Twenty First Century Crops

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Created: 2013-02-27 09:52
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Description: ‘Feeding Seven Billion’

Cambridge led Public Debates on Global Food Security:

Debate 1: Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Twenty First Century Crops

What is the relative role of private industry and publicly-funded research in promoting agro-biotechnologies?
Is technological innovation the primary way to address the challenge of food security?
What are the strategic priorities of the biotechnology industry?
Might the utilisation of agro-biotechnologies limit other options for agrarian reform?
What is the impact of GMOs on food safety and seed security? Is there a necessary trade off between these two concerns?

Speakers:
Dr Derek Byerlee; Indpendent Researcher and Author of the World Bank World Development Report 2008 Agriculture for Development.

Professor Ian Crute; Chief Scientist, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. Lead Expert Group for the UK Foresight project on Food and Farming Future

Professor Jack Kloppenburg; University of Wisconsin. Distinguished environmental sociologist and award winning author of First the Seed: The Political Economy of Biotechnology.

Chair: Professor Christopher Gilligan; Chair, Cambridge University Strategic Initiative in Global Food Security; Professor of Mathematical Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
 

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Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Twenty First Century Crops

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Professor Ian Crute; Chief Scientist, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. Lead Expert Group for the UK Foresight project on Food and Farming Future

Collection: Twenty First Century Crops

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Thu 28 Feb 2013


Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Twenty First Century Crops

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Dr Derek Byerlee; Indpendent Researcher and Author of the World Bank World Development Report 2008 Agriculture for Development.

Collection: Twenty First Century Crops

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Wed 27 Feb 2013


Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Twenty First Century Crops

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Professor Jack Kloppenburg; University of Wisconsin. Distinguished environmental sociologist and award winning author of First the Seed: The Political Economy of Biotechnology.

Collection: Twenty First Century Crops

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Thu 28 Feb 2013


Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Twenty First Century Crops

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Question and answer session
Dr Derek Byerlee; Indpendent Researcher and Author of the World Bank World Development Report 2008 Agriculture for Development.

Professor Ian...

Collection: Twenty First Century Crops

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

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Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Twenty First Century Crops

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Professor Christopher Gilligan; Chair, Cambridge University Strategic Initiative in Global Food Security; Professor of Mathematical Biology, Department of Plant Sciences,...

Collection: Twenty First Century Crops

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Thu 28 Feb 2013