The overall objective of the SOLINSA project was to identify effective and efficient approaches for the support of innovation for sustainable agriculture and rural development.
This research investigated the relationship between the CAP and farmland biodiversity.
The overarching aim of SmartSOIL was to contribute to reversing the current degradation trend of European agricultural soils by improving soil carbon management in soils of arable and mixed farming systems covering intensive to low-input and organic farming systems.
This Defra funded project reviewed evidence and provided a summary of outputs relevant to the development of new agri-environment schemes.
GLAMUR is the EU 7th Framework Programme acronym for a research project whose full title is “Global and Local food chain Assessment: a MUltidimensional performance-based approach”.
The CCRI was one of several European partners researching into good practice in food production and consumption in urban areas as part of a major European Commission food project, Supurbfood which ran from 2012 to 2015.
In November 2008, the CCRI formed part of a successful consortium to win another research framework project FP7 CAPRI-RD which started in March 2009 and completed in 2013.
This project focused on the economic impact of locally focussed community development initiatives.
Following on from our recent post concerning discovery of a non-native specimen found hidden away in a Bristol museum that was shot in 1903, the piece has since been reported on the BBC News website with visual footage, rather than…