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Results 76 to 80 of 85 in all schools for agriculture

Multiplication of pineapple to improve food security- a key goal of the new World Bank funded Africa Centre of Excellence at BUK

Lindsay Stringer and Uche Okpara visited Bayero University, Kano (BUK) from 2-7 February 2018, following an invitation from the BUK Vice Chancellor Muhammad Yahuza Bello.

The University of Leeds is contributing to ensure greater resilience of the UK's food supply

Dr Julia Martin-Ortega (Earth and Environment) and Dr Miller Alonso Camargo-Valero (Civil Engineering) have been awarded one of the five projects funded by the UK’s Global Food Security programme.

Image of drylands

By using very high resolution satellite imagery available through the Google Earth platform, they found an additional 467 million hectacres of forest in the world's drylands.

Dr Yun Yun Gong has joined the School as Associate Professor in International Food Safety and Security.

Chitedze Agricultural Research Station. Credit: Andy Dougill

Climate change impacts are being felt the world over, but nowhere more so than sub-Saharan Africa.