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Scholarship programme builds bridges between farmers and leading researchers
Imperial and Sainsbury's have launched a scholarship to help farmers tackle challenges on the ground by partnering with academics and industry.
Festival will get off to a tasty start with science breakfast
Cereal crop researchers will be discussing their work over coffee and croissants at a science breakfast in the run up to the Imperial Festival.
Imperial bee expert gives his take on latest research on harm from insecticides
As new research provides more evidence that insecticides can harm bees, Hayley Dunning has been talking bees with Imperial expert Dr Richard Gill.
Worming our way towards sustainable intensification: No-till farming in the UK
Land degradation is a serious issue. This blog looks at impact of Conservation Agriculture in the UK and Australia.
Green Meets Brown: The Many Colours of a Food Revolution
What colour is your food revolution? Gordon Conway's new blog is out now on Huffington Post.
http://huff.to/1lau9Xc
Feeding the world: new PhDs aim to help increase sustainable food production
Thirteen PhD students will join Imperial in October to devise ways of making food production sustainable, in a new training initiative with industry.
Nouveau rapport de la Commission Montpellier
Le nouveau rapport de la Commission Montpellier en francais
Research into bacteria could lead to improved fertilisers
New research suggests that it should be possible to influence how bacteria manage nitrogen, in order to create better fertilisers for crops.
Linking Smallholder Farmers to Markets in Africa
This event will launch two new reports which provide practical, real-life examples of linking smallholder farmers in Africa to markets.
Agriculture for Impact side event at UN FAO Committee on World Food Security
The 2013 plenary sessions focused primarily on three themes: investing in smallholders, biofuels and responsible agricultural investment.
