Thurso woman wins major award as part of PhD research thesis
A Thurso woman has won a prestigious Lantra Scotland ALBAS award for her research project based around sheep farming.
Eilidh Geddes joined over 200 finalists, event supporters, employers, training providers and industry leaders, including agriculture minister Jim Fairlie, at a glittering awards ceremony in the Crieff Hydro Hotel in Perthshire on March 6.
The category Eilidh won was ‘Best Research Project’, which was a new category to the awards. Her research project was part of a PhD thesis called: ‘A practical approach to the sustainable management of gastrointestinal nematodes on extensive sheep farms’.
Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS) cover agriculture, aquaculture, equine, game and wildlife, horticulture, land-based engineering, trees and timber and veterinary nursing.
Lantra is one of the UK and Ireland's leading awarding bodies for training in the land-based industries.
