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Rural Policy Centre Publications (updated September 2015)

Here you will find a chronological list of all Rural Policy Centre (RPC) publications since its launch in 2007. It is updated when new items are published. Click on the hyperlinks to view and download the documents. The publications are categorised into the themes identified in the ‘Helping a Changing

World’ booklet (see Helping A Changing World) and are available on the RPC website. For more information contact: rpc@sruc.ac.uk

Year Author/s Title Theme Publication

Type

2016 (Jan) Bouda Vosough Ahmadi ,

Steven Thomson, Shailesh Shrestha, Andrew Barnes

Scottish Sheep farming post 2015 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms: Assessing response under

payment scenarios

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2016 (Jan)

Shailesh Shrestha , Andrew Barnes, Bouda Vosough

Ahmadi, Steven Thomson, Luiza Toma, Lee-Ann

Sutherland , Keith Mathews3

Scottish Dairy farming post 2015: CAP reforms and farmer intentions: Assessing farmer response under

changing payment scenarios

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2016 (Jan) Marie J Haskell , Mhairi Jack,

Matt Turner, Rick D’Eath

The use of the Welfare Quality® assessment protocol in the Scottish

dairy industry

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2016 (Jan) Shailesh Shrestha , Andrew

Barnes, Steven Thomson and Bouda Vosough Ahmadi

Scottish Dairy farming post 2015 CAP reforms: how would dairy farmers respond under growing

financial pressures?

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2016 (Jan) Carla Correia-Gomes ,

Madeleine Henry, Harriet Auty, George Gunn

Survey to assess disease biosecurity of small scale pig

producers

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2016 (Jan) Marine Popoff and Michael

MacLeod The feasibility of using insects in

salmon feed in Scotland

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2016 (Jan) Cath Milne and Lorna Paton Changing farm practices:

Improving knowledge exchange

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2015 (Nov) Siân Ringrose

Empowering young rural decision makers: Discussion at the Cross

Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2015 (Sept) Cath Milne Changing farm practices: farmer perceptions of risk and risk taking

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2015 (Sept) Laura Wilson and Ellie Brodie

Low carbon rural behaviours: perceptions of thermal comfort and

the adoption of low carbon technologies in the home

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2015 (August)

Laura Wilson and Ellie Brodie

Low carbon rural behaviours: perceptions of thermal comfort & low carbon technologies in the

home

Changing Environment

Research Report

2015 (August)

Jane Atterton and Taylor Johnson

Supporting Rural Businesses: A Case Study of the S J Noble Trust

in Argyll and the Islands

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2015 (August)

Roger Turner and Jane Atterton

Scotland’s rural enterprises: What do we know and where are the

information gaps?

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

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2015 (August)

Cesar Revoredo-Giha and Wojciech J. Florkowski

An analysis of the demand for fresh fruit in Scotland

Food Futures Research Briefing

2015 (August)

Dr Krysten Black HEFCE invitation to comment on

future changes to the UK performance indicators

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2015 (August)

Shailesh Shrestha, Andrew Barnes, Steven Thomson, Bouda Vosough Ahmadi,

Luiza Toma, Lee-Ann Sutherland and Keith

Matthews

Scottish beef farms post 2015 CAP reforms: the expected impacts and

perceived responses

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2015 (August)

Rural Policy Centre Call for Evidence on Land Reform

(Scotland) Bill Consultation

2015 (July) Rural Policy Centre Consultation on Commission for

Widening Access Consultation Responses

Consultation

2015 (July) Ellie Brodie Do rural and urban Scotland need

each other? Thriving

Communities Policy Briefing

2015 (July) Gillian Reid

Resource Efficiency: Making the most of farm resources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve financial performance

Changing Environment

Policy Briefing

2015 (July) Taylor Johnson Mainstreaming climate change into rural development policy post 2013

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2015 (May) Lorna Cole and Jenni

Stockan The impact of riparian management

on insect pollinators Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2015 (May) Jane Atterton

What should rural Scotland look like in 2035? Discussion at the Cross

Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2015 (April) Rural Policy Centre Consultation on Contribution rates

for Modern Apprenticeships Consultation Responses

Consultation

2015 (April) Jamie McFadzean The Presence of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Wild Bird

