2023

News from 2023

A tax on antimicrobial drugs for livestock animals could help mitigate the rise of drug resistance while raising revenue, a modelling study indicates.

Global Academy researcher joins team advising global initiative on economic challenges linked to antimicrobial resistance.

Document summarises current situation and details how to manage threat of outbreaks.

Soaring energy and fertiliser prices will be the biggest factors affecting food prices in future decades, modelling analysis shows.

Professor Marion Nestle joins Q&A to reflect on recognition for influential career in food studies.

Review of EAT-Lancet Commission’s report impact sets out direction of travel for studies into sustainable, healthy diets.

Research reveals how an influence of worldviews and values shape stakeholders’ perspectives towards developing a more sustainable livestock sector.

Planetary Health degree seeks to equip graduates to address global issues threatening human, environmental and economic wellbeing.

Symposium gathers experts to focus on key challenges in antimicrobial use and resistance in livestock and aquaculture.

Children are negatively affected when their parents work in farming, and this could be addressed by interventions in child care and women’s empowerment.

Nutrition experts offer guidelines for action at local levels to support healthy diet and weight across populations.

A leading specialist in veterinary public health and population medicine has been appointed as the new Head of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.

Beef can be part of the solution to sustainably feeding a growing global population, researchers suggest.

Small-scale livestock agriculture supports nutrition and health in young children and women, a wide-ranging review shows.

Effective disease management, responsible antimicrobial medicine use, and socioeconomic factors influence antibiotic resistance in European livestock.

International initiative helps early career scientists develop their skills in studying infectious diseases.

Experts highlight the importance of the traditions of sustainable resource use efficiency in smallholder farming, and identify areas for innovation.

Renewed Memorandum of Understanding creates research alliance to transform food systems and enhance sustainable livestock production.

A group of UK universities has collaborated on a research strategy to respond to major challenges faced by the agriculture sector.

Empowering women farmers in low and middle-income countries can lead to greater crop diversity – helping to improve year-round supply of healthy foods.