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Read more at: Annual Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium 19-20 Sept 2013

Annual Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium 19-20 Sept 2013

10 September 2013

Dr Jag Srai will lead the forthcoming Annual Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium (Thursday 19 to Friday 20 September 2013 at the Møller Centre ) with the talk on Global Value Networks. For more information on the event and to register please visit the event website: http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/events/...

Read more at: B4FA Insights: Africa’s future … can biosciences contribute?

B4FA Insights: Africa’s future … can biosciences contribute?

9 September 2013

B4FA (Biosciences for Farming in Africa) has published a collection of essays ( Insight ) on the topic of biosciences for farming in Africa with Preface by Professor Sir Brian Heap , President of the European Academies Science Advisory Council, Fellow of the Royal Society, Hon Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society and...

Read more at: 2013 G20 Summit Recommendations
2013 G20 Summit Recommendations

2013 G20 Summit Recommendations

9 September 2013

September 2013, St. Petersburg, Russia The G20 Summit 2013 has produces the following recommendations regarding Food Security and Nutrition 1. Commit to ensuring that efforts to fight hunger and sustainably increase agricultural productivity benefit smallholder farmers and integrate nutrition objectives. 2. Endorse the...

Read more at: Food Security Conference: 27 September 2013 at the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival
Food Security Conference: 27 September 2013 at the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival

Food Security Conference: 27 September 2013 at the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival

6 September 2013

The third Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival Conference takes place on Friday 27 September at Snape Maltings, Suffolk . It will tackle the issue of food security from both a global, national and local perspective. Speakers include renowned agricultural ecologist, Professor Sir Gordon Conway, FRS , an expert on global food...

Read more at: BSPB website gets a face lift
BSPB website gets a face lift

BSPB website gets a face lift

17 August 2013

British Society for Plant Breeders recently launched their fantastically re-vamped new website which also includes a breeding matters section with emphasis on food http://www.plantbreedingmatters.com/food.php and links to their past newsletters, as well as an interesting video on agriculture under pressure: Please accept...

Read more at: Cassava Diseases - Epidemiological modelling approach
Cassava Diseases - Epidemiological modelling approach

Cassava Diseases - Epidemiological modelling approach

15 August 2013

A workshop on epidemiological modelling of cassava diseases was held in Cambridge between 14 and 17 July 2013. Participants from East and West African countries, USA and the UK discussed how to increase the shared understanding of cassava virus disease problems and what modeling can do to help. Read more..

Read more at: More than half of the wild relatives of 29 globally important crops are not adequately conserved in seed banks

More than half of the wild relatives of 29 globally important crops are not adequately conserved in seed banks

31 July 2013

Crop Biotech Update Collaborative Study Analyses Gentic Diversity of Major Crops' Wild Relatives "A project led by the Germany-based Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Millennium Seed Bank in the United Kingdom has analyzed 455 crop wild relatives around the world. The said study revealed that 54 percent among these wild...

Read more at: UK Government launches the new industrial strategy for agricultural technologies

UK Government launches the new industrial strategy for agricultural technologies

31 July 2013

In the most recent FoodSecurity Newsletter, Tim Benton reflects on the launch of the UK Government’s new industrial strategy for agricultural technologies: The UK’s agricultural research base has an important contribution to make in helping farmers and consumers in developing nations achieve food security – and we should...

Read more at: New International Course on Agriculture Nutrition Linkages

New International Course on Agriculture Nutrition Linkages

29 July 2013

New International Course on Agriculture Nutrition Linkages The Centre for Development Innovation Wageningen UR is pleased to announce the organisation of the International Course on Agriculture Nutrition Linkages, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 18 - 29 November 2013. Malnutrition occurring early in life has life-...

Read more at: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food launches new website
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food launches new website

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food launches new website

25 July 2013

Special Rapporteur launches new website Today the Special Rapporteur, Olivier De Schutter, launched a new version of his website: www.srfood.org Visitors to the updated site will have easier access to the Special Rapporteur's latest news articles, as well as reports, briefing notes, audio, video, press cuttings and Twitter...

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