Please consider spending 10-12 minutes taking this survey. It runs until 17 January, and three luxury farmhouse hampers worth £200 each are being offered as prizes in a draw for participants.
The AFN Network+ team has recently won another grant from BBSRC to drive forward best practices on EDI within research networks. The project is called Elevate: Elevating marginalised voices through EDI codesign, and will run for the next 12 months.
The AFN Network+ is offering a unique opportunity for early career researchers (ECRs) to make a real impact, grow professionally, and shape the future of the UK’s agri-food sector.
The AFN Network+ is excited to introduce our new Year Three Champions. The Champions bring a wealth of expertise from across the agri-food sector, with an emphasis on policy, technology & innovation, agricultural economy and nutrition.
What does the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget mean for farming, nature, land use and net zero? Emily Norton, our new Policy Champion for Land, Agriculture and Carbon, gives her analysis.
What does the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget mean for food, farming, health, and land use? Ali Morpeth, our Policy Champion on Food Systems, Health & Nutrition, ties it all together for us.
What does the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget mean for food and health? Ali Morpeth, our Policy Champion on Food Systems, Health & Nutrition, gives her analysis.
To mark World Food Day the AFN Network+ (UKRI Agri-food for Net Zero Network+) is proud to announce funding of more than £500,000 for 15 innovative projects which aim to support the UK agri-food sector through the transition to a net zero UK by 2050.
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new AFN Network+ website, containing key features which will help the Network fulfil its aims of fostering collaboration between members and sharing key insights and expert knowledge between those working towards net zero in agri-food.
We need to reframe land-use change in the UK, move away from net zero as the central goal, and talk to farmers more about their livelihoods. These are some of the key messages from Chris Stark, one of the country’s best known and most senior civil servants working on climate policy.
The AFN Network+ scenarios made it to the Glastonbury Festival , as part of the UKRI research project, TRAnsforming the DEbate about livestock systems (TRADE). Their stand at Glastonbury extended its focus to encompass broader aspects of food sustainability under the banner of ‘Feeding the Future.’
Are you committed to driving progress towards achieving net zero through the agri-food system by 2050? Do you have expert practice, knowledge and know-how in agri-food? We are looking for six Champions to bring their expertise from industry, academia and the public sector and from any point in the agri-food system to lead a series […]
