STFC Food Network+ Extension
Lead Research Organisation:
University of York
Department Name: The York Management School
Abstract
STFC Food Network+ (SFN 1.0 hereafter) brought together STFC researchers and facilities with research and industry in the agri-food sector (>700 members with >80 non-academia). The network has built an interdisciplinary community including NERC, ESRC and BBSRC-funded researchers, working to provide a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious and affordable high-quality food using less land, with reduced inputs, in the context of global climate change and declining natural resources. SFN 1.0 has kick-started innovative interdisciplinary projects providing key opportunities for the research community, industries and policy makers, making a meaningful contribution to the food system. It has supported over 40 small projects covering areas such as forecasting crop yields using SENTINEL data, radio astronomy; investigating the microstructure architecture of snacks and arsenic in rice using Diamond and ISIS facilities; assuring the authenticity of fruit juices and high value products such as avocadoes, packaged salads through Raman Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; predicting successful cattle pregnancy through IR Thermography and the application of Blockchains for food safety and cryogenics to food supply chains to reduce food waste.
STFC Food Network+ Extension (hereafter SFN 2.0) offers exceptional value to the STFC by building on and substantially extending existing investments on SFN 1.0 that have proven themselves highly capable of wide-ranging user engagement with STFC CAPABILITIES in (a) data science, (b) technology and (c) facilities for better understanding and addressing food challenges in via THEMES of (i) Sustainable production, (ii) Resilient supply chains and (iii) Improved Nutrition and Consumer Behaviours. Over the life of the SFN 2.0, it will galvanise the research community in the UK and beyond to deliver new models of interdisciplinary, co-designed, user-engaged research through a GIVE framework:
Globalisation: While continuing to have focus on STFC core capabilities in the UK, the SFN 2.0 would aim to create an impact by globalising STFC capabilities across the targeted international countries and widening Network+ membership and partnerships of SFN with global partners.
Impact-led projects: Leveraging on the innovative project initiation by SFN 1.0 (14 of which included industry participation) and its relations with multiple policy and business stakeholders, SFN 2.0 will provide platform to further realise impact on ground by co-developing and perhaps also co-funding impact-driven projects of national importance with non-academic beneficiaries. SFN 2.0 will also focus on new area of research in all the food themes including but not limited to smart farms, palm oil, aquaculture, permaculture, insects, cultured meat, innovative production systems such as hydroponics, vertical farming and food for space stations, food safety, transparency, diets for healthy ageing population, acceptance of new healthy/ innovative products, alternative proteins whilst reducing waste and demands on land, energy and water.
Visibility: While continuing to focus on increasing its visibility within the UK, SFN 2.0 would aim to highlight the core capabilities of STFC by leveraging on its expertise in high speed computing, thermal engineering, big data analytics, sensor technologies, Blockchain and other disruptive technologies internationally through regular knowledge exchange activities, partner visits, and STEM activities.
Early Career Enhancement: SFN 2.0 will engage early career researchers from STFC and food research to build capacity for long-term sustainability of SFN. Involve existing STFC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) as well as with food industry/ policy/ international organisations for providing secondment or internship opportunities to early career researchers (PhDs/ Post-doc/ Lecturers - both UK and international) in one of the SFN themes.
STFC Food Network+ Extension (hereafter SFN 2.0) offers exceptional value to the STFC by building on and substantially extending existing investments on SFN 1.0 that have proven themselves highly capable of wide-ranging user engagement with STFC CAPABILITIES in (a) data science, (b) technology and (c) facilities for better understanding and addressing food challenges in via THEMES of (i) Sustainable production, (ii) Resilient supply chains and (iii) Improved Nutrition and Consumer Behaviours. Over the life of the SFN 2.0, it will galvanise the research community in the UK and beyond to deliver new models of interdisciplinary, co-designed, user-engaged research through a GIVE framework:
Globalisation: While continuing to have focus on STFC core capabilities in the UK, the SFN 2.0 would aim to create an impact by globalising STFC capabilities across the targeted international countries and widening Network+ membership and partnerships of SFN with global partners.
Impact-led projects: Leveraging on the innovative project initiation by SFN 1.0 (14 of which included industry participation) and its relations with multiple policy and business stakeholders, SFN 2.0 will provide platform to further realise impact on ground by co-developing and perhaps also co-funding impact-driven projects of national importance with non-academic beneficiaries. SFN 2.0 will also focus on new area of research in all the food themes including but not limited to smart farms, palm oil, aquaculture, permaculture, insects, cultured meat, innovative production systems such as hydroponics, vertical farming and food for space stations, food safety, transparency, diets for healthy ageing population, acceptance of new healthy/ innovative products, alternative proteins whilst reducing waste and demands on land, energy and water.
Visibility: While continuing to focus on increasing its visibility within the UK, SFN 2.0 would aim to highlight the core capabilities of STFC by leveraging on its expertise in high speed computing, thermal engineering, big data analytics, sensor technologies, Blockchain and other disruptive technologies internationally through regular knowledge exchange activities, partner visits, and STEM activities.
Early Career Enhancement: SFN 2.0 will engage early career researchers from STFC and food research to build capacity for long-term sustainability of SFN. Involve existing STFC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) as well as with food industry/ policy/ international organisations for providing secondment or internship opportunities to early career researchers (PhDs/ Post-doc/ Lecturers - both UK and international) in one of the SFN themes.
Planned Impact
The main pathway to impact of the SFN 2.0 is to advance the existing SFN network and collaborations between STFC researchers and food researchers (including those in industry) to tackle problems in global food security: (1) Increasing Sustainable production, (2) Developing the Resilient supply chain, and (3) Improving nutrition and changing consumer behaviour. This network extension will focus on increased visibility and networking of the existing SFN, as well as improvement of SFN engagement for early career researchers and STEM students/teachers. At an early stage we will work to identify demand among participants for particular outputs and activities, and by mapping potential pathways to impact. Using the Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis method, we will take a systematic strategic approach to building robust and lasting communities of knowledge and practice and inspiring positive behaviour change.
While the core focus of SFN2.0 will remain in the UK, due to the international expansion of SFN 2.0 there will be new benefits to the international interdisciplinary research community; particularly to stakeholders and researchers in developing partner countries (e.g. starting with Thailand, Philippines, Ethiopia, Ghana). Benefits will be realised through international knowledge exchange, international showcase events, invited talks, sandpits, scoping and follow-on projects. This boarding of international partnerships and scope allows SFN2.0 to have positive impact on the research agenda for the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, especially 2. Zero Hunger; 3. Good Health and Wellbeing; 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities; 12. Responsible Consumption and Production; and 13. Climate Action.
The Impact and Outreach Manager (Reynolds, Sheffield) will co-ordinate (overseen by PI) Impact alongside structures and mechanisms already in place at the Investigator Universities to facilitate impact, including both public and business engagements, and commercialisation teams.
IMPACT OBJECTIVES are measurable and linked to Network objectives
1. Increased number of network members, including 1) Global, 2) Industry (Businesses and Policy), 3) STFC and 4) ECR members.
2. Increased number of STFC skills, facilities and, methods used within co-designed interdisciplinary collaborations and research projects.
3. Increased number of co-designed projects that address the priorities of 1) ISCF, UKRI, Innovate UK, Defra, FSA, Environment Agency and Department for International Trade, 2) the Sustainable Development goals. 3) civil society sector.
4. Increased numbers of skill-building and training opportunities. 1) in the UK, and 2) Internationally.
5. Increased citation and references to SFN 1.0 and 2.0 funded research and activities in policy documents (within UK and internationally).
6. Increased engagement with STEM ambassadors and schools events.
There is funding available to Network Management Group and Champions to hold activities and generate Impact.
ENGAGEMENT WITH INDUSTRY. This Network Extension has been co-designed to build on the ongoing SFN work with industry, and will expand the industrial network to global supply chains.
ENGAGEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT. This research has been co-designed in part to complement the UK Government strategies and commitments, and to provide specific evidence needs for Defra, FSA, HMRC, PHE etc.
