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vi I October 2009 I Reaping the Benefits The Royal Society
Membership of working group The members of the working group involved in producing this report were as follows: Chair Sir David Baulcombe FRS Professor of Botany, University of Cambridge, UK. Members Professor Ian Crute Professor Bill Davies Professor Jim Dunwell Professor Mike Gale FRS Professor Jonathan Jones FRS Professor Jules Pretty OBE Professor William Sutherland Dr Camilla Toulmin Chief Scientist, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, UK. Director, Lancaster Environment Centre, UK. Professor of Plant Biotechnology, University of Reading, UK. John Innes Foundation Emeritus Fellow and Professorial Fellow, University of East Anglia, UK. Senior Scientist, Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, UK. Professor of Environment and Society, University of Essex, UK. Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Cambridge, UK. Director, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK. Royal Society Science Policy Team Dr Nick Green Sarah Mee Dr Anne Simpson Dr Jack Stilgoe Head of Projects. Policy Adviser. Senior Policy Adviser. Senior Policy Adviser. This report has been reviewed by an independent panel of experts and also approved by the Council of the Royal Society. Review Panel The Royal Society gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the reviewers. The review group were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. Dame Jean Thomas DBE CBE FRS FMedSci (Chair) Dr David Evans Professor Charles Godfray FRS Dr Hans Herren Professor John Pickett CBE FRS Lord John Selborne KBE DL FRS Professor of Macromolecular Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK. Former Head of Research and Technology, Syngenta AG, Basel, Switzerland. Hope Professor of Entomology, University of Oxford, UK. President, The Millennium Institute, USA. Head of Biological Chemistry, Rothamsted Research, UK. House of Lords, UK. The Royal Society Reaping the Benefits I October 2009 I vii
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Page 11 and 12: Summary Food security is one of thi
Page 13 and 14: 1 Introduction Summary Food securit
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5 Conclusions and recommendations 5
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model species. However, high throug
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UK focus. We have identified a majo
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6 References ACRE (2007). Managing
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de Dorlodot S, Forster B, Pagès L,
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Hammer G, Cooper M, Tardieu F, Welc
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and quality. Australian Grapegrower
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Robinson RA & Sutherland WJ (2002).
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Vanderauwera S, De Block M, Van de
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7 Annexes 7.1 Project terms of refe
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Practical Action, UK. Professor Arp
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8 Glossary Abiotic stresses ACRE Ae
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Millenium Ecosystem Assessment Mole
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