News

The CCRI is one of 27 project partners working on RECARE – a 5 year EU project which is looking at measures to prevent and remediate against soil degradation in Europe. RECARE has just published its December 2015 Newsletter.

CCRI’s Director, Professor Janet Dwyer, has written an article for Agra Europe entitled “Does the CAP discriminate against rural women?”

The CCRI has today published its annual review, which highlights our work and activities during 2015. The review can be accessed as a PDF, on Slideshare, or as an (free) iBook. 

Chris Short and the CCRI have been working with the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West (FWAG SW), the Cotswold Water Park Trust (CWPT) and Gloucestershire Rural Community Council to develop the Cotswold Water Park WILD Project (Water Framework…

For the second year running, the CCRI has been awarded the ‘best article of the year’ by the Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension (JAEE).

The 2016 International Farming Systems Association Symposium is now calling for papers for the workshop “Boundary spanning between agroecological and conventional production systems: implications for pathways towards more sustainable production”.

On Monday 7th December, Chris Short will be attending the National Common Land Stakeholder Group in Bristol.

Although World Soil Day on 5th December 2015 marks the ending of the International Year of Soils, scientists will still be working to find solutions to protect our soils, including a team from the CCRI.