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Read more at: NERC call: Sustainable Agriculture Research & Innovation Club (SARIC) opens on 23 May

NERC call: Sustainable Agriculture Research & Innovation Club (SARIC) opens on 23 May

23 May 2014

NERC funding call opens today, 23 May: Sustainable Agriculture Research & Innovation Club Projects linked to the SARIC Innovation Programme . NERC and BBSRC, together with industry, have developed the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Innovation Club (SARIC) to support innovative projects that will provide...


Read more at: Open consultation on the Right to Food (FAO)

Open consultation on the Right to Food (FAO)

9 May 2014

Despite the progress made, the right to food remains one of the most frequently violated of all human rights. The Committee on World Food Security (CFS), on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Right to Food Guidelines, called for a review of the progress made towards achieving the right to adequate...


Read more at: Call for Proposals for Collaborative Research Eurasian Center for Food Security Economic and Environmental Aspects of Food Security

Call for Proposals for Collaborative Research Eurasian Center for Food Security Economic and Environmental Aspects of Food Security

7 May 2014

Call for Proposals for Collaborative Research Eurasian Center for Food Security Economic and Environmental Aspects of Food Security Deadlines: Deadline for submission of application document is May 16 , 2014. Successful applicants will be notified by June 13, 2014. The Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS) is launching...


Read more at: Food Security Talks at the Festival of Plants 2014
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Food Security Talks at the Festival of Plants 2014

7 May 2014

Festival of Plants The second Festival of Plants at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden on Saturday 17 May builds on the success of this event last year and brings together horticulture and science in a day devoted to all things plant, from propagation to pollination, from seed to shopping! Join our team of...


Read more at: Bayesian Analysis for Inference of an Emerging Epidemic: Citrus Canker in Urban Landscapes

Bayesian Analysis for Inference of an Emerging Epidemic: Citrus Canker in Urban Landscapes

28 April 2014

Dr Franco Neri from the Gilligan Epidemiological Modelling Group leads the recently published paper setting out prediction modells for predicting spread of Citrus Canker. Neri FM, Cook AR, Gibson GJ, Gottwald TR, Gilligan CA (2014) Bayesian Analysis for Inference of an Emerging Epidemic: Citrus Canker in Urban Landscapes...


Read more at: New evidence of suicide epidemic among India’s ‘marginalised’ farmers

New evidence of suicide epidemic among India’s ‘marginalised’ farmers

28 April 2014

Latest statistical research finds strong causal links between areas with the most suicides and areas where impoverished farmers are trying to grow crops that suffer from wild price fluctuations due to India’s relatively recent shift to free market economics. - See more


Read more at: From athletes to couch potatoes: humans through 6,000 years of farming

From athletes to couch potatoes: humans through 6,000 years of farming

11 April 2014

From athletes to couch potatoes: humans through 6,000 years of farming 08 Apr 2014 Research into lower limb bones shows that our early farming ancestors in Central Europe became less active as their tasks diversified and technology improved. At a conference today, Cambridge University anthropologist Alison Macintosh will...


Read more at: Open call for experts to populate a new Expert Working Group on Wheat Plant and Crop Modeling

Open call for experts to populate a new Expert Working Group on Wheat Plant and Crop Modeling

2 April 2014

The Wheat Initiative is launching an open call for experts to populate a new Expert Working Group (EWG), dedicated to the following topic on Wheat Plant and Crop Modeling Further information: http://wheatinitiative.org/about/expert-working-groups . The main activity of the EWG on Wheat Plant and Crop Modeling will be...


Read more at: Food Security event in London: 27 February

Food Security event in London: 27 February

24 February 2014

Working together to improve global food security 27 February 2014, 9am - 4.10pm Central London Professor Tim Benton, Global Food Security Champion, will deliver a special keynote session, ' Successfully Embedding Sustainability in the Global Food System ' http://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/news-events/events/1402-improve-food-...


Read more at: Food Climate Research Network announces new Advisory Board membreship

Food Climate Research Network announces new Advisory Board membreship

14 February 2014

The Food Climate Research Network, based at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, has announced their new Advisory Board membership today: Dr Mark Barthel, Waste & Resources Action Programme WRAP Professor Tim Benton, University of Leeds & Global Food Security programme Phil Bloomer...


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