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Beyond Calories: The Nutrient Value Fellowship - Impact in Progress (Impact Assessment)

Compiled by Dr Ioanna Akoumianaki, Policy and Impact Officer, SEFARI Gateway.


An impact assessment on a fellowship that has shifted thinking but not yet reshaped policy.

Using SEFARI Gateway research in natural capital, agriculture, food systems, biodiversity and the rural economy during 2022–2027: Impact from two flagship projects - ENRA Impact Case Study (Impact Assessment)

Centre: Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Knowledge Exchange and Innovation (CKEI, known as SEFARI Gateway)
 

Lead: Professor Charles Bestwick 

Compiled by Ioanna Akoumianaki
 

Title of Impact Case Study:  Using SEFARI Gateway research in natural capital, agriculture, food systems, biodiversity and the rural economy during 2022–2027: Impact from two flagship projects

Flagship project 1: Estimating the health and welling value of the natural capital of the NHS estates

Flagship project 2: Genetic Diversity Scorecard update
 

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

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.