ROBUST
ROBUST was a European research project involving 24 partners from 11 countries. It aimed to improve and develop relationships between rural and urban areas.
Research projects
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Enhanced Annual Implementation Report (EAIR)
Delivery of information for the 2017 Enhanced Annual Implementation Report for the Rural Development Programme for England.
The role of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy in creating rural jobs
A CCRI research team worked with the Austrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning on a research project commissioned by the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) to outline the potential of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with regards to creating rural employment.
What works in tackling rural poverty – An evidence review of rural poverty interventions
The CCRI worked with Cardiff University to identify what works in tackling rural poverty.
SURE-Farm
SURE-Farm aimed to analyze, assess and improve the resilience and sustainability of farms and farming systems in the EU.
ES Monitoring & Evaluation Framework – Assessing the impact of advice and support on the outcomes of Higher Level Stewardship agreements Agri-environment monitoring theme: Higher Level Stewardship outcomes
This project was set up to generate more substantive evidence of the impact of advice and support on the achievement of HLS agreements and scheme outcomes.
ES Monitoring & Evaluation Framework – Assessing the role of advice and support in the establishment of Higher Level Stewardship agreements Agri-environment monitoring theme: Higher Level Stewardship outcomes
Guidance for the development and operational delivery of HLS agreements.
Economic analysis & project evaluation of the ‘Molland Graze the Moor’
Janet Dwyer is currently working with CCRI Associate, Allan Butler, from the Royal Agricultural University, to provide an economic analysis and project evaluation of the ‘Molland Graze the Moor' project in Exmoor.
Evaluation of Innovative Farmers programme
Following a successful evaluation of the Soil Association’s Duchy Originals Future Farming programme in 2014, a CCRI team, comprising Matt Reed, Julie Ingram and Jane Mills, was invited in 2016 to evaluate Innovative Farmers, the successor programme, which was developed building in recommendations from our previous evaluation.