The University of Gloucestershire, through the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI), is a delivery partner within the Defra Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework. The framework provides Defra and its Arm's Length Bodies with access to specialist monitoring, evaluation and learning expertise across a range of environmental, rural and policy themes.
On 9 June 2026, Jane Mills of CCRI joined an event at the European Parliament in Brussels to share evidence on what policymakers can do to help more farmers adopt regenerative and conservation agriculture. The event, co-hosted by the Institute…
A new two-minute animation helps young audiences understand how pesticides can harm the tiny ‘superhero bugs’ that we rely on for fruit and vegetables.
Funded by the BBSRC, this project explores how perennial biomass crops could be more effectively and sustainably integrated into farming systems in the UK as part of the transition to net zero. As demand for land intensifies — driven by…
TRI-SOME CHICKEN is an interdisciplinary research project exploring how resilience in the UK food system can be strengthened in the face of growing environmental, economic and social pressures.
A series of new recommendations published by University of Gloucestershire set out how councils across the county can support critical reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the food and farming sectors.
Findings from an innovative Greenhouse Gas removal project have been presented at the Royal Institution.
Damian Maye, has co-edited an exciting new book which comprises activities, ideas and challenges that shape relationships between food systems and society.
Last month the CCRI brought together a wide range of stakeholders at the SPRINT (Sustainable Plant Protection Transition) conference in Brussels.