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SUMMARY:Nine Billion Mouths to Feed: should we turbocharge crop productivi
 ty to feed the world? - Prof. Howard Griffiths\, Dept. of Plant Sciences
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CONTACT:Martha Henriques
DESCRIPTION:Professor Griffiths will discuss the food security debate. The
  world's population is expected to increase to 9 billion over the upcoming
  50 years\; can we rely on traditional plant breeding to deliver in the fa
 ce of intensifying climatic extremes? The solution might lie in engineerin
 g plants to enhance photosynthetic rates and therefore crop production\, b
 ut what are the technical and social challenges of such a scheme? The pres
 entation outlines the details of proposed bio-engineering projects - the d
 iscussion allows you to debate their implications for the world at large.\
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LOCATION:McCrum Lecture Theatre\, Ben'et Street\, Next to the Eagle Pub
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