Current research

Ongoing food security research in the UK and across the world.

Helping cereal growers to play their cards right

February 2012

Modelling the root of crop disease

January 2012

World-class facilities for virus research

January 2012

Turbocharging a new ‘green revolution’

December 2011

Invigorating plants against viral attack

December 2011

The story behind ‘super broccoli’

November 2011

Insurance helps Africa’s drought-hit herders rebuild lives

November 2011

Field to fork: safeguarding livestock health

November 2011

The wisdom of the crowd

November 2011

Fish farms less harmful than previously thought

October 2011

Defeating nematode worms with GM bananas

October 2011

Halting the armyworm march using biological control

September 2011

Better crops through knowledge exchange

September 2011

Digital boost for African farmers

September 2011

Food for the world’s poorest

September 2011

Bumblebee research: A day in the life

August 2011

Institute for Animal Health teams up with China

August 2011

The development game

July 2011

Growing plants with friendly fungi

July 2011

British wasps protect lettuce and celery from pests

July 2011

Pest management: comparing conventional and organic farming

June 2011

Animal welfare and food security

May 2011

Helping bees using flower power

April 2011

Defending crops with maths

April 2011

Tomato quality — more than a question of taste

March 2011

Modelling bee pollination: enter the 'flight arena'

March 2011

International meeting to combat devastating pig disease

February 2011

Gains in grain

January 2011

The fungus forecast: protecting crops from attack

December 2010

From exotic to endemic: a new disease of pigs

November 2010

Improving freshwater fish farming

November 2010

Livestock dietary improvements for healthier meat

October 2010

Community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh

September 2010

European research collaboration

August 2010

Tackling agricultural pollution

July 2010

Food is medicine

May 2010

The Food Climate Research Network

March 2010

Life, climate change and Scotland's soils

March 2010

Reducing water use: more crop per drop

February 2010

Seasonal flower power

December 2009

Botulism and food safety

December 2009

Rapid detection of herbicide resistance

December 2009

Resistance is futile

December 2009

Food miles, climate change and consumer choice

December 2009

Halting the armyworm march

December 2009

Old enemies: potato blight

December 2009

The African Witchweed menace

December 2009

Plant science: a multidisciplinary approach

December 2009

Bluetongue: strategy and success

December 2009

Farm-scale evaluations

December 2009