Global food security

Solutions found during the current pandemic could benefit food security, human security, & international development.

As countries adopt different approaches, the question remains: how best to enact a lockdown without compromising critical food supply chains in the...

We are laying waste to the biosphere. If we're serious about saving millions of species, then it's our own that must change how it thinks about...

Once dismissed as ‘junk DNA’ that served no purpose, a family of ‘jumping genes’ found in tomatoes has the potential to accelerate crop breeding for...

From crop science to robotics, supply chains to economics, Cambridge University researchers are working with farmers and industry to sustainably...

Policies aimed at removing sweets and crisps from checkouts could lead to a dramatic reduction in the amount of unhealthy food purchased to eat ‘on-...

New findings suggest that more intensive agriculture might be the “least bad” option for feeding the world while saving its species – provided use of...

In a warehouse to the northeast of Cambridge are shelves upon shelves of trays teeming with maggots, munching their way through a meal of rotting...