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Results 86 to 90 of 94 in all schools for agriculture

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.

Image Credit: Ruth Lawford-Rolfe

A new £6 million project led by the University of Leeds is predicted to bring a £50 million benefit to the Yorkshire economy by reducing the costs and impact of water-related threats to the region.