Chris Short presenting at Oxford Real Farming Conference
Later this week, the 11th Oxford Real Farming Conference takes place. CCRI's Chris Short will be attending and presenting in a key session concerning common land.
A new SURE-Farm Business Brief
The EU Horizon2020 project 'SURE-Farm' (Towards SUstainable and REsilient EU FARMing systems) has published a new Business Brief that aims to improve risk management for EU agriculture.
Paddington’s dilemma
Today, is General Election day. John Powell considers a dilemma that could be facing Paddington Bear and others like him.
Dr Phil Staddon’s new paper on grazing impacts on the belowground ecosystem
CCRI’s Dr Phil Staddon’s PhD student Maede Faghihinia is researching the impact of grazing intensity on belowground ecosystem functioning and carbon cycling in North China steppe.
World Soil Day 2019 – Can farmers achieve Win: Win by improving their soil and increasing profitability?
Today (5th December) is World Soil Day – a day to celebrate and raise awareness on the importance of our soils.
Can farmers improve their soil whilst increasing their profitability? This is a question that has been puzzling scientists on the SoilCare research project for the last four years.
World Soil Day 2019
The 5th December is World Soil Day. CCRI researcher Jasmine Black talks about what this means for us as winter takes hold, related CCRI projects and her talk on soils this summer at Shambala Festival.
Paul Courtney guest Editor of ‘Sustainability’
CCRI Professor of Social Economy, Paul Courtney has been invited to guest edit a Special Issue of the journal 'Sustainability'. The theme of the Special Issue will be 'Fostering Inclusivity in Rural Economic Development' and manuscripts are now being accepted for consideration.
RUST Project video now available
A video concerning the 'RUST' project that has involvement from CCRI Research Assistant, Dilshaad Bundhoo has now been made available on the University of Gloucestershire's Research Repository.
Surveys: why do we… ask so many personal questions?
When we do surveys, we often collect a large amount of information from respondents that they may feel is personal to them and is not relevant to the topic of the survey. This post explains the utility and importance of doing so, even though it can be tiresome to complete by the respondants.