Predicting threats to food security
22 February 2023How mathematical modelling can prevent crop devastation and preserve livelihoods.
How mathematical modelling can prevent crop devastation and preserve livelihoods.
探花直播Global South may have most to lose from pollinator loss,聽with Latin America at particular risk due to crop exports and indigenous cultures.
In the heart of London there is a farm like no other. It's subterranean, sustainable and energy smart. It also has a digital twin looking out for its every need.
探花直播first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found that globalisation may be decreasing, rather than increasing, the security of global supply chains.
A new聽web portal to Cambridge 探花直播 Botanic Garden's聽entire living collection, 14,000 plants,聽aims to聽open access and fast-track urgent global research.
From crop science to robotics, supply chains to economics, Cambridge 探花直播 researchers are working with farmers and industry to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and profitability.聽
New findings suggest that more intensive agriculture might be the 鈥渓east bad鈥 option for feeding the world while saving its species 鈥 provided use of such 鈥渓and-efficient鈥 systems prevents further conversion of wilderness to farmland.
Contrary to public perception, die-offs in honeybee colonies are an agricultural not a conservation issue, argue Cambridge researchers, who say that manged honeybees may contribute to the genuine biodiversity crisis of Europe鈥檚 declining wild pollinators.
探花直播amount of antimicrobials given to animals destined for human consumption is expected to rise by a staggering 52% and reach 200,000 tonnes by 2030 unless policies are implemented to limit their use, according to new research.聽
Archaeological research shows that our prehistoric ancestors built resilience into their food supply. Now archaeologists say 鈥榝orgotten鈥 millet 鈥 a cereal familiar today as birdseed 鈥 has a role to play in modern crop diversity and in helping to feed the world鈥檚 population.