2013 Shivvers Memorial Lecture: Hans Herren

Date: Sunday, April 7th, 2013

Start: 7:00 pm

Location: Sun Room, ISU Memorial Union, Ames, Iowa

Contact: Leopold Center, (515) 294-3711, leocenter@iastate.edu

Hans Herren, president of the Millennium Institute, will present the 2013 Shivvers Lecture, "Changing Course in Global Agriculture."

The Millennium Institute is an international NGO that facilitates sustainable development. An internationally recognized scientist and World Food Prize recipient, Herren has developed programs in the area of human, animal, plant and environmental health as they relate to insect issues. They include the highly successful biological control program that saved the African cassava crop and averted Africa's worst-ever food crisis.

Over the years, Herren's interests shifted toward integrated sustainable development, in particular, linking environmental, plant, animal, and human health issues. Herren points to three major challenges in food systems: finding solutions to sustainable productivity, feeding a growing global population, and rising food prices.

More about Dr. Herren here

More about the Shivvers Memorial Lecture Series here

 

 

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