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James is a molecular plant pathologist and plant nematologist at the James Hutton Institute with a focus on potato cyst nematodes.
The 9th edition of The Spark, SEFARI Gateway’s Newsletter, an update on the latest research developments from the Scottish Government’s Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (ENRA) strategic research programme.
This year's TB Macaulay Lecture will be delivered by globally renowned environmental expert, Professor Gretchen C. Daily on 10th September at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. In her lecture, she will describe how important it is to understand human dependence on nature, from the material basics such as nutrition, health, climate security and economic security, to the more ethereal concepts of belonging, beauty, and spirit. She will argue that being able to access and action this understanding is crucial when it comes to making the necessary transformations in society and in
This year's event focuses on the topic of future of STEM in Scotland. The event includes a speaker’s programme of key note speeches and panel sessions including with MSPs from across the political parties, an exhibition space where you can network with colleagues from across the sector, an awards ceremony for young people, and an early evening reception. Further details can be found here. Registration deadline is 17 November. SEFARI & SEFARI Gateway will have a stand presence, so please come and visit us.
The event will be hosted by Professor Mathew Williams, Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (ENRA) and will feature keynote addresses, breakout sessions, panel debate, networking and posters. Objectives of the event: The event will provide an opportunity for researchers, including early career researchers, across the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Research Portfolio to showcase their research and highlight recent research outputs and impact. This networking event will provide a forum for both researchers and policy makers from across the
A video game designed to explain the impact that human activities have on soil health and land use in Scotland was unveiled at Abertay University. Students from the university ’s Professional Masters in Games Development worked with the Scottish Ecological Design Association (SEDA), and scientists from the James Hutton Institute and SEFARI Gateway worked to create ‘Stone & Veil ’, an engaging real-time strategy and resource management game. Set in Northeast Scotland, the game educates players about soil health and land use, as well as the area ’s unique mythology, drawing on Pictish heritage
The talks started with a provocation on the topic of soil from Professor Lorna Dawson, SEFARI Gateway Knowledge Exchange Lead for Environment and Senior Soil Scientist at the James Hutton Institute. She discussed the devastation from the dust bowl in the 1930s when an estimated 1.2 billion tons of soil were lost across 100 million acres in the US, to the current regenerative farming practices, which help to protect our soils. Lorna spoke about how, without living plant roots and fungal networks to hold soil in place, strong winds and floods can seriously erode our precious soils that deliver
Agriculture faces many challenges, including a warming climate, more frequent occurrence of extreme climate events and increased incidence and severity of crop diseases. Control of plant diseases with major resistance genes has not always proven durable and application of crop protection chemicals is becoming problematic with the development of pathogen insensitivity to the chemicals, as well as increased regulation. Pathogens and pests, both established and newly emerging, represent major constraints to sustainable crop production. Crop losses due to biotic stresses amount to over 25%
So, how can this stalemate situation be overcome? Is there a way that young people can be given agency over their future careers? These are the questions that led to a group of people – from research, education and careers advice and with SEFARI Gateway support – to devise a novel method for positive action with young people and their potential future employers. A Just Transition and Net Zero are priorities for SEFARI research, but little has been done to ensure this work reaches or includes young people, who will need to take ownership of future socio-economic transformations. The delay in