An Inquiry (started December 08) by EFRA (Environmental Food & Rural Affairs) Select Committee of MPs' looked into the challenges for the UK in securing food supplies up to 2050.

The inquiry asked:
• How robust is the current UK food system? What are its main strengths and weaknesses?

• How well placed is the UK to make the most of its opportunities in responding to the challenge of increasing global food production by 50% by 2030 and doubling it by 2050, while ensuring that such production is sustainable?

The Inquiry concluded that the UK needs to produce "more food, more sustainably". "The UK has a moral obligation to contribute to the global challenge of securing future food supplies". 'If people go hungry then political stability goes out of the window. This is a key lesson that Defra must learn from last year’s food price hike when some countries ran short of food. What happened showed just how fine the line is between full supermarket shelves and empty stomachs,' said Committee Chairman the Rt Hon Michael Jack MP."

Evidence

Written Evidence to Committee (all 70 Memoranda from CLA, NFU, Friends of Earth etc).