Agriculture and the Environment PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Research areas include: Development and management of environmental management systems; agri-environmental auditing; dissemination of technological know-how to the agricultural and related sectors in both the UK and overseas.(read more)

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All agriculture courses at University Of Hertfordshire

Tropical Ecosystems PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Research into the ecology, management and restoration of natural ecosystems in the tropics, with a focus on biodiversity, human ecology, long-term environmental change and sustainability in forest and agroecosystems; current research is being carried out throughout the tropics, including: China, Vietnam, Thailand, Madagascar, Tanzania, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Brazil.(read more)

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All agriculture courses at Bangor University

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences PhD

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Research areas include: Animal production (nutrition reproduction interactions in dairy cows and sheep; ovarian function including cryopreservation); crop science (sustainability, efficient production and enhancing yield); rural resources management and economics (climate change adaptation and mitigation of greenhouse gases, sustainability and profitability; integer and risk programming models; cultivation and cropping strategies).(read more)

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All agriculture courses at University Of Nottingham

Biological Sciences PhD

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Main research areas include: aquaculture; fish diseases and their prevention; biochemistry; brewing, distilling and fermentation technology; cereal science; food science; microbiology and nutrition.(read more)

All agriculture courses at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Agricultural Systems PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Research into agricultural systems and practices ranging from the science of plant and animal production to rural policy and decision-making; with a focus on alternative crops, food and nutrition, farmer health, local knowledge and rural development.(read more)

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Agricultural and Environmental Sciences PhD with Integrated Study

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Research areas include: Animal production (nutrition reproduction interactions in dairy cows and sheep; ovarian function including cryopreservation); crop science (sustainability, efficient production and enhancing yield); rural resources management and economics (climate change adaptation and mitigation of greenhouse gases, sustainability and profitability; integer and risk programming models; cultivation and cropping strategies).(read more)

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Economics PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Supervision available in: economic theory; international trade; economic development; econometrics; environmental economics; monetary economics; agricultural economics; economics of commodity markets; household and corporate debt; default on debt; the operation of credit markets; transmission mechanisms in the monetary sector; measures of corporate and household credit constraints arising from monetary policy; econometric forecasting.(read more)

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International and Rural Development PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Current major fields of supervised research: agricultural extension systems and policy; rural social development; agricultural education and training; forestry extension; television and video for development.(read more)

All agriculture courses at University Of Reading

Agricultural and Food Sciences Research PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: The natural resources institute's groups work on: the worldwide development of appropriate cost-effective and sustainable approaches to controlling pests, diseases and weeds that affect crop production; epidemiology of insect-borne virus diseases; molecular diagnostics; pest and disease modelling; aerobiology and biometeorology; migrant pests; medical and veterinary entomology and integrated pest management.(read more)

All agriculture courses at University Of Greenwich

Psychology PhD with Integrated Study

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Programme includes courses in statistics, research design and computer packages, and MSc modules which may be relevant to specific research interests; staff research interests include: human cognition and neuropsychology; applied cognition; perception; social psychology; child and family psychology; psychopathology and clinical psychology; neuroscience and animal behaviour.(read more)

All agriculture courses at University Of Reading

Agriculture PhD

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Research areas: Production of temperate and tropical crops and animals; soil cultivation; plant growth response to nutrient supply; nutritional evaluation of animal feeds, animal nutrition and feeding; growth and development of farm animals; genotype environment interactions in dairy cows; breed improvement in sheep; farm animal behaviour and welfare; plant and animal conservation; environmental problem-solving.(read more)

All agriculture courses at University Of Edinburgh

Horticulture PhD

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Research interests include: crop physiology: use of film plastic mulches for field crops; microclimate as affected by mulches; environmental factors affecting growth of vegetable and flower crops; crop scheduling; use of spectral filters to modify crop growth and pest and disease development; crop scheduling photoperiodic control of flowering; plant pathology: biology and control of disease in horticultural plants; host-pathogen physiology.(read more)

All agriculture courses at University Of Reading

Veterinary Science PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Research facilities available in following areas: connective tissue; epidemiology; functional genomics; gastroenterology; infectious diseases; neurobiology; mammalian behaviour and evolution; parasitology; reproduction.(read more)

All agriculture courses at University Of Liverpool

Agriculture and Land-based Research PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Current research focuses on 4 main themes: innovation for sustainable agriculture, covering: animal and crop production systems; improving animal health; behaviour and welfare; animal nutrition and metabolism; impact of agricultural systems on farmland birds; effects of conservation tillage on soil biodiversity; impact of climate change on crop quality; soil and water management; optimising tractor performance; agrochemical inputs and delivery.(read more)

All agriculture courses at Harper Adams University College

Agriculture/Farming/Rural Development PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: The College offers guidance and support for a wide range of research areas at masters and doctoral levels; training is provided in research methodology and in techniques required for individual projects; information technology and statistical support is provided as required for individual students; there are strong external collaborations with many national and international universities;
research interests areas are: Food chain studies.(read more)

All agriculture courses at Royal Agricultural College

Rural Development PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Research interests extend across a range of disciplines and embrace the rural environment, both social and environmental, food production systems, food quality and safety issues, agricultural economics and farm management, marketing and consumer studies.(read more)

All agriculture courses at Newcastle University

Aquaculture PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Research areas: temperate and tropical, marine and freshwater fish and shellfish culture; 5 main research groups: disease: control of significant infectious and non-infectious diseases in aquaculture; reproduction and genetics: including: molecular genetics of commercially important fish and shellfish species; cryopreservation of fish gametes; research on control of reproduction in fish species and on smoltification in salmon.(read more)

All agriculture courses at University Of Stirling

Agriculture PhD

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Extensive facilities for research placements; current departmental research includes: agro-ecology: ecology and management of agro-ecosystems; conservation of species, restoration and management of habitats; animal production: dairy animal science; growth and reproduction in beef cattle; ruminant nutrition and nutritive value of feedstuffs including improvement of low-quality feed; productivity of small ruminants.(read more)

All agriculture courses at University Of Reading

Psychology PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Supervision is only available in areas in areas where there is an active research involvement; there are 4 research groups: Animal behaviour; clinical; cognitive; and social, economic and organisational psychology; plus 3 associated research centres: the Centre for Clinical Neuropsychology Research (CNNR); the Exeter Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience; and the Mood Disorders Centre.(read more)

All agriculture courses at University Of Exeter

Animal Sciences PhD

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Research areas: Animal production and agricultural systems; modelling of animal-environmental interactions; animal behaviour, welfare and environmental effects; animal physiology and biochemistry, including control of reproduction, lactation, growth and development; animal nutrition; animal breeding, genetics and livestock improvement.(read more)

All agriculture courses at University Of Edinburgh