Populations

Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2015 (April) Cath Milne and Lorna Paton Changing farm practices: planning

programmes for change Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2015 (April) Kalina Kasprzyk, Andrew

Barnes, Paul Allanson and Carlo Morelli

The effect of shocks on agricultural income inequality in Scotland

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2015 (April) Steven Thomson Scottish Agricultural Tenure

Evidence Review - Seasonally let-in grazing land

Support to Agriculture

Research Report

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2015 (April) Lorna Paton and Dr Cath

Milne Changing farm practices: lamb

castration Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2015 (March) Nathalie Micoud, Gillian McKnight and Helene

Mauchlen

Scoping study on the equine industry in Scotland

Support to Agriculture

Research Report

2015 (March) Jane Atterton and Nicola

Thompson

Older Business Owners in Rural England: Some Issues for Research,

Policy and Practice

Thriving Communities

Research Briefing

2015 (March) Claire Morgan-Davies and

Nicola Lambe

Investigation of barriers to uptake of Electronic Identification (EID) for

sheep management

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2015 (March) Ellie Brodie

Rural Economies: Diversify or Die? Discussion at the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural

Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2015 (February)

Rural Policy Centre Consultation on Croft House Grant

Scheme Consultation Responses

Consultation

2015 (February)

Rural Policy Centre A Consultation on the Future of Land

Reform in Scotland Consultation Responses

Consultation

2015 (February)

Cath Milne and Lorna Paton Farmer behaviour: What’s changing

farm biosecurity? Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2015 (February)

Claire Morgan-Davies and Harriet Wishart

Electronic Identification: Making the most out of Compulsory Tagging

Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2015 (January)

Ellie Brodie Fracking in Scotland Changing

Environment Policy Briefing

2015 (January)

Ellie Brodie Local Democracy in Rural Scotland Thriving

Communities Policy Briefing

2015 (January)

Siân Ringrose and Clare Hall

Campylobacter in chicken flocks: The issues and views of the disease

and its control Food Futures

Research Briefing

2015 (January)

Anastasia L. Yang Rural Development Programme

Spatial Analysis: wider insights into policy implementation

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2015 (January)

Anastasia L. Yang Regionalising the Scotland Rural

Development Programme: decentralisation or recentralisation?

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2015 (January)

Shailesh Shrestha, Bouda Vosough Ahmadi, Steven

Thomson and Andrew Barnes

The impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy post 2015 reforms

on Scottish farming

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2015 (January)

Jane Atterton

Employment, employability and skills in Rural Scotland: Is provision fit-for-purpose?: Discussion at the Cross

Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

4

2015 (January)

Jane Atterton with other UKRPPG Convenors

The Structure of Local Government across the UK: Differences and

Similarities

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2014 Publications

2014 (December)

M.D. March, M.J. Haskell, M.G.G Chagunda, F.M.

Langford and D.J. Roberts

Current trends in British dairy farming regimes

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2014 (December)

Jenni Stockan and Lorna Cole

Soil and vegetation responses to forested riparian buffer strips

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2014 (November)

Rural Policy Centre

Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment (RACCE) Committee –

Scottish Government Budget 2015/16 evidence session - SRDP

climate change

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2014 (November)

Jane Atterton

Young People and Rural Scotland: Discussion at the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural

Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2014 (October)

Steven Thomson Referendum 2014 – how rural

Scotland voted Thriving

Communities Research

Report

2014 (October)

Rural Policy Centre Recipe for Success: Scotland’s National Food & Drink Policy – Becoming a Good Food Nation

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2014 (October)

Artur Steiner Building community resilience and empowering communities that ‘do

not engage’

Thriving Communities

Research Briefing

2014 (September)

Rural Policy Centre

Local Government and Regeneration Committee: Call for Evidence on the

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2014 (August)

Peter Alexander and Dominic Moran

The costs and potential in using perennial energy crops to mitigate

carbon emissions

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2014 (July) Jane Atterton

Coastal Community Regeneration: Discussion at the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural

Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2014 (June) Marianna Markantoni

Successes and challenges in low carbon governance: the case study

of Farr Wind Farm community benefit

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2014 (May) Rural Policy Centre Review of Nitrate Vulnerable Zone

Designated Areas in Scotland - 2013 Consultation Responses

Consultation

2014 (May) Rural Policy Centre Rural Affairs and Environment Consultation on the Research

Strategy for 2016-2021

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2014 (May) Rural Policy Centre Rural Scotland in Focus 2014:

Summary of Key messages Thriving

Communities Research Briefing

2014 (April) Andrew Barnes, Cesar

Revoredo-Giha Comparing productivity in the milk production and processing sectors

Food Futures Research Briefing

5

2014 (April) Jane Atterton

Planning and Rural Economic Development: Discussion at the

Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2014 (April) Stephanie Graf

Achieving a Low Carbon Rural Economy through Community

Renewable Generation Projects: The Community and Renewable

Energy Scheme (CARES)

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2014 (April) Jenni Stockan, Lorna Cole Impact of riparian buffer strips on the ecological structure of ground beetle

populations

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2014 (March) Rural Policy Centre SRUC's response to the consultation

on direct payments Consultation Responses

Consultation

2014 (March) Rural Policy Centre Consultation on the link between the

health and wellbeing of farm personnel and farm animal welfare

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2014 (March) Stephen Ross, Kairsty Topp, Richard Ennos,

Mizeck Chagunda

Breeding, feeding and management to reduce the emissions intensity of

dairy production

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2014 (March) Cath Milne, Allan Butler Young Entrants: Explaining the

Issues Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2014 (February)

Jane Atterton

Rural Poverty and Disadvantage: Discussion at the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural

Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2014 (January)

Sarah Skerratt 2014: SRUC RACCE Committee

evidence for NPF3 Consultation Responses

Consultation

2014 (January)

Rural Policy Centre Consultation on the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2014 (January)

Clare Hall, Fiona Burnett, Vaughan Higgins, Melanie Bryant, Marta Hernández-Jover, Dominic Duckett,

Rhiannon Fisher, Damian Maye, Gareth Enticott, Brian

Ilbery and James Kirwan

The role of institutions and farmers in tackling on-farm disease risks

Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2014 (January)

Rhiannon Fisher, Damian Maye, Gareth Enticott, Brian

Ilbery and James Kirwan

Examining farmer understandings of wildlife control options for bovine TB

Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2014 (January)

Dominic Duckett Barriers to farmer adoption of Cattle

EID Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2014 (January)

Vaughan Higgins, Melanie Bryant and Marta Hernández-Jover

Managing Disease Risk in the Australian Beef Industry

Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2014 (January)

Clare Hall, Fiona Burnett Will farmers consider collective action to tackle crop diseases?

Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2013 Publications

2013 (December)

Emma Sutherland, Clare Hall

Achieving a Low Carbon Future in Rural Scotland: The development of

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

6

Passivhaus

2013 (November)

Andrew Barnes, Fiona Borthwick

Barriers to the uptake of Nitrogen Use Efficiency practices in Scottish agriculture and potential solutions

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2013 (November)

SRUC 2013: Draft Seaweed Policy

Statement Consultation Responses

Consultation

2013 (November)

Siân Ringrose

The Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) 2014-2020:

Discussion at the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural

Policy

Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2013 (October)

Mike Woolvin 2013: Family Estates and Rural

Resilience Thriving

communities Research

Report

2013 (October)

Jamie McFadzean AMR Trends, Impacts and Policy

messages Health and Wellbeing

Policy Briefing

2013 (October)

Clare Hall The role of social science in policy

making for tree and plant health and biosecurity

Health and Wellbeing

Policy Briefing

2013 (August)

Caroline Mohamed Shahin Food and Drink Industry Challenges

and Opportunities Food Futures Policy Briefing

2013 (August)

Shailesh Shrestha, Bouda Vosough Ahmadi, Steven

Thomson and Andrew Barnes

Greening of the CAP – how will it affect Scottish beef and sheep

farming?

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2013 (August)

Andrew Barnes, Shailesh Shrestha, Steven Thomson

and Bouda Vosough Ahmadi

Assessing Farm-Level Viability in Scotland

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2013 (July) Jane Atterton and Steven

Thomson CAP Developments in June 2013

Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2013 (July)

Amy R. Lewis, Corinne Baulcomb, Ruth Fletcher,

Piotr Margońsk, Klaus Glenk, Katarzyna A. Nadolma, Anna M.

Luzeńczyk and Salman Hussain

Identifying and Valuing Marine Cultural Ecosystem Services: Poland

and the Baltic Sea

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2013 (June) SRUC, Co-ordinated by the

Rural Policy Centre Scotland Rural Development

Programme (SRDP) 2014-2020 Consultation Responses

Consultation

2013 (June) Rural Policy Centre, SRUC Informing the development of the

CAP post-2013 Support to Agriculture

Research Report

2013 (June) Mike Woolvin and Alasdair

Rutherford Volunteering and Public Service

Reform in Rural Scotland Thriving

Communities Research

Report

2013 (June)

Corinne Baulcomb, Ruth Fletcher, Amy R. Lewis,

Amanda von Almen, Ekin Akoglu, Salman

Hussain and Klaus Glenk

Identifying and Valuing Marine Cultural Ecosystem Services: Turkey

and the Black Sea

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

7

2013 (June) Mike Woolvin and Alasdair

Rutherford Volunteering and public service

reform Thriving

Communities Research Briefing

2013 (June) Jane Atterton Rural Transport: Discussion at the Cross Party Group in the Scottish

Parliament on Rural Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2013 (May) SRUC, Co-ordinated by the

Rural Policy Centre New Food Body

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2013 (May) Jane Atterton

Community ownership of Assets: Discussion at the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural

Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2013 (May) Artur Steiner, Jane Atterton

and Jen Cleary Rural Businesses in Rural South

Australia

Thriving Communities

Research Briefing

2013 (May) Corinne Baulcomb, Ruth

Fletcher, Spike Lewis, Klaus Glenk and Salman Hussain

Identifying and Valuing Marine Cultural Ecosystem Services: Poland

and the Baltic Sea

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2013 (April) Faical Akaichi, Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr and José M. Gil

Assessing Consumers’ Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Organic

Milk

Food Futures

Research Briefing

2013 (April) Richard Simmons, Artur

Steiner, Steve Quarrie and Jane Atterton

Sustainable Rural Development in Serbia: Boljevac Pilot Demonstration

Project

Thriving Communities

Research Report

2013 (April) Kate Hutchinson The impact of the woodfuel sector on the rural economy: A scoping study

Changing Environment

Research Report

2013 (March) Cesar Revoredo-Giha,

Andrew Barnes, Philip Leat and Andrew Walker

Scottish Dairy Sector Efficiency and UK’s Dairy Purchases Trends - A Contribution to the Scottish Dairy

Sector Review

Food Futures Research

Report

2013 (March) Md. Mofakkarul Islam,

Chrysa Lamprinopoulou and Andrew Barnes

The uptake of Animal Health Planning in Scotland: Barriers and

Potential Solutions

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2013 (March) Dave Grant

From Lyme Bay to Licensing to De-Regulation? The current state of

safety within the outdoor activities sector

Health and Wellbeing

Policy Briefing

2013 (March) Jane Atterton and Siân

Ringrose

Food Supply Chains: Discussion at the Cross Party Group in the

Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy Food Futures Policy Briefing

2013 (February)

SRUC, Co-ordinated by the Rural Policy Centre

Land Reform Review Group Consultation Responses

Consultation

2013 (February)

Jane Atterton

Housing in Rural Scotland: Discussion at the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural

Policy

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2013 (February)

M. M. Islam, C. Lamprinopoulou and A.

Renwick

Systemic Barriers to the Uptake of Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs)

for Genetic Selection and Improvement in the Scottish Sheep

Sector

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2013 (February)

Naomi Fox and Mike Hutchings

Liver fluke risk in a changing climate Changing

Environment Research Briefing

8

2013 (January)

SRUC, Co-ordinated by the Rural Policy Centre

Feeding the Future Consultation Responses

Consultation

2012 Publications

2012 (December)

Siân Ringrose, Jane Atterton and Davy

McCracken

Rural Development for Scotland: How can the new SRDP deliver?

Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2012 (October)

Clare Hall and Fraser Allan Low carbon Scotland: What

influences residents’ energy use behaviours

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2012 (October)

Andrew Barnes An Index of Sustainable

Intensification: Evidence from the Scottish LFA Beef Sector

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2012 (September)

SAC, Co-ordinated by the Rural Policy Centre

EFRA Inquiry – Rural Communities Consultation Responses

Consultation

2012 (September)

Andrew Barnes and Cesar Revoredo-Giha

Dairy farming efficiency, innovation and the price of milk

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2012 (September)

Eleonore Guillem and Andrew Barnes

Modelling CAP reform measures on an intensive cropping area

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2012 (September)

Jane Atterton and Frances Rowe

Building on the New Rural Paradigm - A view from the UK

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2012 (August)

Mike Woolvin, Jane Atterton and Sarah Skerratt

Scotland’s Rural Parliament: Identifying next steps. A report for

the Scottish Government

Thriving Communities

Research Report

2012 (July) Anne Swanson CAP Reform, Innovation Union and

Europe 2020: Interconnections, opportunities and future direction

Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2012 (July) Jane Atterton and Siân

Ringrose A bright future for Scottish

agriculture after CAP reform? Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2012 (July) Michael Keller and Mike

Woolvin and Steven Thomson

Mapping the distribution of charities in Scotland

Thriving Communities

Research Briefing

2012 (July) Cesar Revoredo-Giha and

Philip Leat What foods do Scottish consumers

buy online? Food Futures

Research Briefing

2012 (July) Cesar Revoredo-Giha, Philip Leat and Chrysa

Lamprinopoulou

How Local and Seasonal is the Consumption of Soft Fruit in

Scotland? Food Futures

Research Briefing

2012 (June) Allan, F. and Hall, C. Low carbon Scotland:

Residents’ ‘carbon’ behaviours

Changing Environment

Research Report

2012 (June) Collin, H. Et al Renewable energy options in the

Cairngorms National Park Changing

Environment Research Briefing

2012 (May) Skerratt, S. et al Rural Scotland in Focus

2012 Thriving

Communities Research Briefing

2012 (May) Skerratt, S. et al Rural Scotland in Focus

2012 Thriving

Communities Research

Report

2012 (May) Islam, M., Lamprinopoulou,

C. and Renwick, A.

Innovation performance

and dynamics in four agrifood sectors in Scotland

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

9

2012 (March) Barnes, A. Sustainable

Intensification in Scotland

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2012 (March) Barnes, A. Sustainable

Intensification in Scotland

Support to Agriculture

Research Report

2012 (February)

Wreford, A. and Eory, V.

Implications of proposed CAP reforms for climate

change action in Scotland

Changing Environment

Policy Briefing

2012 (January)

Mike Woolvin, Jane Atterton and Sarah Skerratt

Rural Parliaments in Europe: A report for the Scottish Government

Thriving Communities

Research Report

2012 (January)

Renwick, A., Islam, Md. M, and Thomson, S.

Power in Agriculture

Support to Agriculture

Published by Oxford Farming

Conference

2011 Publications

2011 (November)

Thomson, S. Response from the hills: Business as

usual or a turning point? Support to Agriculture

Research Report

2011 (November)

Atterton, J., Woolvin, M. and Steinerowski, A.

On- and off-shore renewables: Who benefits?

Changing Environment

Policy Briefing

2011 (November)

Rowe, F. Rural policy in England Thriving

Communities Policy Briefing

2011 (November)

Atterton, S. and Rowe, F. Rural policy in Scotland Thriving

Communities Policy Briefing

2011 (November)

Atterton, J., Woolvin, M., Steinerowski, A. and

Homer, A.

The benefits and challenges of co-production of health and social care

services in a rural context

Health and Wellbeing

Policy Briefing

2011 (November)

McCracken, D. CAP reform post-2013: An

opportunity to support High Nature Value Farming?

Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2011 (October)

Jane Atterton A Vulnerability Index of Scottish

towns Thriving

Communities Research Briefing

2011 (October)

Hall, C. and Allen, F. Low carbon Scotland: What

influences residents’ energy use behaviours?

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2011 (September)

Dr Stuart Muirhead Health, wellbeing and engagement

with landscape Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2011 (September)

Frances Rowe Rural policy in Scotland and

England: A Comparative Perspective Thriving

Communities Research

Report

2011 (September)

Stewart, S.

The Scottish Integrated Farm Scheme: A Practical Proposal to

Integrate Farming and Agri-Environment Payments Post-2013

Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2011 (September)

Revoredo-Giha, C. et al. An analysis of marketing channels

for local food in Scotland Food Futures

Research Briefing

2011 (August)

Barnes, A. et al. Alternative payment approaches for

encouraging the production of ecosystem services

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

10

2011 (August)

Fofana, A. The costs and benefits of salmonid

disease surveillance Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2011 (July) Barnes, A., Bevan, K. and

Revoredo-Giha, C.

Raising the competitiveness of Scotland’s agri-food industry

(summary)

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2011 (July) Barnes, A., Bevan, K. and

Revoredo-Giha, C. Raising the competitiveness of Scotland’s agri-food industry

Support to Agriculture

Research Report

2011 (June) Skerratt, S. Community land ownership and community resilience (summary)

Thriving Communities

Research Briefing

2011 (June) Skerratt, S. Community land ownership and

community resilience

Thriving Communities

Research Report

2011 (June) Atterton, J., Hall, C. and

Skerratt, S. Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural

Scotland

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2011 (May)

Atterton, J. The implications of changing public sector budgets for rural Scotland

Thriving Communities

Research Briefing

2011 (May)

Atterton, J., Annibal, I. and Bates, D.

The vulnerability of Scottish local authorities to public expenditure

cuts

Thriving Communities

Research Briefing

2011 (May)

Atterton, J. What might the re-election of an SNP Government mean for rural

Scotland?

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2011 (April)

Atterton, J. The implications of changing public

sector budgets for rural Scotland Thriving

Communities Research

Report

2011 (April)

Atterton, J. (ed.) The Future CAP for Scotland

Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2011 (April)

McCracken, D. Farmland biodiversity and the

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Changing

Environment Policy Briefing

2011 (April)

Baxter, E. et al. Improving Piglet Survival

Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2011 (March)

Atterton, J. and Skerratt, S. Walking to a Healthier Scotland Thriving

Communities Policy Briefing

2011 (February)

Tony Waterhouse, Claire Morgan-Davies and John

Holland

Roundtable Evidence Session on the Inquiry into the

Future of Agricultural Support in Scotland

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2011 (February)

Atterton, J. Fuel prices in rural Scotland

Thriving Communities

Policy Briefing

2011 (January)

SAC, Co-ordinated by the Rural Policy Centre

The Impact of Common Agricultural Policy reform on UK Agriculture

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2011 (January)

Waterhouse, T. et al.

Challenges for Scottish ruminant livestock production in a global

context

Changing Environment

Policy Briefing

2010 Publications

2010 McBain, C. The Common Agricultural Policy

Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2010 Barnes. A. et al. Measuring the relative efficiency of

farms in the UK

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2010 Atterton, J. and Thompson, N. Rural businesses in the North East

of England

Thriving Communities

Research Briefing

2010 McCracken, D. Estimating the scale of future land

management requirements

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2010 Arnoult, M. Minimum pricing of alcohol and its impact on consumption in the UK

Food Futures Research Briefing

2010 SAC, Co-ordinated by the

Rural Policy Centre Call for Evidence on Innovation in

EU Agriculture

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2010 Stott, A., MacLeod, M. and

Moran, D. Reducing greenhouse gas

emissions through better animal Health and Wellbeing

Policy Briefing

11

health

2010 Skerratt, S. (ed) Rural Scotland in Focus 2010

Thriving Communities

Research Report

2009 Publications

2009 A. Renwick et al. Assessment of the impact of partial

decoupling

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2009 Moran, D. Reducing greenhouse gas

emissions in agriculture Support to Agriculture

Policy Briefing

2009 M. MacLeod et al. Overview of the costs and benefits associated with the regulation of

Scottish agriculture

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2009 Turner, S. et al. Reducing aggression in pigs: lesions as a genetic indicator

Health and Wellbeing

Research Briefing

2009 Midgley, A. Food Security Food Futures Policy Briefing

2009 Various Outlook Report 2009

Support to Agriculture

Outlook Report

2009 Revoredo-Giha, C. et al. Use of supermarket scanner data

to measure bread consumption and nutrition choice in Scotland

Food Futures Research Briefing

2009 Revoredo-Giha, C. et al. Use of a dataset of supermarket purchases for the analysis of red

meat purchases in Scotland

Food Futures Research Briefing

2009 Rural Policy Centre UK Budget 2009 - Key points for

rural Scotland

Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2009 Rural Policy Centre Care Farming - promoting mental

and physical health through farming activity

Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2009 Rural Policy Centre Farm incomes in Scotland 2007/08

Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2009 Rural Policy Centre Total income from farming in

Scotland 2008 Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2008 Publications

2008 Midgley, A. et al. Primary land-based business study

Support to Agriculture

Research Report

2008 Revoredo-Giha, C. et al. The future for food in Scotland:

Analysis of responses to the national discussion

Food Futures Research Briefing

2008 SAC, Co-ordinated by the

Rural Policy Centre

The Future Implementation of the Common

Agricultural Policy in Scotland

Consultation Responses

Consultation

12

2008 SAC, Co-ordinated by the

Rural Policy Centre Tackling Poverty, Inequality and

Deprivation in Scotland

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2008 SAC, Co-ordinated by the

Rural Policy Centre Choosing the Right Ingredients: The Future for Food in Scotland

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2008 Bell, D. SRDP - at-a-glance-guide

Thriving Communities

Guide

2008 A. Renwick et al. Farming's retreat from the hills

Thriving Communities

Research Report

2008 Skerrat, S. and Williams, F. Care Farming in Scotland - A

scoping study

Health and Wellbeing

Research Report

2008 McSorley, L. Special study on rural poverty

Thriving Communities

Research Report

2008 Watts, D. et al. Distribution of local and locality

food activity in Scotland

Food Futures Research Briefing

2008 Moran, D. et al. Determining cost-effective climate change activity in agriculture, land

use and forestry

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2008 McBain, C. et al. Assessing the impact of increased

feed, fuel and fertiliser costs on Scottish agriculture

Support to Agriculture

Research Report

2008 Bell, J. Carbon-footprint reporting for a

Scottish livestock farm

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2008 Revoredo-Giha, C. and Leat,

P. Business relationships and

communication in agri-food chains

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing

2008 Various

Outlook

Report for

2009

Support to

Agriculture

Outlook

Report

2008 Rural Policy Centre The impact of increased feed costs

on Scottish agriculture

Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2008 Rural Policy Centre The impact of increased fuel costs

on Scottish agriculture

Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2008 Rural Policy Centre UK Budget 2008 - Key points for

rural Scotland Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2008 Rural Policy Centre The impact of increased fertiliser

costs on Scottish agriculture Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

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Development Factsheet

2008 Rural Policy Centre A comparison of the Scottish,

Danish, Irish and New Zealand agricultural industries

Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2008 Rural Policy Centre Farm succession: planning for the

future

Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2008 Rural Policy Centre Willow short rotation coppice

Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2008 Rural Policy Centre Farm diversification

Support to Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural

Development Factsheet

2008 Spencer, I. Accounting for the positive and

negative environmental impact of agriculture

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2007 Publications

2007 Shepherd, M. et al. Estimating the future impact of

current environmental policies in agriculture

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2007 Barnes, A. et al. Implementing the Action

Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Scotland

Changing Environment

Research Briefing

2007 SAC, Co-ordinated by the

Rural Policy Centre SAC Response to the RSE Inquiry

on Hill and Island Areas

Consultation Responses

Consultation

2007 Various Outlook Report for 2008

Support to Agriculture

Outlook Report

2007 Moran, D. et al. Delivering public goods in

agriculture: the importance of genetics research

Support to Agriculture

Research Briefing