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Global Agriculture 2020: which way forward? will create a forum for dialogue and recommendations on research priorities and development strategies. The conference will address opportunities to be derived from plant sciences research, and the subsequent application and commercialization. It will include discussion of the development of policies to maximize agriculture's contribution to global food security, industry and economic development. Formal presentations will be balanced by panel-led audience discussion.  

The direction of future agricultural development will be determined by balancing numerous forces:  

  • Requirement for increased food production through increased productivity and decreased losses 
  • Competition for land and water resources 
  • Environment and biodiversity preservation 
  • Socioeconomic development 
  • Public perception and demands 
Confirmed Speakers   
Speakers will represent the diverse forces impacting the future direction of agricultural development including: academic and industrial biosciences, agricultural researchers, farmers, socio-economists, agricultural and food development agencies, technology transfer experts, retailers, environmental and consumer groups, regulatory bodies, and policymakers. 
Confirmed Speakers  
  • Dr Gurdev S Khush International Rice Research Institute, Philippines 
  • Dr Julian Kinderlerer Sheffield Institute for Biotechnolgy, Law and Ethics, UK 
  • Dr Samuel Wakhusama ISAAA AfriCentre, Nairobi, Kenya 
  • Professor Alan J Gray Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK. 
  • Professor Jikun Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 
  • Dr Luis Herrera-Estrella CINVESTAV-IRAPUATO, Mexico. 
  • Dr Idah Sithole-Niang University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe 
  • Professor Robin Grove-White CSEC, Lancaster University, UK. 
  • Dr Robin Simpson National Consumer Council, UK. 
  • Dr Barbara Mazur DuPont Agricultural Products Research Station, USA 
  • Professor Usha Barwale-Zehr Mahyco Life Sciences Research Center, India. 
  • Dr Guy della-Cioppa Large Scale Biology Corporation, USA. 
  • Mr Michael Paske National Farmers Union, UK 
  • Professor M Wolfe Elm Farm Research Centre, UK. 
  • Dr Hei Leung International Rice Research Institute, Philippines 
  • Professor MJ Dilworth Murdoch University, Australia 
  • Dr Ana Sittenfeld University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica 
  • Dr Julian Ma UMDS Guy's Hospital, UK 
  • Dr Dean DellaPenna Michigan State University, USA 
  • Professor MS Swaminathan MS Swaminathan Research Institute, India
  • Professor Martin Parry Jackson Environmental Institute, University of East Anglia. UK
 Topics:  
  • The challenge of global food-supply security 
  • Increasing crop productivity and reducing crop losses 
  • Impact of genomics research 
  • Germplasm resources and intellectual property 
  • Biodiversity and agricultural practice 
  • Assessing and controlling environmental impact 
  • Farmers' rights, trade and regulatory frameworks 
  • Developing country perspectives 
  • Appropriate technology transfer 
  • Global socioeconomic development 
  • Agricultural productivity and economics 
  • Public expectations 
  • Novel products from agriculture 
 

 

 

 
Scientific Advisory Panel 
Professor Sir Robert May FRS  Former Chief Scientific Adviser, Office of Science and Technology UK.
Professor M S Swaminathan  Chairman & UNESCO Cousteau Chair in Ecotechnology, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, INDIA. 
Dr Richard B Flavell FRS CBE Ceres Inc., USA. 
Dr Gary Toenniessen  Director of Food Security, Rockefeller Foundation, USA. 
Deirdre Hutton CBE  Chairman, National Consumer Council, UK.
 
Local Organizing Committee (John Innes Centre) Conference Secretariat:
  • Professor Chris Lamb 
  • Professor Mike Gale FRS
  • Dr Paul Christou
  • Professor Phil Dale
  • Dr Clare Robinson 
 Virginia Barnard 
Tel: +44 1603 450641/450665 
FAX: +44 1603 450045/ 450015 
E-mail: agric.2020@bbsrc.ac.uk
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