Prof. Alan Duncan
Visiting Professor of Livestock & Development
- The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
- Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
Contact details
- Tel: +44(0)131 650 6096
- Email: alan.duncan@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
The University of Edinburgh
Easter Bush Campus - City
- Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
Alan has a PhD in livestock nutrition from University of Edinburgh. Following many years at the Macaulay Institute (now James Hutton Institute) in Edinburgh and Aberdeen he moved to Ethiopia in 2007 to work at the International Livestock Research Institute. While in Ethiopia he developed a portfolio of research for development projects on livestock systems in developing countries for major donors such as the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research and the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture. These projects involved research in many developing countries including Tanzania, Kenya, India, Vietnam, Syria and Ethiopia. As well as technical expertise in livestock nutrition Alan is interested in societal, economic and institutional barriers to improved livestock nutrition. He has developed several participatory approaches to livestock feed improvement including the widely used Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST). Alan joined the University of Edinburgh in 2017 as a joint appointee with the International Livestock Research Institute.
Research Projects
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An innovation systems approach to understanding forage adoption intensity in the dairy systems of Kenya and Ethiopia.
(11 pages)
In:
Outlook on Agriculture, pp. 1-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00307270231171712
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Livestock feed markets across agro-ecological zones of Burkina Faso: feed provenance, price and quality
(14 pages)
In:
Frontiers in Animal Science, vol. 4, pp. 1-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2023.1122416
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Supporting participatory livestock feed improvement using the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST)
(14 pages)
In:
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, vol. 43, pp. 1-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-023-00886-9
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The influence of multilevel innovation platforms on continuing utilisation of smallholders’ livestock feeding practices Innovation and Development
(26 pages)
In:
Innovation and Development, pp. 1-26
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2157930X.2023.2178877
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Associations between livestock keeping, morbidity and nutritional status of children and women in low and middleincome countries: a systematic review
(18 pages)
In:
Nutrition Research Reviews, pp. 1-18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954422422000233
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Effects of management practices on legume productivity in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa
In:
Food and Energy Security, vol. 11, pp. 1-19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.366
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published) -
Assessing the nutritional quality of stored grain legume fodders: Correlations among farmers’ perceptions, sheep preferences, leaf-stem ratios and laboratory analyses
In:
Small Ruminant Research, vol. 210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2022.106673
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
High-cut harvesting of maize stover and genotype choice can provide improved feed for ruminants and stubble for conservation agriculture
In:
Agronomy Journal, vol. 114, pp. 187-200
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20874
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for forage nutritive value analysis in sub-Saharan African countries
(14 pages)
In:
Agronomy Journal, vol. 114, pp. 100 - 114
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20801
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Redesigning traditional weed management practices in faba bean fields to optimize food-feed production in the smallholder system
In:
Agronomy Journal, vol. 114, pp. 248-258
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20779
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)