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Kairsty Topp is a Professor at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), affiliated with the CSS: Soils & Systems Food Security Challenge Centre and the Crop And Soils department. Her research focuses on agricultural sustainability, environmental impacts of farming systems, greenhouse gas emissions, and crop-livestock system optimization. She holds editorial roles at journals like Agricultural Systems and contributes to UK climate policy through reports like the Third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment. Topp leads/co-leads high-impact projects such as MI BICYCLE (crop-livestock biomass cycling) and H2020 initiatives on legume integration. She coordinates SRUC's MSc Sustainability of Food Production module and advises on regenerative agriculture conferences. Her work spans long-term field experiments, nutrient budgeting, and intercropping strategies for resilience.
Education: PhD (University of Glasgow, 1999), Master of Biological Computation (University of York, 1989), BSc Agriculture (University of Aberdeen, 1987).
- Committee roles: Association of Applied Biologists (Cropping & Environment Group Convenor)
- Project leadership: ACE Platform (SFC UIF 2020/21), Plant protein partnerships
- Recent grants: £multi-million EU and UK initiatives on sustainable agriculture
Key research areas include legume systems, nitrogen cycling, and climate-smart farming practices. She collaborates internationally on mitigation strategies for agricultural emissions and soil health.
