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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Aug 14

This summer, Deimantė Daujotaite conducted her fieldwork with Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Njoro, a global expert for wheat rust research.

Deima worked to understand what Kenyan farmers need from new wheat varieties.

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Socio-economic insights for Kenyan wheat improvement: Lessons from the field - The Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development

Deima Daujotaite spent six weeks working with local communities to understand needs and opportunities for wheat improvement.

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Jul 1

🎉NISD intern Georgia Oliver has been awarded Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association Norfolk International Scholarship to study environmental schemes internationally.

She will compare UK schemes, such as SFI and ELMS with schemes in other countries to inform UK policy 🚜

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NISD intern awarded pioneering agricultural scholarship

NISD Intern Georgia Oliver has been awarded the 2025 Norfolk International Scholarship to study environmental schemes for agriculture.

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Jun 5

👩‍💻 Catch up with our seminar from Dr Cary Fowler in this blog from Theresa Cassandra Saini.

"Global food systems are not on track to meet food and nutritional needs around the world [...] there are strategic, urgent, and essential actions we can take to counter these risks."

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Trends-Trouble-Tenacity: The Food Security Picture for 2050

Dr Cary Fowler speaks about the challenges for food security and the importance of crop diversity for agricultural resilience and productivity

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Jun 4

Join us 18 June at UEA for the 2025 Piers Blaikie Lecture:
“Exploring the contours of feminist political ecology” @thenisd.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

Voices from Norfolk and beyond on land, justice & hope.

🎟️ Free, but booking required: store.uea.ac.uk/conferences-...

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Jun 4

There's a great event coming 18 June with @gejgroup.bsky.social and @developmentuea.bsky.social - "Exploring the contours of feminist political ecology: Dialogues in the Norfolk Landscape”

A keynote from Rebecca Elmhirst, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Brighton

More details👇

Global Environmental Justice Group @gejgroup.bsky.social · Apr 14

Join us on June 18th for the 2025 Piers Blaikie Lecture! 🌿💚 Exploring feminist political ecology & environmental justice with an all-star panel. Book now! 👉 bit.ly/4jh6sPO

#FeministPoliticalEcology

Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · May 26

📅📢RESCHEDULE: Please note our seminar with Alan Spearot on enabling sustainable access to high value markets will no longer take place this Thursday (29 May), and instead will be arranged for a future date, which we share as soon as we have an update.

Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · May 13

Join us 29 May with Alan Spearot of University of California, Santa Cruz and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) speaking on "Enabling Sustainable Access to High Value Markets: Maize Cooperatives in Rwanda"

⌚ 12pm
📍 ZICER 0.01, UEA
✔️ Join in person or online

All welcome

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Apr 23

🗓️ Save the date: 2024 World Food Prize Foundation Winner Dr Cary Fowler is giving this year's John Innes Foundation Lecture at @johninnescentre.bsky.social Centre on 23 May

"Trends – Trouble – Tenacity: The food security picture for 2050"

More information👇
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Trends - Trouble - Tenacity: The food security picture for 2050

2025 World Food Prize Winner Dr Cary Fowler gives the JIF 2025 lecture on how to meet global food demand and need by 2050.

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Apr 18

🎉 We are delighted to announce that 2024 World Food Prize Foundation Winner Dr Cary Fowler will give our 2025 John Innes Foundation lecture this May.

The lecture will take place:
🗓️ 13:30 (BST) 23 May
📍 @johninnescentre.bsky.social Conference centre

More details soon!

Dr Cary Fowler will give the 2025 John Innes Foundation lecture with NISD on 23 May.

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Apr 17

🎉 We're proud to welcome Prof. Maren Duvendack as an NISD member, building on many years of close working. Great to have Maren working with us to enhance the impact of our research.

Maren is based at @developmentuea.bsky.social focusing on financial inclusion, gender & smallholder agriculture

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Mar 27

🧑‍💻 Join us today at 12pm: Could computational breakthroughs guide more sustainable farming and fisheries? A chance to develop more cross-disciplinary collaborations 💡🤝

⏰ Today 12pm (GMT)
💻 Virtual seminar

Link to register 👉 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/43fb47...

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Mar 24

Sorry about that, please find the link here: nisd.ac.uk/event/could-...

Can computational breakthroughs guide more sustainable farming?

Professors from the UEA School of Computing Science share opportunities for collaboration with AGRIFORWARDS for sustainable food systems.

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Mar 21

Seminar next week: Could computational breakthroughs guide more sustainable farming and fisheries? 🧑‍💻🥗

Join us with Beatriz De La Iglesia and Michal Mackiewicz of the University of East Anglia School of Computing Sciences

⏰ 12pm (GMT)
📆 27 March

Register to join 👉https://tinyurl.com/4ww5ewra

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Mar 21

👩🥗 Nitya Rao's University of East Anglia Lasdun lecture is now available to watch on Accelerating Action towards Gender Justice for Climate and Food.

Watch the presentation 👉 lnkd.in/eFCvBqQk

Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Mar 10

⏰Join us this Thursday: Prof Nitya Rao gives the University of East Anglia 2025 Lasdun Lecture on "accelerating action towards gender justice for climate and food" 👩🥗

🗓️ 13 March
⌚ 18:30 (GMT)
📌 In person and online. All welcome

Registration 👉 nisd.ac.uk/event/accele...

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Mar 3

Join our Director Nitya Rao next week for the University of East Anglia 2025 Lasdun Lecture on "accelerating action towards gender justice for climate and food" 👩🥗

🗓️ 13 March
⌚ 18:30 (GMT)
📌 In person and online. All welcome, registration required.

More details 👇
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Accelerating Action towards gender justice for climate and food - The Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development

For the 2025 UEA Lasdun Lecture, as part of International Women's Day, Professor Nitya Rao speaks on gender justice for climate and food

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Julie Bremner @wormbotherer.bsky.social · Feb 25

Working with @thenisd.bsky.social helps me put my #marine #ecosystem #sustainability work in a broader context and I value the collaborations greatly. Ecology [oîkos] is all about relationships - we are all organisms in an environment

Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Feb 18

🐟Meet NISD member @wormbotherer.bsky.social A Principal Marine Ecologist at Cefas & Assoc. Prof at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

Julie specialises in biodiversity, marine food & climate change. Her work bridges science, policy & industry to drive sustainable marine resource use 🌊

NISD member Julie Bremner, Principal Marine Ecologist at Cefas.

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Feb 28

📢 Call for Papers & Delegates!

Join us for #Gender & #Development: Debates for a Changing World

📅 19-20 June 2025, UEA, Norwich
📝 Submit your abstract by 21 March: [email protected]

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Feb 20

💻 You can now watch online Emily Norton's seminar with us on the future of UK farming.

A fantastic insight on the major pressures UK agriculture and some potential paths ahead 🚜

youtu.be/DfqOVJAYV98?...

Farming in 2050: a 25-year vision for England’s food, farming and land use

YouTube video by Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Feb 18

🐟Meet NISD member @wormbotherer.bsky.social A Principal Marine Ecologist at Cefas & Assoc. Prof at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

Julie specialises in biodiversity, marine food & climate change. Her work bridges science, policy & industry to drive sustainable marine resource use 🌊

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Julie Bremner @wormbotherer.bsky.social · Feb 11

Very happy that Cefas' parent ministry Defra published my blog on #gender in #fisheries for #InternationalDayofWomenAndGirlsInScience.
We need better understanding of gender/social equity across seafood value chains. Read the original paper here www.nature.com/articles/s43... @thenisd.bsky.social

A systematic review of the impact of post-harvest aquatic food processing technology on gender equality and social justice - Nature Food

Fisheries and aquaculture production are key to livelihoods, food and nutrition, yet over one-third of global aquatic harvest is lost or wasted. The post-harvest sector, key to reducing these losses, ...

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Feb 11

🚜UK farming is at a crossroads for the future of food production and land management. Join us and @developmentuea.bsky.social with Emily Norton at 2pm on Thursday to discuss what is needed for the way forward.

📆 13th Feb
⏰ 2 PM GMT

In-person or online, more details 👉
nisd.ac.uk/event/farmin...

Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Jan 30

Join us for a seminar on the future of UK farming 🚜

Emily Norton dives into England's food and farming landscape, exploring tensions, opportunities, and the 25-year vision for farming at a time of change.

📆 13th Feb
⏰ 2 PM GMT

In-person or online, more details 👉
nisd.ac.uk/event/farmin...

Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Jan 23

Excited to share our Nature Scientific Data publication! NISD members were involved in the assembly of the #genome of African yam bean, a protein-rich, climate-resilient opportunity crop using @nanoporetech.com This unlocks potential for advanced breeding and food security. Read more: bit.ly/4jnDm1h

Chromosome-scale assembly of the African yam bean genome - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Chromosome-scale assembly of the African yam bean genome

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Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development @thenisd.bsky.social · Jan 21

Meet NISD’s Matthew Osborne! Based between Biodiversity and Sustainability Solutions (BASS) and @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social, Matthew’s research takes a transdisciplinary approach combining behavioural science, experimental methods, and service design approaches to address complex global challenges.

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