Friday, February 18, 2022
A new report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) and co-authored by Professor Richard Aspinall, an Honorary Fellow of the James Hutton Institute, calls for action from policymakers worldwide to develop sustainable and equitable solutions to urgent global challenges.
Monday, February 14, 2022
The February 2022 issue of Hutton Highlights, the James Hutton Institute's quarterly review, is now available.
Thursday, February 10, 2022
We should get our fingers on pulses; these foods can be a critically important and sustainable source of nutrition globally, writes Dr Pete Iannetta (Ecological Sciences) to mark World Pulses Day.
Monday, February 07, 2022
The Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon MSP, got a vision of climate-positive agriculture and future farming technologies when she visited the James Hutton Institute in Dundee.
Thursday, February 03, 2022
Dr Mike Rivington, a senior scientist within the James Hutton Institute’s Information and Computational Sciences department, has contributed evidence to a session of the Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee of the Scottish Parliament on the prospective Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill.
Friday, January 28, 2022
The potential of grain legume crops to harness the nitrogen present in air into biologically useful forms is well known, but how much of an opportunity does it present for farmers wanting to pursue net-zero agriculture? A Hutton research team has recorded the first UK-wide measurement of nitrogen added by faba beans to a production system.
Friday, January 28, 2022
The James Hutton Institute has joined Angus Council, Agrico UK, Arbikie Distilling and SoilEssentials Ltd in signing a letter of intent to develop a Centre for Agricultural Sustainable Innovation (CASI) headquartered in Forfar, Angus.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
The Crop Production in Northern Britain Conference, the foremost summit discussing environmental management and crop production in northern environments, is back this year as an online event on 1-2 March.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
The James Hutton Institute supports plans being put forward for a new life sciences innovation district for the Dundee region.
Monday, January 17, 2022
Beavers could make an important contribution to improving the condition of Scotland’s rivers, including helping to improve water quality and limiting the effects of drought, new research from the University of Aberdeen and the James Hutton Institute has found.
