Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI)
“An internationally excellent Research Institute” (REF, 2021).
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From BSE to Brexit: a boundary-spanning history of rural research
As CCRI celebrate its 40th birthday, we talk to four long-standing members of the team about their time here. From the policy shifts of Brexit to the growing urgency of the climate crisis, they reflect on how an inclusive, bridge-building ethos has made for more effective research.
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.
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Current research projects
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Impacts of IPARD II Programmes Implementation in the Beneficiary Countries
This thematic study focus on the impacts of the 2014–2020 IPARD II programmes across Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye
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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