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Cambridge Global Food Security

An Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Cambridge
 
Read more at: Seed funding for innovation in Global Food Security research

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).


Read more at: CUTEC Sustainable Futures Challenge

CUTEC Sustainable Futures Challenge

24 April 2015

Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club aims to bring together students, academics, staff, and alumni to tackle problems relating to the question: “How can we enable sustainable supply and production of food and water in a sustainable fashion?”


Read more at: Helping to feed the world through advancements in e-Agriculture

Helping to feed the world through advancements in e-Agriculture

8 April 2015

UN Agencies to publish strategy guide for implementing e-Agriculture services


Read more at: Confronting resource scarcity in Uganda

Confronting resource scarcity in Uganda

5 March 2015

New research published in Food Policy examines the complex interactions, dependencies and constraints of physical resources in Uganda, as a case study of Sub-Saharan Africa. The team based in the Centre for Sustainable Development, Department of Engineering (Cambridge), uses calorific demand analysis, and source-to-service...


Read more at: Engineers making perishables a priority

Engineers making perishables a priority

4 March 2015

Today, we produce about four billion metric tonnes of food per annum yet 30–50% (or 1.2–2 billion tonnes) of it never reaches a human stomach. In terms of productive land, this represents an area the size of Mexico; in terms of greenhouse gases, the third largest emitter after China and the USA. Dr Tim Fox, Head of Energy...


Read more at: Era of Peak Food

Era of Peak Food

3 March 2015

In work published in Ecology & Society , scientists have shown that production of a large array of renewable resources, including staple foods such as meat, vegetables and soybeans, has peaked. The peak year of appropriation is also alarmingly synchronous: 16 resources presented a peak rate year centred on 2006 (1989-...


Read more at: New technologies needed in development of African agriculture

New technologies needed in development of African agriculture

2 March 2015

Researchers take the case example of Ghana to show that a one-size-fits-all approach to African agriculture development will not lead to growth, suggests new research published in Food Policy . The authors of the study say that instead of blindly adopting 'solutions' that worked in other continents, governments and...


Read more at: Earth Security Index

Earth Security Index

19 February 2015

The 2015 Earth Security Index has been launched


Read more at: The Agri-Tech East: Ancient varieties and new technologies key to food security + Wheat prices remain high

The Agri-Tech East: Ancient varieties and new technologies key to food security + Wheat prices remain high

29 July 2014

The Agri-Tech East reports on the findings of the The National Association of British & Irish Millers (nabim) suggesting the wheat prices will remain at the historical high this year in spite of the highest level of wheat production for 5 years. Read more.. Ancient varieties and new technologies key to food security...


Read more at: GFSI Steering Committee news

GFSI Steering Committee news

11 July 2014

Members of the GFSI will be pleased to learn that a Steering Committee has been formed to help co-ordinate activities and plan strategic developments for the future. Howard Griffiths (Plant Sciences) will now help to co-convene the Initiative with Chris Gilligan, and we hope to recruit an administrative co-ordinator...


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