There are a suite of policies that govern and guide land use and land reform in Scotland. A new Land Reform Bill was introduced in 2024, the Just Transition Committee will be sharing results shortly, there is a new Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill on the horizon which will replace the current Common Agricultural Policy, and a new Climate Change Plan is also due shortly.
We will keep you up-to-date on these developments and provide our thoughts on the details as they emerge.
Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme - small herd considerations for 410 day calving interval conditionalityThis Novel Insights on Scotland’s Rural and Island Economies (NISRIE) project output examines the potential financial...[more]
Assessing the relative influence of land-use policies on land managersScotland has a suite of different policies relating to land-use, reflecting the complexities of balancing different land-use aims, including food production...[more]
Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme holdings – calf mortality and seasonality of 410-day calving interval conditionThis report was published in 2024 as outputs from the Scottish Government's Environment, Natural Resources...[more]
410-day calving interval condition - an assessment of conditional Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme payment rates for 2015-2023. The Scottish beef sector has been afforded coupled support payments since...[more]
Policy Note - Spatial Data Requirements for Land-Based Policy ObjectivesSRUC and the James Hutton Institute have co-written a policy note informed by evidence from their 'sister' research projects on land...[more]