SURE-Farm
SURE-Farm aimed to analyze, assess and improve the resilience and sustainability of farms and farming systems in the EU.
Theme | Sustainable transitions
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.
Ex-Post Evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) 2007-2013
Report on the impacts, effectiveness and efficiency of RDP expenditure.
SOFIA (Situated Learning Opportunities (SLOs) fostered by ICT applications in Alternative Agro-Food Networks )
Completed in February 2018, SOFIA created a Smartphone app called 'MiLarder' to help people access local food.
SUS-CHAIN – Marketing sustainable agriculture: an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development
Dr James Kirwan, together with Bill Slee and Carolyn Foster (both formerly of the CCRI), completed an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development during the period 2003 to 2006, as part of…
SoilCare
The overall aim of SoilCare was to identify and evaluate promising soil-improving cropping systems and agronomic techniques that increase the profitability and sustainability of agriculture across Europe.
SUFISA (Sustainable finance for sustainable agriculture and fisheries)
The purpose of SUFISA was to identify sustainable practices and policies in the agricultural, fish and food sectors.
Evaluating the effectiveness of Environmental Stewardship for the conservation of historic buildings
In 2013, CCRI formed part of a Fera Consortium (FC) commissioned by Natural England (NE) to evaluate the effectiveness of Environmental Stewardship for the conservation of historic buildings.