News - 2013
Coffee drinkers are encouraged to buy environmentally-friendly coffee, whether it be certified, organic or shade coffee, but how effective are these ways of growing coffee at combating climate...
Irene Carvalho, a PhD student from Lund University, Sweden, is currently visiting NRI and is working with Aurélie Bechoff, Food Technologist and recent winner of the Early Career Research Excellence...
Dr Susan Seal, molecular plant pathologist at NRI, was presented an award for the impact of her work on society and developing countries at the 25th Anniversary Symposium of The Sainsbury Laboratory...
Reducing food losses after harvest is an important means of improving food availability. Since the food crisis of 2006/2007 the international community has taken an increased interest in loss...
Keith Tomlins, Professor of Food Science at the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich gave his Inaugural Professorial Lecture 'Let Them Eat Cake: Food Quality and Acceptance in...
NRI and its predecessor organisations have supported cotton research and development in Africa for a century or more. Rory Hillocks who joined NRI in 1995, after a period of 13 years working in...
The role of Fairtrade in improving the well-being of small-scale producers is widely recognised, however there has not yet been a systematic study of how and why Fairtrade companies are investing in...
Food security expert Professor John Porter, who specialises in crop and ecosystem services, has been newly appointed to the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) as Professor of Agriculture and Climate...
A reception was held with the University of Greenwich Court of Governors to recognise all newly appointed Professors and Readers, and the winners of the Early Career Research Excellence award...
And you will feed him for a day. Teach a man or a woman to fish and you will almost certainly upset someone, somewhere. The fisheries and aquaculture sectors have certainly not benefited from great...
Pest management specialist Jerry Cooper from the Natural Resources Institute's European Union Centre for Integrated Pest Management (EUCIPM) co-authored an informative Q&A article for British...
Margaret Haggis, a former employee of the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), has recently published a fascinating book called 'Tales of travels with and without a porter' based on her diary and field...