"Business and academia join forces to tackle UK food security", 21 Oct 2014 

As competition over land use hots up and the global population keeps growing, the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) is experimenting with collaboration between agronomy experts and companies in the food supply chain. The non-profit NCUB…established a cross-sector taskforce in July 2013 to promote innovation and sustainability in the UK’s agri-food sector. Top of the group’s list for discussion is how UK universities might produce the calibre of graduates and research required to meet emerging food security challenges…To that end, the Food Economy Taskforce brings together leaders in both fields. The academic representatives on the 24-member steering committee include food experts from the Universities of Cambridge, Leeds, Dundee…The group is due to publish a list of policy recommendations and action points in February 2015… [Also refers to: Asda (part of Walmart), Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Syngenta]