Special reports

 

  • FEEDING BRITAIN - What Consumers Want. 13July 2010 (pdf 942Kb)
  • AHDB has supported The Smith Institute in writing some chapters for this follow-up publication examining the demand side of the food industry and on some of the more social and consumer aspects of food. In this publication, we have helped to explore some of the issues around consumer behaviour and the role of food. We examine what we mean when we talk of a healthy sustainable diet and the implications that this has for both consumers and producers. In particular, the contributors explore the relationship between health, affordability and sustainability.

  • AGRISKILLS STRATEGY - 10 February 2010 (pdf 500Kb)
  • AHDB has joined with other industry leaders in supporting a major new skills strategy aimed at equipping farmers and growers with the right skills for the 21st century. The AgriSkills Strategy seeks to ensure that industries that lie at the heart of the UK’s agriculture and horticulture production deliver a skilled workforce capable of delivering increased food production and tackling environmental challenges.

  • BEEF, SHEEP and PIGS Outlook Conference 2009 - 8 April 2009

    Outlook 2009 took place on Wednesday 8 April at One Great George Street, London. This year’s Outlook conference was jointly hosted by our BPEX and EBLEX divisions. Please use the link here to find the presentations on the BPEX website.
    http://www.bpex.org.uk/articles/298160/Outlook_2009__8_April_2009.aspx.


  • FEEDING BRITAIN - 25 March 2009 (pdf 377Kb)
  • AHDB has supported The Smith Institute in pulling together this timely publication examining the often overlooked issue of food production and security in Britain. At the global level, population growth, economic growth in key emerging countries, changing dietary patterns, finite land availability, climate change, challenges to the availability of key resources, the energy challenge, and a slowdown in the rate of growth of food productivity all point towards the need for new thinking. We tend to think of these issues in an international context, but in a globalised world they will inevitably affect the UK.

  • The HDC’s National Horticultural Forum - a Review of UK Horticultural R&D provision - 15 Aug 08 (pdf 1 MB)