How can livestock produce food that is better for the people and the planet? January 7, 2016 An internationally renowned panel of speakers will share their perspectives on what role livestock can and should play in ensuring global food security and answer audience questions at a free event next week Tuesday 12 January. The four short presentations and panel discussion, entitled Is there a role for livestock in global food security will open the Steps to sustainable livestock conference hosted by the University of Bristol and Rothamsted Research from Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 January.
Speakers on the panel include: Imke de Boer from Wageningen University, Netherlands; Mike Wilkinson from Nottingham University; Brian Perry - Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford and previously the International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi; Graeme Martin from the University of Western Australia and Future Farm 2050. Livestock are an important part of the food production landscape, but they are also associated with a number of negative environmental impacts, such as 14.5 per cent of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, a proportion greater than the entire global transportation sector. Also, livestock consume large quantities of cereal crops that could be otherwise fed directly to humans.
However, a quarter of the ice-free land surface of the earth is pasture available for grazing livestock and largely unsuitable for other types of food production. Professor Mark Eisler, Chair in Global Farm Animal Health in the School of Veterinary Sciences and Cabot Institute at the University of Bristol, said: "Hot on the heels of Bristol's European Green Capital 2015 and the game changing COP21 agreement in Paris, we are pleased to host four internationally renowned discussion panellists to address this key question at the interface of food security, environmental sustainability and One Health as the lead into the first Steps to sustainable livestock conference." Professor Michael Lee, Chair in Sustainable Livestock Systems in the School of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Bristol and Head of Rothamsted Research, North Wyke site, added: "The Global Farm Platform is striving to develop sustainable solutions for ruminant livestock 1 production as a crucial part of world food security 2 . The presentations and panel discussion and the following international conference bring together leading figures to help address this major world issue." Explore further: New study addresses trade-offs between food security and climate change mitigation 3 More from Earth 4 Related Stories New study addresses trade-offs between food security and climate change mitigation 5 July 16, 2013 Improving crop yields using sustainable methods could cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 12% per calorie produced according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
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Sign in to get notified via email when new comments are made. How can livestock produce food that is better for the people and the planet? January 7, 2016 An internationally renowned panel of speakers will share their perspectives on what role livestock can and should play in ensuring global food security and answer audience questions at a free event next week Tuesday 12 January.
The four short presentations and panel discussion, entitled Is there a role for livestock in global food security will open the Steps to sustainable livestock conference hosted by the University of Bristol and Rothamsted Research from Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 January. Speakers on the panel include: Imke de Boer from Wageningen University, Netherlands; Mike Wilkinson from Nottingham University; Brian Perry - Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford and previously the International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi; Graeme Martin from the University of Western Australia and Future Farm 2050. Livestock are an important part of the food production landscape, but they are also associated with a number of negative environmental impacts, such as 14.5 per cent of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, a proportion greater than the entire global transportation sector.
Also, livestock consume large quantities of cereal crops that could be otherwise fed directly to humans. However, a quarter of the ice-free land surface of the earth is pasture available for grazing livestock and largely unsuitable for other types of food production. Professor Mark Eisler, Chair in Global Farm Animal Health in the School of Veterinary Sciences and Cabot Institute at the University of Bristol, said: "Hot on the heels of Bristol's European Green Capital 2015 and the game changing COP21 agreement in Paris, we are pleased to host four internationally renowned discussion panellists to address this key question at the interface of food security, environmental sustainability and One Health as the lead into the first Steps to sustainable livestock conference." Professor Michael Lee, Chair in Sustainable Livestock Systems in the School of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Bristol and Head of Rothamsted Research, North Wyke site, added: "The Global Farm Platform is striving to develop sustainable solutions for ruminant livestock 20 production as a crucial part of world food security 21 .
The presentations and panel discussion and the following international conference bring together leading figures to help address this major world issue." Explore further: New study addresses trade-offs between food security and climate change mitigation 22 More from Earth 23 Related Stories New study addresses trade-offs between food security and climate change mitigation 24 July 16, 2013 Improving crop yields using sustainable methods could cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 12% per calorie produced according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. At the same time, ... Livestock is major contributor to global warming: UN 25 September 26, 2013 Livestock farming makes up 14.5 percent of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, the UN food agency said Thursday, proposing solutions like breeding less-flatulent types of cows.
Better livestock diets to combat climate change and improve food security 26 February 24, 2014 Livestock production is responsible for 12% of human-related greenhouse gas emissions, primarily coming from land use change and deforestation caused by expansion of agriculture, as well as methane released by the animals ... Livestock can produce food that is better for the people and the planet 27 March 5, 2014 With one in seven humans undernourished, and with the challenges of population growth and climate change, the need for efficient food production has never been greater. Eight strategies to cut the environmental and economic ...
Hunger for meat pushing food security to the edge 28 March 6, 2015 Promoting more sustainable plant-based foods and reducing demand for meat and dairy products will be essential to feed billions of people and avoid serious and ongoing global food security impacts, warn experts from UTS's Institute ... Improved farm animal welfare added value or a necessity? 29 August 10, 2015 Several years ago I started to study an economic issue related to farm animal welfare. Quite soon I realized that this issue can trigger an intensive discussion and receive attention among citizens and in the media.
Almost ... Recommended for you Dam projects on world's largest rivers threaten fish species, rural livelihoods 30 January 7, 2016 Advocates of huge hydroelectric dam projects on the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong rivers often overestimate economic benefits and underestimate far-reaching effects on biodiversity, according to an article in the Jan.
8 issue ... The Anthropocene: Hard evidence for a human-driven Earth 31 January 7, 2016 The evidence for a new geological epoch which marks the impact of human activity on the Earth is now overwhelming according to a recent paper by an international group of geoscientists.
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It weighs in at over 1,404 carats, that's around 280g or just under ten ounces. But what do we know about ...
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