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Present challenges:
One in eight people are chronically under-nourished
We are eating into the planets natural capital
Future challenges:
Population set to expand to > 9 billion by 2050
Economic development raises living standards but
also resource consumption
Climate change effects on agricultural production are
uncertain
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The challenges
Ending hunger
Government Office for Science, 2011, Foresight: The Future of Food and Farming
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Food system
Environmental feedbacks
e.g. water quality, GHGs
DRIVERS
interactions
Socioeconomic feedbacks
e.g. livelihoods, consumer advocacy
Food
Availabili
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Food
Access
Environ.
capital
Global Food
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Research themes
Global Food
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Research themes
Global Food
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Research themes
Global Food
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The fifth seminar of the Food Futures in the World series 2015
Can GM crops help to feed the world?
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Professor Sir Brian Heap
Research Associate, Centre for Development Studies, University of
Cambridge, former Master of St. Edmunds College, and
Project Leader, Biosciences for Farming in Africa
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Global Food Security to 2050
A seminar of the Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA) supported by the
Global Food Security Initiative, CambPlants and The Humanitarian Centre
14th May 2015, 2-6pm
Dr Bojana Bazjelj (Cambridge University Engineering Dept)
Prof Amir Kassam (University of Reading & FAO)
Dr Gottlieb Basch (University of Evora, Portugal)
Hughes Hall, Pavilion Room, Wollaston Road, Cambridge CB1 2EW
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For more information
www.globalfood.cam.ac.uk