Global Food Security Strategic Plan

Policies and strategies

Global Food Security Strategic Plan

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Date: January 2017

This document describes the GFS programme’s strategy, including its three programme themes and a number of interdisciplinary research priorities that would benefit from a food systems approach.

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BBSRC website accessibility policy

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Date: September 2013

BBSRC is committed to ensuring that its websites are accessible to everyone. People access the web in many different ways and BBSRC promotes inclusion for all, regardless of disability, capability or technology.

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Latest blog post

Shocks to the food system: Building a prediction engine for policy

Date: 25 January 2019
Author(s): Valeria Shumaylova and Aled Jones

Valeria Shumaylova (University of Cambridge) and Aled Jones (Anglia Ruskin University) describe the rationale behind their recent project exploring data science techniques to study the link between food production shocks, food prices and food riots.

Launch of new report on transformative innovation in the food system

Date: 18 January 2019

A new report published by the multi-agency Global Food Security (GFS) programme highlights how disruptive innovation is needed to transform the UK food system.

C L O S E S S U N D A Y! Finalists from a variety of research backgrounds will be invited to attend a 2 day masterclass in research communication in London on 14-15 March 2019. The winner will present at Cheltenham Science Festival 2019! ow.ly/TqBQ30nKXP4 pic.twitter.com/UMDl9LGXR7

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89% of poll respondents at #ofc2019 were positive about the ability of publicly-funded research and innovation to make a difference to agriculture. Our Food System Resilience Programme contributes to this, as mentioned in the science talk by @UKRI_CEO foodsecurity.ac.uk/research/ pic.twitter.com/P20pMg9zZH

About 3 weeks ago

New blog alert! Dr Shumaylova and @aledjones_gsi discuss the need for new data science techniques to understand the link between scarcity/stability of natural resources, food price spikes and extreme social responses such as riots: bit.ly/2UsTzGj pic.twitter.com/TpFj46jHmO

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📢 NOW OPEN! 📢 Calling all @UKRI_News funded PhD students and post-docs, our Speak Up for Food Security competition is now open! The winner will present with us & BBC presenter @AdamRutherford at @CheltSciFest 2019! #scicomm #research #phd #ecrc 👇 foodsecurity.ac.uk/activities… pic.twitter.com/2HkNxyET8l

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UK-based PhD students and Postdocs working in #FoodSecurity-related research - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN for our brand new #SciComm competition with a #FoodSystem focus, #SpeakUpForFoodSecurity! Deadline 24th Feb, for more info and to apply visit bit.ly/2SapbTz pic.twitter.com/BaanjEKwuv

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