Research projects

The James Hutton Institute’s research projects drive agricultural innovation, environmental sustainability, and biodiversity conservation, shaping solutions for a changing world.

Our interdisciplinary research spans crop resilience, soil health, land use studies, and climate change adaptation, ensuring a sustainable future for both rural and urban landscapes.

Through collaborative studies and data-driven research, we explore ecosystem services, sustainable agriculture, and natural capital enhancement, delivering impactful findings that inform policy and support community engagement. Discover how our scientific investigations contribute to global sustainability goals and advance resource management for generations to come.

Find out more about The James Hutton Institute’s pioneering research below:

FRAMEwork
‘Farmer Clusters for Realising Agrobiodiversity Management across Ecosystems’ (H2020 FRAMEwork) is a research-in-action project promoting the transition to biodiversity sensitive farming.
Accelerating strawberry breeding to maintain competitiveness
Edward Vinson Ltd are working with our soft fruit group to streamline both their crop phenotyping and selection processes.
Global community food for planetary health (Global CFaH)
Improving household health and food security by promoting agroecological community-based food production.
Horizon Europe: BEST-CROP
Analysing current varieties of barley to determine how these can be enhanced to improve yield.
MAGIC – moving towards adaptive governance in complexity: informing nexus security
Finding new ways to tackle complex policy issues at the nexus between water, energy and food resources
Radiant – realising dynamic value chains for underutilised crops
Making genetically diverse crops more competitive to support EU strategies for sustainable agrifood chains.
The Quickgro potato project
Producing potato varieties that are heat-tolerant, early maturing, resistant to late blight, viral diseases and high yielding.

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