The creation of any new organisation always results in uncertainties on the part of staff and others. At The James Hutton Institute, particular importance is attached to spelling out the aspirations for the new organisation and indicating the way ahead.
The attached brief summaries are of talks given to all the staff of the new Institute at a gathering in Aberdeen. It is believed that this will also be useful to Society members. If there are points which members wish to raise, these should be addressed in the first instance to: Dr Bill Macfarlane Smith, Honorary Secretary, Scottish Society for Crop Research, c/o The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA.
