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Hidden Hunger: Biofortified wheat and zinc deficiency in Pakistan

  • Date: 5 March 2018
  • Author(s): Heather Ohly

Zinc deficiency affects around 17% of the world’s population, mostly in developing countries. In Pakistan, the most recent national nutrition survey indicated that over 40% of women are zinc deficient. Could using a new type of flour in cooking help tackle this deficiency?

Read more - Hidden Hunger: Biofortified wheat and zinc deficiency in Pakistan

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Stress to success: the behaviour of resilient vegetables under climate change  

  • Date: 9 November 2021
  • Author(s): Olivia Cousins

2021 is a year of converging events; the UK is hosting the COP26 climate change conference, the UN COP15 conference focusing on biodiversity has just passed, and the international year of fruit and vegetables is in full swing. To celebrate these events, Dr Olivia Cousins shares the importance of maintaining and using the biological diversity of vegetable crops so that they can endure the stresses of our changing climate.

Read more - Stress to success: the behaviour of resilient vegetables under climate change  

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New funding for healthy people and healthy planet

  • Date: 22 April 2022

The Transforming UK Food Systems Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF) programme has awarded 11 new research projects with £14 million in funding, focusing on putting healthy people and a healthy environment at its core.

Read more - New funding for healthy people and healthy planet

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The Agricultural Universities Council has launched a short (10-20min) survey seeking views on the targeting of research resources and the role of universities. It is anonymous and is for anyone with an interest in agricultural research Please share/RT! rau.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/auc-r…

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New £14M funding awarded to 11 exciting research projects as part of the Transforming UK Food Systems SPF Programme, focussing on healthy people and a healthy planet🌎Read more here!👇 foodsecurity.ac.uk/news/new-f…

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Our Science Advisory Group identified some key cross-disciplinary research priorities to build healthy, resilient and sustainable food systems by 2030. Check them out and share your thoughts and priorities: foodsecurity.ac.uk/news/prior…🌍🍴 pic.twitter.com/7aB9wf9v65

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NEW GFS POLICY REPORT: Can true cost accounting remove siloed thinking about #foodloss & #foodwaste? foodsecurity.ac.uk/news/new-p… Authored by UKRI early career researchers @AoifeLCaffrey @beeingmirands @BerndBonfert @_mehr00sh @SiobhanMaderson @Amy_Molotoks @Justinepearce14 thread1/3 pic.twitter.com/wNCGLgC7kk

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🎺Apply Now🎺 Work with academia/gov/industry/3rd sector to transform the food system for health🍎& the environment 🌍 New role- Knowledge Exchange Fellow as part of the @UKRI_News Transforming UK #Foodsystems Programme Deadline 31/03 jobs.reading.ac.uk/displayjob… #SPFfoodsystems twitter.com/mandala_food/s…

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