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Present your research at the 2nd Agriculture and Climate Change
Conference: Climate ready resource use-efficient crops
to sustain food and nutritional security to
be held 26 – 28 March 2017 at the Meliá Sitges, Sitges
(near Barcelona), Spain.
Submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations by
17 October 2016.
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.
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
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Call for Abstracts 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) |
For further information on the conference and to sign up
for email updates, visit: www.agricultureandclimatechange.com | |
| 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 |
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
Andrew 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 | |