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Dr Andrew Barnes: Profile

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Dr Andrew Barnes
SAC (Scottish Agricultural College) Work SAC, King's Buildings, West Mains Road,
Edinburgh
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Research Interests
My research interest focuses on capturing the impacts of policy change and farmer behaviour at the farm and catchment level within a modelling framework.

Work has been conducted on a variety of topics within this area, particularly in terms of understanding attitudes, motivations and perceptions of farmers toward water pollution issues. 

Whereas some of this work encompasses qualitative methods, such as citizen's juries, the main thrust has been towards quantitative modelling.  This includes traditional linear programming based methods, but also applications using positive mathematical programming and agent-based modelling frameworks.  A further research interest lies in measuring and adjusting productivity indicators for non-economic factors, such as animal welfare and environmental impact.

In addition to this, I have conducted a number of evaluations for Government agencies.  These include the public funding of genetic agricultural R&D, business as usual projections for forecasting agriculture, food chain productivity and changes to the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone action plans within Scotland. 


Selected Research Projects

  • Defra:  The rationale for Defra investment in R&D underpinning the genetic improvement of crops and animals
  • Scottish Government: Assessing Farmer Attitudes towards Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Scotland
  • Defra:  Study on Food Chain Productivity Incorporating External Impacts
  • Scottish Government: An Assessment of the Economic, Social and Animal Welfare Issues of Organic versus  Conventional Dairying using a Citizen's Jury Methodology
  • Defra:  The Scope for Regulation in the Efficiency of Resource Use
  • Scottish Government: Benchmarking Multi-Functionality within Scottish Farming

Selected Publications

  • Barnes, A. and D. Moran, K. Topp  (2009) The Scope for Regulatory Incentives to Encourage Increased Efficiency of Input Use by Farmers,  Journal of Environmental Management Volume 90, Issue 2;  808 - 814. Full Text
  • Barnes, A.P., Vergunst, P., and Topp, C.F.E.  (2009). Assessing the Consumer Perception of the Term ‘Organic’: A Citizens' Jury Approach.  British Food Journal 111 (2), 155-164. Full Text
  • Butterworth, M., Semenov, M., Barnes, A. P., Moran, D., West, J. and Fitt, B. (2009) North-south divide; contrasting impacts of climate change on crop yields in Scotland and England. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, May. Full Text
  • Barnes, A.P., Willock, J. Hall, C. and Toma, L.  (2009).  Farmer perspectives and practices regarding water pollution control programmes in Scotland. Agricultural Water Management, 96, pp. 1715-1722. Full Text
  • Barnes, A.P.  (2008).  Technical Efficiency Estimates for Scottish Agriculture: A Note.  Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 59.2 , June. Full Text