The GCRF AFRICAP programme is coming to an end in March 2022. Helen Coskeran who worked as programme support officer from 2018 to 2020 before taking over as programme manager reflects on what she has learnt during this process. AFRICAP is the largest GCRF grant led by the University of Leeds. Even for an institution …
Stephen Whitfield attended COP26 and presented his ideas on transformation on food systems. In this excerpt from an article originally published on the University of Leeds site, he highlights the work done in this field and the long road ahead: Agriculture has risen the UNFCCC agenda in recent years, perhaps catalysed, to some extent, by …
The integrated Future Estimator for Emissions and Diets (iFEED) is more than a modelling framework. Dr Stewart Jennings unpacks how iFEED models future food production and nutrition, putting people at the centre of projections.
By Mantoe Phakathi for GCRF-AFRICAP Crop breeders should make use of climate information to develop seed varieties that will adapt to future environmental conditions in Southern Africa, researchers urge. Research projections show that, three decades from now, the Southern Africa region will be warmer than before and farmers will not be able to get any …
Sustainable and environmentally-friendly pest control could save billions of tonnes of crops every year. University of Leeds researchers Dr Steve Sait and Dr Stephen Whitfield explore GCRF-AFRICAP research and ask: how can we help farmers get fair access?