New strategy to tackle bovine TB in England
10 Jun 2026A new strategy published today sets out a clear, practical plan to achieve Officially Bovine TB-Free status in England by 2038, backed by an ambition to deploy a cattle vaccine by 2030.
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AI weather forecasting initiative to strengthen climate resilience in West Africa
22 Jan 2026A new initiative will harness the latest advances in artificial intelligence for weather prediction, with a goal of improving climate resilience and food security in West Africa.
Cambridge researchers awarded £7.5 million to build programmable plants
02 Jun 2025Two groups involving researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Plant Sciences are among nine teams to have been awarded funding today from the UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA)’s Synthetic Plants programme.
Snakes in potted olive trees ‘tip of the iceberg’ of ornamental plant trade hazards
17 Jan 2025 Invasive pests are slipping unnoticed into northern Europe in huge shipments of cut flowers and potted plants, say researchers, with potential to damage food crops and the natural environment
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Global timber supply threatened as climate change pushes cropland northwards
29 Aug 2024Climate change will move and reduce the land suitable for growing food and timber, putting the production of these two vital resources into direct competition, a new study has found.
Transition Live: Park Farm
14 May 2024 University of Cambridge's Park Farm hosted one of the most important new agricultural events on the UK farming calendar this month.
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Fish bellies, fava beans and food security
05 Apr 2024 Cambridge Zero and Cambridge Global Food Security gather academics and experts to share solutions for the planet’s looming food production problem.
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Farm to factories
15 Mar 2024 Cambridge Zero collaborates with Cambridge Global Food Security Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) and the University of Cambridge Decarbonisation Network for two research events in March 2024 that look at industry decarbonisation and food security.
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Celebrating Women in STEM
11 Feb 2024 To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science , two of our academics speak about their research careers and how they ended up using their STEM interests to tackle climate change.
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Meet Cambridge's mussel man
10 Aug 2023 How new ways of shellfish farming could help meet future food needs.
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