Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Experts and stakeholders from the diverse worlds of forestry, horticulture, the environment and agriculture gathered at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to hear about the aims and vision of a new virtual Plant Health Centre for Scotland.
 James Hutton Institute_0.jpg "Farming in Tayside (c) James Hutton Institute")
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Land access issues, including limited availability of tenancies, are a critical barrier for new entrants to agriculture in Scotland, according to a new report commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission and authored by James Hutton Institute scientists.
Friday, May 11, 2018
A new Knowledge Transfer Partnership involving the James Hutton Institute, its commercial subsidiary James Hutton Limited and the newly launched Scottish Honeyberry Cooperative aims to create a new ‘superfruit’ industry in Scotland and turn the country into a world leader in the cultivation and processing of honeyberries.
 James Hutton Institute 345x250.jpg "Potatoes (c) James Hutton Institute")
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Scientists from the James Hutton Institute are supporting an industry-led Innovate UK project aimed at improving food safety standards in potato, cereal, bread and other food products.
Friday, May 04, 2018
Scientists from the James Hutton Institute have appeared in BBC programmes to discuss crop science and social research.
Wednesday, May 02, 2018
Dr Cristiane Calixto, a post-doctoral researcher in the Plant Sciences Division of the University of Dundee’s School of Life Sciences, based at the James Hutton Institute, has been announced as winner of the 2018 Peter Massalski Prize.
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.
