BBSRC food security web site

Citation

(2010), "BBSRC food security web site", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 21 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2010.08321dab.006

BBSRC food security web site

Article Type: News from the net From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 21, Issue 4

The UK research council BBSRC has launched a new website to explore the issues around the looming challenge of feeding a global population predicted to reach nine billion by 2050, and the world-class UK research already under way to help avert a potential crisis. It will act as a multimedia resource with numerous social media features, and provides an introduction, to the food security issue.

The site includes background information on the food security agenda and facts and figures together with details about the impact of past research, current research activity and the scientific challenges ahead. At the centre of the website is a new multi-author blog – the first on the web dedicated to food security and related research in the UK. It will feature posts from authors across the food security field, including researchers, farmers, industry leaders, and consumers. Featuring an easy-to-use, no registration required comments section. The blog will be an online destination for comment and provocative debate about different views on food security and different approaches to feeding the growing world population. It is increasingly being recognised that meeting the food security challenge – delivering safe, affordable and nutritious food for a growing global population – will require a multidisciplinary research approach.

This web site has been designed to grow to reflect the number of disciplines beyond BBSRC science that will need to work together. Further details are available at: www.foodsecurity.ac.uk