The UK Food Group (UKFG) is the leading UK network for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on global food and agriculture issues. Our vision is a world in which hunger has been banished by food security.

To this end our work seeks to promote sustainable and equitable food security policies; to balance corporate power by providing a public interest perspective to issues affecting global food security; and to strengthen the capacity of civil society to contribute effectively to international consultations on food security.

We represent more than 30 development, farming, consumer and environment organisations, drawn together by a common concern for food security.

In Europe we also represent BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development) on global food and farming issues, including representation in CONCORD’s European Food Security Group.

UK Food Group Conference: Securing Future Food
Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road London NW1
 Friday 24 Septembre 2010, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Speakers include: Caroline Lucas MP, Prof. Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and African farmers’ leaders

The UK Food Group is organising this EuropAfrica conference in the run up to World Food Day and the FAO Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to explore approaches and models of production that put food for people at the centre of policy and practice in both Africa and Europe. The conference will focus especially on ecological food provision and strengthening local food webs as a way to achieve a more equitable food system. It will ask how European and African regional policies can help realise this. Click here to find out more

News and updates

2010 - UN Year of Biodiversity 2010 - UN Year of Biodiversity
See the UKabc website for more information

European Food Declaration
On 16 March the UKFG joined with hundreds of other organisations in launching a European Food Declaration. The declaration outlines principles for a radically new common agriculture and food policy that is fair, inclusive, transparent, sustainable and, importantly, has the interests of people rather than corporations at its centre.

The European NGOS members of CONCORD common position on the reform of the FAO Committee on Food Security (CFS)
Read more - download 177kb word document

Publications and positions

Securing future food: towards ecological food provision Securing future food: towards ecological food provision
This briefing shows why it is necessary to make the radical shift towards ecological food provision in order to secure future food for the world’s predicted 9 billion people. Read more and download the paper

Hidden Threats
An analysis of intellectual property rights in EU-ACP EPAs: unveiling the hidden threats to securing food supplies and conserving agricultural biodiversity. Read more and download the report.

Agriculture at a crossroads Agriculture at a crossroads: Implementing the findings of the international agriculture assessment
Read more and download the presentations

More Aid for African Agriculture: policy implications for small-scale farmers More Aid for African Agriculture: policy implications for small-scale farmers
Members of the UK Food Group are calling on governments to increase Aid for small-scale African farmers in ways that will help them to feed their people, improve their livelihoods and sustain the environment. Read more and download the report

Projects

europAfrica EuropAfrica
"EuropAfrica: Family Farmed Lands" is an information campaign established from the collaboration between farmers organizations of the North and the South of the world. Visit the europAfrica website

African smallholders in focus – a voice in EU trade policy African smallholders in focus – a voice in EU trade policy
A dialoque– oriented public advocacy project by UK Food Group, Both ENDS, FIAN and Germanwatch. Visit the African smallholders in focus website

address: UKFG, 94 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PF
email: ukfg@ukfg.org.uk