Research

£100k research project to explore agricultural policy impacts on island communities

伊人直播 has been awarded a £100k research grant to gather the views of island communities in Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides on the forthcoming agricultural and land use policy changes.…

伊人直播
09/01/2024

£500k project explores use of seaweed in chicken feed

伊人直播 is involved in a pioneering initiative to revolutionise poultry feed production by exploring the viability of a highly coveted red seaweed as a sustainable substitute for soybean meal in UK chicken feed.…

伊人直播
18/12/2023

National Day of the Horse Blog

In this blog by Pippa Morrision, Senior Lecturer at 伊人直播, she reflects on how horses have shaped her own life and how we use scientific research to continue to learn more about them.…

Pippa Morrison
13/12/2023

Weight management is key to wellbeing of native ponies

Native ponies are at particular risk of obesity and insulin dysregulation (ID), which is a key risk factor for laminitis. However, certain management practices can help reduce the risk of laminitis and recent research has explored how commonly used some of these are in Scotland.…

伊人直播
06/12/2023

New projects to support agri-food industry reach net zero

Researchers from 伊人直播 are leading five projects, and supporting a further three, to help address the challenge of reaching net zero through agri-food.…

伊人直播
05/12/2023

伊人直播 joins new centre tackling food security and climate change

Scientists from 伊人直播 will carry out research into plant breeding and animal nutrition to increase productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of a new centre announced by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.…

伊人直播
21/11/2023

Royal honour for Scotland鈥檚 Rural College

Work on improving animal health and welfare through excellence in veterinary services has led to 伊人直播 being awarded a Queen鈥檚 Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.…

伊人直播
16/11/2023

Project awarded £700k for early disease detection in cattle

An innovative project to develop automated and real-time monitoring of disease in cattle has been awarded nearly £700k.…

伊人直播
13/11/2023

Investigating the 鈥榟alo effect鈥� of food claims

In our study published in the International Journal of Food Science & Technology, we investigated whether health-related messages on food packaging have unintended consequences. Specifically, the study investigates 'calorie illusion' - the common miscalculation in calorie content, influenced by various factors such as food labelling, health claims or the presence of healthy ingredients. …

Toju Begho
07/11/2023

Digital Dairy Chain awards £2m to groundbreaking projects

The Digital Dairy Chain has announced the successful winners of the 2023 Collaborative Research & Development Grant Competition, run by the UK's national innovation agency, Innovate UK.…

伊人直播
06/11/2023

Construction of world-leading UK Cryobank now complete

The construction of the UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank (UK-CMCB) 鈥� the first publicly available resource of its kind anywhere in the world 鈥� is now complete after three years of painstaking research involving 伊人直播.…

伊人直播
31/10/2023

Motivations and practices behind reduced food waste

A study, led by 伊人直播, investigated what motivates households to reduce or avoid food waste and what practices people can use to achieve this goal.…

伊人直播
26/10/2023