CCRI RECARE team visit Iceland

Matt Reed and Jane Mills attended a plenary meeting of RECARE in Hella, Iceland, from 29th May to 2nd June.
Matt Reed and Jane Mills attended a plenary meeting of RECARE in Hella, Iceland, from 29th May to 2nd June.
Authorities across the West Thames area to learn how different land management methods impact on flood risk.
The CCRI is working with Rural Services Network (RSN) and Rural England, conducting a survey in which rural stakeholders are being invited to participate to help shape a new agenda for the countryside.
The aim of the survey was to assess the current key concerns for those living in rural areas and aimed to develop an up-to-date agenda for such areas.
Julie Ingram and Hannah Chiswell recently attended a meeting in Aberdeen for the Agridemo-F2F project (Building an interactive Agridemo–Hub community enhancing farmer to farmer learning), which is looking at best practice in farm demonstration.
In 2017, the CCRI carried out a study of the benefits of LEAF Marque certification.
The results of a CCRI study of the LEAF Marque certification have today been released. The study shows that LEAF Marque certification can offer significant financial, environmental and social benefits for farm businesses both in the UK and overseas.
ROBUST was a European research project involving 24 partners from 11 countries. It aimed to improve and develop relationships between rural and urban areas.
The CCRI is part of a recently approved EU Horizon 2020 project, “Towards SUstainable and REsilient EU FARMing systems (SURE-Farm)”, which starts today (1st June).