@wtocarr

Researching food systems and climate @LSHTM

 London, England
Joined May 2010
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How can agriculture adapt to climate change? 🌍🌾 @_HannahRitchie provides a great overview of strategies to ensure resilient food production systems: ourworldindata.org/climate-c… #ClimateChange #FoodSystems

Climate change will affect food production, but here are the things we can do to adapt

Adapting planting dates, selecting better crop varieties, and increasing access to irrigation and fertilizers could offset potential declines in crop yields.

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Zakari Ali@ZakAli_219 May 2024
Really a pleasure to launch our DiGES project today. DiGES supports fruit and vegetables production and consumption via climate adaptation. Support from @SciforAfrica. Led by @AlcadeCS, @wtocarr and Aziz from @nana_gambia. Thanks to all our stakeholders.
MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM
@mrcunitgambia9 May 2024
In collaboration with @nana_gambia & @BiovIntCIAT_eng, we launched the Diversifying Gambian Diets for Health & Environmental Sustainability (DiGES) project The 24-month initiative supported by @SciforAfrica will boost production of underutilised crops resilient to #ClimateChange
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📢New paper alert. Our study from The Gambia highlights the challenges many countries face in meeting rising food demand as the climate changes. 🌱📈 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s12571-024-0… @LSHTM_Planet @mrcunitgambia @IIASAVienna @BiovIntCIAT_eng
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Key points: · The Gambia needs a significant boost in food supply by 2050 to meet rising demand. · Realising the country's crop yield potential would substantially reduce the gap between supply and demand.
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· This requires better access to fertilisers and irrigation, organic farming, climate-resilient crops and optimised planting dates. · Diversifying import sources and reducing trade barriers are also needed for improving food supply.
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📢🗣️Come study with us! We have a new (fully funded) PhD opportunity to study #sustainablefoodsystems at @LSHTM and @RoyalVetCollege. Check it out on: t.ly/8edKl 📅Closing date: 17 March 2024 📅Starting date between April & October 2024 @LSHTM_Planet
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Learning Lab 6 of 25 Innovative methods & metrics for overcoming research #Data deficits in 🟡#Climatechange 🟡#Agriculture 🟡#FoodSystems 🟡#Health ➡️Read anh-academy.org/Academy-week… ➡️Register anh-academy.org/form/anh2023… 🧵#ANH2023 countdown - 12 days to go
Learning Lab: Innovative Methods & Metrics for Climate Change and ANH – How can we overcome the data deficit?

ALT Learning Lab: Innovative Methods & Metrics for Climate Change and ANH – How can we overcome the data deficit?

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Want to expand your knowledge of the complex systems that link the environment & human health? We're delighted to have opened applications for our new MSc in #ClimateChange & #PlanetaryHealth🌍 Apply now or find out more at our open evening on 16 May⬇️ bit.ly/41ht6h0
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"Young people are strong supporters of action to change the trajectory on climate change. It is time their voices are heeded by those in power." @mrcunitgambia @LSHTM researchers share learnings from a Climate Change Solutions Festival in The Gambia. bit.ly/3QkieLC
A stall explaining and showing the need to protect fresh water bodies during the Climate Change Solutions Festival in The Gambia

ALT A stall explaining and showing the need to protect fresh water bodies during the Climate Change Solutions Festival in The Gambia

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🌱Join 'Impact of #ClimateChange on food systems", the IAP-ASSAf-NASAC side event at the @FAO Science & Innovation Forum! 📌13 Oct 2PM CEST 🟢You can find more info and the link to register here interacademies.org/event/imp…
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I am happy to share our first paper since I joined @LSHTM. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac… Our systematic review shows that farming methods used in West Africa can largely mitigate and even offset the negative impacts of climate change on important crops. 1/3

Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for crops in West Africa: a systematic review

Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for crops in West Africa: a systematic review, Carr, Tony W, Mkuhlani, Siyabusa, Segnon, Alcade C, Ali, Zakari, Zougmoré, Robert, Dangour, Alan D,...

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Modified sowing dates and climate-resilient varieties are most effective. Increasing the amount of fertiliser is not really an adaptation to climate change, but will be important to increase yields now and in the future due to the low soil productivity in this region. 2/3
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It is important to note that the successful use of these methods is very site and context specific and depends on access to resources and information. This is even more important as climate change worsens, as higher yield losses need to be mitigated. 3/3
📢📢More funded PhD Opportunities @LSHTM on #sustainablefoodsystem! Apply for our exciting project on North-South interactions in #sustainablefoodsystems and their relevance for #globalhealth and #resilience. More information: mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/apply/ @LSHTM_Planet
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📢📢 PhD studentship alert!! @NIHRSPHR have launched a new round of #PhD #studentships. Check out all opportunities, including an exciting project with our team (me!) @LSHTM_Planet, in collaboration with @sheffielduni & @UKHSA, on #sustainablefoodsystems @RPhalkey @samanthacaton
NIHR SPHR@NIHRSPHR3 Nov 2021
Looking for a #PhD #Studentship in #PublicHealth? Want to join our nation-wide research community? @NIHRSPHR are funding #PhD #studentships to help build careers in #PublicHealthResearch @NIHRcommunity @NIHRSPCR @NIHRSSCR sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve…

NIHR SPHR PhD studentships 2022 - NIHR School for Public Health Research

Established in April 2012 and recently renewed 2022-27, the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) is a partnership between nine leading centres of academic public health research excellence...

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Registration for the @IIASAVienna Young Scientists Summer Program 2022 is now open! If you are a PhD student looking to explore the policy implications of your work, find out more and apply here: iiasa.ac.at/web/home/educati…
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Soil loss in EU and UK to soar 22.5% by 2050. Researchers are urging stronger soil conservation strategies to cover this gap.⛈️Climate change is a threat for our #soils and food production🌽. @EU_ScienceHub publication and data: bit.ly/3lhuGfR
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This new study explores the impact of water erosion on global maize and wheat production. @UCL_ISR @IIASAVienna sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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one more step closer to achieving a better understanding of 🌍 land degradation patterns. Just out the study led by Remus Prăvălie assessing the arable lands under the pressure of multiple land degradation processes. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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A slight rise in temperature will hurt the harvests of key crops in many of the world's poorest countries, according to a modelling study led by @AgnolucciPaolo @BartlettUCL with @unisouthampton @EdinburghUni Report by @thinink ow.ly/vEzU50CHD9f
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