The CCRI was one of several European partners researching into good practice in food production and consumption in urban areas as part of a major European Commission food project, Supurbfood which ran from 2012 to 2015.
In November 2008, the CCRI formed part of a successful consortium to win another research framework project FP7 CAPRI-RD which started in March 2009 and completed in 2013.
Professor Janet Dwyer, Dr John Powell and Dr Paul Courtney undertook some research for the Ministry of Resources and Rural Affairs in Malta.
The aim of this project was to provide Defra with a deeper understanding of how hill farmers are likely to respond to changes in economic support from government.
This project aimed to assess the impact of the Single Payment Scheme in England on the active graziers of common land.
This project evaluated upland farmers’ attitudes to the Uplands Entry Level Stewardship scheme which was introduced in July 2010.
This project explored different mechanisms for delivering co-ordinated agri-environmental schemes.
The aim of this project was to carry out a longitudinal evaluation study into the impact of the SWUI over its duration (2009-2013).