Queen’s Anniversary Prize awarded to The University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham has won royal recognition for its research to help feed the world's growing population. The University has been awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, for its research on Global Food Security — which includes everything from growing more crops with less fertiliser, to improving the nutrition, safety and taste of food on the plate. Worldwide, around a billion people are hungry and nearly 200 million children are severely malnourished. With the world's population expected to increase from seven billion to nine billion by 2050, coupled with climate change, the challenge of feeding the world has never been more pressing. The University of Nottingham is home to one of the largest communities of plant, crop, animal and food science experts in the UK, carrying out world-leading research to find new ways of feeding a hungry planet. The Queen's Anniversary Prize is part of the UK's national honours system, and as such is the most prestigious form of national recognition open to a UK academic institution. The latest round of the biennial scheme is particularly special because it will be formally awarded in 2012 — the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Year.