Bibliography

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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)

World Bank report 1986 – Poverty and Hunger: Issues and Options for Food Security in Developing Countries (PDF)

UN Environment Programme – Global environment outlook (PDF)

WHO Global Strategy Diet & Physical Activity

US Working Group on the Food Crisis – supporting articles

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UK organisation reports

Cabinet Office – Food matters: Towards a strategy for the 21st Century (PDF)

Cabinet Office – Food matters: Towards a strategy for the 21st Century – Summary (PDF)

DEFRA – Food 2030 Discussion

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 – Down the drain (PDF)

WRAP – Household food and drink waste in the UK

Crop science – exploiting genetics for better crops (BBSRC Media Briefing)

The economic and social impact of the Institute for Animal Health's work on Bluetongue disease (BTV-8) (PDF)

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UK organisations/partners

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
www.bbsrc.ac.uk

Waste and Resources Action Programme
http://www.wrap.org.uk/

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
www.ahdb.org.uk

National Farmers Union (NFU)
http://www.nfuonline.com/

NFU Why Farming Matters
http://www.whyfarmingmatters.co.uk/

Council of Food Policy Advisors:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/food/policy/council/index.htm

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)
http://www.face-online.org.uk/

Food and Environment Research Agency
http://www.fera.defra.gov.uk/

Lantra (Sector Skills Council for environmental and land-based
industries)
http://www.lantra.co.uk/

Rural Development Programme for England:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/rdpe/

Department for International Development
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/

Science and plants for schools
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/articles/broad_crops.htm

Change4life campaign
http://change4life.icnetwork.co.uk/

NHS Change4life
http://www.nhs.uk/Change4life/Pages/Default.aspx

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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
http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/food-security-statistics/food-security-statistics-by-country/en/

FAO Global Market Analysis
http://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)
http://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
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/wsfs/docs/expert_paper/How_to_Feed_the_World_in_2050.pdf

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News/websites

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
http://www.foodfirst.org/media/opeds/2000/4-greenrev.html

UK Agriculture Countryside History
http://www.ukagriculture.com/countryside/countryside_history.cfm

The Atlantic – Forgotten benefactor of humanity
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jan/borlaug/borlaug.htm

The Guardian – Norman Borlaug commentary
http://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/

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Conferences/events

Food security and sustainability - can we avert a food crisis?
http://www.wcsj2009.org/programme_sessions.php?id=Workshop_2