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Charitable food provision is growing, and more and more people are being fed by food banks and other initiatives. The press and TV have debated the legitimacy of such provision and highlighted the number…
Resource-intensive agriculture, despite its productivity, nevertheless has failed to feed the world’s current population, never mind the nine billion people expected by 2050. This system that currently…
How much would you pay for staying alive? How much would you pay for breathing pure air? That may seem a silly question since air is everywhere, accessible to all. Air is a global public good, part of…
New research has shown that garlic supplements in the diets of fish can keep fanged parasites at bay. Parasites can endanger…
The launch of the lab-bred “meat” in London was a masterly act of timing, theatre, and media management. But now that rabbit is out of the hat, there are questions that need to be asked, and answers that…
When “the world’s first laboratory-grown burger” was unveiled, cooked and eaten last week, the story received saturation news coverage. But was it really the first? Or was this story served up to a ravenous…
In his essay “Fifty Years Hence”, Winston Churchill speculated, “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable…
In recent weeks Australia’s PM, a shadow minister, and a state premier have heralded the opportunities for Australian farmers to capitalise on a global food-shortage and, in particular, rising demand for…
We need to stop thinking about food security as an economic problem. Food security is largely discussed in terms of increasing demand pressures and worsening constraints on supply. These discussions miss…
Food policy experts hoping for tangible outcomes to address an escalating food crisis among developing countries have been disappointed by the outcomes of last week’s first-ever meeting of G20 agriculture…
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Senior Research fellow, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Food Policy, City St George's, University of London
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Researcher in the Food Security Program at the Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney
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PhD student, University of Buckingham
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland
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Doctoral Researcher on food governance. Centre of Philosophy of Law, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University
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Professor of Food and Social Policy, University of Warwick
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Professor, Charles Sturt University
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Dosen Tetap Bidang Politik Pemerintahan dan Kebijakan Publik, Politeknik STIA LAN Jakarta
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Senior Fellow at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Studies (AIES), non-resident fellow in the Economics and Energy Program at the Middle East Institute (MEI) and Professor, Universidad de Navarra
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Deputy Director of the HUMLOG (Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research) Institute, Hanken School of Economics
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researcher, University of Cape Town
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PhD, Political Economy, Macquarie University