SEFARI – Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutions

SEFARI aims to deliver 'Leading Ideas for Better Lives', reflecting that publicly funded research in Scotland must ultimately deliver positive impact for individuals, whether in Scotland or elsewhere.

As a collective, we collaborate to deliver the Scottish Government funded Strategic Research Portfolio 2022-2027 on agriculture, environment, food, land and rural communities.

Case Studies

Monitoring castration and tail docking of lambs

Castration and tail docking of lambs are commonly performed management procedures in sheep farming.

  • Agriculture
  • Plant and Animal Health

Refreshing crop genetic biodiversity

Genetic biodiversity is the fuel that drives crop improvement.  However, in major cereal crops, while the traditional method of crop improvement has brought significant yield improvements over time, it has also resulted in

  • Food & Drink Innovation
  • Agriculture
  • Healthier Foods
  • Climate and the Environment
  • Plant and Animal Health
  • Rural Economy

Assessing Scotland’s self-sufficiency of major food commodities

Achieving food security has gained prominence in the present policy agenda to increase resilience to adverse events.

  • Food & Drink Innovation
  • Agriculture
  • Healthier Foods
  • Rural Economy

Developing Dialogues on Land Use Decision Making for Natural Capital

Spurred in part by Scottish government policies such as the commitment to reach Net Zero by 2045, there has been an increase in investment in land for natural capital purposes in Scotland.

  • SEFARI Gateway
  • Land and Communities
  • Climate and the Environment

Blog

10 Dec 2024

Farming Meets Gaming: How CROPsim Brings Agricultural Science to Life

Finding innovative ways to engage a wider audience is an ongoing challenge for researchers. Here at SEFARI, we are no less prone to these challenges and strive to ensure that our work generates valuable insights and reaches everyone in engaging ways.

5 Dec 2024

Keeping the three-legged stool in balance: the physical, chemical and biological health of our soil

Soil erosion remains one of the most pressing agricultural issues worldwide. It is still happening - the intensive way we farm is destroying and degrading the very basis of our entire food system, soil.

News

2 Dec 2024

Funding Call: SEFARI Fellowship on Scotland’s environmental regulatory alignment with EU and other international environmental standards

SEFARI Gateway is delighted to provide support for a Fellowship with Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS).

27 Nov 2024

Funding Call: SEFARI Fellowship with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) on Controlled Environmental Agriculture (CEA) in Rural and Island Communities

SEFARI Gateway is delighted to offer a Fellowship in collaboration with Highland and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC) to investigate business models for Controlled Environmental Agriculture (CEA) in rural and island communities (in the Highlands and Islands).  

27 Nov 2024

Funding Call: SEFARI Fellowship on the co-production of guidance to inform an ethical research protocol for the Community Landownership Academic Network (CLAN)

SEFARI Gateway is delighted to provide support for a new Fellowship in collaboration with the Community Landownership Academic Network (CLAN).

12 Nov 2024

Sustainable Farm Networks: Demo farm connectivity mission gathers momentum

The Sustainable Farm Networks initiative (SFN), linking diverse demonstration farm networks to meet to work together to improve communication between research, farm practice and food system policy, is gathering momentum.

24 Oct 2024

Ecosystem and Land use Policy Engagement Group (ELPEG)

We are delighted to share with you the latest copy of the ELPEG Bulletin. The bulletins are produced every six months and summarise the biodiversity research that is happening within the Strategic Research Programme. The bulletins aim to provide a policy relevant summary of the research. 

Events

26 Nov 2024

Science and the Parliament 2024

Science and the Parliament is organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry, on behalf of, and in cooperation with, the Scottish science and engineering community. The event is designed to foster close relations with policymakers and key stakeholders.

23 Sep 2024

RESAS Science, Evidence and Policy Conference

Rural and Environmental Science and Analytical Services (RESAS), Scottish Government (SG) is pleased to be hosting a one-day in-person conference that will bring together stakeholders from across the rural and environmental research and policy landscape in Scotland.

18 Sep 2024

A3 Scotland 2024

This not-for-profit conference for the Aquaculture, Agritech and Animal Health (AAA) sectors, brings together industry, investors, scientists and government officials from all over the world.

 

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