Monday, April 30, 2018
Mr Fergus Ewing MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, visited the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen to hear about world leading scientific research in crops and climate change, as well as its commercial impact in local communities.
Friday, April 27, 2018
The Institute's Information and Computational Sciences group has announced a new version of free Android app Buntata, which aims to help potato growers identify potato pests and diseases easily and accurately.
Friday, April 27, 2018
Fortune Gomo, a Hydro Nation scholar carrying research on water, energy and food linkages in the Zambezi river basin, has presented her work at a recent Nexus event at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Pulses, the dry, edible seeds of plants in the legume family, are incredibly sustainable superfoods that can make a unique contribution to global food security due to their distinctive properties, says Dr Pete Iannetta of our Ecological Sciences group.
Friday, April 13, 2018
A new short film produced by the North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership and acclaimed wildlife photographer Pete Cairns offers a glimpse of the incredible biodiversity that the North East of Scotland has to offer.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
An international consortium including the James Hutton Institute which monitors the distribution and diversity of Phytophthora infestans across Europe has published its latest data.
Monday, April 09, 2018
Researchers from the James Hutton Institute and Scotland's Rural College, both part of the SEFARI collective, will be among the speakers at this week’s OECD Rural Development Conference, Enhancing Rural Innovation, in Edinburgh.
Tuesday, April 03, 2018
A research project led by James Hutton Limited aims to develop a model for growing soft fruit in public spaces to make it more accessible and help alleviate food poverty.
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Tuesday, April 03, 2018
The James Hutton Institute has partnered with Syngenta and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to develop and test a run-off tool app. The tool will advise land managers on the best management practices to reduce run-off and trap sediment before it reaches water courses.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Orla Shortall of the James Hutton Institute’s Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences group has been awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Fellowship enables early-career academics in the humanities and social sciences.
