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SCRI and Macaulay plan merger on research

Two of Scotland’s leading science institutes are to join forces to create the first institute of its kind in Europe for research into food, land use and climate change.

The Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) and the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute have agreed in principle to unite, boosting Scotland’s rural-environmental research capacity and enhancing their global work.