Nine Billion

EVENT Diversified Farming Systems Roundtable Discussion via The Berkeley Institute of the Environment

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"Feeding 9 Billion with the Challenges of Climate Change: Towards Diversified Ecoagriculture Landscapes"

The challenges for agricultural production over the next few decades will require not marginal changes in response, but fundamental re-thinking of food systems to accommodate large increases in demand in the context of climate change. Adapting and improving crop varieties will be one part of the solution, but re-shaping the agroecosystems and associated markets within which they are grown will be more profound and requires the greater emphasis in research and investment. Mobilizing diversity within agro-ecosystems and across landscapes in highly cost-effective ways that suit both local and global markets will be key. The talk will highlight some of the technical ecological, institutional and policy solutions that are emerging.

Wednesday, May 5th

2:30 – 5:00pm

Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center

Introduction: A.G. Kawamura, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sara Scherr, President & CEO of Ecoagriculture Partners

Panelists: Dr. Claire Kremen, Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley;

Dr. Tom Tomich, Director, UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute, Professor of Community Development, Environmental Science & Policy;

Dr. Nathan Sayre, Professor of Environmental and Human Geography, UC Berkeley

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