Just over £170,000 of funding has been awarded to projects aiding emissions reduction and tackling climate change in agriculture and food production in the most recent round of ScotGov's Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund.

Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon said: “In the run up to COP26, the whole world was thinking about what needs to be done in order to combat climate change and what we need to do going forward.

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“It is clear that we all need to work together to reach our climate goals. I’m looking forward to seeing how the successful projects will help us do that. That’s why investing and supporting knowledge transfer and innovation within our agricultural sector has never been more important.”

The funded projects include the continuation of 'Agroforestry in Action' from Soil Association (Scotland), which aims to provide farmers, crofters and land managers with resources and information on the opportunities for agroforestry in Scotland; 'Soil Health – A Route Towards Net Zero for the Scottish Livestock Industry' facilitated by Farm Stock (Scotland) Ltd; 'Farmers in the Field Video Case Studies' facilitated by Forth Resource Management; 'Agroecology - Facilitating Mindset Change' organised Nourish Scotland; and 'Carbon Trotterprints' a project organised by Wholesome Pigs (Scotland) to trial pig farm carbon calculators.