ENGAGEMENT WITH UKRI. This research has been co-designed to be linked to existing other UKRI networks including BBSRC-Global Food Security, the ESRC Internet of Food Things Network Plus, AHRC US-UK Food Digital Scholarship network, Catapult, Agri-Tech Centres, Quadram Institute, and the UK Data Service. These links will ensure effective two-way knowledge exchange with UKRI organizations.
PLANNED ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS via existing gateway stakeholder networks including Defra, FSA, N8Agrifood, FCRN and FRC networks.
While the core focus of SFN2.0 will remain in the UK, due to the international expansion of SFN 2.0 there will be new benefits to the international interdisciplinary research community; particularly to stakeholders and researchers in developing partner countries (e.g. starting with Thailand, Philippines, Ethiopia, Ghana). Benefits will be realised through international knowledge exchange, international showcase events, invited talks, sandpits, scoping and follow-on projects. This boarding of international partnerships and scope allows SFN2.0 to have positive impact on the research agenda for the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, especially 2. Zero Hunger; 3. Good Health and Wellbeing; 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities; 12. Responsible Consumption and Production; and 13. Climate Action.
The Impact and Outreach Manager (Reynolds, Sheffield) will co-ordinate (overseen by PI) Impact alongside structures and mechanisms already in place at the Investigator Universities to facilitate impact, including both public and business engagements, and commercialisation teams.
IMPACT OBJECTIVES are measurable and linked to Network objectives
1. Increased number of network members, including 1) Global, 2) Industry (Businesses and Policy), 3) STFC and 4) ECR members.
2. Increased number of STFC skills, facilities and, methods used within co-designed interdisciplinary collaborations and research projects.
3. Increased number of co-designed projects that address the priorities of 1) ISCF, UKRI, Innovate UK, Defra, FSA, Environment Agency and Department for International Trade, 2) the Sustainable Development goals. 3) civil society sector.
4. Increased numbers of skill-building and training opportunities. 1) in the UK, and 2) Internationally.
5. Increased citation and references to SFN 1.0 and 2.0 funded research and activities in policy documents (within UK and internationally).
6. Increased engagement with STEM ambassadors and schools events.
There is funding available to Network Management Group and Champions to hold activities and generate Impact.
ENGAGEMENT WITH INDUSTRY. This Network Extension has been co-designed to build on the ongoing SFN work with industry, and will expand the industrial network to global supply chains.
ENGAGEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT. This research has been co-designed in part to complement the UK Government strategies and commitments, and to provide specific evidence needs for Defra, FSA, HMRC, PHE etc.
ENGAGEMENT WITH UKRI. This research has been co-designed to be linked to existing other UKRI networks including BBSRC-Global Food Security, the ESRC Internet of Food Things Network Plus, AHRC US-UK Food Digital Scholarship network, Catapult, Agri-Tech Centres, Quadram Institute, and the UK Data Service. These links will ensure effective two-way knowledge exchange with UKRI organizations.
PLANNED ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS via existing gateway stakeholder networks including Defra, FSA, N8Agrifood, FCRN and FRC networks.
Organisations
- University of York (Lead Research Organisation)
- IBM (Collaboration)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) (Collaboration)
- University of Portsmouth (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF READING (Collaboration)
- De La Salle University (Collaboration)
- Go Organics (Collaboration)
- Geospatial Information Institute Ethiopia (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Collaboration)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Nottingham Trent University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Gadjah Mada University (Collaboration)
- CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH (Collaboration)
- Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (Collaboration)
- Brunel University London (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- Sky Visual Imaging Venture Company Ltd (SKYVIV) (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER (Collaboration)
- Huduma Limited (Collaboration)
- Go4Fresh, India (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- Scotland's Rural College (Collaboration)
- University of Hull (Collaboration)
- Birkbeck, University of London (Collaboration)
- Thammasat University (Collaboration)
- University of the West of England (Collaboration)
- Mahidol University (Collaboration)
- Intellidigest Limited (Collaboration)
- Teesside University (Collaboration)
- Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) (Collaboration)
- University of Malawi (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- SWANSEA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- International Geographical Union (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- PDA Agri Industry and Social Enterprise Ltd (PASE) (Collaboration)
Publications
Varnasseri M
(2022)
Rapid detection and quantification of the adulteration of orange juice with grapefruit juice using handheld Raman spectroscopy and multivariate analysis.
in Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications
Varnasseri M
(2021)
Portable through Bottle SORS for the Authentication of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
in Applied Sciences
Subhanjan Sengupta
(2022)
Mitigating Post-Harvest Food Loss: Business Model in an Emerging Economy Context
Subhanjan Sengupta
(2022)
Business Model Framework for Reducing Loss and Waste of Fresh Produce in Vegetable Value Chain
Menon M
(2021)
Improved rice cooking approach to maximise arsenic removal while preserving nutrient elements.
in The Science of the total environment
Amori P
(2022)
Germination and growth of horticultural crops irrigated with reclaimed water after biological treatment and ozonation
in Journal of Cleaner Production
| Description | 21st Century Abattoir Review - Opportunities for Improving FSA's inspection process |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The FSA is currently in the process of implementing changes based on the report, which is intended to improve food safety regulation, enhance inspection procedures, and improve efficiency in the production of meat in the UK. |
| Description | EFRA: Written evidence submitted by the STFC Food Network+ 2.0 (COV0152) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | SFN Team published an article on: Written evidence submitted by the STFC Food Network+ 2.0 (COV0152) against EFRA's national consultation on the Impact of Covid 19 on Food Supply Chains. This evidence was based on the relationship we developed during 21st Century Abattoir Reviews with FBOs, FSA, and other regulatory bodies. |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/5487/pdf/ |
| Description | Food Standards Agency |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Digital Twin for FSA's inspection process highlighted the areas of inefficiency and provided alternative scenarios in a Digital Twin for Meat inspection process through deployment of technologies/ industry 4.0 and data science, resulting is more efficient deployment of resources. This finding further helped us secure an additional EPSRC funding with 2 Sisters Food Group to investigate their Net Zero actions at factory level. |
| URL | https://www.food.gov.uk/research/digital-twins-report-executive-summary |
| Description | Global Food Loss and Waste Tracker |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Impact | The Global Food Waste Tracker is an online platform designed to help households and businesses track food waste. An outcome of an SFN Scoping project, the tracker has been widely downloaded and used by industry to make households and businesses more sustainable. |
| URL | https://intellidigest.com/services/food-system-sustainability/food-waste-tracker/?doing_wp_cron=1647... |
| Description | Birkbeck University London - Scoping Project 17 |
| Organisation | Birkbeck, University of London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Using STFC Technology to Create a Novel Digital Platform to Integrate Fish Farmers and Customers in Ghana). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. Enhanced the project team's understanding of the nature of the fish supply chain, the effect of covid-19 on the industry and the a prototype mobile application with the potential to resolve communication challenges with the sector |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Brunel University - Scoping Project 7 |
| Organisation | Brunel University London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Preservation and Visualization of African Indigenous Knowledge for Resilient Food Systems). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Brunel University of London- Proof of Concept Project 2022/07 |
| Organisation | Brunel University London |
| Department | Brunel Arts |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Brunel University of London is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - AIKPlatform - Preservation and Visualization of African Indigenous Knowledge for Resilient Food Systems 2.0 |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Centre for Sustainable Agriculture - Scoping Project 7 |
| Organisation | Centre for Sustainable Agriculture |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The CSA is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project. |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Cranfield University - ECR Scheme 4 |
| Organisation | Cranfield University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this Early Career Reseacher project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cranfield University is the host organization of this ECR project and the ECR will be. The title of this project is Application of Bioinformatics tools for sugar syrup adulteration detection in honey. This project has been granted access to the SORS prototype developed by Professor Pavel Matousek at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the secondment will enable ECR to be trained in this technique. |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Cranfield University - Proof of Concept Project 2 |
| Organisation | Cranfield University |
| Department | Cranfield Soil and Agrifood Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cranfield University is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Integrating environmental, spatial, and social data to assign food supply chain functions across urban space |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Impacts achieved thus far: -Creating a major mobilization within the London Borough of Islington and City of London in terms of local governmental support for urban agriculture. - Holding a Meet and Greet event with members of government, local food growing organisations, and the public at an existing food growing space, which has led to PI Evans being invited to give evidence to the London Borough of Islington's Environmental and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee. - Holding a follow-up workshop with local government and food growing communities in July 2022 to present a report mapping the vacant spaces the project team had mapped within Islington and their data collection strategy. Following that workshop, Evans and his team collected environmental and spatial data, and through a STFC-funded DISCUS student, they had the first iteration of an optimization model and user-friendly dashboard. - Developing a legacy website which will be used to sustain project momentum after the initial Proof of Concept phase. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Cranfield University - Proof of Concept Project 2022/02 |
