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As in previous years, the conference will include a wide range of presentations, topics, keynote speakers, publication, and poster competitions. Delegates will be able to present their research, find out about SAGES funding and the benefits of being a SAGES member, enter our competitions for ‘Best published paper’ and ‘Best poster’. It’s also a great opportunity to network with other early career researchers and academics from all disciplines in our five science themes. Our Research Themes and Forums will showcase the breadth of SAGES research. Each day will lead with an invited ‘Keynote’
Livestock Health & Greenhouse Gases– prioritising diseases, syndromes and practical interventions Lead: Philip Skuce, Moredun Research Institute Stakeholders: Researchers, Farmers, Vets and Policy makers This project brings together a broad range of opinion and expertise across the Scottish livestock sector, including researchers, farmers, vets and policy makers to discuss and agree on the major livestock diseases or syndromes which would have the most impact on greenhouse gas emissions across the sector, and to develop and promote a package of practical intervention strategies to reduce
An Online Tool for Interpreting Faecal Egg Count (FEC) Results Lead: Lynsey Melville, The Moredun Research Institute Project Collaborators: Scotland's Rural College, Farmers and Business Endemic gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance are among the top diseases/syndromes impacting the production and welfare of sheep in the UK, resulting in an estimated cost of £39.7 million per year in treatment and production losses. This project will develop an online tool to help farmers to interpret FEC results. FEC is an accessible tool for targeting anthelmintic treatment and monitoring
It was striking that, early in the pandemic in 2020, there already was recognition that lockdown measures could have an impact upon our health and well-being and we’d need to understand the changes that would arise. Public Health Scotland said: “ Research to track changes in physical activity, diet and weight as COVID-19 control measures ease in the form of high-quality, longitudinal studies within the Scottish population using validated tools would be important to inform the development and targeting of policy in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. It is key that these studies are representative
We use a holistic framework that combines data from epidemiology, applied agricultural economics, and behavioural science in a multi-disciplinary approach to biosecurity in three case studies. This enables a better understanding of: farmers, their context, and the factors that influence their behaviour and choices; the impact of different biosecurity choices on disease burdens; the potential for influencing decisions through communicating disease predictions; barriers to uptake of biosecurity practices, which of these can be influenced, and what might be effective in incentivising uptake by
Soft-fruit producers have an increasing need to find more climate resilient crops that require fewer inputs in terms of labour and pesticides. To make these changes producers, need help, namely getting the public to have confidence in the new types of soft fruit. The aim of this project is to investigate the healthiness of the alternative soft fruit crops grown in Scotland to help to market them.
The food system, which includes agriculture, land use, storage, transport, packaging, processing, retail and consumption already accounts for 21-37% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, if we are to meet the Scottish Government’s climate target by 2045, relying on conventional agriculture systems is no longer an option and we will need to work together to find alternative solutions. Consequently, as soon as I became aware there was the opportunity for PhD students to visit colleagues across SEFARI and to learn from them, and that RBGE was one of the possible locations, I got extremely