Challenge Based Molecular Tracking (MolTrack)

基于挑战的分子追踪 (MolTrack)

• 批准号: BB/X00550X/1
• 负责人: Wendy Russell
• 金额: $ 17.76万
• 依托单位: University of Aberdeen
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FX00550X%2F1
• 关键词: Challenge; Based; Molecular; Tracking; MolTrack

Immediate agricultural interventions are required to address net zero, dietary and biodiversity challenges to deliver opportunities for a stronger and resilient economy, a healthier fairer society and to meet many of our sustainable development goals. Our current food production systems have resulted in a reduction in bio-, agribio- and dietary diversity (as well as other environmental issues), ultimately leading to imbalances in dietary molecules, which has contributed to substantial amounts of the world's population suffering from both malnutrition and non-communicable disorders at enormous economic cost. Crop selection, agronomic practice, land management, food production and processing are key variables, as we need to make the best use of our land, while reducing emissions from agriculture, producing high quality nutritious food, protecting the environment, while taking into account circularity. In practice, however, the effect of change, particularly employing disruptive technologies is difficult to measure across the food supply chain and the impact on the key challenges difficult to assess. We propose that soil, crop, livestock and human health and disease can be monitored by molecular tracking of these key nutrients and other food-related molecules, allowing practices that optimise diversity. This completely novel approach will develop a research base and dataset as proof-of-concept, which aims to have wide application across a number of settings both nationally and globally. The anticipated outcome is the successful delivery of a 'proof-of-concept' model capable of predicting the effect of disruptive changes to the food supply system in terms of molecular diversity and flow. We will identify valuable datasets, necessary input parameters, important disruptive technologies, gaps and barriers and deliver a network capable of applying this model on both a national and global level to address a wide range of agri-food systems. This project could deliver benefits to farmers and landowners looking to diversify practice to effectively deliver on dietary, climate and biodiversity targets, food and drink businesses looking to capitalise on novel opportunities and deliver a fit-for-purpose food supply system, third sector organisations with interests in meeting dietary, climate and biodiversity targets, the UK and global research community by increasing UK research capability, as well as foster international collaboration, policy teams by proactively informing on valuable technologies to support policy targets and wider society by delivering on our dietary, climate and biodiversity targets.

必须立即采取农业干预措施，以应对净零、饮食和生物多样性挑战，为更强大、更有弹性的经济、更健康、更公平的社会提供机会，并实现我们的许多可持续发展目标。我们目前的粮食生产系统导致生物多样性、农业生物多样性和饮食多样性(以及其他环境问题)减少，最终导致膳食分子失衡，这导致世界上大量人口同时遭受营养不良和非传染性疾病的痛苦，付出了巨大的经济代价。作物选择、农艺实践、土地管理、粮食生产和加工是关键变量，因为我们需要最大限度地利用土地，同时减少农业排放，生产高质量营养食品，保护环境，同时考虑循环。然而，在实践中，变化的影响，特别是采用破坏性技术，很难在整个粮食供应链上衡量，对关键挑战的影响也很难评估。我们建议，可以通过对这些关键营养素和其他与食品相关的分子的分子跟踪来监测土壤、作物、牲畜和人类的健康和疾病，从而实现优化多样性的做法。这一全新的方法将建立一个作为概念验证的研究基础和数据集，其目标是在全国和全球的许多环境中广泛应用。预期的结果是成功地交付了一个能够从分子多样性和流动的角度预测食品供应系统破坏性变化影响的“概念验证”模型。我们将确定有价值的数据集、必要的输入参数、重要的颠覆性技术、差距和障碍，并提供一个能够在国家和全球一级应用这一模式的网络，以解决广泛的农业食品系统问题。该项目可以为希望实现多样化实践以有效实现饮食、气候和生物多样性目标的农民和土地所有者、希望利用新机会并提供适合用途的食品供应体系的食品和饮料企业、有兴趣实现饮食、气候和生物多样性目标的第三部门组织、英国和全球研究机构通过提高英国的研究能力以及通过主动告知有价值的技术以支持政策目标和更广泛的社会通过实现我们的饮食、气候和生物多样性目标而促进国际合作、政策团队和更广泛的社会。