Food Security and Land Research Alliance Seminar on Sustainable Intensification
A Research Services research event | |
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Date | 19 May 2015 |
Time | 9:45 to 15:45 |
Place | Washington Singer |
Provider | Research Services |
Organizer | Research and Knowledge Transfer Events |
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 | |
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190515___FSLRA_Workshop_Presentations.pdf | FSLRA SI Seminar Presentations (14726K) |
Location:
Washington Singer