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Finding the global solution to food security: sustainable productivity 24 February 2010

Finding the global solution to food security: sustainable productivity

Food security and the pressure it places on land use and management is fast becoming one of the defining issues of our time. The equation is simple: based on population forecasts and current crop yields, global food production needs to increase 50 per cent in the next 30 years.

Food Security Case study • The Gallagher Review
24 February 2010

Food Security Case study • The Gallagher Review

Tension over land use is brought into sharp focus by the conflicting demands of food and energy security.To inform policy, the Government set up the Gallagher Review to assess the indirect effects of biofuel production on land use, greenhouse gas emissions, food production and socio-economics.

Reports available on impacts of changing pesticide availability: arable and forage crops
09 October 2009

Reports available on impacts of changing pesticide availability: arable and forage crops

ADAS has a series of projects assessing the impacts of changing availability of pesticides. This follows changes to EU Regulations including revision of 91/414/EEC and the Water Framework Directive.

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ADAS helps secure industry skills for the future
08 March 2010

ADAS helps secure industry skills for the future

ADAS has teamed up with the University of Warwick to offer a postgraduate course in sustainable crop production – designed to address a shortage of specialists investigating solutions to food...

Safeguarding food security and meeting societal demands
24 February 2010

Safeguarding food security and meeting societal demands

Ensuring our future food security is arguably the most pressing challenge facing mankind today. It is also one of the most complicated because it is intertwined with so many other...

Producing food and protecting the environment
24 February 2010

Producing food and protecting the environment

Food production has a complex and inextricable relationship with the natural environment. Some inputs are extracted from natural sources and require little or no processing, like water; meanwhile others are...

The Government vision for a sustainable & secure food system for 2030
23 February 2010

The Government vision for a sustainable & secure food system for 2030

Food 2030, the Government’s new food strategy, is the first of its kind in over 50 years. It sets out a vision of what we want the food system...

Report highlights farmers' role in significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions
13 October 2009

Report highlights farmers' role in significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions

With greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from agriculture representing a significant percentage of UK emissions, a new report produced by leading environmental consultants ADAS, recommends that a number of small inexpensive...