{"id":261,"date":"2025-01-21T18:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/agrifood-futures\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2025-03-10T11:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:13:06","slug":"farming-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/agrifood-futures\/priority-areas\/farming-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Farming systems, nature and climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;312&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #0a6252\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Farming systems that work with nature and our climate<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>We will innovate in responsible food production while protecting and enriching our natural resources.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We face two-interlinked food production challenges: how to feed a growing population and how to nurture the resources that enable food production at scale. 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