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Food Security and Land Research Alliance Seminar on Sustainable Intensification

Event details

Who should attend?

Researchers and professionals interested in food security and sustainable intensification are invited to attend this workshop in association with the Food Security and Land Research Alliance (FSLRA).

What is the seminar about?

The Sustainable Intensification of agriculture has rapidly assumed a central place in both policy and research priorities in the UK, transforming the terms of debate over agri-environmental issues and the sustainability and security of the UK’s food supply.  This seminar will provide the opportunity to discuss the emerging natural and social science around SI with some of those leading the thinking and research in this area, and with an eye on future research funding possibilities.

Programme

Time Activity Speaker
09.45 Arrival tea and coffee  
10.00 Introduction and welcome Professor Michael Winter, Director of the Food Security Land Research Alliance, University of Exeter
10.15 Resilient farm futures? Sustainable intensification and the bio-economy
 		 Professor Terry Marsden, Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning; Director of PLACE, Cardiff University
10.45 Pasture to Product - Grazing to Sustainability
 		 Professor Michael Lee, Reader in Sustainable Livestock and Food Security, University of Bristol and Head of Site at North Wyke, Rothamsted Research
11.15 Tea and coffee / networking opportunity  
11.45 Defra’s Sustainable Intensification Platform: Reflections on another inter-disciplinary challenge
 		 Professor Michael Winter
12.15 Coordinated action for tackling big sustainable intensification challenges
 		 Professor Achim Dobermann, Director of Rothamsted Research
12.45 Buffet lunch and further networking opportunity  
13.45 Sustainable Intensification and Animal Welfare: A return to the Animal Machine? Professor Henry Buller, Professor of Geography, University of Exeter
14.15

Sustainable intensification: What do farmed livestock say about it?

 Dr Becky Whay, Reader in Animal Welfare and Behaviour, University of Bristol
14.45 Discussion session / break out groups with tea and coffee  
15.30 Closing remarks Professor Henry Buller, University of Exeter

15.45

 End of workshop  

Registration

To register your interest in attending please contact research-events@exeter.ac.uk.

Attachments
190515___FSLRA_Workshop_Presentations.pdfFSLRA SI Seminar Presentations (14726K)

Location:

Washington Singer