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GFS-FSR is coordinated by a team within the Food Systems Transformation Group, based in the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford.
GFS Spotlight Award
The aim of the GFS Spotlight Award was to deliver a range of interactive workshops spanning the food system to year 4 to year 6 students in eight different schools, culminating in an interschool competition. The workshops covered different aspects of the global food security challenge, including food waste reduction, insect pollinators, diet choices and climate change.
Future scenarios for a Paris-compliant healthy food system
At the first meeting the Taskforce identified a list of critical uncertainties for our future food system.
Determinants of food choice for a healthy and sustainable diet
GFS will host an ECR Policy Lab on 19-21 March 2018, which will synthesise the latest knowledge and evidence in this area to better understand what determines food choice and to describe the best combination of interventions that would be most impactful in encouraging healthier and more sustainable diets. The winning team at the workshop will receive a £5,000 Policy Lab award to write a policy-facing report.
Communicating the complexity of our food system
This project will aim to characterise the obstacles that hinder the effective communication of complex systems, identify strategies to overcome these and equip systems-thinkers with the tools to articulate the complexity of our food system to a broad range of stakeholders.
Transforming UK food systems launch workshops
GFS recently hosted two workshops to launch the new Strategic Priorities Funding call ‘Transforming the UK food system for healthy people and a healthy environment’. The workshops aimed to inform, inspire and to facilitate networking between stakeholders and academia from across the UK.
GFS established an inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral working group of academics and industry experts to consider tipping points within the food system.
Governance of the Global Food Security programme, including the role and membership of the Programme Coordination Group, Strategy Advisory Board and Science Advisory Group.
Second Paris-compliant healthy food system Taskforce workshop
On 15 October a Taskforce of academics, industry and policymakers attended a GFS workshop in London to discuss and develop four different 2050 food system scenarios that meet the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Harnessing Private Capital for Regenerative Agriculture
A new GFS funded report explores the potential of boosting public funding with private investments to encourage sustainable agriculture, conservation, and the delivery of ecosystem services.
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.