Cluster | Sustainable Farming and Food

Effect and impact of LEAF Marque certification in the delivery of more sustainable farming

In 2017, the CCRI carried out a study of the benefits of LEAF Marque certification.

June 14, 2017

SURE-Farm

SURE-Farm aimed to analyze, assess and improve the resilience and sustainability of farms and farming systems in the EU.

February 1, 2017

ES Monitoring & Evaluation Framework – Assessing the impact of advice and support on the outcomes of Higher Level Stewardship agreements Agri-environment monitoring theme: Higher Level Stewardship outcomes

This project was set up to generate more substantive evidence of the impact of advice and support on the achievement of HLS agreements and scheme outcomes.

January 11, 2017

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ES Monitoring & Evaluation Framework – Assessing the role of advice and support in the establishment of Higher Level Stewardship agreements Agri-environment monitoring theme: Higher Level Stewardship outcomes

Guidance for the development and operational delivery of HLS agreements.

January 11, 2017

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.

December 3, 2016

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.