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Please see herebelow an announcement for the 3rd International Global Food Security Conference, 8-11 October 2017, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Join us for the 3rd International Conference on Global Food Security, to be held 8-11 October 2017, Cape Town, South Africa

In association with the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security and the Universities of Pretoria and the Western Cape


Abstract Submission Now Open
Submit abstracts by 5 May 2017

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

Conference Themes:

  • Culture and politics in food security
  • Social protection for food security
  • Sustainable intensification of food production systems
  • Transitions, urbanization and food security
  • The food-water-energy nexus
  • Plant, animal and bio-engineering science for food security
  • Reducing food losses and waste
  • Reducing risks to food production and distribution from climate change
  • Nutritional security
  • Business-science-community cooperation to advance food security
  • Public policy for food security
  • Food sovereignty and democratization of food systems
  • Women the key to sustainable food and nutrition security
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The conference will address the food system activities of production (crops, livestock) or harvesting (freshwater and marine sources), processing, distribution systems and consumption behavior and the synergies and trade-offs between economic, environmental, health and social objectives and outcomes. It will provide a cross cutting view of multiple disciplines and spatiotemporal scales of analysis to span the drivers, activities and outcomes of food systems to reflect on the broad challenge of food security.


We welcome your participation at the 3rd International Conference on Global Food Security and look forward to receiving your abstract.

Conference Chairs

Lise Korsten, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Julian May, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Frans Swanepoel, University of Pretoria, South Africa


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

Important Dates
5 May 2017
Abstract Submission Deadline
28 July 2017
Early Bird Registration Deadline

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