Scottish Government

FINAL REPORT
ISBN 978 0 7559 9110 5 (Web only publication)
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Contents

1 PROJECT INFORMATION

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2.1 Objectives
2.2 The combinable crops NL and RL system
2.3 The herbage NL and RL system
2.4 Physical returns from the NLRL system
2.5 Economic Evaluation of Scottish Government Input to the NL/ RL system
2.6 Conclusions

3 INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
3.1 Overall Aims of the project, background and objectives
3.2 Staff employed on the project
3.3 Timetable and Milestones

4 RESULTS
4.1 Description of variety trials and firms participating
4.2 Identification and Quantification of the Economic Returns from Trials
4.3 The Impact of a decrease in Scottish Government Trial Funding
4.4 Specialised Advice and Guidance to Scottish ministers

5 CONCLUSIONS
5.1 General
5.2 Conclusions on Scottish Government inputs to the cereals NL/ RL system
5.3 Conclusions on Scottish Government inputs to the herbage NL/ RL system

6 COMMUNICATED OUTPUTS

7 RESOURCES
7.1 Project spending for the lifetime of the project
7.2 Investigators funded by this project
7.3 Other staff contributing

8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ACRONYMS

9 ANNEXES
General Annex 1. Maps of locations of RL trial sites
General Annex 2. Breeders and their Agents
General Annex 3. Number of combinable crop varieties in NL and RL trials 1999 to 2009