To engage the agri-food sector, enabling businesses to access NERC research outputs and capability to address environ and sustainability challenges
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: ESRC Innogen Centre
Abstract
To engage the agri-food sector, enabling businesses to access NERC research outputs and capability to address environ and sustainability challenges
People |
ORCID iD |
| Ann Bruce (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
| Description | This project does not have key findings because it was not a research project but a knowledge exchange fellowship. |
| Exploitation Route | The project consisted of working with stakeholders, including academics in other disciplines, who may choose to make use of the findings. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| Description | It is impossibe to trace back the diffuse work undertaken during this fellowship. |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| Description | Oral evidence given to UK Parliament Scottish Affairs Committee enquiry on Future of Scottish Agriculture |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz4rPtZl-TA |
| Description | Antimicrobial resistance, livestock and the environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to better understand relationship between antimicrobial resistance, livestock and the environment: 37 attended 37% industry, 21% policy, 39% academic. From post-workshop questionnaire 96% had thought about AMR in at least one new way, 87% made at least one new, useful contact, 100% had thought of a new response in this area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Workshop on meeting the challenge of sustainable ruminant feed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | An interdisciplinary, stakeholder engagement event to look at supplying ruminant feed more sustainably. From a post-workshop questionnaire: 82% had at leas one new insight into the challenges of sustainable ruminant feed, 82% helped clarify thoughts, 82% thought about a strategic response to the question in at least one new way, 91% made at least one new poentially useful contact. 43% of attendees were from industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |