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The following report was undertaken between January and March 2023 as part of a SEFARI Research Fellowship funded via Food and Drink Federation Scotland on behalf of the Scotland Food & Drink Net Zero Task Force to support their understanding of the opportunities and barriers for the Scottish Food and Drink sect

'Bridging the gap between science and policy to achieve our climate and nature goals' - Lorna Dawson

Keynote presentation, RESAS Conference 2023.

This report highlights the outcomes from engagement activities with a range of Scottish Government stakeholders to ensure that the indicators and metrics developed in a new experimental publication meet the needs of end users.

This report highlights the results of a systematic literature review of environmental indicators and metrics that are currently used in farm level surveys. This review informed the production of environmental indicators for farms in the Scottish Farm Business Survey (FBS).

This report comprises the findings of an evidence review to inform the further development of the Scottish Land Matching Service (SLMS).  The Scottish Land Matching Service was established in 2019 as an initiative of Scottish Government’s Farming Opportunity for New Entrants (FONE) Group.

The visual summary accompanies a report led by SEFARI researchers (James Hutton Insitute) and commissioned by the Scottish Government which comprises the findings of an evidence review to inform the further development of the Scottish Land Matching Service.

This presentation presents highlights from a review of the Scottish Land Matching Service, contextualising progress to date against land matching services elsewhere in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and providing feedback from participants

This report was requested to better understand the implications of not controlling bracken on biodiversity, rural productivity and public health, where asulam is traditionally used for its control in Scotland.

This presentation discusses the current and potential future impacts of innovations in ruminant improvements, highlighting their role in achieving a cost-effective and sustainable reduction in livestock greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from Scotland in the short, medium, and longer term.