food security

MSc Induction Study Tour 2018

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

New students embarking on our taught postgraduate courses at the Edinburgh campus spent their first couple of days on a study tour, staying overnight at SRUC’s Wigwam Accommodation in Tyndrum....

Categories: Edinburgh, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Postgraduate, Student Visits, and Sustainability Tags: #SRUCVisits, environment, field trips, food security, masters, MSc, plant health, postgraduate, Study, visit, and visits
A leaf gland under a microscope with a snowman's face

SRUC Advent Calendar: 8th December

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Rich Gordon

At a time of ever-growing population and fears for future food security, now more than ever we need experts in biological sciences who can help develop agricultural systems, solve disease...

Categories: Advent Calendar 2017, Animal & Biological, Animal Science, Ayr, Biological Sciences, Edinburgh, and Student Life Tags: Animals, Biological Sciences, biology, crops, food security, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Edinburgh, and sustainability

The importance of food security

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Rich Gordon

With it being World Food Day, our Principal and Chief Executive Professor Wayne Powell has taken some time to share his thoughts about the importance of food security.  

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Horticulture, Hospitality, Oatridge, Poultry, and Sustainability Tags: #Agriculture, food, food security, SRUC, SRUC Aberdeen, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Barony, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Elmwood, SRUC Oatridge, Wayne Powell, and world food day

Crisps and Chocolate becoming extinct?!

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

There was an interesting article in The Guardian recently which highlights the plight of some of our relied-upon food crops, brought on by external and environmental impacts such as climate...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Campus, Degree, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, and Sustainability Tags: #Agriculture, #climatechange, #guardian, #WFD2017, #WorldFoodDay, agricultural, agricultural biodiversity, agrobiodiversity, biodiversity, chocolate, climate change, coffee, crops, ecosystems, environment, Environmental, food, food security, management, MSc, Postgrad, postgraduate, potatoes, sustainability, sustainable, The Guardian, and world food day

Climate Change, Food Security and SRUC

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

There is a great deal of information out there about Climate Change and global food security at the moment, and much in the press this week about Donald Trump’s decision...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Countryside Management, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Green & Renewable Technology, Organic Farming, Renewables, Sustainability, and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, agricultural science, biological science, biology, climate, climate change, climate change agreement, crops, election, environment, Environmental, excellence, food, food security, general election, genetic, genetically modified, global, global academy, paris, REF, renewable, renewables, research, sciences, sistainability, snap election, technology, trump, and vote