Farmer engagement with landscape decision models
This project focused on farmers and farm advisors as key, yet often under researched, actors in the context of efforts to implement landscape solutions to the climate and biodiversity emergencies.
Completed research projects
View completed research projects carried out by CCRI.
Co-designing long-term agreements for landscape recovery
Researchers at the CCRI have explored the potential of long-term agreements (30 years+) for achieving landscape recovery in lowland productive areas, including how a funding approach which blends both public and private funding may work.
Policies for Structural Adjustment in the Agro-Food Sector
Prof. Janet Dwyer and Dr Amr Khafagy contributed to strategic development work within the Trade and Agriculture Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Understanding farmer current & future attitudes to cattle and badger TB vaccination in Britain
Conducted in five case study areas across England and Wales, this project set out to build an understanding of farmers’ current and future willingness to vaccinate, or facilitate the vaccination of, cattle and badgers against bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) in Great Britain.
Management and Performance of AB14 Harvested Low Input Cereal Plots
This project aimed to develop an understanding of what AB14 plots are typically delivering in terms of outcomes for the natural environment and how agreement holders/land managers are managing their AB14 harvested low input cereal crops.
Natural England Monitoring & Evaluation Framework Research (2012-2025)
Since 2012, the CCRI has been involved in an on-going series of themed research projects aimed at supporting the development and implementation of Natural England’s agri-environment schemes.
Co-designing sustainable food futures: using climathons to build shared agri-food visions for net zero
Funded by the British Academy, this project develops a participatory methodology, climate assemblies, to bring farmers, rural businesses, NGOs and citizens together in two livestock farming communities (in Cumbria and Cornwall) to debate their agri-food futures, identify net zero ambitions and vision solutions in ways that are fair, just and democratic.
Encouraging Woodland Creation Regeneration and Tree Planting on Agricultural Land: A Literature Review
This literature review aimed to explore and consolidate current evidence on the socio-cultural opportunities and barriers associated with land owner and land manager decision making with regard to tree planting in agricultural systems.
Post-Covid Knowledge Exchange in Agriculture: Evaluating Current Practice and Co-designing a Digital Solution to Connect Farmers and the AKIS
Taking place over 15 months from December 2020 to February 2022, Julie Ingram, Nick Lewis and Caitlin Hafferty worked with a group of partners – namely RSK ADAS Ltd, Agri-techE, The Farming Forum, Innovative Farmers and the Open Coop –…