How can we understand the interactions in the land system and agriculture in Scotland?

Background

Question Group: Working with nature to improve plant, animal and soil health, enhancing agricultural practices, and promoting resilient food systems. It also encompasses innovation in disease control, climate adaptation for crops and stock, strengthening food safety and sustainable farming to reduce environmental pollution and boost productivity.

Sub-questions: -What are the opportunities to develop a holistic approach thinking about opportunities, barriers, threats, behaviours, data?
-Where can systems thinking help us understand Scottish land use and agriculture?
-How do we support farmers to increase land sharing and different asks of land (for e.g. biodiversity, environment, water quality, river morphology/ corridor and catchment restoration, food production) across Scotland?
-What is the role of new data including LiDAR in supporting our understanding of the land system?

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Environment natural resources agriculture research strategy 2027 2032

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