| Organisation | Cranfield University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cranfield University is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Evaluating influence of moisture in controlling release of nutrients in novel green fertiliser using neutron imaging and muonic X-rays |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Cranfield University - Proof of Concept Project 2022/10 |
| Organisation | Cranfield University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cranfield University is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Developing a new testing methodology for honey authentication |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Cranfield University - Scoping Project 8 |
| Organisation | Cranfield University |
| Department | Cranfield Soil and Agrifood Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Feasibility studies on using neutron and Raman spectroscopy to evaluate physical and chemical characteristics of novel green fertilisers). The collaboration involves scientists at STFC Facilities and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Cranfield University -Scoping Project 15 |
| Organisation | Cranfield University |
| Department | Cranfield Soil and Agrifood Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cranfield University is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Modelling, optimizing, and identifying vacant urban spaces for urban food production |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Impacts achieved thus far: -Creating a major mobilization within the London Borough of Islington and City of London in terms of local governmental support for urban agriculture. - Holding a Meet and Greet event with members of government, local food growing organisations, and the public at an existing food growing space, which has led to PI Evans being invited to give evidence to the London Borough of Islington's Environmental and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee. - Holding a follow-up workshop with local government and food growing communities in July 2022 to present a report mapping the vacant spaces the project team had mapped within Islington and their data collection strategy. Following that workshop, Evans and his team collected environmental and spatial data, and through a STFC-funded DISCUS student, they had the first iteration of an optimization model and user-friendly dashboard. - Developing a legacy website which will be used to sustain project momentum after the initial Proof of Concept phase. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | De La Salle University - Int Advisory Group |
| Organisation | De La Salle University |
| Country | Philippines |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A representative from this organisation sits of the International Advisory Board for the STFC Food Network+. We have provided regular updates to them and sought their advice to steer the focus of our international activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The representative has attended International Advisory Group meetings, made suggestions to help guide the international activities of the network, and promoted the network to new members in their country/region. |
| Impact | Increase in network membership |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Durham University - Scoping Project 9 |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Durham University is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Non-disruptive in situ root imaging to investigate the role of soil microbes in cowpea drought stress-adaptive responses |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Impacts achieved thus far: - We are engaging farmers, NGOs, banks, and the agritech industrial sector on diverse platforms within the UK and in Africa. The SFN+ funding was the critical spark that initiated this project and enabled further funding support to be secured from UKRI and philanthropy. Industrial partners have now engaged with the research and we expect broader impact than we anticipated at the start of this project. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Durham University and Manthan Innovation - Sandpit Project 2021/04 |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Manthan Innovations Private Limited and Durham University are the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Virtual Inclusive Farming Clusters: Addressing sustainable livelihoods & digital divide through STFC in Global South |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Ethiopian Space Science and Technology - Int Advisory Group |
| Organisation | Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | A representative from this organisation sits of the International Advisory Board for the STFC Food Network+. We have provided regular updates to them and sought their advice to steer the focus of our international activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The representative has attended International Advisory Group meetings, made suggestions to help guide the international activities o the network, and promoted the network to new members in their country/region. |
| Impact | Increase in network membership from the region |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Geospatial Information Institute, Ethiopia - International Advisory Group |
| Organisation | Geospatial Information Institute Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | A representative from this organisation sits of the International Advisory Board for the STFC Food Network+. We have provided regular updates to them and sought their advice to steer the focus of our international activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The representative has attended International Advisory Group meetings, made suggestions to help guide the international activities o the network, and promoted the network to new members in their country/region. |
| Impact | Increase in membership for the network |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Go Organics - Int Advisory Group |
| Organisation | Go Organics |
| Department | Go Organics, Thailand |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | A representative from this organisation sits of the International Advisory Board for the STFC Food Network+. We have provided regular updates to them and sought their advice to steer the focus of our international activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The representative has attended International Advisory Group meetings, made suggestions to help guide the international activities of the network, and promoted the network to new members in their country/region. |
| Impact | Increase in international membership and new strategic links to key partners (including the Global Resilience Partnership) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Go4Fresh - Scoping Project 9 |
| Organisation | Go4Fresh, India |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Virtual marketplace for urban micro enterprises & small farmers growing fresh fruits & vegetables in India). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. The pilot project rolled out a working model with controlled parameters & resulted in development commercially viable marketplace design. By providing access to information and markets to marginal communities improved accuracy in data driven decisions and thereby increasing in income levels, transparency, trust and reduction of food loss. The project also provided a platform to freely & openly interact with ecosystem stakeholders thereby improving knowledge sharing and risk mitigation. The challenge owners like farmers & farmer collectives gained by aligning crop plan with market demand, reduction in cost and higher income levels. Consumers benefitted from availability of fresher & quality produce with traceability while developing data points on buying behaviours & food habits. Even the allied & supporting players like logistics, packaging & cold chain can have a secure and long term business as they have better supply chain visibility and mid/long term commitments thereby allowing them invest wisely and grow positively. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Huduma Limited - Scoping Project 1 |
| Organisation | Huduma Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project. It has also delivered several workshops to increase awareness of their work and of the STFC Food Network+ |
| Impact | The funding provided for this project has supported a multidisciplinary collaboration between data scientists, astrophysicists and food researchers. It has result in several KE workshops and engagement with industry. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | IBM Research |
| Organisation | IBM |
| Department | IBM Research in the UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | SUMS is leading WP1 in the project TRANSSITioN and ran a workshop with IBM Research for co-designing project TRANSSITioN. We (SUMS) have collected data for WP2a where IBM and STFC Hartree Centre are working for Digital Agriculture and for connecting Indian small-holder farmers to the supply chains. |
| Collaborator Contribution | IBM Research has provided in-kind contribution of £50K worth of geospatial data which is being used for WP2a in this project TRANSSITioN. |
| Impact | We have jointly developed a research paper which is due to be submitted by end of this month. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Intellidigest Limited - Scoping Project 6 |
| Organisation | Intellidigest Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project developing novel ingredients from food waste. The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | International Astronomical Union - SFN International Advisory Group |
| Organisation | International Geographical Union |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | A representative from this organisation sits of the International Advisory Board for the STFC Food Network+. We have provided regular updates to them and sought their advice to steer the focus of our international activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The representative has attended International Advisory Group meetings, made suggestions to help guide the international activities o the network, and promoted the network to new members in their country/region. |
| Impact | An increase in international members to our network. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | KMFRI - 1,2,3 Scoping Projects 2021 |
| Organisation | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ (SFN) has funded 2 scoping projects led by KMFRI covering various aspects of aquaculture. The SFN has provided financial resources as well as support with enhancing promotion, KE and impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | KMFRI is the lead partner on three scoping projects, providing project management and expertise in the field of aquaculture. |
| Impact | This project is multidisciplinary, drawing on expertise in applied physics, data science, and agri-food/aquaculture research. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute - Sandpit Project 2021/01 |
| Organisation | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Identification and monitoring of fish cage aquaculture with remote sensing and machine learning |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute - Sandpit Project 2021/02 |
| Organisation | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - IoT enabled cold chain for Kenya and Uganda fish market |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Impacts 1.Creating new jobs and enhance fisheries prosumers' income stability. 2.Women are traditionally operating fish sales, with a massive income gap compared to men. The project will promote women empowerment by boosting their income through increased product longevity |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute - Sandpit Project 2021/03 |
