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The University of Gloucestershire, through the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI), is a delivery partner within the Defra Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework. The framework provides Defra and its Arm's Length Bodies with access to specialist monitoring, evaluation and learning expertise across a range of environmental, rural and policy themes.
This thematic study focus on the impacts of the 2014–2020 IPARD II programmes across Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye
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 to support farmers in managing the health and resilience of…
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 net zero. As demand for land intensifies — driven by…
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.
A series of new recommendations published by University of Gloucestershire set out how councils across the county can support critical reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the food and farming sectors.
CCRI researchers have drawn important lessons from a national collaborative river health monitoring programme, that could help ensure the success of other citizen science initiatives.
Funded by the Rural Housing Network (RHN), this research study will consider the impact of the government’s English Devolution programme on the delivery of affordable rural housing
researchers are collaborating with partners from nine European countries on an international project to drive innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability within rural communities.