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Integrated Farm Management
Mayan Gold tatties for Tayside food banks (News)
Mayan Gold and Vales Sovereign potatoes developed in Tayside by the James Hutton Institute and grown on Hutton research farms as part of a long-term trial of sustainable cultivation methods are being donated to food banks across T ... Read more
December 14, 2020
MOVING - MOuntain Valorization through INterconnectedness and Green growth (2020-2024) (Project)
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Thousands log in for a digital Arable Scotland (News)
The 2020 edition of Arable Scotland – Scotland’s newest field event focussing on arable crops - took place online on 2nd July and was very well received: hundreds of e-delegates visited the event’s Virtual Field ... Read more
July 9, 2020
Online Arable Scotland 2020: expertise and knowledge for the arable industry (News)
Arable Scotland 2020, Scotland's newest field event focussing on arable crops, is taking place online on 2nd July 10:00 am and will major on alternative crops and new markets. Registration for the free event is open at www.ara ... Read more
June 24, 2020
Arable Scotland 2020: programme announced (News)
The programme for Arable Scotland 2020, Scotland's newest field event focussing on arable crops, has been announced. This year's event is taking place online and will major on alternative crops and new markets. ... Read more
June 9, 2020
Arable Scotland 2020 to tackle key industry challenges (News)
By Professor Fiona Burnett, Co-chair, Arable Scotland ... Read more
February 25, 2020
Arable Scotland 2020 - online event (Event)
Arable Scotland 2 July 2020 Online ... Read more
Newbie UK Case Studies (Project)
Case Studies in the UK TEXT Key contacts Lee-Ann Sutherland Adam Calo Follow @newbieuk ... Read more
Open Farm Sunday 2019 (Event)
Come and spend a fun family day at Mylnefield Farm! The Institute will be taking part in Open Farm Sunday 2019 on 9 June. ... Read more
The Newbie Award (Project)
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NEWBIE - New Entrant netWork - Events (Project)
NEWBIE Events At Newbie UK, we're working to be abreast of the ongoing work of farmers, advisory services, and governments to support and research new entrant farming. Any questions about events you see? Send an email to Ada ... Read more
NEWBIE - Background (Project)
In NEWBIE, “new entrants” are defined as anyone who starts a new farm business or becomes involved in an existing farm business. They comprise a wide range of ages, agricultural experience and resource access. Newcomer ... Read more
Arable Scotland 2019 (Event)
Arable Scotland 2 July 2019 Balruddery Farm, Dundee ... Read more
NEFERTITI: Networking European Farms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake through Demonstration (2018-2021) (Project)
NEFERTITI will establish an EU-wide highly connected network of well-specified demonstration and pilot farms, which is designed to enhance thematic knowledge exchange, cross fertilisation among actors and efficient innovation upta ... Read more
Stochastic Anaerobic Digestion Economic Assessment Tool (Research Page)
What is anaerobic digestion? Anaerobic digestion is a process by which micro-organisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen, leading to the production of biogas and bio-fertilisers. Anaerobic digestion tech ... Read more
Research Facilities (Research Page)
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Soils@Hutton - Soil Survey and Monitoring (Research Page)
National Soil Inventory for Scotland ... Read more
Soils@Hutton - Soil Information and Education (Research Page)
Introduction to Soils Exploring Scotland's Soils ... Read more
Soils@Hutton - Soil and food security (Research Page)
Soils & Sustainable production ... Read more
LandSFACTS downloads (Research Page)
The LandSFACTS software is available in several formats: with graphical interface, helpfile and tutorial [XP, W7], cf. below command-line [XP, W7, W7 x64, Linux x64], by request dynamic libraries [XP, W7, W7 x64, Linux x ... Read more
Land manager attitudes and behaviours (Research Page)
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LandSFACTS model details (inputs/outputs) (Research Page)
The LandsFACTS model was originally (v1.6) set up to simulate cropping systems at the landscape scale. Since 2007, it was further developed to allow modelling land uses at multiple scales within an evolving environment. The diagra ... Read more
LandSFACTS (Research Page)
LANDscape Scale Functional Allocation of Crops Temporally and Spatially ... Read more
Scenarios and land use futures (Research Page)
Environmental, economic and social issues associated with agriculture are often fundamental for rural prosperity and sustainability, with consequent implications for any debate about future land use. A key to supporting the planni ... Read more
Natural resource datasets and databases (Research Page)
Soil mapping ... Read more
FarmPath – Farming Transitions: Pathways towards regional sustainability of agriculture in Europe (Project)
The overall goal of FarmPath is to identify and assess future transition pathways towards regional sustainability of agriculture in Europe, and the social and technological innovation needs required to initiate and progress along ... Read more
Prospects for Farmers’ Support: Advisory Services in European AKIS (PRO AKIS) (Project)
In times of changing conditions, with strong pressure from markets and citizens to adjust and innovate, farmers need timely access to knowledge and information, to training and education, and to facilitating and supporting service ... Read more
