Welcome to the STFC Food Network +
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The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Food Network+ (SFN) brings together STFC researchers and facilities with research and industry in the agri-food sector. The SFN is building an interdisciplinary community working to provide a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high-quality food using less land, with reduced inputs, and in the context of global climate change and declining natural resources. The SFN is highlighting and developing key opportunities for the STFC community to make a meaningful contribution to the food system - from sustainable intensification, through building resilience in supply chains to novel technologies to engage consumers and help change behaviour and improve nutrition.
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The objectives of the SFN are:
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PhD Student wanted for next steps from SFN Scoping Project
Dr Jake Bishop and Prof Seb Oliver are looking for a student to take on this exciting new project - 'SimFarm 2030: An empirical, data driven, model for wheat cultivars and optimisation for future climate scenarios' Deadline for applications is 31/03/20 - Find out more on our opportunities page New PI for the Network! Further to the great news that our Network has been extended for a new 4 year term we are delighted that this has now officially been handed over to be led by Sonal Choudhary at the University of Sheffield from February 2020. Find out more on our News Page 'A change-point analysis of food price shocks' - Publication Following on from the success of Prof Aled Jones' Scoping Project 'Exploring novel techniques to assess food price shocks' Aled has now had this paper published in the 'Climate Risk Management' journal. Find out more on our news page |
What success means to us:
For us, a successful SFN would have instigated multiple new projects between STFC research and facilities and food research and industry, that would not have happened without the SFN. We would like the seed funding provided by the SFN to enable these projects to become self-sustaining beyond the SFN. We want the SFN to have built cross disciplinary communities who understand the skill sets and challenges facing each other, and which engage to solve agri-food problems.
Find out more:
In our Newcomer's Guide to the STFC Food Network+:
In our Newcomer's Guide to the STFC Food Network+:
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And by watching the video made at our launch meeting:
