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Science Themes and Rationales

Below is a list of rationales, under which Defra's Science projects are grouped, along with the number of projects within each area.

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Rationale Projects Field of study
• Climate Change and Adaptation in Agriculture
• Emissions from Agriculture to Air
• Mitigating Nitrogen and Carbon Emissions to Air
 9
 9
 13
 Agriculture and Climate Change (31)
• Assessing Impacts (AQ03)
• Assessing Policy Options (AQ04)
• Assessing Impacts (AQ08)
• Assessing Policy Options (AQ09)
• Influencing Behaviour (AQ05)
• Influencing Behaviour (AQ10)
• Quantifying Exposure (AQ01)
• Quantifying Exposure (AQ06)
• Source Attribution (AQ02)
• Source Attribution (AQ07)
 4
 7
 13
 16
 9
 3
 55
 20
 8
 16
 Air Quality (151)
• ADAS BSE research
• Epidemiology of spongiform encephalopathies
• Epidemiology of spongiform encephalopathies
• Mechanisms of pathogenesis in spongiform encephalopathies
• Mechanisms of pathogenesis in spongiform encephalopathies
• NPU BSE research
• NPU BSE research
• Other non-food borne zoonoses
• Studies of natural and experimental spongiform encephalopathies related to diagnosis
• Studies of natural and experimental spongiform encephalopathies related to diagnosis
• Transmissibility of the spongiform encephalopathies
• Transmissibility of the spongiform encephalopathies
• VMD Biochemical
• VMD Biological
 0
 37
 37
 34
 34
 19
 19
 10
 59
 59
 40
 40
 107
 14
 Animal Health (509)
• Applied research into on farm poultry welfare
• Biological solutions to improve welfare during handling and transport of farm livestock
• Companion Animal Research
• Engineering solutions to improve welfare during handling and transport of farm livestock
• Game Bird Research
• On-farm pig welfare
• On-farm ruminants welfare
• Strategic research into on farm poultry welfare
• Welfare at slaughter
 22
 20
 3
 11
 1
 25
 13
 27
 29
 Animal Welfare (151)
• Arable crop botany and weed science
• Arable crop commodity storage
• Arable crop genetics and breeding
• Arable Crop Improvement: Wheat and Barley
• Arable crop pathology and disease management
• Arable crop physiology and technology
• Arable crop transformation technologies
• Arable crop zoology and pest science
• Cereals Crop Protection: Disease Forecasting and Thresholds.
• Cereals Crop Protection: Weed Science and Integrated Weed Control
• Strategic Crop breeding and Management relevant to Cereals Division.
 13
 12
 34
 0
 30
 26
 12
 21
 8
 2
 17
 Arable Crops (175)
• Chemicals in the Environment (CB01)
• Chemicals in the Environment (CB04)
 93
 20
 Chemicals and Nanotechnology (113)
• Global Atmosphere (GA01)
• Global Atmosphere (GA02)
 37
 8
 Climate Change (45)
• Ammonia (AM01)  60  Environmental Protection - Agriculture (60)
• Assessment of inputs to sea: Eutrophication
• Assessment of inputs to sea: Hazardous Substances
• Managing marine activities: Aggregate Extraction
• Managing marine activities: Deposits
• Managing marine activities: Integrated Management
• Managing marine activities: Marine Emergencies
• Monitoring & Assessment
• Understanding the seas: Eco. Structure & Function
• Understanding the seas: Env. Processes & Pathways
 8
 13
 5
 20
 17
 14
 57
 19
 9
 Environmental Protection - Marine (162)
• Fish and Shellfish Health  82  Fish Health and Aquaculture (82)
• Broad-Scale Modelling
• Engineering
• Flood Forecasting and Warning
• Incident Management and Community
• Modelling and Risk
• Policy Development
• Processes
• Risk and Uncertainty
• Strategy and Policy Development
• Sustainable Asset Management
 21
 105
 31
 1
 0
 28
 18
 47
 16
 0
 Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (267)
• Salmonids, eels and non-migratory freshwater fish.  35  Freshwater Fisheries (35)
• Promotion of Sustainable Horticulture
• Sustainable Crop Nutrition
• Sustainable Disease Control
• Sustainable Pest Control
• Sustainable Supply of Flowers, Fruit and Vegetables
• Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Labour
• Sustainable Weed Control
 9
 9
 53
 46
 66
 22
 6
 Horticulture (211)
• Genetic approaches to improving efficiency and quality of UK beef cattle and sheep
• Improving efficiency and quality of UK dairy cattle through genetics
• Improving efficiency and quality of UK pigs and poultry through genetics
• Improving sustainability of UK livestock production through enhanced reproductive performance
• Improving the quality and marketable value of meat and milk
• Improving the sustainability of livestock production through optimal nutrition
• Management of livestock production to sustain and enhance the environment in Less Favoured Areas
• Technology and information transfer initiatives
 5
 5
 5
 10
 18
 53
 6
 17
 Livestock (119)
• Impacts of Fishing on The Marine Ecosystem  7  Marine Fisheries (7)
• Bioenergy
• Renewable industrial materials
• STOP Crop Protection
 33
 40
 0
 Non-Food Crops (73)
• Ecological and economic effects of pesticides in reduced input systems.
• Environmental Effects of Pesticides: Non-target Vertebrates
• Fate and Behaviour of Pesticides in Soil and Water
• Minimisation of Pesticide Use Through Improved Efficacy and Formulation.
• Pesticide Application and Operator Safety.
• Pesticide Residues and Analytical Methods
• Rodenticide Efficacy, Mole Control and Humaneness of Vertebrate Pesticides
• Strategic Research on Crop Protection by Hormones, Semiochemicals,Elicitors and Biological Control
• Strategies to Avoid Resistance to Pesticides
 11
 16
 25
 0
 20
 14
 3
 12
 14
 Pesticide Safety (115)
• Plant Genetic Resources.  26  Plant Genetics (26)
• Plant Health (CSL MoU)
• Plant Health (PH01)
• Plant Health (PH03)
• Plant Health (PH04)
 1
 54
 16
 21
 Plant Health (92)
• Plant variety and seeds  20  Plant Varieties and Seeds (20)
• Radioactive Substances (RS01)  26  Radioactive Substances (26)
• ADVANCED AND HYGENIC FOOD MANUFACTURING
• Advanced Food Manufacturing Programme
• Food Quality and Innovation LINK
• Food Quality and Safety LINK Programme
 42
 23
 1
 19
 Resource Efficient and Resilient Food Chain (85)
• Rural Evidence Base(funded - RESD economics budget
• Rural Evidence Base(science proj with funding RESD
 17
 18
 Rural Affairs (35)
• Sewage Sludge
• Soil Erosion
• Soil management, indicators and quality
• Soil Resources
• Soils in the Built Environment
• Strategic Underpinning for Soil Science
 15
 7
 47
 12
 1
 0
 Soil Protection (82)
• VMD Biochemical
• VMD Biological
 107
 14
 Veterinary Medicine (121)
• A: Understanding Economics & Incentives
• Economics
 1
 5
 Waste Management (6)
• Contaminated Land
• Distribution, Conservation and Quality (WT02)
• Marine and Land-Based Inputs to the Sea
• Quality of Controlled Waters
• Sewage Sludge Disposal to Land
• Water Quality (SFFS)
• Water Resources and Resources Strategy (WT01)
• Water Use (SFFS)
 0
 58
 17
 37
 5
 30
 13
 17
 Water Quality (177)
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