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On-line Webinar: Gerald Lacey Lecture
Land and water management for food security: the broad picture
Monday 17th May 2021, 18:00 - 19:30 BST
Land and water management for food security: the broad picture
Monday 17th May 2021, 18:00 - 19:30 BST
On-line Webinar: Gerald Lacey Lecture
Land and water management for food security: the broad picture
Monday 17th May 2021, 18:00 - 19:30 BST
Theme - Recent estimates of food demand, based on median projections of growth, call for a 50% increase in the global demand figure. Linearly proportional increases in the allocation of land and water resources towards increased food production are not realistic given the trends in competing uses for these resources. Besides, our natural resource base is already giving alarm signals for increased exploitation. The pandemic also revealed the vulnerabilities in our food value chains. The speaker will discuss the response options available to the policy makers, based on most recent figures about the state of the resources and the trends, and both the need and the opportunities for cooperation across sectoral and disciplinary boundaries.
Speaker: Dr Olcay
NC Contact : Ms Moira Doherty, The Irrigation and Water Forum ' British National Committee of the, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage ( IWF/ICID .UK ), C/o The Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA
Contact : Ir. Ian Tod
Chair, British National Committee of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (IWF/ICID.UK)
Email : icid@ice.org.uk, iantod@me.com,
Website : http://www.iwaterforum.org.uk
Land and water management for food security: the broad picture
Monday 17th May 2021, 18:00 - 19:30 BST
Theme - Recent estimates of food demand, based on median projections of growth, call for a 50% increase in the global demand figure. Linearly proportional increases in the allocation of land and water resources towards increased food production are not realistic given the trends in competing uses for these resources. Besides, our natural resource base is already giving alarm signals for increased exploitation. The pandemic also revealed the vulnerabilities in our food value chains. The speaker will discuss the response options available to the policy makers, based on most recent figures about the state of the resources and the trends, and both the need and the opportunities for cooperation across sectoral and disciplinary boundaries.
Speaker: Dr Olcay
NC Contact : Ms Moira Doherty, The Irrigation and Water Forum ' British National Committee of the, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage ( IWF/ICID .UK ), C/o The Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA
Contact : Ir. Ian Tod
Chair, British National Committee of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (IWF/ICID.UK)
Email : icid@ice.org.uk, iantod@me.com,
Website : http://www.iwaterforum.org.uk
Date : May 17, 2021 - May 17, 2021
Location : London, United Kingdom
