In conjunction with the UK Governmentand other devolved administrations, SEPA, the Scotland and Northern Ireland Forumfor Environmental Research, the UK Climate Impacts Programme and other stakeholders,we are constantly reviewing the programme of climate change research that we commission.Arising from this process we have set in hand research on understanding the roleof agricultural and other land uses on greenhouse gas emissions from Scotland’s soilsand are also working with the UK Government to take forward a number of climatechange adaptation research projects.The Executive carried out a reviewof its Agricultural and Biological Research Strategy in 2003, which involved extensiveconsultation with stakeholders.