ROBUST partners meet in Ljubljana
CCRI researchers Damian Maye, Matt Reed and Dan Keech attended the 3rd project partnership meeting of ROBUST in Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana between 1st – 4th October 2018
International Rural Women Day – October 15th
October 15th 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the UN recognised 'International Rural Women's Day. As a research institute that specialises in rural matters, and having women represented at all levels, the CCRI approached a number of the team to discuss their role in rural research. This week we hear from Julie Urquhart.
Janet Dwyer speaking at National Park Societies Conference
CCRI Director, Professor Janet Dwyer, is speaking at the National Park Societies conference, which is taking place on Dartmoor between 4th - 6th October.
CCRI’s latest placement student
A couple of weeks ago, Imogen Young joined CCRI as the latest of our placement students. Each academic year, we offer the opportunity of a paid placement within CCRI, and Imogen has joined us from UWE where she is an Environmental Science student. By way of an introduction we asked Imogen to write a few lines about herself.
An adaptive decision-support tool for better grassland management by UK farmers
The CCRI is part of a partnership for a two year research translation project funded by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club (SARIC).
CCRI to collaborate on new project to create tool to improve grassland management
The CCRI is part of a partnership for a new two year research translation project, which aims to improve the profitability and sustainability of how the current and future farmers in the UK manage their grassland
Chris Short talks about management of commonland at meeting in Norway
Chris Short was invited to speak at the 20th meeting of the FAO-CIHEAM Mountain Pasture Network
FUTGRAZE
This project identified ‘best practice’ and outlined a range of ways to manage and operate pasture areas in Norway, this included concrete arrangements for handling misconceptions and the different priorities of various interest.
CCRI team publish SUFISA case study summaries
The UK SUFISA team are delighted to publish their case study findings: the dairy and inshore fisheries reports are available now.