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Global Food Security Workshop: Insects as Animal Feed

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GFS workshop: Insects as animal feed

Global Food Security Workshop: Insects as Animal Feed

  • Document Information: PDF 3MB
  • Date: October 2015

It is clear that a range of different approaches and sustainable sources will be needed to meet growing demands for protein-based animal feed, one option being use of insects. This workshop report examines the potential of insects as animal feed, exploring possible issues associated with rearing insects on an industrial scale, consumer acceptability and economic viability.

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Extreme weather and resilience of global food system

Extreme weather and resilience of the global food system

  • Document Information: PDF 3MB
  • Date: August 2015

This synthesis report presents evidence that the global food system is vulnerable to production shocks caused by extreme weather, and that this risk is growing. Preliminary analysis suggests that the risk of multi-breadbasket failure from extreme weather will triple, going from a 1-in-100 year event to a 1-in-30 year event by 2040. A number of recommendations are made to improve resilience of the food system.

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Climate and global crop production shocks

Resilience taskforce sub report – Annex A: Climate and global crop production shocks

  • Document Information: PDF 4MB
  • Date: August 2015

This report presents a set of scenarios for weather-driven production shocks that are plausible in the present or near future climate. This work highlights the risks extreme weather poses to global food production, recommending further investigation into the meteorological teleconnections between major food production regions and the probability of coincident shocks in multiple breadbaskets.

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Review of the responses to food production shocks

Resilience taskforce sub report – Annex B: Review of the responses to food production shocks

  • Document Information: PDF 3MB
  • Date: August 2015

Impacts of extreme weather-related food production shocks can be heightened by protective policy responses that further amplify price volatility and market shocks. Through data analysis, literature reviews and expert interviews this report puts forward potential government and market responses to food production shocks in major crops that might create a more resilient food system.

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Country level impacts of global grain production shocks

Resilience taskforce sub report – Annex C: Country Level Impacts of Global Grain Production Shocks

  • Document Information: PDF 3MB
  • Date: August 2015

This report examines the impacts of potential extreme weather-related shocks to global grain production at a country level. Key recommendations include encouraging countries to take measures to reduce their exposure to grain production shocks, and more public-private partnerships to play a role in lessening the impact.

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Extreme weather and resilience of global food system

Extreme weather and resilience of the global food system

  • Document Information: PDF 855KB
  • Date: August 2015

This document provides a visual summary of a weather-driven production shock scenario, fictional but plausible in the present or near future climate.

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Impacts from the GFS Programme

Impacts from the Global Food Security programme

  • Document Information: PDF 5MB
  • Date: July 2015

The GFS programme brings together funding agencies, government and business both domestically and internationally to address the food security challenge. We deliver impact and add value through agenda setting, focusing research priorities, coordination and collaboration, and through public engagement activities, examples of which are provided in this report.

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Facing the future together

Facing the future together

  • Document Information: PDF 2MB
  • Date: March 2015

Water is a critical resource under threat, so recognising the risks will be vital to understanding how water use will change in the upcoming years. This synthesis report is an amalgamation of key findings from the three water sub-reports, produced by GFS and the UK Water Partnership.

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Agriculture's impacts on water availability

Agriculture’s impacts on water availability

  • Document Information: PDF 3MB
  • Date: March 2015

This sub-report details discussions of an interdisciplinary working group, coordinated by GFS and the UK Water Partnership. Their work explored the tensions between water availability and food production in the UK, identifying future challenges, knowledge gaps and potential methods for easing the pressure on water resources.

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Agriculture's impacts on water quality

Agriculture’s impacts on water quality

  • Document Information: PDF 3MB
  • Date: March 2015

This sub-report details outcomes of an interdisciplinary working group, coordinated by GFS and the UK Water Partnership. Discussions focused on the routes by which high aspirations for environmental water quality could be balanced with significant growth in agricultural production, meeting food security and environmental objectives while providing viable livelihoods for farmers.

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