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Global Food Security Initiative at the Philomathia Forum Inaugural Symposium and addition of new Research Theme

11 July 2014

The purpose of this symposium, with the generous sponsorship of the Philomathia Foundation , was to bring together a wide spectrum of researchers in Cambridge to explore ways in which the social sciences and STEM subjects can collaborate effectively to mutual benefit, and in so doing can address the major social policy...

B4FA: Adoption And Uptake Pathways of GM/Biotech Crops By Small-Scale, Resource-Poor Asian Farmers

8 July 2014

Dr Mariechel Navarro, Director, ISAAA Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, provides the latest information about her project which seeks to better understand the small-scale, resource-poor Asian farmers that adopt GM/biotech crops. The programme undertook evaluation of adoption process by farmers in three...

Climate Change: Implications for Agriculture - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

24 June 2014

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership reports on the Key Findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report Key findings: Climate-related impacts are already reducing crop yields in some parts of the world, a trend that is projected to continue as temperatures rise further...

The Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) report from the EAT Forum

5 June 2014

From the FCRN blog: The Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) participated in the recently organised EAT Forum in Stockholm. This initiative, founded by the Stordalen foundation in collaboration with the Stockholm Resilience Centre is intended to be a major annual event in which science, policy and business stakeholders...

Cambridge Networks Day - Presentations available online

4 June 2014

The third Cambridge Networks Day took place on the 23rd of May 2014 at the Sainsbury Laboratory. It brought together 150 researchers (from various institutes across the UK) with an interest in Complex Networks. It would not have been possible without the generous sponsorship of Amadeus Capital , RealVNC , Cambridge...

End of mandate for Olivier de Schutter as the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food

3 June 2014

Ms Hilal Elver takes over from Olivier de Schutter as the Special Rapporteur on the right to food "These have been an extraordinary six years", O. De Schutter said as he finalized his mandate. "Very significant changes have taken place in our understanding of hunger and malnutrition, and of what to do about them. We now...

Global Farmers Master Class 2014 - Future of Farming

2 June 2014

Young farmers from across the globe gather to discuss global food issue Global Farmers Master Class 2014 50 young, innovative farmers and horticulturists from 16 countries are invited by Rabobank to attend the Global Young Farmers Master Class in the first week of June. During the event, the farmers will engage in...

Open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron on food poverty in the UK - The Lancet

29 May 2014

John R Ashton , John Middleton and Tim Lang , on behalf of 170 signatories, call on Prime Minister David Cameron to address the issue of food poverty in the UK During the past 5 years, food has been one of the three top factors in price inflation, sufficient to worry even higher-income consumers. In a time of high fuel...

Wheat production under threat from climate change- Nature Climate Change

29 May 2014

Adverse weather conditions for European wheat production will become more frequent with climate change Miroslav Trnka et al. Abstract Europe is the largest producer of wheat, the second most widely grown cereal crop after rice. The increased occurrence and magnitude of adverse and extreme agroclimatic events are considered...

News from the Cambridge research community: B4FA

28 May 2014

Biosciences for Farming in Africa gives an update from researchers around the world on their projects that span Asia, Africa and Latin America and investigate the question "Can GM crops help to feed the world?"

Global Food Security Initiative at the Philomathia Forum Inaugural Symposium and addition of new Research Theme

B4FA: Adoption And Uptake Pathways of GM/Biotech Crops By Small-Scale, Resource-Poor Asian Farmers

Climate Change: Implications for Agriculture - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

The Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) report from the EAT Forum

Cambridge Networks Day - Presentations available online

End of mandate for Olivier de Schutter as the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food

Global Farmers Master Class 2014 - Future of Farming

Open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron on food poverty in the UK - The Lancet

Wheat production under threat from climate change- Nature Climate Change

News from the Cambridge research community: B4FA

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