Early warning tool will help control huge locust swarms
19 Dec 2024A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and Asia.
The task of ensuring affordable access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food for all is one of the major challenges of the 21st century.
Global timber supply threatened as climate change pushes cropland northwards
29 Aug 2024Climate change will move and reduce the land suitable for growing food and timber, putting the production of these 2 vital resources into direct competition, a new study has found.
Pork labelling schemes ‘not helpful’ in making informed buying choices, say researchers
11 Apr 2024Farmers don’t have to choose between lowering environmental impact and improving welfare for their pigs, a new study has found: it is possible to do both. But this is not reflected in the current food labelling schemes relied on by consumers.
Fish fed to farmed salmon should be part of our diet, too, study suggests
20 Mar 2024The public are being encouraged to eat more wild fish, such as mackerel, anchovies and herring, which are often used within farmed salmon feeds. These oily fish contain essential nutrients including calcium, B12 and omega-3 but some are lost from our diets when we just eat the salmon fillet.
Farm to factories
15 Mar 2024Cambridge Zero collaborates with Cambridge Global Food Security Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) and the University of Cambridge Decarbonisation Network for two research events in March 2024 that look at industry decarbonisation and food security.
A habitable planet for healthy humans
13 Dec 2023Cambridge Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the connections between planetary and public health.
Cost to protect globally important forests falls disproportionately on those living closest
17 Aug 2023Local communities are not incentivised to protect tropical forests that are hugely valuable for global climate regulation, a new study has found. International funding could help smallholder farmers to boost yields on their existing land to incentivise long-term forest protection.
Companies’ zero-deforestation commitments have potential to halve cattle-driven deforestation in Brazilian Amazon
20 Apr 2023Study shows better adoption and implementation of company supply chain policies for Brazilian beef and leather could significantly reduce carbon emissions
Small-scale octopus fisheries can provide sustainable source of vital nutrients for tropical coastal communities
26 Jan 2023Undernourished coastal communities in the tropics - where children’s growth can be stunted by a lack of micronutrients – can get the vitamins and minerals they need from sustainable small-scale octopus fisheries, say researchers.
Companies’ ‘deforestation-free’ supply chain pledges have barely impacted forest clearance in the Amazon
28 Oct 2022More companies must make and implement zero-deforestation supply chain commitments in order to significantly reduce deforestation and protect diverse ecosystems, say researchers.
