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

In Praise of the Humble Pollinator

Date: 18 June 2018
Author(s): Eleanor O'Kane

For National Insect Week, Dr Tom Breeze from Modelling Landscapes for Resilient Pollination Services in the UK project, part of our Food Systems Resilience Programme, shares how bees are vital to global food security.

UK agriculture benefits from nearly £2 million support towards sustainability improvement

Date: 21 June 2018

With a rapidly increasing global population set to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 coupled with environmental change, the challenge of feeding the world has never been greater. Making UK farming more resilient and sustainable will improve the UK’s ability to feed itself, while also benefitting the global food system more broadly.

Around 1/3 of global crop production comes from insect-pollinated crop - so let’s celebrate the humble bee for National Insect Week! Read more about why bees are so important for global food security @insectweek #NIW2018 #foodsecurity #bees ow.ly/sgjL30kxGl2 pic.twitter.com/zeghKHQRo7

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Our GFS resilience programme project BananEx @DanBebber features in an article on the potential for gene editing to develop resilient versions of the Cavendish banana theguardian.com/global-develo…

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New GCRF funding pre-announcement: interdisciplinary research across the agriculture - food - nutrition - health pathway #FoodSystems bbsrc.ukri.org/funding/filter…

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It is possible to grow good strawberries with less water - one of many sustainable solutions for the fruit industry #foodresilience twitter.com/bbsrc/status/1…

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How safe is our food supply? Dr John Ingram will be @CheltSciFest this afternoon answering the question and talking all things food systems: ow.ly/mZuI30knONW #foodsecurity

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