The history of modern agriculture begins after the Second World War. Industrialised countries switched back to a peacetime economy and developing countries gained independence from their colonial rulers and took more control over their agricultural practices.
Author: Adam Staines
Global Food Security programme resources for schools and young people.
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How to contact the Global Food Security programme: general, press and website enquiries.
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Food security occurs when all people are able to access enough safe and nutritious food to meet their requirements for a healthy life, in ways the planet can sustain into the future. However, food security faces a number of challenges across both production and consumption which research will be essential to solve.
The Global Food Security programme team.
The Global Food Security (GFS) programme brings together the UK’s main public funders of food-related research and training. The programme aims to help meet the challenge of providing the world’s growing population with a sustainable and secure supply of safe, nutritious and affordable high quality food.
Coordination and collaboration are two key strategic roles for the GFS programme, working across the major UK public sector funders of food security research.
News from the Global Food Security programme.
Academics, policy makers, industrialists, farmers and end-users give their views on food security.