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Science has a crucial part to play in meeting the nutritional needs of a growing population whilst reducing the impact on the environment. Find out more about the Society’s past, current and future work
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Living Landscapes
Our current programme to inform a long-term vision for how the UK manages its land in a way that combines agricultural productivity and environmental stewardship.
Science for Defra conference
Nearly 300 academics, government scientists and policymakers met for an open discussion about how science and technology can best inform environmental, food and rural policy.
Genetic technologies
We conducted a public dialogue on genetic technologies: how they can and might be applied in agriculture, in industry, to conserve biodiversity and to improve health.
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- Food and environmental security
- Ammonia Emissions
- Research for a sustainable global food system
- Greenhouse Gas Removal
- Models of human and natural systems
- GM plants
- Sustainable intensification of agriculture
- Observing the earth
- Global population and consumption
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Closing the Gap Conference
Scientific discussion meeting reporting on innovative science and adoption of novel strategies that open new windows of opportunity for sustainable production intensification.
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The impact on biodiversity
Our synthesis of evidence on the impact of agricultural ammonia emissions on biodiveristy.
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Global Environmental Research Committee (GERC)
GERC is scanning UK research capability across a range of global issues. This includes what is needed to improve sustainability and build a secure and resilient food system.
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Greenhouse gas removal
Our 2018 report on active removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and their storage, produced in conjunction with the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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Modeling Earth's Future
A report produced with the National Academy of Sciences on integrated assessments of linked human-natural systems.
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GM plants: questions and answers
Explore information about genetically modified (GM) plants, with answers to 18 questions by expert independent scientists and an animation on the basic science of GM.
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Reaping the benefits
A report which examines the contribution of the biological sciences to food crop production.
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Observing the earth
Observing the Earth - Expert views on environmental observation for the UK.
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People and the Planet
This project was a major study investigating the links between global population and consumption, and the implications for a finite planet.
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Also of interest
Browse all reports and statements relating to Agriculture and food.
Browse related reportsFellows working in this area
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Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS
Elected 2007
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Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS
- Fellow
- Elected:2007
Professor Ottoline Leyser
Professor Ottoline Leyser aims to understand how plants adjust their growth and development to suit the environmental conditions in which they are growing.
She is Professor of Plant Development at the University of Cambridge and director of the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge.
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Sir Charles Godfray CBE FRS
Elected 2001
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Sir Charles Godfray CBE FRS
- Fellow
- Elected:2001
- Hope Professor of Entemology, Department of Zoology, University of OxfordProgram Director, University of Oxford
Professor Sir Charles Godfray
Charles Godfray is a population biologist with broad interests in the biological and environmental sciences, and in the interplay of science and policy. He is particularly fascinated by the food system and food security and the relationship between food production, the environment, and human health and well-being.
He is director of the Oxford Martin School and Professor of Population Biology at the University of Oxford.
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