Shock-proof staples: building system resilience for cereal crops
Channel: ANU TV
Date: 31/08/2022

The Ukraine-Russia war has catalysed and highlighted significant instability in global wheat supply, raising prices and threatening food and nutrition security, particularly for vulnerable populations. In addition, the effects of climate change are increasing in frequency and magnitude, acting as amplifiers of the current food security crisis and adding to future risks for the food system. COVID-19 has further led to disrupted supply chains and widened existing inequities. In this ANU seminar, CEAT Fellow, Dr Alison Bentley, looks at issues of food security on global crop supply, and proposes near- to long-term practical measures to enable stability and build a more resilient system. 
Alison, who is also the Director of the Global Wheat Program at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is joined in a panel discussion by:
• Professor Mark Howden, Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions (ICEDS), ANU
• Professor Sharon Friel, Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), ANU
• Dr Eric Huttner, Research Program Manager for Crops at the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)