Abstract

Please come and join the Part II PlantSci students (Cambridgeplanet.wordpress.com) who have organised a debate upon agricultural productivity and intensification in the face of a climate change and a growing population.

The Panel Discussion by leading experts will also feature a question and answer debate around key topics. Speakers:

DR. JONATHAN JONES FRS –Pioneer of GM blight-resistant potatoes, The Sainsbury Lab, Norwich

DR. ANN THOMPSON –Senior Project Administrator, 4CMR

ROBIN BAINES —Farm manager and agricultural consultant

HELENA PAUL —Co-Director of EcoNexus and Chair of GMFreeze

Refreshments will be available from 5pm.

Please contact Howard Griffiths (hg230@cam.ac.uk) for further details.

This event is sponsored by Cambridge University Strategic Initiative in Global Food Security, PLAN T and Clare College Cambridge