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Householders in parts of Shetland are being asked to give their views on what would help make the islands’ population sustainable as part of a new research project.

The James Hutton Institute is part of a new UK research network launched to understand how antimicrobial resistance impacts to UK food production from farm to fork.

Professor Ian Toth has been appointed as President of the European Association for Potato Research (EAPR), in recognition of his 35 years of pioneering potato research.

The future of potato crop production will be a hot topic at Potatoes in Practice (PiP), the UK’s largest field-based potato event on Thursday 8 August in Dundee.

Key Scottish industries are being encouraged to do more to adapt to climate change after researchers found that the number of water scarcity events in Scotland could double by 2050.

More than 40 tonnes of bee-harming neonicotinoid insecticides, known as neonics, have been estimated to be flowing through Asia’s longest river every year, according to a new study.

The latest issue of Hutton Highlights, our e-magazine showing how Hutton science is driving the sustainable use of land and natural resources, is now available from our Hutton Highlights page.

Researchers from The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen want to hear from livestock farmers about the risk of bluetongue disease in Great Britain to help shape how to deal with it.

A group of common mushroom species known as bonnets has given scientists a rare glimpse into “evolution in action”, according to a new study.

Wild boar in a European national park have been found to contain levels of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” nearly five times higher than is allowed in meat for human consumption.