Monday, 5 August 2013
The Year 2050 might seem far away, but the current generation of children will only be in their forties and will raising families.
Their world will have 50 % more people in it but the planet, our source of food, will be the same size. The demand for food will be huge.
In a free public lecture, Winthrop Professor Kadambot Siddique, Director of the UWA Institute of Agriculture will discuss Australia's current food production, population growth and the impact of climate change on food production and export.
He will suggest that in order to maintain Australia's food production capacity in 2050, we must innovate, adopt and reform, investing in research and development and building on current knowledge.
Professor Siddique's lecture is the first in a series of three lectures targeting key issues that will likely shape the nature of human food.
This lecture series is co-sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Studies, the Institute of Agriculture and the UWA Future Farm project.
WHAT: Lecture: ‘Australian agriculture and global food Security'
WHERE: Murdoch Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, UWA Crawley.
WHEN: 6pm, Tuesday 6 August.
COST: Free, but registration required via https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/2050-food
Media references
Audrey Barton (UWA Institute of Advanced Studies) (+61 8) 6488 4797
Anke van Eekelen (UWA Institute of Agriculture)
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