food security PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

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Balancing Nutritional Food Security and Biodiversity in a Globalized World (based at the University of Edinburgh)

The James Hutton Institute
Postgraduate Training

Dr J Ge, Dr G Polhill, Dr P Alexander

Application Deadline: 4 January 2019

Background. For many developing countries ensuring food security for its people and preserving the rich biodiversity on its untainted land are often regarded as a tradeoff.

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Nottingham and Rothamsted BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (in Agriculture and Food Security)

Rothamsted Research

University of Nottingham & Rothamsted Research BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership. Four year PhDs available in the research area Agriculture and Food Security -Starting October 2019.

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Nottingham and Rothamsted BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (in Agriculture and Food Security)

University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham & Rothamsted Research BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership. Four year PhDs available in the research area Agriculture and Food Security -Starting October 2019.

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Using novel data sources and data driven methods to improve hydrological monitoring and forecasting for water and food security in developing regions

University of Southampton
School of Geography

Prof J Sheffield, Prof G Ramchurn

Application Deadline: 12 January 2019

Extreme hydrological events such as floods and droughts account for the majority of impacts of all natural hazards, in terms of human and economic costs.

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Facilitating the circular economy in India’s food security: the social, economic and agronomic barriers and opportunities of sewage

University of Edinburgh
School of Geosciences

Dr A Gathorne-Hardy, Dr K V Heal

Application Deadline: 10 January 2019

Project summary. This interdisciplinary project combines social and environmental science to quantify the potential benefits of sewage for Indian agriculture, as well as understanding the social barriers to sewage use, and identifying opportunities to overcome these.

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How does climate influence insect responses to pesticides? – A key question for food security

University of Birmingham
School of Biosciences

Dr S Hayward, Dr N J Hodges, Dr L Orsini

Application Deadline: 6 January 2019

Background. As poikilotherms the body temperature of insects is directly determined by environmental conditions. Thus, microclimate temperature profiles, which are often highly variable, will dictate rates of metabolic activity and development as well as behaviour.

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Elucidating infection at the plant-microbe interphase on a cellular, molecular and structural level to improve crop resistance and support food security

University of Sheffield
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences

Dr C Voigt

Applications accepted all year round

Achieving food security is one of the most important global challenges. Crop production and yield has been increasingly threatened by plant pathogens in a rapidly changing environment.

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Understanding the role of water in reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and trade-offs with energy and food production

University of Southampton
School of Geography

Prof J Sheffield, Prof C Hutton

Application Deadline: 12 January 2019

Progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires progress to be made on many fronts in human-developed systems.

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Tackling the fungal threat to global food security

University of Nottingham
School of Life Sciences

Prof S Avery, Dr M Brock

Applications accepted all year round

Fungi cause diseases of crops and spoilage of foods that cause losses of up to a third of food yield. This is a major global challenge given the world’s growing population and need for more food, while climate change is predicted to limit food supply in the future.

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