Agriculture
Food Futures Panel: Sustainable intensification presentations
The GFS programme commissioned a panel of 600 members of the public to take part in engagement activities, exploring different aspects of food security research. This document details the stimulus presentation given at the sustainable intensification workshop.
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Food Futures Panel: Trade-offs in future food systems – consumer perspectives
The GFS programme commissioned a panel of 600 members of the public to take part in engagement activities, exploring different aspects of food security research. This report details findings from the sustainable intensification dialogue, outlining panel discussions on the benefits and trade-offs of sustainable intensification as an approach to agriculture.
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GFS established an inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral working group of academics and industry experts to consider tipping points within the food system.
AAAS meeting and congressional briefing, Washington DC
The findings of the UK-US Taskforce were presented at a session of the AAAS meeting 2016. The session panel also conducted a briefing on the taskforce findings for US Senate staff.
Food Futures Panel: Urban Agriculture Project
The GFS programme commissioned a panel of 600 members of the public to take part in engagement activities, exploring different aspects of food security research. This report details findings from the urban agriculture dialogue, exploring issues associated with food production and supply for a growing urban population.
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Food Futures Panel: Sustainable intensification briefing note for participants
The GFS programme commissioned a panel of 600 members of the public to take part in engagement activities, exploring different aspects of food security research. This document details stimulus material for the sustainable intensification dialogue.
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Game-changing technologies in agriculture
This think-piece showcases new technologies with strong disruptive potential in the next decade. New technologies will play an important role in food security, given that in just a 35 year period the earth is being tasked with producing more food than it has in the last 2000 years combined.
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A new study from the BBSRC strategically-funded institute Rothamsted Research reveals the way that chloroplasts are passed from one generation to another in wheat via only the maternal parent.
Employing exotic animals and plants can help the fight against hunger and power economic development. UJAT’s Mike Mitchell reports.
UK-China workshop, Beijing
GFS collaborated with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in Beijing to hold the UK-China workshop on extreme weather and global food system resilience.
This work compiled and assessed existing sustainability frameworks in agriculture, highlighting the complexity of Integrated Sustainability Assessment methods and the variability in their characteristics.