We need research to develop a world-leading resilient food and farming system which enables the sector to grow and be more productive sustainably. Research and innovation will help champion trade of British food, produced to the highest environmental and animal welfare standards, in global markets. It will also maintain food safety, providing consumers with healthy, sustainable and affordable food choices.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The UK's land assets, and the goods and services they provide, are a finite and precious resource that is fundamental to our prosperity, and are intrinsically linked to our cultural heritage, and well-being. Over the nex...
Funded by: UKRI
Lead research organisation: UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY
The project addresses the changes that will affect the quality and availability of agricultural land and how these changes will affect UK's food and farming systems.
Feeding the rapidly growing global population in a sustainable way is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Addressing this will require a flexible mix of strategies, including minimising wasteful losses of foo...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: Rothamsted Research
The project focuses on achieving sustainable agricultural systems, which is relevant to understanding the changes that will affect the quality and availability of agricultural land and how these changes will affect UK's food and farming systems.
We will examine the challenge of delivering food security now and in the future on limited area, which will entail examining feedback interactions between land use change and food security dynamics. We will use the high ...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: University of Aberdeen
The project examines the challenge of delivering food security on limited land, which is partially relevant to understanding the changes that will affect the quality and availability of agricultural land and how these changes will affect UK's food and farming systems.