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SUMMARY:Will Feeding the World Kill the Planet? - Caroline Hurford\, spoke
 sperson for the World Food Programme\; Dr Malcolm Hawkesford\, Rothamsted 
 Agricultural Research Centre\; Dr Peter Craufurd\, School of Agriculture P
 olicy and Development\, Reading University\; Dr Howard Griffiths\, Cambrid
 ge University
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DTEND:20081023T200000Z
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CONTACT:Rebecca Murphy
DESCRIPTION:854 million people across the planet are currently facing food
  shortages and malnutrition\; amid spiralling food prices and an expanding
  world population\, this figure can only rise unless we can increase crop 
 yields to match the growing demand.  However\, productivity gains followin
 g the Green Revolution are now levelling out and concern is growing about 
 the role of intensive farming methods in accelerating climate change.  Can
  we look again to technological innovation to raise agricultural outputs\,
  or have we reached the limits of production?\n\nCUChS hosts an interactiv
 e panel debate on the role of science in solving the world food crisis\, w
 ith speakers including:\n\n*Caroline Hurford\, London spokesperson for the
  World Food Programme\;\n*Dr Malcolm Hawkesford\, senior researcher into c
 rop nutrition at the Rothamsted Agricultural Research Centre\;\n*Dr Peter 
 Craufurd\, from the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at Readin
 g University\;\n*Dr Howard Griffiths\, member of the Cambridge University 
 Plant Sciences department and the Cambridge Environmental Initiative.\n\nJ
 oin us at 19:30pm at the Pharmacology Lecture theatre for an evening of li
 vely debate and impassioned discussion.\n
LOCATION:Pharmacology Lecture Theatre\, Department of Pharmacology\, Tenni
 s Court Road
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