Bibliography and links
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- International organisation reports
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International organisation reports
UN World Food Programme 2009 (PDF)
UN World Food Programme Strategic Plan 2009 (PDF)
UN World Food Programme Winning the War on Hunger
2009 IFPRI World Hunger Index (PDF)
G8 2009 Summit statement on food security (PDF)
World Resources Institute – Disappearing Food (PDF)
UN Environment Programme – Global environment outlook (PDF)
WHO Global Strategy Diet & Physical Activity
US Working Group on the Food Crisis – supporting articles
UK organisation reports
Cabinet Office – Food matters: Towards a strategy for the 21st Century (PDF 2MB)
DEFRA – Food 2030 strategy (external)
DEFRA – Food matters: one year on (PDF)
Strategy Unit Food Project Q&A (PDF)
DEFRA – The Future of our Farming (PDF)
BBSRC – Future directions in research relating to food security
NFU – Why Science Matters for Farming (PDF)
Scottish Government – Recipe for Success (PDF)
Welsh Assembly Government – Farming, Food and Countryside (PDF)
DfID – Eliminating World Poverty: Building our common future
Royal Society – Reaping the Benefit
Chatham House – The Feeding of the Nine Billion (PDF)
WRAP – Household food and drink waste in the UK
Crop science – exploiting genetics for better crops (BBSRC Media Briefing)
UK organisations/partners
View a list of partners in the Global Food Security programme.
Waste and Resources Action Programme
www.wrap.org.uk
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
www.ahdb.org.uk
National Farmers Union (NFU)
www.nfuonline.com
NFU Why Farming Matters
www.whyfarmingmatters.co.uk
Council of Food Policy Advisors:
www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/food/policy/council
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
www.defra.gov.uk
Diploma in Environmental and Land-based Studies:
www.diplomaelbs.co.uk
Natural England – Farming
www.naturalengland.gov.uk/ourwork/farming/funding/es
Farming and Countryside Education (FACE)
www.face-online.org.uk
Food and Environment Research Agency
www.fera.defra.gov.uk
Lantra (Sector Skills Council for environmental and land-based
industries)
www.lantra.co.uk
Rural Development Programme for England:
www.defra.gov.uk/rural/rdpe
Department for International Development
www.dfid.gov.uk
Science and plants for schools
www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/articles/broad_crops.htm
Change4life campaign
http://change4life.icnetwork.co.uk
NHS Change4life
www.nhs.uk/Change4life
Future Agricultures
www.future-agricultures.org
STEPS Centre
www.steps-centre.org/aboutus
Food Climate Research Network
www.fcrn.org.uk
Organic Farmers and Growers Association
www.organicfarmers.org.uk
Debate your Plate
www.debateyourplate.com
University of Warwick Global Research Priorities – Food Security
www2.warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/food_security
World research/organisations
WorldFish Center
www.worldfishcenter.org
International Livestock Research Institute
www.ilri.org
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
www.cgiar.org
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (Olivier De Shutter)
www.srfood.org
FARA (Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa)
www.fara-africa.org
Farming First
www.farmingfirst.org
Livestock-Climate Change Collaborative Support Programme
http://lcccrsp.org/projects/
Earth Policy Institute
www.earth-policy.org
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
www.ifad.org
Statistics
DEFRA Agriculture in UK statistics
https://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/publications/auk/default.asp
FAO Statistics
http://faostat.fao.org/default.aspx
CLA carbon calculator for land managers
www.calm.cla.org.uk
FAO Food security statistics by country
www.fao.org/economic/ess/food-security-statistics/food-security-statistics-by-country/en/
FAO Global Market Analysis
www.fao.org/docrep/009/J7927e/j7927e01.htm
UK 2008 agricultural statistics in your pocket
https://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/publications/auk/asiyp08.pdf
Global Information and Early Warning System – on food and agriculture (GIEWS)
www.fao.org/giews/english
FAO Crop prospects and food situation 2009
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/ai480e/ai480e00.pdf
FAO How to feed the world in 2050
www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/wsfs/docs/expert_paper/How_to_Feed_the_World_in_2050.pdf
FAO food and country import statistics
http://faostat.fao.org/site/537/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=537
News articles and special issues
Nature – Can science feed the world (2010)
www.nature.com/news/specials/food
Nature – Food and the future (2002)
www.nature.com/nature/food
Seed – food fight
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/food_fight
Foreign Policy – Don’t panic, go organic
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/29/dont_panic_go_organic
Phil. Trans of the Royal Society B – Food security: feeding the world in 2050
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/365/1554.toc
The Economist – Biotechnology debate
www.economist.com/debate/overview/187
BBC – The cost of food
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2008/costoffood/default.stm
Institute for Food and Development Policy – Lessons from the green revolution
www.foodfirst.org/media/opeds/2000/4-greenrev.html
UK Agriculture Countryside History
www.ukagriculture.com/countryside/countryside_history.cfm
The Atlantic – Forgotten benefactor of humanity
www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jan/borlaug/borlaug.htm
The Guardian – Norman Borlaug commentary
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/15/norman-borlaug-legacy
Now for the evergreen revolution
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KZH/is_4_14/ai_30123599
New Generation Agriculture
www.ngagro.com
AgriLife Today – Farm and Ranch
http://agrilife.org/today/category/farm-ranch/
AgriLife Today – World Agriculture
http://agrilife.org/today/category/world/
One International – Agriculture
www.one.org/c/international/issue/1115/
Economist – the future of food crisis prevention
www.economist.com/node/18229412
Food security blogs
Global Food for Thought
http://globalfoodforthought.typepad.com/global-food-for-thought
ILRI clippings
http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com
STEPS Centre
http://stepscentre-thecrossing.blogspot.com
Agricultural Diversity Weblog
http://agro.biodiver.se
Oxfam Hunger and Food Security
http://blogs.oxfamamerica.org/index.php/category/issues/hunger-and-food-security
Feeding our Future
http://blog.uvcs.uvic.ca/foodsecurity
The Africa Post (TAP)
http://blogitrrs.blogspot.com/p/feeeds.html
Organic Farmers & Growers
www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog
Roaming RELU
http://roamingrelu.blogspot.com/2010/09/could-new-farm-animals-provide-future.html
Tropentag Student Network blog – food security and quality
http://blog.tropentag.de/taxonomy/term/67
Food & Water watch blog
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/blog-posts
Science News – Agriculture section
www.molecularstation.com/science-news/category/agriculture-news
CGIAR in action
http://cgiarinaction.wordpress.com
Climate change, agriculture and food security blog (CCAFS)
http://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog
Ecocentric blog
www.ecocentricblog.org
Kenya agriculture stories
http://kenyaagriculturestories.blogspot.com
Worldwatch sustainable agriculture programme blogs
www.worldwatch.org/programs/agriculture
Nourishing the planet
http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/
Climate Progress blog ‘food insecurity’
http://climateprogress.org/category/food-insecurity/
One International blog
www.one.org/international/blog/
Grist – Food
www.grist.org/kingdom/food
Foreign Policy Association – food crisis
http://foodcrisis.foreignpolicyblogs.com/
15 Comms tools at ILRI
http://infoilri.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/fifteen-communication-tools-for-ilri-staff/
Conferences/events
Food security and sustainability - can we avert a food crisis?
www.wcsj2009.org/programme_sessions.php?id=Workshop_2
JIC – Food security what next?
www.jic.ac.uk/foodsecurity/fojicevent.htm
