Countryside and Community Research Institute
“An internationally excellent Research Institute” (REF, 2021).
Shaping rural development policy and practice in the UK, Europe and further afield.
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Latest news
Forty years of the CCRI: a story of expansion and a quest for inclusion
2026 marks the CCRI’s 40th anniversary. In this post, Director Matt Reed reflects on a research centre that has not only endured volatility in this time but flourished.
About CCRI
CCRI – one of the largest specialist rural research
centres in the UK.
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Current research projects
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Farmer action for tree resilience
The “Farmer Action for Tree Resilience” project, led by Forest Research (and including the CCCRI, University of Exeter, FWAG South West and the Organic Research Centre), is developing better ways […]
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Rethinking perennial biomass crops implementation in farmed landscapes: designing opportunities for integration into the farming system
Funded by the BBSRC, this project explores how perennial biomass crops could be more effectively and sustainably integrated into farming systems in the UK as part of the transition to […]
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Towards Resilient Industrial Socio-Metabolic Relations (TRI-SOME CHICKEN)
TRI-SOME CHICKEN is an interdisciplinary research project exploring how resilience in the UK food system can be strengthened in the face of growing environmental, economic and social pressures.