Wednesday, September 30, 2020
A €7m research project involving African and European partners and featuring James Hutton Institute social scientists undertakes to boost the nutrition performance of local food systems in Africa. The FoodLAND initiative aims to develop a range of innovations for local agriculture and aquaculture development in six African countries.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
A pioneering analysis by James Hutton Institute social scientists explores the potential and value of applying a ‘natural capital’ approach to the land-based business of the Institute’s Glensaugh farm, where the aim is to demonstrate climate-positive farming.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Social scientists at the James Hutton Institute have developed a novel method to estimate future demographic change in Scotland’s sparsely populated areas, by considering geographical differences in employment structures and regional economic linkages, among other factors, to produce estimates of future labour migration in different regions.
Monday, September 28, 2020
FindOUT, a new application developed by James Hutton Institute bioinformatician Dr Peter Skelsey, employs – for the first time – machine-learning ‘anomaly detection algorithms’ to forecast the risk of crop disease, greatly increasing the accuracy of forecasts.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
A new €6m research project coordinated by the University of Córdoba (Spain) and featuring James Hutton Institute social scientists is looking at ways to promote the establishment of new or upgraded/upscaled value chains that contribute to resilience and sustainability of mountain areas.
Friday, September 18, 2020
A new diagnostic technique has been developed by Scottish scientists to help in the early detection of sheep scab, marking a significant development towards improved monitoring and control of the parasite. This was made possible through an exciting interdisciplinary collaboration looking at new methods of protein expression and production.
Friday, September 18, 2020
Agricultural student Johanna Maria Würtz and her Shetland pony Hechizo have completed a 1000-mile hike to join us in Dundee for a six-month Erasmus placement to undertake barley science.
Friday, September 18, 2020
As part of wide-ranging efforts to provide Scotland’s land managers, agencies and the public with open access resources, the James Hutton Institute has progressively been digitising the published one inch to the mile (1:63,360) and 1:50,000 Soil Survey of Scotland maps, which now cover the Orkney Islands and land south-east of Inverness.
Friday, September 18, 2020
To raise awareness of plant health issues, and coinciding with the UK Plant Health Week (19-27 September), Scotland’s Plant Health Centre has launched a set of five Key Principles, which outline important steps to protect Scotland’s plant resources.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
International Barley Hub scientists at the James Hutton Institute, working with colleagues in the UK and Australia, have gained further insight into key genes responsible for grain composition, a process facilitated by using CRISPR gene editing as a research tool.
