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International Day of Plant Health is a day to highlight how protecting plants from pests and diseases supports sustainable agriculture and long-term food security
The Isle of Coll community met at a workshop organised by The James Hutton Institute to discuss the role of housing in the island’s future.
After almost 29 years working in Dundee, Jonathan Snape, Head of The James Hutton Institute Scientific Services, will retire at the end of April. Jonathan first joined the Hutton in 1997 as a commercial manager at Mylnefield Research Services Ltd and has served as a core member of what later became James Hutton Limited and then Hutton Scientific Services.
The annual Hutton Postgraduate Symposium is an event for students to showcase their research, and to learn much more about what their colleagues in both Dundee and Aberdeen are up to
More than 80 professionals from across the barley supply chain gathered for the annual International Barley Hub (IBH) Stakeholder Meeting.
We tend to think of email as a low‑carbon form of communication, and compared to flying or driving, it absolutely is. But ‘low‑carbon’ isn’t the same as ‘no carbon’ and at scale its impact becomes significant.
How anaerobic digestion can contribute to Scotland’s renewable energy ambitions.
Winter 2025 – 2026 will be remembered as the winter when the rain just kept coming and our data confirms that it was indeed exceptionally wet.
For the 15th year running, barley enthusiasts gathered at the Birnam Arts Centre for the Barley Away Days
Hutton colleagues Susanna Mölkänen, Mads Troldborg and Rupert Hough recently attended a kick-off meeting and stakeholder workshop in Can Tho, Vietnam from 2 to 5 December 2026 for the early intervention for sustainable aquaculture in Viet Nam and Thailand project. This UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-funded project is a collaboration between the University of West of Scotland, University of Strathclyde, The James Hutton Institute, Can Tho University, Vidyashirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), and Aston University with project partners Skretting and Phileo to develop low-cost and low-tech solutions to monitor disease and water quality in shrimp farming. This workshop was the first official in-person meeting for the project and was hosted by colleagues at the College of Aquaculture & Fisheries at Can Tho University (CTU).
