Projects by geographical focus

Research projects from the Division, organised by geographical focus

Argentina

BBSRC (BB/T004436/1): Environmental and Economic Impacts of Improved Antibiotics Stewardship in Poultry Systems. Contact: Prof. Dominic Moran. Current project.
BBSRC: (BB/T004452/1): Developing a conceptual framework to improve understanding of AMR in livestock systems: translating research into policy and practice. Contact: Prof. Dominic Moran. Previous project.

Brazil

ESRC (ES/N013255/2): Sustainable Agriculture Intensification and the Nexus in Brazil (SAIN). Contact: Prof. Dominic Moran. Previous project.

China

BBSRC (BB/N013484/1 - A15104): N-CIRCLE: Virtual Joint Centre for Closed-Loop Cycling of Nitrogen in Chinese Agriculture. Contact: Prof. Liz Baggs. Previous project.
Chinese Scholarship Council - Studentship: Composition-function relationships of soil microbial community for nutrient cycling under drought. Contact: Prof Liz Baggs. Current project.

Colombia

NERC (NE/R017522/1): How does the Paramo capture and store water? The role of plants and people. Contact: Prof. Dominic Moran. Previous project.
NERC (NE/R017999/1): Towards environmental reconciliation in Páramo land in Boyacá: resolving ecosystem trade-offs in post-conflict spaces. Contact: Prof. Dominic Moran. Previous project.

EU

EC (801215): Harnessing data in pursuit of efficient and sustainable food production for international markets. Contact: Prof. Alan Duncan. Previous project.
EC (RG14392): UNISECO - Understanding and Improving the Sustainability of agro-ECOIogicaI farming systems in the EU. Contact: Dr Jon Hillier. Previous project.
EC (677353): IMAGE: Innovative Management of Genetic Resources. Contact: Prof. Dominic Moran. Previous project.
ForestPaths. Peter Alexander. Current Project.
MOSAIC “Joined-up land use strategies tackling climate change and biodiversity loss” lead by VITO. Peter Alexander. Current Project.

East Africa (including Kenya and Somalia)

Community Jameel: The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action. Contact: Prof. Alan Duncan. Current project.
EC (801215): Modelling Availability and Intake of Animal Source Foods (ASF) among Young Children: A multilevel analysis for East Africa. Contact: Prof. Geraldine McNeill. Previous project.

Southern Africa

BBSRC (BB/P022936/1): Exploiting the potential of genotype microbiome interactions to promote sustainable soil health in southern Africa. Contact: Prof. Liz Baggs. Previous project.
BBSRC (BB/T012552/1): Africa SOIL: Soil Organic Matter Improves Livelihoods. Contact: Prof. Liz Baggs. Previous project.

West Africa

NERC (NE/S013598/1): Cocoa; Future Yields Across West Africa. Contact: Dr Jon Hillier. Previous project.

South Asia (including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives)

UKRI (NE/S009019/1): GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub. Contact: Dr Jon Hillier. Current project.

Syria

AHRC (AH/W006502/1): Field Songs: Preserving Syrian Agricultural Expertise Through Cultural Heritage Workshops. Contact: Prof. Lisa Boden. Previous project.
AHRC (AH/T004347/1): Cultures of Expertise: Academics in Exile and Their Role in the Future Food Security Agenda for Syria. Contact: Prof. Lisa Boden. Previous project.
Innovate UK (43228-WaterFore): WaterFOre: Sustainable water supply for rural communities in Syria through forward osmosis. Contact: Prof. Lisa Boden. Previous project.

Thailand

Thai Government - Studentship: Does crop genotype utilisation of soil organic matter lower greenhouse gas emissions from soil? Contact: Prof Liz Baggs. Current project.

Turkey

British Council (623818418): Newton Institutional Link UK-Turkey. Rapid onsite technologies to combat antimicrobial-resistant mastitis in dairy cattle. Contact: Dr Mahmoud Eltholth. Previous project.

UK

BBSRC (BB/N020707/1): Resilience of the UK food system to Global Shocks (RUGS). Contact: Dr Peter Alexander. Previous project.
BBSRC (BB/I009183/2): Linkages between plant functional diversity soil biological communities and ecosystem services in agricultural grassland. Contact: Prof. Liz Baggs. Previous project.
BBSRC (BB/L026759/2): A rhizotrait framework for the northern and southern hemispheres. Contact: Prof. Liz Baggs. Previous project.
Scottish Government: Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks. Contact: Prof. Lisa Boden. Current project.
BBSRC (BB/V011286/1): Predictive phylogenetics for evolutionary and transmission dynamics of newly emerging avian influenza viruses Contact: Prof. Lisa Boden. Current project.
STFC (ST/V006126/1): Open Epidemiology for pandemic modelling: a transparent, traceable, reusable, open source pipeline for reproducible science Contact: Prof. Lisa Boden. Previous project.
NERC (NE/P018920/1): Soils Research to deliver Greenhouse Gas REmovals and Abatement Technologies (Soils-R-GGREAT). Contact: Dr Jon Hillier. Previous project.
Innovate UK (DRFNC52 / P1881): PALM-ALT (Phase 2): Novel palm fat replacer for the food industry. Contact: Dr Rafael de Silva. Previous project.
AHRC (AH/T006013/1): Community Empowerment and Landscape Decision Making frameworks in Scotland: improving outcomes for people and nature. Contact: Dr Kirsteen Shields. Previous project.
FSS: Dietary Intake of Children In Scotland (Dish) Study. Contact: Prof Lindsay Jaacks. Previous project.
Syngenta: Development of scalable, robust, regionally sensitive, farm applicable soil health assessments. Contact: Prof Jon Hillier. Current project.
BBSRC (BB/W018152/1) TRAnsforming the DEbate about livestock systems transformation (TRADE) Contact: Prof Dominic Moran. Current Project.

This article was published on 2024-09-02