The four new Advanced Training Partnerships (ATP) announced by BBSRC are described briefly below
 
1. Sustainable and Efficient Food Production
Led by the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Science (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University, with Bangor University, the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, and a number of industrial partners.
This training partnership will look to address the high-level skills needs of pasture based agriculture in the UK, focusing on increasing efficiency and reducing environmental impact of extensive beef, sheep and dairy farming.
 
2. Establishment of a strategic training hub for the advancement of the UK agri-food industry
Led by the University of Nottingham with Harper Adams University College, Cranfield University, Rothamsted Research, and a number of industrial partners.
This programme has been designed in response to feedback from industry about training needs and will be flexible and responsive, spanning the entire agri-food chain, including soils, water, crops, animals, post-harvest, food and nutrition. The aim is to provide participants with lifelong membership of a vibrant community of colleagues in industry and academia, enabling them to obtain a wide range of technical and contextual skills that can be deployed for maximum impact across the chain.
Full details on the coursed offered, support for funding and how to apply can now be found by though this link http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/aatp/index.aspx
 
3. Food Quality and Health - Sustaining the Future
Led by the University of Reading with Rothamsted Research, University of Birmingham, Leatherhead Food Research, and a number of other industrial partners.
This partnership brings together experts working on the food chain from production to consumption, from academia and industry, focused on delivering high quality and real-world relevant training for the food and production industries.
 
4. Advanced Training in Intensive Livestock Health and Production
Led by the Royal Veterinary College with University of Cambridge, University of Newcastle, University of Edinburgh and a number of industrial partners.
This consortium will focus on the pig and poultry industry, to provide specialist training to veterinarians as well as other animal scientists working in this sector.
 
For full details click here
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/people-skills-training/2011/110523-pr-advanced-food-security-skills.aspx