Food Security
Food security is an increasingly important, multi-faceted issue. There are numerous view points, and some of these are highlighted in the documents that can be reached on the links below. An important aspect of food security is the minimisation and exploitation of waste material from the agri-food chain, whilst enhancing the production and delivery of safe and nutritious foods.
Background Reports
BBSRC Bioscience behind secure harvests
BBSRC Food Security webpages www.foodsecurity.ac.uk
Defra Food Security and the UK: An Evidence and Analysis Paper, December 2006
Defra Ensuring the UK's Food Security in a Changing World - a Defra discussion paper, July 2008
Defra UK Food Security: Our Approach August 2009
Defra UK Food Security: Detailed Analysis August 2009
FAO report The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2006 - published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
Institute for Social Ecology, Austria / Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research report Eating the Planet: Feeding and fuelling the world sustainably, fairly and humanely – a scoping study, November 2009
RuSource briefing on Food Security produced by Alan Spedding in association with the Arthur Rank Centre, June 2008
Reaping the benefits: Science and the sustainable intensification of global agriculture - published by the Royal Society, Oct 2009
Food Security and Sustainability: The perfect fit - a position paper published by the Sustainable Development Commission, July 2009
