Word reaches me of an event in Aberdeen next week:
How To Feed The World
19 May 2015, 18:00 – 19:30 New King’s 6, Old AberdeenA panel of experts will discuss the challenge of feeding the ever-growing population.
The world will have to produce more food in the next 50 years than we have consumed in all of human history; an even more daunting challenge considering this increased production has to come from a finite amount of agricultural land amid a changing climate. As a result, business as usual will not do it and novel strategies are required.
Join us for a public lecture where researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) will contribute to this debate by highlighting important insights based on their world-leading research. Paul West and Jamie Gerber, both University of Minnesota, will identify several key “global leverage points” that offer the best opportunities to improve both global food security and environmental sustainability, while Mario Herrero (CSIRO), a world renowned expert on livestock systems, will discuss the role of livestock systems in the larger challenges of climate change mitigation and improving global food security.
This public lecture originates from a major international research collaboration project between scientists at the University of Aberdeen and several global leaders in food security research. A number of international researchers from all over the globe will visit Aberdeen for several days in May as part of the research project “Delivering Food Security on Limited Land (DEVIL)”, which includes the Scottish research institutions the University of Aberdeen, the James Hutton Institute and the University of Dundee. The project is coordinated by Professor Pete Smith (University of Aberdeen) and Professor Deb Roberts (James Hutton Institute).
Contact: Henri de Ruiter