UK Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee Releases Food Security Report

The UK Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee published the Food Security report which focuses on the food production and supply dimensions of food security. The report supports the idea of "sustainable intensification" which means producing more food with less resources. The report calls on the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) to stem decline in the UK self-sufficiency and deliver more resilience in the UK food system.

It was also noted in the report that UK's self-sufficiency on food has declined over the years. Thus, the long-term challenge for the food production system is to produce more food amidst the effects of climate change.

The report calls for supermarkets to shorten supply chains to decrease threats of disruption, farmers to extend seasonal production of fresh fruits and vegetables, government to decrease dependence on imported soybean for feed and develop better emissions reduction plan.

For more information, read http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/news/food-security-report-substantive/.