2016 Year in Review
The CCRI has today published its 2016 Year in Review brochure, highlighting our research and other activities during the past year.
The Running Researcher
Research assistant Nick, has been a runner almost as long as he has been with CCRI. The last few months they have become intertwined, and Nick explains how this has happened, and how he feels it helps with the work of the CCRI.
VALERIE project update
The latest project update for 'VALERIE’ (VALorising European Research for Innovation in agriculturE and forestry), which concerns research to underpin innovation in the agri-rural sector, is available to download.
Celebrating World Soil Day!
5th December, is World Soil Day - the one day in the year that the United Nations asks us all to think about the role of soil in our daily lives. The CCRI has been collaborating on two major EU funded projects, SoilCare and RECARE, to investigate how soil quality can be improved.
Economic analysis & project evaluation of the ‘Molland Graze the Moor’
Janet Dwyer is currently working with CCRI Associate, Allan Butler, from the Royal Agricultural University, to provide an economic analysis and project evaluation of the ‘Molland Graze the Moor' project in Exmoor.
Evaluation of Innovative Farmers programme
Following a successful evaluation of the Soil Association’s Duchy Originals Future Farming programme in 2014, a CCRI team, comprising Matt Reed, Julie Ingram and Jane Mills, was invited in 2016 to evaluate Innovative Farmers, the successor programme, which was developed building in recommendations from our previous evaluation.
AgriDemo-F2F (Enhancing farmer to farmer learning)
This project is looked at best practice in farm demonstration and how farmers learn from their own on-farm experiences and from other farmers.
Going the Extra Mile (GEM)
A five-year evaluation of the Going the Extra Mile (GEM) project begun in 2016, which further develops and applies social value research techniques. Funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and National Lottery Community Fund, GEM aims to move the county’s most vulnerable adults closer to employment, training and education.
CCRI Winter School – Call For Participation
The annual CCRI Winter School will be taking place on the 10th and 11th January 2017, at Oxstalls Campus of the University of Gloucestershire. Find out more about the event and how to apply if you would like to attend.