2. Food Security Day - Thursday 9 May
Can the world feed 9.8 billion people by 2050 without destroying the planet?
8am: Opening and chair – Mark Schipp
8.10am: Food security internationally and Australia’s role - Robyn Alders
9am: Conserving Australia's biodiversity, while doubling food production - Adrian Ward
10.30am: Some animal production methods are unsustainable: factors include poor welfare - Don Broom
11.30am: No food security without food safety: lessons from low and middle income countries - Delia Grace
12.30pm: Lunch
2pm: Wildlife conservation programs in pastoral landscapes in northern Australia - John Kanowski
3.30pm: Food security: Australia and the global context - Mark Schipp
Traditional methods of increasing food production have become unsustainable. The speakers in this program will provide a knowledge of the challenges and opportunities in dealing with this critical issue facing humanity now.