Marks and Spencer Knowledge Exchange Fellowship

我们全球粮食系统的生产力受到环境退化、资源稀缺和气候变化的威胁。与此同时，由于全球人口增长和消费增加，对该系统的需求也在增加。约翰·贝丁顿爵士称这是一场挑战的“完美风暴”，如果我们的食物系统要变得可持续发展，就必须解决这些挑战。企业可以通过最大限度地减少浪费、帮助平衡供需以及为全球食品体系的更好治理做出贡献，在应对这些挑战方面发挥关键作用(Foresight，2011)。A计划使M&S处于独特的地位，成为企业参与这些问题并为其做出贡献的领导者和典范。KE奖学金是这一进程中的关键一步，它促进了科学和商业的结合，以发展更可持续的粮食系统。该奖学金的目标是成为促进和过滤国家环境研究中心和M&S之间的知识经纪人，以最大限度地吸收国家环境研究中心资助的与商业相关的环境科学研究，并通过发展响应性伙伴关系来促进互惠互利的新KE和研究项目。

The productivity of our global food system is threatened by environmental degradation, resource scarcity and climate change. At the same time the demand on the system is increasing due to a growing global population and increasing consumption. Sir John Beddington calls this a 'perfect storm' of challenges that must be addressed if our food system is to become sustainable. Business has a key role to play in meeting these challenges through minimising waste, helping to balance supply and demand, and contributing to better governance of the global food system (Foresight, 2011). Plan A makes M&S uniquely placed to become a leader and model for business engagement with and contribution to these issues. The KE Fellowship is a key step in that process, by facilitating the integration of science and business for the development of a more sustainable food system. The aim of the fellowship is to be a knowledge broker that facilitates and filters between NERC and M&S to maximise the uptake of NERC funded environmental science research relevant to business, and to promote mutually beneficial new KE and research projects through the development of a responsive partnership.