Centre for Evidence Based Agriculture
Current and Past Projects
Highlighted projects
The projects that we carry out in the CEBA span a broad range of topics and utilise a variety of different evidence collation and synthesis methods. The selected projects below highlight the variety of topics addressed and methods used. A more comprehensive list of current and recent projects can be viewed using the links in the 'projects list' area below.
Evidence for humane stunning in the slaughter of wild-caught fish for food
Aim: to identify and describe the evidence base surrounding humane stunning methods of relevance to the slaughter of wild-caught fish for food
Type of project: systematic map
Funders: Humane Slaughter Association
Purpose: to investigate the feasibility of humane stunning in wild-capture commercial fisheries
Partners: University of Liverpool, Silsoe Livestock Systems Ltd, University of Kelaniya
Critical Review of slurry storage ammonia emissions and their mitigation
Aim: to better understand the factors that control release of ammonia from stored slurry and opportunities for reducing emissions during storage
Type of project: quick scoping review
Funder: Environment Agency
Purpose: to inform decision-making about mitigating ammonia emission from stored slurry
Partners: Bern University, Aarhus University, Stockholm Environment Institute York, Heathside Consulting
Food waste management in the food retail sector
Aim: systematic map forms part of the 3-year €8m Horizon 2020 AgroCycle project addressing the recycling and valorisation of waste from the agri-food sector
Type of project: systematic map
Funders: European Commission and Peoples Republic of China
Lead Organisation: University College Dublin
Purpose: Inform strategies used in the retail food sector for managing food waste.
Partner: Harper Adams University & 24 other partners
Potato Gap Analysis: Identifying the future crop protection needs for the potato crop
Aim: identify gaps in potato crop protection across the sector, for a wide range of targets in the growing crop and storage.
Type of project: gap analysis
Purpose: Inform crop protection research priorities and integrated pest management strategies in the sector.
Funder: Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.
Organics – Establishing the strategic framework.
Aim: assess the existing evidence base on the environmental and socio-economic impacts of organic production systems compared to conventional, of relevance to Scotland
Type of project: Rapid Evidence Assessment and analysis of survey data
Purpose: To inform Scottish organic policy
Funder: Scottish Government Partner: James Hutton Institute
Projects list
Listed below is a selection of current and past projects involving the CEBA:
- Evidence for the impact of neonicotinoid insecticides on the environment, mitigation measures and the potential environmental and economic consequences of not using this class of products
- The multifunctional roles of vegetated strips around and within agricultural fields
- The impact of on-farm mitigation measures for delivering an improved water environment
- The effectiveness of integrated farm management, organic farming and agri-environment schemes as interventions for conserving biodiversity
- What is the effectiveness of agriculture interventions on agricultural investment, yields and income for smallholder farmers in Africa?
- Linking evidence and policy for managing biodiversity in the agricultural landscape
- Rapid Evidence Assessment and Quick Scoping Review for water policy decision making
- Quick Scoping Review on the impact of amenity pesticides on the water environment
- Mycotoxin contamination: Assessment of risk in livestock systems
- Rapid evidence assessment of the relative risks to human health from the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic resistance genes in the aquatic environment
- Reducing cattle’s susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis infection through improved nutrition: establishing a knowledge base
- Potato Gap Analysis: Identifying the future crop protection needs for the potato crop
- Meloidogyne species that pose a threat to potato production in the United Kingdom
- Organics - Establishing The Strategic Framework
- Food waste management in the food retail sector
- A scientific perspective on micro plastic pollution
- Improving the economic sustainability of small-scale rubber farms in Thailand
- Critical review of slurry storage ammonia emissions and their mitigation
- Cultural Control of Aerial Oomycetes Through Manipulation of the Protected Environment in Propagation and Protected Production
- Farm Business Management Tools and Techniques
- Humane stunning in the slaughter of wild-caught fish for food
- A systemic approach to the energy transition in Europe
Current and past PhD projects
- Claire Blowers - Multifunctional field margins for delivery of ecosystem services (water quality protection, pollinator support and bio-control) BBSRC/Syngenta icase
- Dr Helen Bayliss - The use of information and research synthesis methods with reference to invasive species.
Examples of undergraduate and MSc student projects
- What evidence is there that the utilisation of catch crops can reduce nitrate leaching in temperate Europe?
- The environmental impacts of outdoor pig production - a systematic review of the evidence
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