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Food Security - UK and Global Perspectives


Rustat 11 September 2014


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Thursday 11 September 2014

Leading academics in the field of Food Security joined senior decision makers from industry and government for a one-day roundtable conference at Jesus College, Cambridge.

A broad agenda was covered and a report on this conference is available here

Agenda topics included: - GMOs and the future of biotechnology - controversial science?
- Supply: will growing more provide more food security?
- Demand: feeding a growing world population healthily – the policy challenges
- Threats to UK public health from poor diet - whose responsibility is this?
- Sustainable production, consumption and waste
- The Water Crisis and feeding the world
- Climate change, energy and Food Security

For more information on the Rustat Conferences please contact us via info@rustat.org