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Please see herebelow further announcement on the 2nd Agriculture and Climate Change Conference to be held in Sitges (near Barcelona), Spain from  26-28 March 2017.

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2nd Agriculture and Climate Change Conference:
Climate ready resource use-efficient crops to sustain food and nutritional security
26 - 28 March 2017 | Meliá Sitges, Sitges (near Barcelona), Spain

We are pleased to announce our first keynote speakers:
Hannes Dempewolf, Global Crop Diversity Trust, Bonn, Germany
Wayne Powell, CGIAR Consortium, Montpellier, France
Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University, USA

Maintaining crop production to feed a growing population during a period of climate change is the greatest challenge we face as a species. The increased crop yields during the last century and especially the Green Revolution, were brought about through breeding for increased harvest index and disease resistance, as well as by using more irrigation water and agrochemicals. Improved cultivars were adopted readily during this period of relative climate stability. While genetic gains continue, albeit at reduced rates, productivity is in decline in many regions. Given the multiple challenges of climate change, reduced water supplies, and declining soil fertility in many regions, new approaches to produce climate resilient crops are desperately needed.

The 2nd Agriculture and Climate Change Conference will focus on the likely impact of climate change on crop production and explore approaches to maintain and increase crop productivity into the future.


Present your research
Submit abstracts by 17 October 2016

Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are invited on the below conference topics and should be submitted using the online abstract submission system.

Topics

  • Increased agricultural uncertainty
  • Modelling and its application
  • Abiotic stress
  • Effects of CO2 on plant growth
  • Impacts on nutrition, quality and resource use efficiency
  • Plant-microbe interactions
  • Innovative agronomic and breeding practices
  • New crops for a new climate
Submit your abstract >

We look forward to welcoming you to Sitges for the 2nd Agriculture and Climate Change Conference.

Conference Chairs

David Edwards, University of Western Australia, Australia (Chair)

Rodomiro Ortiz, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden (Co-Chair)

José Luis Araus Ortega, University of Barcelona, Spain (Co-Chair)


For further information on the conference and to sign up for email updates, visit:
www.agricultureandclimatechange.com
Important Dates

17 October 2016
Abstract Submission Deadline

20 January 2017
Early Bird Registration Deadline

Conference Chairs

David Edwards (Chair)
University of Western Australia, Australia

Rodomiro Ortiz (Co-Chair)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

José Luis Araus Ortega (Co-Chair)
University of Barcelona, Spain


Scientific Advisory Committee

Senthold Asseng
University of Florida, USA

Molly Brown
University of Maryland, USA

Robin Buell
Michigan State University, USA

Robert Henry
University of Queensland, Australia

Andy Paterson
University of Georgia, USA

Andrew Sharpe
National Research Council, Canada

Kadambot Siddique
University of Western Australia, Australia

Rob Snowdon
Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

Clare Stirling
CIMMYT, Mexico

Mark Tester
KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Michael Udvardi
Noble Foundation, USA

Rajeev Varshney
ICRISAT, India

Liming Ye
Joint Laboratory of Global Change and Food Security, CAAS, China

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