Welcome to the Institute For Global Food Security
The Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) is one of four Global Research Institutes at Queen's University Belfast, established to address key, international challenges - in this case, the integrity of our food systems.
Food and drink have become a global industry with many positive aspects - access, affordability, variety. Yet that industry is also faced with a number of conundrums:
- Soon there may not be enough food to feed a growing population
- The integrity of increasingly complex food supply chains is often compromised
- Deliberate food fraud is a growing crime
- Climate change throws up complications for the future of agriculture
Our researchers examine challenges to food integrity - nutritional, environmental, food-safety, animal-welfare - at various points of the foodchain, from farm to fork. Much of this work takes place in the ASSET centre, recently named a Centre of Expertise by the Food Authenticity Network, a DEFRA initiative.
RESEARCH AREAS - THREE 'GRAND CHALLENGES'
Latest News
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IGFS honoured by United Nations-related agency
Mar 5, 2021 -
Cleaning up the murky waters of rice fraud
Mar 1, 2021
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CONTACT DETAILS
Institute for Global Food Security
Biological Sciences Building
19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast
BT9 5DL
Phone: +44 (0)28 9097 6514