UK food system mapped and quantified in new report
The expansive UK food system has been mapped and quantified in a new report that reveals both the value of the agri-food sector and the multiple challenges it faces.
Author: Adam Staines
An interactive summary of the Mapping the UK Food System report
We need to think differently about food. Poor diet is the biggest risk factor for early deaths worldwide, leading to 1 in 7 deaths in Britain every year. Human biology is failing to keep pace with the increasingly obesogenic food environment, with foods high in fat, sugar and salt making up just over half of all meals consumed in the average UK household.
13 collaborative research projects are producing new evidence and recommendations for policy and practice to enhance food system resilience
GFS-FSR is coordinated by a team within the Food Systems Transformation Group, based in the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford.
The programme will produce a variety of activities and outputs as research projects commence
The Food Systems SPF Programme is led by the Global Food Security Programme (GFS) and supported by UKRI’s Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF)
This page contains details of the research funded under the Transforming UK Food Systems Programme
The Transforming the UK Food System for Healthy People and a Healthy Environment SPF Programme is a £47.5m interdisciplinary programme of research that will help to transform the UK food system by placing healthy people and a healthy natural environment at its centre.
The GFS-FSR programme produces a variety of activities and outputs, including stakeholder workshops and publications.
Unlocking the potential of multifunctional landscapes in the UK
New GFS policy lab report explores how adopting a multifunctional landscapes approach can optimise the ecosystem services provided by our landscapes and boost food system resilience in the UK.
Policy lab report: Multifunctional landscapes in the UK – tools for policy and practice
This report explores how UK landscapes can be managed to deliver multiple services, synthesising the current state of knowledge to provide a set of recommendations that can be used to inform future UK agricultural policy.
