UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded a major grant to to the “Resilience in Agrifood Systems: Supply Chain Configuration Analytics Lab” (RASCAL) project aimed at building resilience in the UK’s food system.
Led by GFS Co-Chair, Jagjit Singh Srai, Director of Research in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, the project will study the balance between UK food production and imports, especially in light of disruptions caused by economic, political or climate factors.
GFS contributed to the development of RASCAL, which has interdiscipliniarity at its heart.
“The RASCAL project will bring together a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary team from biological sciences, engineering, and management to co-develop intervention strategies. Our UK stakeholder partners from across the food supply chain will share data, enabling us to integrate previously disconnected information,” says Jag.
The project is based at IfM's Centre for International Manufacturing.