Food security: An overview of stakeholder activities

Prepared by UKCDS, this working paper provides an overview of the main UK activities focussing on food security and the main stakeholders involved in food security related research.

The following initiatives and organisations are examined:

• Food Strategy Task Force
• Food Research Sub-Group
• Food Vision Sub-Group
• Global Food Market Sub-Group
• Communications Sub-Group
• Cross-Government Strategy for Food Research and Innovation
• Food Research Partnership
• Global Food and Farming Futures (Foresight Centre)
• Land Use Futures (Foresight Centre)
• Council of Food Policy Advisors (Defra)
• Assessment of UK Food Security (Defra)
• All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development
• Food Group (DFID)
• Consultation on "Future directions in research relating to food security" (BBSRC)
• Future Agriculture Consortium (IDS)
• Food Policy Research Programme (ODI)
• Food and Environment Research Agency
• International Agri-Technology Centre
• Two cross-research council and government programmes (Living With Environmental Change and Global Uncertainties) cover the issue of food security from a broad, multidisciplinary perspective.
• Chatham House
• The Wellcome Trust
• Medical Research Council - Collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research
• The London International Development Centre (LIDC) and to provide linkages with the IATC/UKCDS Agri-Food Science directory