| Organisation | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Developing a data-driven communication platform for improving farmed fish distribution in Kenya |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Impacts achieved thus far: - We have engaged with the value chain actors especially the fish producers and the traders and we have evaluated the situation to understand what kind of platform will work best for the value chain actors. The policy makers have also been involved to understand the need for digital marketing platforms. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Kwame Nkrumah Uni of Science & Tech - Int Advisory Group |
| Organisation | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A representative from this organisation sits of the International Advisory Board for the STFC Food Network+. We have provided regular updates to them and sought their advice to steer the focus of our international activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The representative has attended International Advisory Group meetings, made suggestions to help guide the international activities of the network, and promoted the network to new members in their country/region. |
| Impact | Increase in network membership |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Lancaster University - Scoping Project 13 |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Learning from each other to cope with crisis: Utilising insights from COVID-19 on health and sustainability). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Mahidol University Thailand - PoC Project 1 |
| Organisation | Mahidol University |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mahidol University is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Monitoring tropical pollinators in conventional and organic fruit orchards in central Thailand |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Our project is still ongoing, but many NGOs and other stakeholders are interested in our upcoming results, including WWF-Thailand, Thai-PAN (Pesticide Alert Network), Earth Net Foundation, and local farmers. We expect that the findings of our study will encourage more farmers to implement organic and sustainable practices. SFN+ funding has been key to the project, including connecting me with UK collaborators that have knowledge, skills, and technology vital for this research. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | NRI/University of Greenwich - Scoping Project 16 |
| Organisation | University of Greenwich |
| Department | Natural Resources Institute Greenwich |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Developing Price Risk-Protected Warehouse Receipt System in Promoting Resilient Food Supply Chains in Africa). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Nottingham Trent University - Scoping Project 19 |
| Organisation | Nottingham Trent University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Assessing the Feasibility of IoT Precision Data Solution for Vertical Farming). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Nottingham Trent University - Scoping Project 8 |
| Organisation | Nottingham Trent University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nottingham Trent is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Increasing the Nutrient-Use Efficiency and Crop Productivity of Hydroponics using SMART Sensors and 3D-Multispectral Crop Imaging |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Impacts achieved thus far: - The project enhances public understanding of new agricultural practice and their impact on the environment; food supply; use and saving of resources. In general, the research benefits to industries, farmers, researchers and their institutions. For example: 1) Academic society: it has facilitated knowledge transfer on sustainable production and innovation between academic institutions & industrial, increasing each partner's R&D capabilities & competitiveness through STFC Food networks+. Such as, link to IGS for joint project and two joint grant application. 2) Our project can contribute a new farming system to produce local food distribution to avoid export restrictions and ensure equitable access to more healthy nutritious food. 3) It gave the business opportunity for UK farmers and VF companies. The project has produced novel systems with automated control system and growing capability that provide solutions for both markets, especially post Brexit. STFC SFN+ gave us a huge opportunity to develop the new platform and networks for further research (3 awarded grants - £3m from Innovate UK and industrials on VF area). |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | PDA Agro-Industry & Social Enterprise - International Advisory Board |
| Organisation | PDA Agri Industry and Social Enterprise Ltd (PASE) |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | A representative from this organisation sits of the International Advisory Board for the STFC Food Network+. We have provided regular updates to them and sought their advice to steer the focus of our international activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The representative has attended International Advisory Group meetings, made suggestions to help guide the international activities o the network, and promoted the network to new members in their country/region. |
| Impact | Increase in network membership |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | RAL Space |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | SUMS (Sheffield University Management School) is leading WP1 and contributing to the data collection in India for RAL Space WP (i.e. WP2b) thermal profiling of the material used within the supply chains from farm to retail (and informal market i.e. vegetable hawkers in India), so that they can perform thermal modelling and lab experiments at RAL Space. This collaboration was established in 2018 through STFC Food Network+ scoping project focusing on Role of Space Thermal modelling and Cryogenics to reduce food loss in India. |
| Collaborator Contribution | STFC RAL Space is the lead organization for this collaboration and also provides for the following contributions from RAL Space, ASTEC, and Hartree (i) thermal engineering expertise (ii) cryogenic expertise and (iii) data science expertise (big data analytics, artificial intelligence). RAL Space have participated in field trips (January 2020); gathered material samples and made thermal property measurements; reviewed the current state of the art of thermal supply chains and considered options. Supply chain mapping inputs from WP1 and field trip data collection are used to refine these options. Field trip data collection was postponed due to the Covid pandemic. |
| Impact | This is a multidisciplinary collaboration. We are still in data collection phase. A joint publication is in preparation, working title "Agri-Food Cold supply Chain Vis-a-Vis Cryogen as an Eco friendly Refrigeration under Indian Context" (RAL Space, Jadavpur University, Linde India, IIT Madras). |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | RAL Space - ECR Scheme 1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | RAL Space is the host organization of this Early Career Researcher scheme. The title of the research project is Species identification using sRGB image technology for field based biomonitoring of agricultural ecosystem. |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. The project has been successful in creating a dialogue with a few farmers in North India to participate in the project to engage as citizen scientists and contribute to the database of soil fauna images. This database can be used soon to develop a better and more accurate species identification. During the study, farmers were engaged to understand the importance of soil health and soil fauna and how they can beneficial for the crops. The long-term goal of the project is to promote sustainable agricultural practices and ensure the conservation of soil fauna. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | RAL Space - Proof of Concept Project 2022/05 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | RAL Space is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Spotting the Rust: Tracking disease progression by static and aerial imagery |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | SRUC - Scoping Project 5 - Genome-guided detection of non-O157 STEC |
| Organisation | Scotland's Rural College |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has co-funded this research project (alongwith the Food Standards Agency) |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SRUC is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project. |
| Impact | The SRUC is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project. Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Impacts achieved thus far: - Scoped out plan for a data science-driven research approach. - Bringing a One Health stakeholders together to firstly refine the work, supply datasets and to review the outcomes, including Food Standards Agency, UK Health Protection Agency, Food Standards Scotland, Scottish E. coli Reference laboratory. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | STFC RAL Space - Scoping Project 14 |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Department | RAL Space |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | STFC RAL Space is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Space technology applications for portable cold food storage in India |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. The study has identified options for further development of retrofit insulation products for portable cold storage. This forms the basis of ongoing work to secure funding to develop and test these options. A particular consideration is how locally available (and sustainable) materials might be used to produce these insulation products. The next planned activity is quick and simple tests to assess the defined options. Following this, designs should be come more detailed, and lead into field trials. Small levels of funding are required to enable quick and simple tests. We will seek further SFN funding for this. Once concepts have been demonstrated, we are better placed to secure further funding. If there are clear commercial prospects, STFC proof of concept funding is an option. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Sheffield Management School - Scoping Project 15 |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Food Access: Distributed ledger technology (DLT) integration for optimising food supply chain communications and transport ). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SkyVIV - Proof of Concept Project 2022/06 |
| Organisation | Sky Visual Imaging Venture Company Ltd (SKYVIV) |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | RAL Space is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Corn yield prediction via integration of remote sensing, machine learning and crop modelling |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | SkyVIV Limited - Scoping Project 5 |
| Organisation | Sky Visual Imaging Venture Company Ltd (SKYVIV) |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Predicting corn yield with UAV-based remote sensing). The collaboration involves precision sensing technologists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Swansea University - Scoping Project 3 |
| Organisation | Swansea University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by the STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project on Food Access during a pandemic. Collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Teesside University - ECR Scheme 3 |
