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New EU – FAO partnership for food and nutrition security

16 July 2015

It was announced yesterday (15th July, 2015), during the 3rd International Conference on Funding for Development in Ethiopia, that a new initiative to tackle food insecurity has been agreed between the EU and the FAO. The new initiative will be ‘country led and demand driven’, and is funded by a contribution of €50 million from the EU, and €23.5 million from the FAO.

Lactic acid-producing bacterium could reduce harmful food contamination

16 July 2015

A new paper has potential to reduce contamination of food by harmful bacteria - using harmless bacteria biofilms.

Perspective: Tech revolutions - Precision Agriculture and the Internet of Food

16 July 2015

Technology is ever advancing, and many of the brightest minds have started to apply many new techniques to every aspect of food security.

Perspective: Farming Fish Oils

16 July 2015

Most people know that oily fish are good for you; the omega-3 fish oils which they contain have been shown to have numerous health benefits, not least in keeping your heart healthy. Yet do you know where those ‘fish’ oils come from?

Breeding crops for pollinators

11 July 2015

New paper highlights the role of pollinators in food security, and the potential of breeding crops to attract more pollinators.

Increased CO2 has worrying consequences for crop plant nutrients

1 July 2015

Can increased atmospheric CO2 aid food security? It might not be so simple.

FAO Assesses Climate Change Impacts on Food Security and Trade

24 June 2015

18 June 2015: In a book reviewing scientific and economic climate change impacts on food and agriculture over the past 20 years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) underscores policy implications for hunger, poverty and global food trade.

Rebalancing Agriculture will Deliver for Nutrition and Gender Equality

19 May 2015

Agriculture needs rebalancing if it is to fulfill its fundamental responsibility to deliver nutrition, writes Lynn Brown in a blog for Secure Nutrition.

Forests and food security - new report launched

13 May 2015

New study launched at the UN Forum on Forests.

Seed funding for innovation in Global Food Security research

5 May 2015

Applications are invited for small seed-funding grants to encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration across the university in the area of Global Food Security. (Internal, University of Cambridge).

New EU – FAO partnership for food and nutrition security

Lactic acid-producing bacterium could reduce harmful food contamination

Perspective: Tech revolutions - Precision Agriculture and the Internet of Food

Perspective: Farming Fish Oils

Breeding crops for pollinators

Increased CO2 has worrying consequences for crop plant nutrients

FAO Assesses Climate Change Impacts on Food Security and Trade

Rebalancing Agriculture will Deliver for Nutrition and Gender Equality

Forests and food security - new report launched

Seed funding for innovation in Global Food Security research

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