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On 24 January the Government published the Foresight report on Global Food and Farming Futures. This highlights the measures required to be able to feed a growing population and the challenges of farming in a changing climate.

BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme visited ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Crop Centre to interview Dr Rosemary Collier, Director of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Crop Centre, and geneticist Dr Graham Teakle to discuss how research is tackling some of the problems raised by the report.

(The Crop Centre item starts at 6:34 mins)

The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has announced that Dr Rosemary Collier is to take up the role of Research Director of the University’s Crop Centre in October.

The creation of the Crop Centre, formed as part of ¹û¶³´«Ã½’s formation of a School of Life Sciences, follows extensive consultation with stakeholders representing the agricultural and horticultural industries, as well as UK government departments and relevant research councils.  The centre will draw on the support of funding bodies and industrial partners to deliver high quality translational crop and environmental research that will be valued by land-based industries. It will help position ¹û¶³´«Ã½ at the heart of the food security research agenda, an issue of increasing importance throughout the world.