Having a comprehensive, cohesive UK Government approach to our food security and land use is imperative, as AIC’s Chief Executive Robert Sheasby explains.
The agri-food industry, politicians and trade bodies are throwing their support behind AIC's call for an independent UK Food Security Committee to lift the sector's struggling productivity.
View and download "Powering Productivity for Sustainable Food Security" - an independent report by Dr Marcus Bellett-Travers of Anglia Ruskin University, commissioned by the Agricultural Industries Confederation.
AIC has used the findings of a major report to call for an independent UK Food Security Committee to be established to shore up the UK agri-food sector’s floundering productivity and sustainably bolster the nation's food security.
Read AIC Chief Executive Robert Sheasby's foreword to the "Powering Productivity for Sustainable Food Security" independent report published on 15 November.
The Environment Secretary Steve Reed MP has announced that the Government will work with industry to create a food strategy, a move that has been welcomed by AIC.
20 MPs elected at last month's General Election will join a collaborative new industry-led scheme that champions British food and farming in their constituencies and Westminster.
AIC has set out its core asks of the next UK Government on food security, trade and sustainability after a General Election was called for 4 July 2024.
Why AIC commissioned an independent report assessing the UK agri-food sector's productivity levels and make recommendations on how to sustainably improve our nation's food security.
The need for greater food security in the UK has been highlighted by a committee of MPs, as its report calls on the Government to establish a "Food Resilience Forum".
Fertiliser's importance to food security has been emphasised by the EFRA Select Committee making recommendations on tackling inflation and supply challenges.