| Organisation | Teesside University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this Early Career Researcher project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Teesside University is the host university of this ECR project and the ECR will be seconded to CLF - one of the STFC facilities in Harwell Campus. The title of this project is Micronutrient Composition and Microbial Community Analysis Of Traditional Fermented Soaked Rice To Improve Nutrition In South Asian Countries. Dr Laura Zanetti Domingues from CLF STFC will be her third supervisor. ECR will be trained on how to use normal epifluorescence, confocal, and high-resolution advance microscopy techniques. The advance microscopy techniques will be immensely helpful for imaging of the rice structural change, bacterial and bacterial distribution, and distribution of minerals. This work would complement to Teeside's 16S RNA genetic data. |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Thammasat University - Int Advisory Group |
| Organisation | Thammasat University |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A representative from this organisation sits of the International Advisory Board for the STFC Food Network+. We have provided regular updates to them and sought their advice to steer the focus of our international activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The representative has attended International Advisory Group meetings, made suggestions to help guide the international activities of the network, and promoted the network to new members in their country/region. |
| Impact | Increase in network membership |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | UGM Indonesia - Scoping Project 18 |
| Organisation | Gadjah Mada University |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Building Smart urban Farming data systems: A Case study). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. We provide information (GIS form) snd some statistical analysis to the local agricultural and food security office of the potential of urban farming, including the type of produces, the distribution of use (own consumption, donate, and sell), types of technology used, social and economic condition of the farmers (productivity and income derived from the urban farming). The office complement with the data on stunting in all villages. We combine the urban farming and stunting to gain better picture how urban farming could possibly help to reduce the stunting. We work closely on this issue and hope could collaborate with the office to examine the problem in the near future. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | UWE - Scoping Project 10 |
| Organisation | University of the West of England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Identifying and examining COVID-19 pandemic effect on consumers' concerns and behaviours in the food supply chains). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Birmingham - Scoping Project 18 |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Birmingham is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Using social media data to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted consumer attitudes to food |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Working on this project with the STFC provided a valuable opportunity using textual data from Twitter to answer important and fundamental questions about food supply chains, especially understanding and modelling food security issues in the UK or globally. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Durham - Scoping Project 4 |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Department | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Hyperspectral Infrared Imaging for Precision Soil Moisture Mapping). The collaboration involves data scientists, technologists, and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Edinburgh - Scoping Project 11 |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Edinburgh is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Understanding the role of additives in chocolate manufacture: linking molecular interactions to bulk rheology |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Impacts achieved thus far: • EPSRC Impact Acceleration Award funding was obtained to support the ongoing collaboration between ECFP and Hartree. £14,915 was awarded, supported by £15k in-kind support from Hartree. • HNCDI funding through Hartree is accessible for projects involving an industry partner. Both sides are currently speaking to industry partners to explore a 3-way collaboration. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Greenwich - ECR Scheme 2 |
| Organisation | University of Greenwich |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this Early Career Researcher project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Greenwich is the host organization of this Early Career Researcher project and the ECR will be seconded to RAL Space to be trained by Dr Melina Zempila for hyperspectral data analysis. The title of the research project is Artificial Neural Network based Segmentation to detect objects in Hyperspectral image data captured for agriculture. |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | University of Greenwich - Proof of Concept 2022/04 |
| Organisation | University of Greenwich |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Greenwich is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Exploring the feasibility of Geographic Indication marketing to improve pastoral livestock marketing in Kenya |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Greenwich - Proof of Concept Project 4 |
| Organisation | University of Greenwich |
| Department | Natural Resources Institute Greenwich |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NRI is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - From nutrition to flavour: novel food and food ingredients from microalgae |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. By understanding the nutritional and flavour profiles of novel algal food products and the changes of these profiles during different food processing methods, it will bring positive influence on consumers' perception of consuming microalgae-based food, contributing to a long-term food security for the increasing population. From the analysis of market and consumer perspectives, it also identifies and highlights where the current algal food products stand and how the future can be shaped by research and development. The data obtained through the project have been disseminated at several events, and will result in peer-reviewed publications. The pleasant and strong collaboration with CoIs will certainly help us identify the most suitable funding opportunities in the near future. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Greenwich - Scoping Project 10 |
| Organisation | University of Greenwich |
| Department | Natural Resources Institute Greenwich |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NRI is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Identify high yield protein extraction from seaweed via understanding structure-function relationship of cell wall |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Greenwich - Scoping Project 11 |
| Organisation | University of Greenwich |
| Department | Natural Resources Institute Greenwich |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Identification of umami taste markers in microalgae-based novel food ingredient). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Hull - Proof of Concept Project 2022/03 |
| Organisation | University of Hull |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Hull is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Blockchain enabled Cloud Computing based integrated Carbon Calculator (Be4C) |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Leeds - Scoping Project 12 |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Leeds is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Multi-sensor Agricultural Robot for Soils (MARS) |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Leicester - Proof of Concept Project 2022/01 |
| Organisation | University of Leicester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network_ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Leicester is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Future farms: redesigning crop landscapes |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Malawi - Scoping Project 14 |
| Organisation | University of Malawi |
| Country | Malawi |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (A feasibility study of using Raman Spectroscopy to detect counterfeit seeds in Malawi). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. Through SFN+ funding we worked with the seed sector industry in Malawi. We engaged the Malawi Seed Trade Association, the umbrella body of the seed companies. Through meeting with the seed companies there was interest in testing the use of Blockchain in tracing and tracking of counterfeits on the market. We produced a blog that was shared widely and has changed the perception of consumers on seed quality in Malawi. This has brought awareness to seed companies that have improved on marketing strategies of the their products through reduced misinformation. Currently we are working on the fits publication while abstract is shared above. We should be working the a review paper very soon. The methodology and use of Blockchain technology has a great commercial potential with most African governments struggling to contain counterfeiting. Currently the sector is using scratch cards that have proven insecure. Seed are exported across SADC and COMESA making the use of Blockchain of commercial value. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Manchester - Scoping Project 13 |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Department | Manchester Business School |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Manchester Alliance Business School is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Developing a Methodology for an Integrated Multi-attribute Sustainability Index: A Case of the UK Food System |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Portsmouth - Scoping Project 2 |
| Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | Funding of £8k provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project on food fraud involving a collaboration between data scientists and food researchers. Learning from this project led to two externally funded projects. 1. The first was an Innovate funded Smart Grant with Primority Ltd (total funding c.£326k), a food tech software supplier in Scotland. They wanted to automated HACCP, VACCP and TACCP so that the risks could be linked to their real time AI based food supply chain analysis tool (AIScan). This meant that risks listed (along with their severity) would be based on meaningful up to date data. Given a lack of actual data on food fraud, the project helped us focus on at risk ingredients, their adulterants, incentives and how easy they are to detect. 2. The second was a project supported by the Food Standards Agency (total funding c.£258k) who wanted to obtain a more accurate method to determine the cost of food crime in the UK. Our experience with the STFC project led us to adopt a novel strategy. I'd offer more details but the report has not yet been released. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Reading - Scoping Project 6 |
| Organisation | University of Reading |
