Food Security
Food Security
Our research is at the forefront of agritech innovation, food supply chains, consumer behaviour, policy and health. We provide leading experts for securing the future of agriculture globally. This network brings together relevant research in climate adaptation, fertiliser production, overdosing of vitamin A, post-harvest food loss, land degradation and many others.
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Unintentional Overdosing of Vitamin A
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
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Sustainable Use of Potassium for Feeding the World
- Goal 1: No Poverty
- Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
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Climate-smart Agriculture in South Asia
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Goal 13: Climate Action
Team
Our partners
- Bill & Melinda Gates FoundatioN, USA
- IAEA
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
- Penn State University, USA
- University of California, Davis, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, USA
Newcastle University staff
Dr Martin Cooke
Director Postgraduate Studies
Email: martin.cooke@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5313
Dr Julia Cooper
Lecturer in Soil Science
Email: julia.cooper@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 6883
Professor Robert Edwards
Emeritus Professor
Telephone: 0191 208 6869
Dr Alistair Ford
Lecturer in Geospatial Data Analytics and Policy Academy Fellow
Email: alistair.ford@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7121
Dr Nathan Forsythe
Newcastle University Research Fellow
Email: nathan.forsythe@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6875
Professor Hayley Fowler
Professor of Climate Change Impacts
Email: hayley.fowler@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7113
Professor Lynn Frewer
Professor of Food & Society
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8272
Professor Oliver Heidrich
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6563
Professor Alexandra Hughes
Dean of Research & Innovation
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5176
Professor Georg Lietz
Professor of International Nutrition
Email: georg.lietz@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6893
Dr Elisa Lopez-Capel
Senior Lecturer in Soil Science
Email: elisa.lopez-capel@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6928
Professor David Manning
Professor of Soil Science
Email: david.manning@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6610
Dr Luca Panzone
Senior lecturer in Consumer Behaviour
Email: luca.panzone@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1912083594
Dr Marion Pfeifer
Associate Professor, Landscape Ecology and Management
Email: marion.pfeifer@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 20 85626
Professor Mark Reed
Prof of Socio-Technical Innovation
Email: mark.reed@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 07538082343
Dr Gavin Stewart
Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis
Dr Wendy Wrieden
Principal Research Associate
Email: wendy.wrieden@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5581
Dr Natalia Yakovleva
Senior Lecturer in International Business Strategy
Email: natalia.yakovleva@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)203 752 2448
Impact
Global Challenge
For food systems to be fit for purpose and sustainable they must transform to deliver the needs of populations that depend on them for survival. This is especially those most vulnerable to environmental challenges: climate change, drought, and flooding.
Our research in food systems is developing the innovative tools and technologies needed to:
- tackle food security
- prevent malnutrition
- address pesticide and herbicide resistance
- adapt to climate change
- conserve water resources
- combat land degradation
How we are making a difference
- working with communities in low to middle income countries to co-design research and co-produce knowledge in food systems using a multi-stakeholder approach
- preventing food waste and incorporating sustainability practices into food manufacturing
- using renewable energy to prevent post-harvest food losses and increase agricultural productivity
- low-input agriculture and targeted pest management using biopesticides
- tracking nutrient supply chains for feeding cities
Where we are having an impact
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Between abstract ethical discourse and the moral experience of Northern Cape farmers (2016). Environment and Planning A
Date Published: 17 October 2016 Read more -
Mobilizing the ethical consumer in South Africa (2015). Geoforum
Date Published: 17 July 2017 Read more -
Frequency of eating home cooked meals and potential benefits for diet and health: cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort study (2017)
Date Published: 17 August 2017 Read more -
A New Dryland Development Paradigm Grounded in Empirical Analysis of Dryland Systems Science (2017). Land Degradation and Development
Date Published: 14 February 2017 Read more -
A Place-Based Approach to Payments for Ecosystem Services (2017)
Date Published: 12 February 2017 Read more -
The need for formal evidence synthesis in food policy: A case study of willingness to pay (2017). Animals
Date Published: 10 March 2017 Read more -
Mineral supply for sustainable development requires resource governance (2017)
Date Published: 15 March 2017 Read more -
Transcriptome sequencing identifies novel persistent viruses inherbicide resistant wild-grasses (2017). Scientific Reports
Date Published: 06 February 2017 Read more