Seminar organised by the Tropical Agriculture Association (East Anglia Branch), Centre for Global Equality, CambPlants Hub and Cambridge Global Food Security
This seminar will discuss innovative agricultural technical developments to increase sustainable crop production, through data-driven precision agriculture and genetic plant protection techniques, with emphasis on cropping in East Africa and the ultimate relevance of the techniques to small farmers.
Speakers:
Dr Stephanie Race, CropPerformance Ltd: 'Sustainable Perennial Crop Production in the Tropics: understanding yield variation under a changing climate'
Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge: 'Biotechnology to control disease in African crops.'
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Date:
Thursday, 5 May, 2016 - 14:00 to 18:00
Contact name:
Keith Virgo
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Event location:
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Bateman Street, Cambridge