Articles

Wheat provides around a fifth of the world’s daily calories and protein. And in some countries, it accounts for half of the calories consumed.

Our insects are in decline and under growing threat but comprehensive genetic sequencing and new farming regulations could mark a turning point.

Millions of people around the world rely on farmed fish as a critical source of nutrition - and, as our global population grows, so does the need to improve the productivity of aquaculture.

Fungal attacks on the world’s most important crops are one of the biggest threats to food security, with their impact likely to worsen as temperatures rise and fungi expand their range.

With the growing spread of a new strain of Panama disease, which is devastating banana crops, there is an urgent need to boost their resilience - and potentially apply the same approach to protect other vulnerable crops.

Kate Denning-James writes about her recent trip to Colombia, where she had the opportunity to gain local knowledge, practical experience, and build links between EI and some of our South American collaborators tackling food security.