Science at the James Hutton Institute and advisor to the SEFARI Strategic Research Programme, has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), established in 1783, has announced 62 new UK and