| Department | School of Biological Sciences Reading |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Reading is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project (SeasonalDRIFT: DRought Impact Forecasting under uncerTainty). Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Sheffield - Proof of Concept 2022/09 |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Sheffield is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - Building a Food Waste Tracker for Responsible Consumption and Sustainability Enhancement |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Sheffield - Proof of Concept Project 2022/08 |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Sheffield is the lead partner on this multi-disciplinary project - AI-AMMS: AI coupled with Aerial iMaging and Mobile Sensing |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Sheffield - Proof of Concept Project 3 |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SRUC is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - The potential of brown rice for improving health: Investigating the bioaccessibility of its key constituents, and barriers and drivers to consumption |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. The study involves surveying diabetic patients at the MDRF(Madras Diabetic Research Foundation), and our findings will be disseminated through a final workshop event at MDRF. We will also hope to publish our results in journals and findings will be made available to the media in India and the UK. We will apply for impact/KE awards available at the University of Sheffield |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Sheffield - Scoping Project 12 |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Department | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Neutron Soil Moisture Probes for Regenerative Agriculture). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Warwick - Scoping Project 20 |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Department | Department of Statistics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network has funded a pump prime project led by this organisation (around £8k) and we have provide further support to help the project engage with new partners and enhance its impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is currently in the process of delivering the project with support provided by our network. We maintain regular contact with the project team, and highlight new opportunities to extend their work. |
| Impact | £8k funding provided by STFC Food Network+ to deliver a pump prime project (Food loss reduction under uncertain agricultural policy frameworks). The collaboration involves data scientists and food researchers. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of York - Scoping Project 16 |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Department | The York Management School |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The STFC Food Network+ has funded this research project and will provide further administrative support relating to project management and KE. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The York Management School is the lead partner on the multi-disciplinary project - Circular urban vertical farming. Data, models and optimisation of waste flows |
| Impact | Anticipated outcomes include publications, follow-on funding and policy impact. Impacts achieved thus far: - Two bids have been submitted in September 2022: IBioIC Innovation Fund, Defra Climate Change Fund - One bid is in preparation: Defra Farming Innovation Programme - Published results of digital twin explorations on DAFNI - Two minute web/twitter animated video of project aim, activity and outputs for public audience - delivered in September 2022. It has been disseminated at presentations, through the partners' own organisations and through SFN+. - A journal paper is being drafted with a view to submitting to a special issue in Sustainability with a deadline of December 2022. - Workshop held with stakeholders in the food systems and policy makers to disseminate the outcome of the research - partners took an alternative route to achieving this objective. Through multiple presentations they engaged very different audiences and received feedback. Additionally the follow on bids submitted engaged new company and business support organisations. Implicitly therefore food system stakeholders were not just part of the dissemination but also some were engaged in future research directions. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | AgriFood Innovations webinar series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | SFN+ hosts a AgriFood Innovations Webinar Series that highlights the transformational potential of technology to achieve a more sustainable, equitable, and safer global food system. In doing so, each webinar draws on examples of scoping projects from the SFN+ that have used STFC capabilities - such as data science, astrophysics technologies, and large scientific research facilities - to solve food challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/@stfcfoodnetwork8712/videos |
| Description | Appetite for Action: Strategies for reducing food waste and carbon emissions in food services |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | This roundtable event, commissioned by Sodexo, will form a new leadership report to tackle food waste reduction and to galvanise industry wide support and accelerate change with recommendations for industry and government. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Article on the TRANSSITioN Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | TRANSSITioN PROJECT: Food Supply in India" in the March 2020 issue of "Low Temperature News", the Quarterly Newsletter of the British Cryogenics Council (BCC). The article summarizes the workshop and field trips held in Hyderabad in January 2020. Primary impact is reporting of project to a wider audience (and potential future collaborators) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Blog posts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | SFN+ invites a copywriter to write blog posts about its funded projects. SFN+ publishes these blog posts regularly on its website and circulate them in its newsletter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.stfcfoodnetwork.org/blog |
| Description | DIT Event - Game Changing Tech for Agriculture - Exhibition Stand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The SFN hosted an exhibition stand at this event, hosted by the Dept for International Trade, resulting in a significant number of new membership enquiries and interest in funding opps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V0pm5S4hsbzIOb1MHY_m2NuB9pipMXzc/view?usp=sharing |
| Description | Dept for International Trade Event - Game Changing Tech for Agriculture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SFN and TRANSSITioN PI, Prod Sonal Choudhary was invited for delivering the talk on the interim findings of project TRANSSITioN and SFN future collaboration opportunities. SFN Champion, Dr Lori Fisher, also gave a talk at this event organised by the Dept for International Trade. The event generated a significant amount of enquiries about the network, particularly from SMEs. Besides, SFN has a stall at the market place at DIT Game Changing Technologies event which resulted in a significant amount of interests in SFN and enhanced our membership. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V5BBeYajMVUO4nMx4mLBo18y9l7-LhKf/view?usp=sharing |
| Description | Expert Working Groups Launch Webinar on 31 January 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | SFN+ hosted a webinar on 31 January 2023 to launch its six expert working groups (EWGs), which aim at facilitating knowledge exchange between SFN+ projects and wider audience e.g. funding bodies, industry, and policymakers. SFN+ introduced the objectives, timelines, and potential outcomes of the expert working groups at the webinar. The idea behind these EWGs are that we start preparing the training materials, masterclasses or funding pitch videos by collating the findings from STFC funded projects (SFN+ and TRANSSITioN). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.stfcfoodnetwork.org/expert-working-groups.html |
| Description | FSA - Food for Thought |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Sonal Choudhary and Dr Ray Obayi took part in this expert workshop organised by the Food Standards Agency. Specifically, advice was provided on the potential opportunities for engaging game-changing technologies in the food system - focusing primarily in abattoirs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsawgA73Gww&t=174s |
| Description | FSA-STFC Sandpit 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We ran a sandpit in Oct 2019 with three themes identified by our team members: Theme 1: Data architecture, governance and virtual systems Theme 2: Application of cutting-edge technologies Theme 3: Supply chain and digital transformation We engaged with around 80+ researchers, industries and policy makers in this sandpit. This sandpit resulted in 10 project pitches, out of which two were funded. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Game Changing Technology for Agriculture 2023 event on 23 March 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | SFN+ staff members will join the Game Changing Technology for Agriculture 2023 event on 23 March 2023 where they will introduce the network to representatives from the industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | IFST Conference - Smart Futures Panel Discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SFN Co-Is and Champions (Dr Geraint Morgan, Dr Ximena Schmidt, Dr Ray Obayi) took part the main activity for the IFST conference - a panel discussion on emerging SMART technologies for Agri-food. The panel engaged with an audience of industry practitioners, which resulted in a variety of new collaborations, increased industry representation at the SFN Sandpit, and submissions for new project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ifst.org/events/1011/ifst-spring-conference-2021 |
| Description | IntelliDigest - Consumer Behaviour & Dietary Choice/The Global Food Loss and Waste Tracker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | For World Gastronomy Day, the SFN co-hosted our second webinar on Consumer Behaviour & Dietary Choice. In this webinar, we dived into the topic of how consumer behaviour affects food sustainability and how the industry acts upon the rise in more healthy diets and the rise of vegetarianism and veganism. We also launched a global food waste tracker as we count down to UNFAO International Day of Awareness for Food Loss and Waste on September 29th. Using the food waste tracker platform, we aim to work with stakeholders from farm to fork to collate data on food waste and develop a detailed report that will be published on September 29th. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/events/consumerbehaviour-dietarychoice6809767449446109184/ |
| Description | IntelliDigest - Engineering a more sustainable food system Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | World Engineering Day (WED) for Sustainable Development. WED is an opportunity to celebrate engineering and the contribution of the world's engineers for a better, sustainable world. Through the ingenuity of engineers the solutions for the 21st Century challenges are made possible. The webinar showcased new innovations that are in the pipeline or already being applied across the food system from farm to fork. It will highlight the application of advances in engineering in the area of artificial intelligence, satellite data, satellite network, quantum computing and IoT are crucial for a sustainable food system that involves regenerative farming, mixed farming, crop rotation, etc. This webinar also addressed a range of topics on how engineering is used to address the challenge of food loss & waste, increasing crop yields, improving land & water management, utilising degraded land for farming, extending the shelf life of agrifood produce, remanufacturing of Agrifood technologies, evolving sustainable food supply chains and improving the citizen behaviour via increased awareness on nutritional and health value of food. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6904773665162874880/ |
| Description | IntelliDigest - Financing a Sustainable Food System Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A free webinar co-hosted by the STFC Food Network+ on the topic of financing a sustainable food system. The speakers discussed the existing fiscal challenges of the food system at present, but will also address the different means of financing new forms of food production and distribution for a more sustainable global food system. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/events/financingasustainablefoodsystem6873557331683147776/ |
