Change as a constant
The third blog from the FARMWELL team who recently visited Romania saw them explore a range of farms in the Brașov area.
Journeys of change
FARMWELL is a European Thematic Network project funded by Horizon 2020 exploring social innovations that have capacity to improve farmer wellbeing . Recently a CCRI team attended a meeting with project partners in Brașov, Romania.
A journey through change
The CCRI FARMWELL project team have been on field work in Romania. In this blog the CCRI researchers provide some initial impressions of Romania during the drive from Bucharest into Transylvania.
Damian Maye to deliver keynote address at conference
Professor Damian Maye will deliver a keynote address at a forthcoming agri-food conference at the University of Hohenheim, near Stuttgart.
Assessing the Effectiveness and Cultural Value of Countryside Stewardship Option
Funded by Natural England, this five-month project, which started in November 2021, mapped the uptake of Environmental Stewardship and Countryside Stewardship building maintenance options. Once the mapping was complete, analysis of the geographic pattern of uptake was compared to the national character mapping to identify gaps in uptake.
Assessing the impact of Agricultural Transition in Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly
The Heart of the South West LEP commissioned CCRI to undertake research in order to understand what, if any, obstacles exist for farmers and land managers to maximise their access to SFI and future ELMs schemes.
Exploring the Experiences and Issues for Rural Energy and Water Customers in PSR Needs Code Groups
This research built on previous work undertaken for the same funders, including work by CCRI which explored rural vulnerability from a public utilities’ perspective
DEFRA Research Development and Evidence Framework Research (2021-2024)
The CCRI are currently involved in an on-going series of themed research projects under the DEFRA Research and Experimental Development (R&D) Framework.
Dan Keech to co-edit Special Issue
Dan Keech is continuing to emphasise and extend CCRI's work highlighting rural-urban interdependences as he co-edits a special issue of 'Frontiers in Sustainable Cities'.