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Global Food & Environment Institute, University of Leeds: Addressing global challenges in food security, sustainable development and dietary health through research & innovation.
'Measuring adaptation to climate change: #COP30 will push world leaders to think deeply about food and climate' by @martinp556.bsky.social

Explores how researchers are supporting climate change adaptation measurements through food system research
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November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
They found planting #hedgerows can reduce flood risks, and effect is bigger & faster on soils that drain well compared to those that drain poorly. This will improve future models for natural flood prevention.

Open to all.

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Planting hedges to mitigate floods
This talk will discuss the importance of knowing your soil type in understanding how planting hedges can help prevent floods.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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October 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Yes, we record all our webinars and upload them to our YouTube channel. If you register for the event (even if you can't attend) you will be emailed the recording directly.

Here is a link to our YouTube channel, if you want to check out our other webinar recordings: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
GFEI seminar series - YouTube
Recordings from our monthly webinar series. This annual series of webinars invites researchers from GFEI to deliver a 40-minute webinar on a topic of their c...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Dr Kaptan will share best practices & recommendations to help key players prevent household food waste, as well as how behavioural insights can inform climate strategies & contribute to discussions on climate resilience & sustainable food systems.

Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reducing-h...
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
They found planting #hedgerows can reduce flood risks, but effect is bigger & faster on soils that drain well compared to those that drain poorly. This will help improve future models for natural flood prevention.

Free & open to all. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planting-h...

#FloodPrevention
Planting hedges to mitigate floods
This talk will discuss the importance of knowing your soil type in understanding how planting hedges can help prevent floods.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This work has paved the way for the newly funded global project VOICES4JRT.

The FCDO-funded project aims to put the voices of smallholder farmers at the heart of food system reform, amplifying local perspectives & shifting agricultural policy across 6 countries.

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October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The films explore:

📍land access conflicts

📍erosion of local values & knowledge

📍social learning & sharing

📍the threat of environmental change to traditional agricultural livelihoods

👉Malawi: vimeo.com/274586592

👉Ghana: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus...

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October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Nana Afranaa Kwapong & Pierre Moorsom (Ghana & Malawi) supported farmers to record experiences of agricultural, environmental & social change through self-made films.

These voices are rarely heard by policymakers — so we’ve brought the films into national & regional policy spaces to change that

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October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Did you catch yesterday's #WorldFoodDay webinar by Dr Mapenzie Tauzie?

It explored how women in Malawi navigate empowerment, agriculture, nutrition and daily resource negotiations, while sustaining social ties and family wellbeing.

Catch up for free 👇
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Dr Mapenzie Tauzie | Women's everyday experience Malawi agriculture livelihoods & social relations
YouTube video by GFEI, University of Leeds
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October 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New blog: 'AI in food production: How much should we worry about big tech?' by @martinp556.bsky.social, PhD researcher.

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#WorldFoodDay #AI

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October 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM