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Health and Wellbeing
A healthy Scotland does not mean looking after only human health and wellbeing but also protecting the health and quality of our livestock and crops. Rural Scotland has a role to play in improving our diet and promoting wellbeing through enjoyment of the environment, and the animals within it.
Follow the links below to publications from the Rural Policy Centre on these issues.
The Rural Policy Centre is currently undertaking more work in this area and this will be available soon. The work will include an interactive animal welfare forum that will provide users with up-to-date scientific, economic and other information on key topics. Interested parties will be able to discuss these topics and comment on how these issues affect the wider population of Scotland and how government policies could or should be developed.
The initial suite of topics for discussion will include:
- the role of government in the protection of animal welfare
- poultry - moving to enriched cages 2012
- pig aggression - boisterous play or problematic bullying?
The Benefits and Challenges of the Coproduction of Health and Social Care Services in a Rural Context (2011)
This Briefing discusses the key issues raised by participants at a workshop jointly organised by SAC and the Scottish Government Joint Improvement Team (JIT) to explore the coproduction of health and social care services.
Health, Wellbeing and Landscape (2011)
This Research Briefing summarises the key findings of a literature review that explores existing literature linking health and wellbeing with an engagement with natural environments and landscapes.
The Costs and Benefits of Salmonid Disease Surveillance (2011)
New markets are opening up for Scottish farmed fish, resulting in the intensification of farming and increased production (by up to 50% by 2020).
Improving Piglet Survival (2011)
This Research Briefing reports the results of recent work to explore whether it is possible to improve the survival and production of pigs through genetic selection strategies using key survival traits.
Walking to a Healthier Scotland (2011)
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Better Animal Health (2010)
Reducing aggression in pigs: lesions as a genetic indicator (2009)
Care Farming in Scotland - A Scoping Study (2008)
This report relates the findings of recent desk research into the current extent of care farming in Scotland.