Join the Food for All Talks on agriculture, food, and bio sciences
In this second edition of the Food for All Talks on Friday, March 24, Juergen Voegele will interview Louise Fresco (President Wageningen University and Research) and Shenggen Fan (Director-General IFPRI) on the very fast developments in science, both through public and private sector research, and its impact on our agriculture and food systems. Emerging technologies and innovations, particularly in bio and food sciences are already outpacing the ability of society to understand and deal with them and can considerably impact the way food is produced, where it is produced and hence the future of agriculture and trade.
Food systems will be dramatically influenced by this new era and the new tools it offers, including bio-innovation, gene editing, robotics, big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning. These innovations will continue to create unprecedented amounts of data creating the potential for further exponential developments and personalized services. But they will also test society and governance.
Could they impact development outcomes even within the 2030 SDG timeframe? Will they affect connectivity within countries and across countries? What can we expect in terms of differentiated impact around the world? There are bound to be winners and losers. What could it mean for smallholder agriculture, livestock systems and rural poverty reduction? And for resource use and land use pressures? What could it mean for nutrition outcomes in poor urban and rural communities? And can we expect gender differentiated impact? Is it a way out for the considerable climate change impact of agriculture, land use and food systems? Are there do’s and don’ts for governance to be resilient in facing these developments?
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