The Benefits of LEAF Membership: a qualitative study to understand the added value that LEAF brings to its farmer members
In 2010, CCRI conducted research for LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) to assess the benefits of membership to farmers.
Research projects
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Growing risk? The potential impacts of plant diseases on land use and the UK rural economy
This project aimed to develop a critical, interdisciplinary appraisal of the potential impacts of plant disease (food and non-food) on land use and the UK rural economy.
Developing approaches to ex-post assessment of regulatory change impacts at the farm level: prototype study
In 2010-11 the CCRI conducted research to assess how changes to 2008 Nitrate Pollution Control Regulations, and the 2006 Agricultural Waste Regulations would affected the agriculture sector.
Small scale food production
In 2011, ’Making Local Food Work’ commissioned CCRI and local food consultants f3 to undertaken research into small scale food production.
Evaluation of CAP Measures Applied to the Wine Sector
The CCRI conducted a review of the UK wine sector as part of a wider evaluation of the measures in the Common Agricultural Policy due to be applied to the EU wine sector.
Farmer attitudes to environmental management
The CCRI undertook this two-year study for Defra, together with Fera and the Centre for Rural Policy Research (University of Exeter).
The Campaign for the Farmed Environment: evaluation of partnership, local and wider impacts (March to September 2012)
An evaluation of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) was undertaken during the period March – September 2012.
Community-led plans in Oxfordshire: their potential contribution to strategic planning
This project, for the Oxfordshire Partnership involved an analysis of recent community led plans across the county as a contribution to the development of the evidence base for the county’s Sustainable Community Strategy.
Ex-post evaluation of the England Rural Development Programme (ERDP) 2000-06
This project sought to examine and document the impacts of the seven-year ERDP upon the economy, society and environment of rural England