‘Hand in Hand’: Synergies in Scottish Potato Sustainability - Impact Story

An Interview with Dr Alison Karley
This interview was held on 11 March 2025

Dr Alison (‘Ali’) Karley (AK) is a researcher in the Agroecology Group at the James Hutton Institute, now Head of the Ecological Sciences department. She contributed to the SEFARI Gateway-funded project Roadmap for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Scottish Potato Crop, working alongside colleagues from Scottish Rural College (SRUC). The project produced a phased roadmap for reducing emissions from one of Scotland’s most economically important crops.

Dr Ioanna Akoumianaki (IA), Policy and Impact Officer at SEFARI Gateway, James Hutton Institute, spoke with Ali about what the roadmap revealed, the synergies it surfaced between pest and disease management and carbon reduction, and the directions that could carry this work forward.