Feb 18 2021 Read 1440 Times
The new Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development, launched on Feb 1 will focus on developing solutions to enable farmers all over the world to build resilience to variability in rainfall, periods of drought and more extreme and unpredictable weather events.
Launched with £750,000 of funding from the John Innes Foundation, the new Institute will be based at Norwich Research Park, alongside partners the Earlham Institute (EI), Quadram Institute and The Sainsbury Laboratory and represents a landmark as the first formal partnership of expertise in plant science from the John Innes Centre and the social sciences from UEA’s School of International Development.