| Description | IntelliDigest - International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The webinar promotes global efforts and collective action towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3 - halve per capita food waste at the retail and consumer level by 2030, and reduce food losses along the food production and supply chains. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0nIj3lLxHQ |
| Description | IntelliDigest Knowledge to Action Masterclass for ECRs - Tech and Data as Enablers for Sustainability in the Food System |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Delivered by experts handpicked from different sectors across the globe, the SFN Knowledge to Action masterclasses equip food system stakeholders with the requisite knowledge and skills to mitigate food sustainability challenges whilst improving profitability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Online NZ+ Food Systems Panel Discussion (ATTAIN+/ SFN) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In mid-April 2022 the STFC Food Network made a call for academics, industry, government, civil society, and interest groups to participate in an online panel discussion and participatory workshop entitled 'The UK Food Systems in 2050: Trends, Roadmaps, and Future Research Need'. The workshop was held on April 28th and its main goal was to collectively assess, identify and discuss research and the overarching needs for one of the most pressing issues for the British food system: how to delink it from carbon emissions? The goals of the workshop were: 1. Collectively forecast the UK Food System of 2050. 2. Identify current challenges, sector misalignments, and future research directions. 3. Discuss what is needed for designing sector-specific roadmaps. 4. Identify challenges and opportunities in how Net Zero can be assessed and measured. The workshop combined key speakers' contributions, panel discussions, and participatory spaces for discussion. Over 100 participants and stakeholders collectively discussed and provided ideas around designing feasible and just roadmaps for achieving a UK Net Zero food system by 2050. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJzMvdSg5Pg&list=PL2Czw6mMvSfqzRmDVUUseUoewm5ldCs2R |
| Description | Participatory "Invited" Workshop: Co-designing plausible pathways for Food Sector Protein Shift to deliver Transformational Change in the UK. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In 2022, the SFN+, in collaboration with WWF UK, worked together to analyse the challenges, drivers, and levers for achieving a 50/50 protein split between plant and animal proteins for the UK. The SFN+2.0 gathers a network of international researchers applying science and technology research to the analyses of food systems' challenges and their transition sustainability. In mid-July 2022 a participatory experts' workshop was organised to explore three key questions around the ambitious goal of achieving a 50/50 protein shift in the UK by 2030: 1) Considering the novel proteins and the latest developments in food science, what should we watch out for in the UK protein transition journey? 2) What social, behavioural, market, and policy challenges and barriers to scalability and market/consumer acceptance of plant-based protein alternatives? 3) What are some plausible (sustainable and nutritious) 50-50 protein split transition pathways for the UK by 2030 (along with innovations, levers, and barriers)? A report is being prepared to be shared amongst the SFN+ members for feedback and to be released in the coming months. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Photo Competition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | SFN+ launched a photo competition in February 2023 to encourage project PIs and team members to submit photos taken during or related to their research projects. Through photos, project teams can visualize the methods, approach, and impacts of their research projects and let a wider audience learn about their projects through the power of images. SFN+ will publish the winning photos on its website and other communications materials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.stfcfoodnetwork.org/photo-competition.html |
| Description | SFN Agrifood Innovation Webinar 1 - Shining Light (and Neutrons) on Food; how UK advanced research infrastructure supports R&D in food and agri-tech |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 70 attendees, including UKRI researchers, academics, policymakers, and industry attended to find out about use/potential use of STFC Facilities in Food. The webinar significantly increased the membership of the network from the scientific community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/rmQgvBZoEkA |
| Description | SFN Agrifood Innovation Webinar 2 - Better Food Science Through Data Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 80 attendees attended to hear about how STFC data science capabilities could be used to make a meaningful contribution to the food systems, which gave rise to collaborative and multidisciplinary project ideas that have since received funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/IEuQ0eZRk6A |
| Description | SFN Agrifood Innovation Webinar 3 - Towards a more resilient and sustainable food system devoid of waste |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SFN AgriFood Innovations Webinars highlight the transformational potential of science and technology to achieve a more sustainable, equitable, and safer global food system. This webinar engaged. 80+ attendees participated hearing about how STFC data science capabilities could be used to reduce food waste, which gave rise to collaborative and multidisciplinary project ideas that have since received funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | SFN Agrifood Innovation Webinar 4 - Capturing value from food chain information |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 35 attendees heard about how STFC data science capabilities could be used to make a meaningful contribution to the food systems, which gave rise to collaborative and multidisciplinary project ideas that have since received funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/QEY-B5xLNlI |
| Description | SFN Agrifood Innovation Webinar 5 - STFC Instrumentation for Sustainable Food Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As part of the STFC Food Network's Festival for COP26, this panel discussion featured expert talks from space technology specialists who highlighted the potential for high precision instrumentation to contribute to Net Zero Food Systems. 80+ people attended, leading to collaborations that subsequently formed funded, multidisciplinary projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/breo9-TUz-w |
| Description | SFN Agrifood Innovation Webinar 6 - Re-imagin(in)ing Crops, Plants and Food |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This SFN Agri-food Innovations webinar focuses on applications of a hyperspectral camera system that meets the demands of static sampling and remote sensing when mounted on an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). It will provide details on the system's set up - both in lab and on field, the calibration procedures and the image analysis will be given with focus on applications on plant/crop health and food sustainability. Furthermore, the advantages and the challenges that hyperspectral systems face will be discussed and potential use of this technology on the food sector will be further analysed. The event generated significant interest in the network, particularly from members of RAL Space/STFC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/uGzC6ezS9_k |
| Description | SFN Conference 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The SFN Annual Conference was attended by more than 160 members over two days. The event, which included keynote talks, presentations and networking events, gave rise to discussions that subsequently led to the development of multi-disciplinary projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlSNAJ6PX1s&list=PL2Czw6mMvSfrJWzxNtuV6W62c_jbuPVdx |
| Description | SFN Festival for COP26 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The SFN Festival for COP26 was staged during November 2021. The online event included the SFN Agrifood Innovation Exhibition, held on a dedicated website and on social media. The exhibition highlighted how UKRi expertise in Science and Technology could help to achieve Net Zero food systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.stfcfoodnetwork.org/sfn-cop26-festival.html |
| Description | SFN Festival for COP26 - Expert Panel - Innovations for Carbon Neutral Food Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This epxert panel discussion featured experts perspectives from across agri-food and technologies. The event was attended by around 120 delegates which sparked questions about the potential role of technologies, business models and policy making in delivering Net Zero food systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | SFN Hackathon - Designing an analytics platform for supporting sustainable livelihoods and climate resilient small scale farming |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The SFN Hackathon event, organised as part of our Festival for COP26, brought together programmers and coders with research and industry in the agrifood sector to design an analytics platform for supporting sustainable livelihoods and climate resilient small scale farming in India. The event built on our partnerships with UKRI STFC-GCRF funded Project TRANSSITioN partners, STFC Hartree Centre, IBM Research, and the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (NGO partner in TRANSSITioN). The winning team is now in the process of developing the app with project TRANSSITioN which will provide smallholder farmers with timely and location-specific advice about the crop types and varieties they should grow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.stfcfoodnetwork.org/cop26-hackathon.html |
| Description | SFN Impact Forum 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The SFN Impact Forum provides an opportunity for SFN Scoping Projects to showcase their project to, and receive feedback from an audience of policymakers and industry professionals. 8 projects presented in this forum. Some projects successfully bid for follow-on funding from the panel, whereas other were able to revise their impact strategies to achieve policy continuity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | SFN Impact Forum 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The SFN Impact Forum provides an opportunity for SFN Scoping Projects to showcase their project to, and receive feedback from an audience of policymakers and industry professionals. 8 projects presented in this forum. Some projects successfully bid for follow-on funding from the panel, whereas other were able to revise their impact strategies to achieve policy continuity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | SFN Proof of Concept Launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This event was the formal launch of the SFN Proof of Concept Call 2022. 40+ attendees joined the meeting to hear about, and ask questions about the call. It is envisaged that a number of these attendees will submit scoping project applications in the future - with an anticipated follow-on impact from these projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/u8LpIMiTnRc |
| Description | SFN Sandpit 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The SFN Sandpit 2021 was attended by more than 120 delegates over 4 days. The event led to the development of more than 20 multidisciplinary research projects, 3 of which were directly funded via the Sandpit. Many other projects were subsequently funded via an open call. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/O6-T-4TdeJE |
