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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SFN Annual Meeting 2019
This year we will be holding this on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manchester. Our meeting will consist of two days filled with talks from expert speakers, interactive sessions and a chance to hear about the projects we’ve been involved in over our three year term. We have now reached capacity for the event but you can find out more including how to be added to our waiting list on our Annual Meetings page New Blog Post - Flying to the Rescue! Visit our blog page to find out how this SFN Scoping Project has been demonstrating how specially-equipped drones could soon help small holder farmers control one of the deadliest killers of coffee plants. SFN Scoping Project first to use STFC research greenhouse Dr Manoj Menon and colleagues have been working with ISIS using neutrons to map the root structure of wheat plants in life-like soil conditions for the first time. The researchers also returned to study rice, with the help of a new research greenhouse on the IMAT beamline. Find out more here |
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:
