Chris Collins from the Soil Research Centre reviews the actions and intentions of an ongoing research programme.
Tag: biodiversity
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.
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Food Systems Research Programme Outlines Multiple Approaches to Resilience
- Date: 1 December 2021
The Resilience of the UK Food System in a Global Context (GFS FSR) research programme, launched in 2016 by the Global Food Security programme, has outlined multiple approaches to enhancing resilience in its final programme report.
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