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The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People - via webinar

Implications for Cooperative Extension

Date:
Time:
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Adobe Connect Webinar
Contact:
Rick Koelsch, (402) 472-2966, rkoelsch1@unl.edu
The 12 North Central states are encouraging all Extension faculty and staff to consider participating in this workshop and panel discussion. The April 3 workshop brings together eight national thought leaders, including our own Ken Cassman, to provide us with a foundation for understanding the challenge ahead for our food system. This will be followed on April 5 by a panel of 4 leaders from our Land Grant Universities in the north central region, including Ronnie Green, and USDA to discuss the implications of this issue for our land grant system including Cooperative Extension. This workshop and panel discussion will provide a starting point for planning discussions in Nebraska.<p>

We encourage faculty and staff to make plans for gathering in small groups to view and discuss how this issue affects our future. The webinar and panel discussion will be video streamed over the web. Discussion questions will be suggested to help start your local discussion on this issue. Please make the arrangements in your office unit to participate together. In addition, Extension Administration and District Directors will soon discuss hosting of possible campus or regional forums for faculty.<p>

More details will be shared in early March.

Additional Public Info:
Webinar: Tuesday, April 3, 1:30 to 4:30 PM Eastern or 12:30 to 3:30 PM Central<br>
Panel Discussion: Thursday, April 5, 11 AM to 12:30 PM Eastern, 10 to 11:30 AM Central<p>
Connecting: This webinar will be accessible through on-line video streaming at your office computer. County offices, departments, and other units are encouraged to attend as a group for the purpose of encouraging discussion of this issue and its implications for Cooperative Extension programs. Some states may make special arrangements for group viewing and follow up discussions.<p>
Two of our seven presenters on April 3 include:<br>
Jon Foley, director for the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, will summarize an international team’s 2011 Nature article titled “Solutions of a Cultivated Planet.” John will introduce the unprecedented demands on agriculture to meet world food, energy, and fiber needs and four proposed strategies, for closing the ‘yield gap’ in a sustainable manner.<p>
Keith Fuglie, Chief of the Resource, Environmental, and Science Policy Branch in USDA’s Economic Research Service and former senior economist for agriculture on the White House Council of Economic Advisors, will provide us with analysis of the production gap, its underlying causes, and current trends for agriculture to respond through resource (land) growth and yield growth.<p>
Sponsored by North Central States Agriculture & Natural Resource Program Leaders.

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