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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
Keynote speakers include:
Bruce
Campbell, CGIAR ((CIAT-CCAFS),
Denmark
Hannes Dempewolf,
Global Crop Diversity Trust,
Germany
George A. Kowalchuk,
Utrecht University, The
Netherlands
Martin A.J. Parry,
Lancaster University, UK
Wayne
Powell, CGIAR Consortium,
France
Cynthia Rosenzweig,
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies,
USA
Johan Fredin Uddling,
University of Gothenburg,
Sweden
Paul C. West,
University of Minnesota, 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.
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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
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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)
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For further information on the conference and to sign up
for email updates, visit:
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| Important Dates |
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17 October 2016
Abstract
Submission Deadline
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20 January 2017
Early Bird
Registration Deadline
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Chairs |
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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
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Scientific Advisory
Committee |
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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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