Delivering Food Security on Limited Land (DEVIL)
Context
"Delivering Food Security on Limited Land (DEVIL)" aims to address one of society's biggest challenges - feeding a growing population now and in the future on limited land resources.
The 4 year project was selected to be funded by the Belmont Forum and the external pageFACCE-JPI initiative, and is linked to the National Research Program external pageNRP68 "Soil as a Resource". It is coordinated by Prof. Pete Smith from the Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences in the College of Life Sciences and Medicine and Prof. Deb Roberts from the Business School at the University of Aberdeen and the James Hutton Institute.
Objectives
The project will explore feedbacks and interactions between land use change and food security dynamics, using high resolution, spatially disaggregated global models, databases of soils, land-use, crops and livestock as well as a range of scenarios related to food production and demand side measures.
Publications
Adams MA, Buckley TN, Salter W, Buchmann N, Blessing C, Turnbull TL (2018) Contrasting responses of crop legumes and cereals to nitrogen availability. New Phytologist 217: 1475–1483 external page10.1111/nph.14918
Adams MA, Buchmann N, Sprent J, Buckley TN, Turnbull TL (2018) Crops, nitrogen and water: are legumes friend, foe or misunderstood ally? Trends in Plant Science 23: 539-550 external page10.1016/j.tplants.2018.02.009
Grant M, Shreck A, Buchmann N (2018) Tackling food system challenges through experiential education: criteria for optimal course design. Gaia 27: 169-175 external page10.14512/gaia.27.1.13
Grant M, Gilgen AK, Buchmann N (2019) The rich picture method: A simple tool for reflective teaching and learning about sustainable food systems. Sustainability 11: 4815 external page10.3390/su11184815
Videos
Grass-fed livestock – a climate solution? Watch a video on external pageGrazed and Confused? which sets out to answer the question: Can grazing livestock help to mitigate climate change? If so, by how much?