This research cluster considers food supply as a subset of wider food systems. The collective research activity is considering food supply as a socio-economic and a socio-technical system which inform food safety, food supply and the moral framing and behaviours in supply chains.
Cynthia Angba PhD: ‘Impact of climate change on agricultural productivity in Nigeria, over the last 21 years’
Okpala Emeka PhD: ‘Economic implications and causes of agricultural food shortage in Nigeria –A case study of small-holder farmers, government extension services and trade’
Abel Kahuni PhD: ‘Efficiency of international sugar markets’
Lusubilo Ind PhD: ‘Food markets in coastal Tanzania’
Sophia Lingham PhD: ‘Local food systems: building on multi-stakeholder perceptions’
Cultured Meat and Farmers
In a two-year study, a team led by the RAU is asking what farmers think of cultured meat, then modelling how real farm businesses might fare if it becomes part of our diets.
