Taskforce findings were published in four reports: The taskforce Synthesis Report: Extreme weather and resilience of the global food system; Annex A: Climate and global crop production shocks; Annex B: Review of the responses to food production shocks; Annex C: Country Level Impacts of Global Grain Production Shocks.
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Global Food Security programme Champion Tim Benton reviews the year and looks ahead to 2016.
£4.9 million to further increase resilience and sustainability of the UK food system
The UK’s Global Food Security programme is funding £4.9 million of interdisciplinary research to increase resilience and sustainability of the UK food system.
GFS project advises Co-op on its approach to food systems resilience
IKnowFood, one of the projects in the Global Food Security’s Resilience of the UK Food System in a Global Context programme has helped to shape the Co-op’s new Future of Food ambition.
Priority Research Questions for Global Food Security
The GFS Science Advisory Group (SAG) workshop identified the top 20 key research themes and questions needed to help transform our food system and deliver global goals by 2030.
A case for turkey sandwiches and other food for thought on Christmas
Carolin Reiner and Toby Park from the Behavioural Insights Team discuss the real cost of food waste in the UK. Carolin focusses on consumers, energy, and sustainability, and Toby leads on the team’s energy and sustainability work.
Shocks to the food system: Building a prediction engine for policy
Valeria Shumaylova (University of Cambridge) and Aled Jones (Anglia Ruskin University) describe the rationale behind their recent project exploring data science techniques to study the link between food production shocks, food prices and food riots.
Food Systems Research Programme Outlines Multiple Approaches to Resilience
The Resilience of the UK Food System in a Global Context (GFS FSR) research programme, launched in 2016 by the Global Food Security programme, has outlined multiple approaches to enhancing resilience in its final programme report.
Research strategy in a changing world
Head of Global Food Security (GFS) Riaz Bhunnoo outlines the programme’s plans and policies for the future.
Phosphorus: the Hidden Bedrock of the UK Food System
There is a growing threat to the UK’s food system, and most of us aren’t even aware of it. Phosphorus is an element that is essential to all living things; it forms a key component of DNA and is important for energy transfers in cells.
New Policy Lab Report Explores the True Costs of the Food We Waste
A new policy-facing GFS report by Early Career Researchers from across UKRI has been released. This report explores if True Cost Accounting can be a useful tool to help reduce the food we waste and offers policy recommendations to help eliminate food loss and waste.
Is the UK ready for plant-based diets?
This Think Piece explores the emerging trend of plant-based diets and their impact on the UK food system. The report identifies what steps are needed to support the transition, capitalising on the benefits and minimising the risks the trend presents.
This work was funded by the Global Food Security (GFS) programme as part of its Policy Lab, in which Early Career Researchers compete to write a policy-facing report for the programme.
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