Topics for Research Degrees<br/><br/>Topics for research degrees can be selected from any of the areas of research within the Institute, of which a small selection is shown below.<br/><br/>Animal Science and Production (with special emphasis on sheep, beef and dairy cattle)<br/>Equine Science (with special emphasis on behaviour, nutrition and reproduction)<br/>Crop, Science and Production (including arable, grassland and forage crops)<br/>Ecology<br/>Rural Business Management and Economics<br/>Rural, Environmental and Agricultural Policy (relevant to developed or developing countries)<br/>Regional and Rural Economics<br/>Environmental Economics and Valuation<br/>Rural Resource and Countryside Management<br/>Rural Tourism and Recreation<br/>Organic Agriculture<br/>Landscape Systems and Policy<br/>Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding<br/>Bio-renewables and Environmental Change<br/>Evolution, Co-evolution and Adaptation<br/>Animal and Microbial Sciences.