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Cambridge Global Food Security Researcher: Joeva Rock

8 September 2022

Joeva Rock recently joined the University of Cambridge as an Assistant Professor in Development Studies in the Department of Politics and International Studies. An anthropologist, she uses ethnographic methods to study the interplay of food, politics, and development. She is a fellow of Murray Edwards College and a member...

Aerial photograph from EFForTS-BEE which tests how planting of diverse tree islands affects oil palm ecosystems. Photograph Watit Khokthong.

Restoring Tropical Agroecosystems: Nine Actions for Success

17 August 2022

Actions to successfully restore tropical agroecosystems are described in a new paper published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution (TREE) , written by a team led by Dr Michael Pashkevich, Marshall Sherfield Fellow in the Insect Ecology Group at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. The authors present nine...

Genetically Modified Cowpea Clears its First Hurdle in Ghana

1 August 2022

Cowpea, a crop that is integral to Ghana’s food security, looks set to become the first genetically modified crop grown there - a major milestone. In late June 2022, GM cowpea cleared the first of the three regulatory hurdles en route to commercialisation in Ghana. Biotechnology proponents have been working for decades to...

Applications are Open for New MPhil on Seafood for Societal Health

27 July 2022

Women are invited to apply for a new MPhil in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. This project aims to find new approaches to drive greater consumption of sustainable seafood for societal health. Seafood can be an incredibly rich source of nutrition, which is particularly important at a time when...

Cambridge Sustainable Food: a Local Food Partnership Going for Gold

20 July 2022

The Covid Pandemic, rising cost of food and scarcity of some foodstuffs, have all focussed attention on how local areas can meet the challenges of a fractured food system. Local Food Partnerships (LFPs) play an essential part in this and are key to delivering local and national food priorities. 1 LFPs are partnerships...

#BreakTheBias: Celebrating International Women's Day with Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano

24 March 2022

To celebrate the 2022 International Women's Day theme of promoting women's equality, and to honour the work that women do to help make our world more food secure, this year we are profiling women who work in gender development. In this interview, Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano reflects on the important roles that women hold in...

Crop Science Centre to conduct field trials of genetically modified barley that could reduce need for synthetic fertilisers

23 March 2022

Trials will evaluate whether enhancing the natural capacity of crops to interact with common soil fungi can contribute to more sustainable, equitable food production. A field trial of genetically modified and gene edited barley is due to be planted this April. The research is evaluating whether improved crop interactions...

Urban aquaculture of bivalves, an attractive promise for delivering food and economic security in a world with increasing demands for resource availability

17 March 2022

With a current human population of 7.6 billion, and an expected growth to 9.8 billion by 2050, demands for nutrient-rich foods are increasing. Current estimations suggest that over 2 billion people world-wide suffer from a micronutrient deficiency (MND), which may increase with global population size unless current food...

#BreakTheBias: Celebrating International Women's Day with Alessandra Galiè

9 March 2022

To celebrate the 2022 International Women's Day theme of promoting women's equality, and to honour the work that women do to help make our world more food secure, this year we are profiling women who work in gender development. In this interview, Alessandra Galiè reflects on how gender norms in Ghana impact female...

Nutritious fish stocks are being squandered by salmon farming, say scientists

2 March 2022

Eating wild-caught fish instead of using it as feed in salmon farming would allow nearly four million tonnes of fish to be left in the sea, while providing an extra six million tonnes of seafood for human consumption, a study finds. Scientists studying the Scottish salmon farming industry say that using only fish by-...

Cambridge Global Food Security Researcher: Joeva Rock

Restoring Tropical Agroecosystems: Nine Actions for Success

Genetically Modified Cowpea Clears its First Hurdle in Ghana

Applications are Open for New MPhil on Seafood for Societal Health

Cambridge Sustainable Food: a Local Food Partnership Going for Gold

#BreakTheBias: Celebrating International Women's Day with Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano

Crop Science Centre to conduct field trials of genetically modified barley that could reduce need for synthetic fertilisers

Urban aquaculture of bivalves, an attractive promise for delivering food and economic security in a world with increasing demands for resource availability

#BreakTheBias: Celebrating International Women's Day with Alessandra Galiè

Nutritious fish stocks are being squandered by salmon farming, say scientists

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