Global Food Security: Recent Episodes
Cambridge University
Global food security is a major research priority for UK and international science. The University of Cambridge Strategic Research Initiative in Global Food Security aims to integrate research ongoing across the various university Schools and Departments, to improve our understanding of the challenges of food security, and to develop solutions.
Image courtesy of CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Bhavani Shankar (SOAS, University of London) Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA programme)
Theresa Marteau (Behaviour and Health Research Unit, Cambridge) Intervening to change dietary behaviour to improve population and planetary health
Anastasia Orfanidou (Architecture, Cambridge) Waste(s)Mart: The benefits of local food recycling
Gina Porter (Anthropology, Durham) David Bright (Oxfam) Representative of Vodafone m-PesaTM project
Nazia Habib-Minz (University of Cambridge) Climate Change and Food
Katrin Glatzel (Agriculture for Impact, Imperial College) African Agriculture
Ian Hardy (Entomophagy, University of Nottingham) Eating Insects
Nigel Maxted (University of Birmingham) Crops for the Future
Rebecca Di Mambro (Retail Brand Manager, LEON)
Panel and audience discussion, chaired by Rob Doubleday, with Lynn Dicks, Gemma Cranston, Lara Allen and Steve Wearne on the panel.