Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU)

Project duration: October 2004- March 2005

Principal investigator: Dr Chasca Twyman

Co-investigators: Professor Malcolm Press
Professor David Thomas

Post-doctoral research assistant: Lindsay Stringer

This project aimed to inform the Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme by setting a range of key questions concerning the transfer of knowledge of agricultural research and practice in Europe and developing areas to the UK case.

The main project output was a 2-day workshop which was held in February 2005, to stimulate dialogue between researchers and practitioners in the UK, Europe and developing areas.

This research is conducted as part of the Research Councils' Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (project: RES 224-25-0113). RELU is funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council, with additional funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department.