Social Impacts of Fishing (NEE 0902)
The project sought to understand the impacts of fishing on both those people and communities who are directly dependent on it and those who are indirectly involved with it.
Theme | Sustainable transitions
Methodology for assessing the environmental, economic and social characteristics of (organic and non-organic) farming systems
This project aimed to describe the range of current UK farming systems and develop a methodology to characterise their distinctive environmental, economic and social characteristics.
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and biodiversity study
This research investigated the relationship between the CAP and farmland biodiversity.
SmartSoil – Sustainable Farm Management Aimed at Reducing Threats to SOILs under climate change
The overarching aim of SmartSOIL was to contribute to reversing the current degradation trend of European agricultural soils by improving soil carbon management in soils of arable and mixed farming systems covering intensive to low-input and organic farming systems.
GLAMUR – (Global and Local food chain Assessment: a MUltidimensional performance-based approach)
GLAMUR is the EU 7th Framework Programme acronym for a research project whose full title is “Global and Local food chain Assessment: a MUltidimensional performance-based approach”.
Supurbfood – Towards sustainable modes of urban and peri-urban food provisioning
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.
A strategic approach to Malta’s new Rural Development Programme, 2014-2020
Professor Janet Dwyer, Dr John Powell and Dr Paul Courtney undertook some research for the Ministry of Resources and Rural Affairs in Malta.
Economic and environmental impacts of changes in support measures for the English uplands – an in-depth forward look from the farmer’s perspective for the Defra Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory
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.
Assessment of single farm payment on graziers in UK & Ireland
This project aimed to assess the impact of the Single Payment Scheme in England on the active graziers of common land.