Future of Agriculture – the documents

Plenum:

Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun: The Future of Agriculture
Dr. Shenggen Fan: Investing in Agriculture and Social Protection for Halving Hunger and Poverty
Dr. Sebastien Treyer: Scenarios and challenges for feeding the world in 2050
Prof. Erik Millstone: A view from the UK: predictions, foresight or policy choices – and the Global Food and Farming Futures Project
Dr. Juan Gonzalez-Valero: Working towards a vision for a sustainable production system
Dr. Monika Zurek: Views from the Agricultural Development Program of the B&M Gates Foundation

Windows to the regions: Brasil, Laos, Vietnam, Kenya, Chad

Theme 1: Partnership farming – linking smallholders to commodity markets

Idsert Jelsma: The NESP Ophir Project:A smallholder success story from West Sumatra, Indonesia
Martina Fleckenstein: Linking Smallholders to Commodity Markets – Role of Certification & Standard
Yotsawin Kukeawkasem: Partnership Farming: Towards Sustainability of Oil Palm Smallholders in Thailand
Ron Pal: Partnership Farming – Linking smallholders to booming commodity markets
Thomas Breuer: Partnership farming – linking smallholders to commodity markets

Theme 2: New Technologies for Agriculture in 2050: Vertical Farming
Agrotechnological Innovations and Smart Foods

Evi Gruber/Andreas Blüthner: SAFO Strategic Alliance for the Fortification of Oils and other Staple Foods
Prof. Joachim Sauerborn: Skyfarming: Multi-story crop production to improve food-security?
Prof. Dr. – Ing.Till Meinel: New technologies in Agricultural Engineering

Theme 3: Efficiency – coping with scarcity of natural resources in agriculture

Dr. Joachim Lammel: New technologies in Agricultural Engineering
Dr. Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein: Efficiency coping with scarcity of natural resources in Agriculture
Dr. Ferdinand Schmitt: Efficiency of Livestock

Theme 4: The commons and their governance as paradigm for the 21st century

Jutta Schmitz: Governing CPRs
Silke Helfrich: The Commons –  a framework for agricultural practices & policies?

Photographs of the event can be found on flickr.

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