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Temperate matters in agriculture

  • Date: 28 November 2016
  • Author(s): Evangelia Kougioumoutzi

Most of the world’s food is produced in temperate zones. The Global Food Security programme’s Evangelia Kougioumoutzi reports on the TempAg Network.

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Food, business and the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Date: 16 May 2016
  • Author(s): Evangelia Kougioumoutzi

How can industry and academia collaborate to meet defined 21st century challenges? The Global Food Security programme’s Evangelia Kougioumoutzi reports from a GFS workshop on the topic.

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Where was food in the COP21 Paris Agreement?

  • Date: 4 April 2016
  • Author(s): Tim Benton and Bojana Bajželj

Failure to tackle food demand could make 1.5°C limit unachievable. Global Food Security programme Champion Tim Benton and Bojana Bajželj from WRAP explain.

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Choosing food: consumption and the carbon footprint

  • Date: 7 March 2016
  • Author(s): Arianna Psichas

How can we nudge people to eat more healthily and sustainably? University of Cambridge’s Arianna Psichas reports from the Global Food Security programme’s Policy Lab on sustainable nutrition.

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Roundup ready: food security from 2015 into 2016

  • Date: 11 January 2016
  • Author(s): Tim Benton

Global Food Security programme Champion Tim Benton reviews the year and looks ahead to 2016.

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What transforming food systems means for policy: from ideas to action

  • Date: 28 October 2019
  • Author(s): Kelly Parsons

The principle of joined-up food policy has been circulating for at least twenty years, but now is the time to put it into practice, says Dr Kelly Parsons (City University of London).

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Winners of the 2019 Policy Lab on emerging food trends announced

  • Date: 4 December 2019

The winning team of this year’s Policy Lab on emerging food trends will be awarded £5000 to write a report on “Are we ready for a plant-based diet?”, for publication in 2020.

Read more - Winners of the 2019 Policy Lab on emerging food trends announced

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