| Description | SFN and TRANSSITioN Talk in IIT Dhanbad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I delivered the talk at IIT Dhanbad to the PhD and MPhil students on the projects: TRANSSTioN and SFN+ and there were a lot interests and questions related to the presentation and my work. This talk has ignited more collaborative discussions for future projects and external examination of PhD thesis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://ismenvis.nic.in/ViewMajorActivity.aspx?Id=28945 |
| Description | SFN+ Newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | From September 2022 onwards, SFN+ sends a monthly newsletter to 1,400+ subscribers with latest news of the network and relevant funding opportunities and events from other organizations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| Description | STEM Clubs week - GCRF sustainable food |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Participation in the 2020 STEM Clubs week. Webinar presentation titled "Using space technology and thermal engineering to reduce food waste in India". Over 1000 attendees and webinar remains available on YouTube. Primary impact is (i) inspiring students in the broad range of opportunities afforded by STEM subjects (ii) education about food supply chains and waste |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/news-and-views/news/success-stem-clubs-week-2020 |
| Description | STFC External Innovations Showcase Event on 1 March |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A SFN+ Champion joined the STFC External Innovations Showcase Event on 1 March 2023 to introduce the network to participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | STFC Food Network+ Funding Opportunities Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A virtual workshop held on a new innovative platform (LearnBrite) to highlight future funding opportunities for our network members. The event also saw the launch of the STFC Food Network+ Call for Scoping Projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | STFC Food Network+ Impact Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A virtual forum encouraging collaboration between our pump-priming projects that helps them to enhance the impact of their work. Events are attended by experts from industry and policy organisations who provide feedback on project progress and plans for the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | STFC Food Network+ Regional Launch Events (Asia/Africa) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Launch events for the STFC Food Network+ (SFN) in Asia and Africa. These events focus on encouraging participation in network activities from new members, as well as giving participants an opportunity to influence the focus of SFN activities in each region. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | STFC Food Network+ Virtual Sandpits |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 120 people attended 3 virtual Sandpit events, producing 20 innovative pump-prime project proposals of which 3 were funded by democratic vote. 17 other projects were funded via a subsequent open call, with many of the project teams coming together at the Sandpit. Several other multidisciplinary collaborations also stemmed from initial meetings at this event, including a successful funding call (£250k from SPRINT) for a project looking at recycling food waste and turning it into nutraceutical products. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | School for Business and Society launch event on 10 November 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | SFN+ joined the launch event of The School for Business and Society, The University of York and introduced the network to participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Scoping projects' case studies online booklets - Sustainable Cold Food Chains and Sensing technologies. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The SFN+ team is working on producing a series of three illustrated case study booklets to showcase the research backed up by the network. Three key topics have been considered: 1) Cold food chain technologies, 2) Monitoring and sensing technologies for safe and nutritious food, and 3) Urban and vertical farming innovations and challenges. The booklets have been developed with an illustrator that has tailored illustrations for the projects' findings, challenges, and future progress. The first booklet is already available for SFN+ members through our members' only section on the network website. The next step for these booklets is to be adapted for printed versions to be distributed widely in engagement events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.stfcfoodnetwork.org/resources.html |
| Description | Sheffield University news article relating to development of the TRANSSITioN project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A news article titled "UK scientists and engineers working to reduce food waste in developing countries" that predates the present project, but summarizes the planned activities: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/food-waste-space-1.825601 Recently highlighted again on International Women's Day 2021: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sustainable-food/research/reducing-food-waste-developing-countries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sustainable-food/research/reducing-food-waste-developing-countries |
| Description | Stakeholder Consultation Workshop - Ghana/Aquaculture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A stakeholder forum was organized in Ghana for 12 participants from the three aquaculture supply chain actors and representatives of the fisheries zonal council to discuss the outcome of the interviews (questionnaire), challenges and propose a way forward. participants comprising, 3 fisheries zonal personnel from Ga East, Ga West and Dangme East), 7 farmers from Greater Accra, Volta Region and Ada Foah, and 2 business customers (tilapia and catfish grill restaurants) attended the forum. The stakeholder forum culminated in a policy document with the conclusion that 'the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions in the aquaculture supply chain of Ghana by initial disconnect between supply and demand for fresh fish produce. The low demand for fresh fish produce post lockdown, demands for producers and aggregators to explore other markets. Furthermore, a critical look at employing delivery services, investing in cold chain infrastructure, mobile digital platforms and processing fish for supermarkets necessary to curtail future disruptions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | TRANSSITioN International Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We ran an international workshop on 22nd July 2020 on the theme: State of the agri-food supply chain in India at the time of uncertainty - with context to TRANSSITioN research goals. The workshop was divided into two sessions: The first session provided an overview of our activities from the Project TRANSSITioN workpackages. The second session had four invited speakers on Covid 19 related topics from Value chains to policy implications. We reached around 80+ registrations to attend this workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://fb.watch/48OKFanpjG/ |
| Description | TRANSSITioN Stakeholder Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | 2 workshops and fieldwork in India; 1st workshop on 13th August 2019 was held in Delhi, hosted by BIM Tech (Co-I) with all Indian partners after 3 days of field visit in Hyderabad from 2nd-4th August 2019; No. of attendees were 15 in person and 6 online participation. 2nd workshop was held in Hyderabad from 19th-23rd August and this included external stakeholders consultations from policy makers (state government organisations), large distributors, technology providers along with existing partners of the project TRANSSITioN. No. of attendees were 25. 2 local media coverage were conducted: print and TV with a reach of more than > 1000 readers and viewers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| URL | https://transsition.org/news/ |
| Description | Talk for British Science Week webinar Key stage 3 'How to get a job in the space industry' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A 30 min talk given as part of the British Science Week webinar Key stage 3 'How to get a job in the space industry', with Kierann National Space Academy. The talk included discussion on the theme "using space technology to help reduce food waste in India" and included time for questions. Primary impact is (i) inspiring students in the broad range of opportunities afforded by STEM subjects (ii) education about food supply chains and waste |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/british-science-week-2021-space-careers.aspx |
| Description | The UK Food Systems in 2050: Trends, Roadmaps, and Future Research Needs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A report based on the April 28th, 2022, online panel discussion and participatory workshop entitled 'The UK Food Systems in 2050: Trends, Roadmaps, and Future Research Need' as well as on follow-up consultations with UK food system stakeholders have been developed by the SFN+ team. The report constitutes a piece of collective thinking from researchers and stakeholders already working towards the decarbonisation of the UK food system. The April 28th workshop's main goal was to collectively assess, identify and discuss research and the overarching needs of one of the most pressing issues for the British food system: how to delink it from carbon emissions? The report includes graphic representations and illustrations developed in situ by a specialised illustrator (Graphic Design). The SFN+ has asked its wide network to share feedback on the report's content before it is released in July for the SFN+ annual conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.stfcfoodnetwork.org/resources.html |
| Description | UKRI Net Zero Parliamentary Reception |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The reception brings together parliamentarians, academics and industry stakeholders, along with UKRI leadership, to showcase some of the key research and innovation projects that are supporting clean and sustainable growth and helping the government achieve its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. Three members of the STFC Food Network+ attended the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Virtual Stargazing with RAL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An annual stargazing event with hands-on activities, talks and virtual tours of the stars. Virtual event in 2021 due to Covid-19. The event included a talk on "Using space technology to reduce food waste in India". Primary impact is (i) inspiring students in the broad range of opportunities afforded by STEM subjects (ii) education about food supply chains and waste |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Stargazing-with-RAL-2021.aspx |
| Description | World Food Day 2022 - SFN+ webinar series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Between October 11th and 14th 2022, the SFN+ ran a series of webinars in the build-up to the 2022 World Food Day. In these sessions, SFN+ Champions and Scoping Projects PIs shared their progress, findings, and recent developments around funded projects and ongoing work on four key areas of work for the network. Namely, a) Cold Food Chain, b) Digital marketplaces, c) Innovations in urban and vertical farming, and d) Enhancing food safety and detecting fraud. The sessions took a round table format, facilitated by one or two SFN Champions, and the audience was invited to ask questions and engage with researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMZ9FFjarcI&list=PL2Czw6mMvSfr59uQ9kbL-ynD8vDcHj83K |
| Description | Writing Retreat Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | A formal writing retreat workshop for 7 days was held with NGOs to co-develop and submit papers with them. Two papers have been submitted to high impact journals and three papers ABS 4* papers are under development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |