FEEDING THE WORLD CONFERENCE

Presentations and sound files Feeding The World... Are GM Crops fit for Purpose? If not, then what? A conference to examine, searchingly and honestly, the claims and counter claims of one of the most critical issues of our time. Conference took place on 12 Nov 2008 at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London.
Speaker presentation	Sound file
> Dr Michael Antoniou	> Why GM technology is not going to deliver
> Dr Brian Johnson	> GM Crops and Biodiversity: is this solely a GM issue?
> Eric Kisiangani	> Presented by Kath Pasteur Why the GM Route won't feed a hungry Africa
> Prof Jack Heinemann	> (No sound file available.)
> Dr Jeremy Cherfas	> Killing Hunger: Magic Bullet or Murder on the Orient Express?
> Prof Janice Jiggins	> Systemic Risk in Food and Farming... IAASTD
> Dr Charlie Clutterbuck	> What is Feeding the World and Food Security anyway?
> Dr Julia Wright	> Successful examples: Agro-ecology and Drought
Panel Discussions	Sound file
Plenary 1	> Panel Session 1. Chaired by Dr Jeremy Cherfas. Speakers on the panel included:
Plenary 2 and conference end	> Panel Session 2. Chaired by Prof Dr Hartmut Vogtmann. Speakers on the panel included: Dr Jeremy Cherfas, Dr Charlie Clutterbuck, Cinzia Scaffidi, and Dr Julia Wright. Summing up by Hartmut Vogtmann.
Looking for more? Please visit the blog to find more detailed speakers' articles and abstracts.




Organised by The Organic Research Centre in association with The Ecologist, Friends of the Earth, GM Freeze, UK Food Group, Slow Food UK and The Sheepdrove Trust