How to Avert a Food Crisis: Hans Herren Presentation
Channel: New America
Date: 2012-04-23

How to Avert a Food Crisis: Hans Herren Presentation

This presentation was recorded at the Future Tense event: Feeding the World While the Earth Cooks, which was held in Washington, DC on April 12th, 2012

Hans Herren - @millinniuminst
President, Millennium Institute
Co-chair, International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science & Technology
1995 World Food Prize Recipient

When today's toddlers are parents themselves, they will face an agricultural crisis. The world population will reach 9 billion. A growing global middle class will demand more food. And climate change will leave farmers holding seeds that won't sprout. By 2050, will our global appetite outgrow our agricultural capacity? We held an event to find out how everyone—growers, technologists, governments, business leaders, and carbon-conscious consumers—will be part of the solution.

http://www.newamerica.net/events/2012/feeding_the_world