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1 Feb 2021
Finalists announced for NEWBIE Award 2020
The James Hutton Institute
"New entrants face a lot of hurdles, so we’re excited to showcase business models that demonstrate how barriers to land access and profitability can be overcome, while also pursuing sustainability objectives."
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28 Jan 2021
Growing Beyond Monoculture: final episode in DIVERSify web series goes live
The James Hutton Institute
"The final episode in the DIVERSify web-series summarises recommendations about the use of mixed cropping, based on our research trials across Europe and North Africa.
26 Jan 2021
Video series launched to highlight research and management at Glensaugh
The James Hutton Institute
"These four videos form the first of our new Glensaugh video series. We are grateful to SEFARI Gateway for their funding contribution towards the creation of these videos."
7 Jan 2021
James Hutton Institute welcomes Defra gene editing consultation
The James Hutton Institute
“We are interested in a wide range of crop traits including those that might be seen as public-good traits such as reducing the environmental impact of fertilisers, pesticides and greenhouse gas emissions, and gene editing is an important tool to help deliver the crops needed for the future”
23 Dec 2020
Online conference to highlight benefits of intercropping for sustainability
The James Hutton Institute
"The aim is to highlight how researchers, farmers and other stakeholders are working together to design, test and provide practical solutions for multi-species intercropping"
22 Dec 2020
3D buffer strips: towards practical actions under a new Agriculture Bill
The James Hutton Institute
“With this work we hope to provide evidence for improved advice and guidance on buffer design options and their effectiveness at field and catchment scale. Demonstration studies would increase awareness and potential uptake as part of a shared agenda with Natural Flood Management communities”
17 Dec 2020
James Hutton Institute welcomes Tay Cities Deal signing and highlights urgency of innovation projects
The James Hutton Institute
“We must unlock the benefits of this investment with urgency and so look forward now to working with the Scottish and UK Governments and our partners in Tayside to finalise a workable funding schedule over the coming weeks.
16 Dec 2020
New research shows increased camouflage mismatch in mountain hares due to climate change
The James Hutton Institute
“The camouflage mismatch of mountain hares is really surprising and worrying, and suggest that some wild animals can’t adapt quick enough to match the rate of climate change”
14 Dec 2020
Mayan Gold tatties for Tayside food banks
The James Hutton Institute
Mayan Gold
“We had a good harvest of Mayan Gold and Vales Sovereign potatoes this year despite all the disruptions due to COVID19, and given it has been a hard year for many we saw this as an opportunity to do something positive and help communities across Tayside”
9 Dec 2020
Dr Jorunn Bos awarded EU Consolidator Grant for crop protection research
The James Hutton Institute
“This project is building on years of work by members of my team, past and present, and without them this would not have been possible”
8 Dec 2020
HydroGlen: transforming Glensaugh farm into a renewable powerhouse
The James Hutton Institute
“We aim to demonstrate that communities can achieve energy self-sufficiency from a triple energy vector perspective – electricity, heating and transport fuel - and that additional associated-decarbonisation activities are possible and feasible”
4 Dec 2020
World Soil Day: heads up - the answer lies under our feet
The James Hutton Institute
"Ensuring that food is produced in a way that is good for the environment requires healthy soils, innovation, and a redesign of our food systems from farm to fork"
By Pete Iannetta, Alison Karley, Cathy Hawes and David Michie
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2 Dec 2020
Serbian researchers learn communication and knowledge exchange best practices
In conjunction with Agri-EPI, SEFARI Gateway recently held a virtual communication workshop aimed at enhancing the communication and knowledge exchange skills of researchers working at the
1 Dec 2020
Nature of Scotland Award for innovative work to protect biodiversity
The James Hutton Institute
"We’re very pleased as an Institute to contribute to the development of methods to assess species genetic diversity and contribute to the conservation of Scotland’s biodiversity"
26 Nov 2020
SEFARI Scientists Receive Innovation Award
SEFARI scientists have been recognised for their innovative work on conserving genetic diversity by the Nature of Scotland Award 2020.
26 Nov 2020
A journey from source to sea: travelling along the River Dee
The James Hutton Institute
"We were keen to show the connections between the top and bottom of the river – and that issues at the bottom of the catchment depend very much on what happens at the top"
25 Nov 2020
Barley pan-genome: scientists unravel diversity of domesticated barley
The James Hutton Institute
“We now know for sure that in the future, structural variation will need to be accounted for in barley research and breeding”
24 Nov 2020
Professor Ian Toth recognised with British Potato Industry Award 2020
The James Hutton Institute
"It is a big honour for me to receive this award and I am humbled by the recognition by an industry where everyone works extremely hard and all deserve an award. So too to the other scientists that strive to make a difference to the industry"
23 Nov 2020
Breathing new life into the Beltie burn
The James Hutton Institute
"A small step for mankind, a giant one for the Dee catchment"
16 Nov 2020
Spotlight on natural capital approaches to support sustainable land management in Scotland
The James Hutton Institute
“Participants will be able to benefit by learning from the suite of existing pilots, making further adoption of natural capital approaches in our land-based sector more effective.