agriculture

Grantham Scholar Tinashe Mawodza reflects on a Journal Club discussion about cross-species gene movement. Specifically, he explores how this idea challenges scientific dogma and has implications for food security. In recent years, many conclusions and dogmas in molecular genetics have been dispelled. Many of these developments have been inspired by […]

Grantham Scholar Peter Venn introduced plant senescence and crop productivity at this week’s Journal Club.

At this week’s Journal Club, Grantham Scholar Hannah Sewell introduced the group to seed banks. And they also looked at […]

Grantham Scholars discuss the possibilities offered by integrated soil-crop system management in a Journal Club session led by Grantham Scholar […]

For Journal Club Grantham Scholar Cecilie Dyngeland led a discussion on a paper about global food production and nutrition.  Measuring […]

Grantham Scholar Monica Ortiz introduces sustainable intensification of agriculture and explains how it might to help feed a growing population. […]

Grantham Scholar James Lambert introduces a letter published in Nature about a key question facing agriculture: to till or not […]

Journal Club was led by Grantham Scholar Emanga Alobwede who introduces the use algae as biofertilisers in agriculture.  The article […]

Grantham Scholar Fiona Graham introduces the complexities of healthy diets and sustainability, including the difficulty of good data and unforeseen […]

Grantham Scholar Monica Ortiz reflects on the important role that climate data plays in food security research. Extreme climate events […]