A new alliance of excellence has been set up in Scotland to tackle the global challenge to feed a growing world population.
Date:
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
Source:
Farmers Weekly
The Scottish Food Security Alliance-Crops draws together expertise from the Universities of Aberdeen and Dundee and the James Hutton Institute - to create a critical mass of internationally-recognised excellence in crop science, soil science, environmental modelling, and human nutrition.
Researchers from different disciplines will work together to tackle the challenges of sustainable food production, the depletion of natural resources including productive land, water and nutrients, and the impacts of climate change on society.
The Alliance was formally launched at The Royal Highland Show, Ingliston by the chief executive of Scotland Food and Drink, James Withers. Commenting on the initiative Mr Withers said: "As Scotland looks to produce more with less resources it has never been more important for our leading universities and research institutes to collaborate.
"The food and drink industry needs armed with emerging science and understanding. With that, we'll play our part in rising to the food security challenge and, in so doing, secure economic success for Scotland too."
Read the full article in Farmers Weekly here.
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