Professor Christopher Gilligan; Chair, Cambridge University Strategic Initiative in Global Food Security; Professor of Mathematical Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge

Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Twenty First Century Crops

‘Feeding Seven Billion’

Cambridge led Public Debates on Global Food Security:

Debate 1: Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Twenty First Century Crops

What is the relative role of private industry and publicly-funded research in promoting agro-biotechnologies?
Is technological innovation the primary way to address the challenge of food security?
What are the strategic priorities of the biotechnology industry?
Might the utilisation of agro-biotechnologies limit other options for agrarian reform?
What is the impact of GMOs on food safety and seed security? Is there a necessary trade off between these two concerns?

Speakers: 
Dr Derek Byerlee; Indpendent Researcher and Author of the World Bank World Development Report 2008 Agriculture for Development. 

Professor Ian Crute; Chief Scientist, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. Lead Expert Group for the UK Foresight project on Food and Farming Future 

Professor Jack Kloppenburg; University of Wisconsin. Distinguished environmental sociologist and award winning author of First the Seed: The Political Economy of Biotechnology. 

Chair: Professor Christopher Gilligan; Chair, Cambridge University Strategic Initiative in Global Food Security; Professor of Mathematical Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge