Past Events

This talk explores how agricultural development projects have reshaped farming landscapes by treating seeds, land, and farmers as technical problems to be solved. It then situates today’s seed sovereignty movements within this longer history.

Join us for a full‑day event focused on Plant Engineering for Sustainable Futures, including: Sustainable Foods, Sustainable Medicines and Sustainable Carbon Management.

This talk brought together two complementary perspectives on how to enable meaningful climate action. Siggi speaker explored the challenges and opportunities of transitioning towards healthy and sustainable diets, drawing on recent research and reflections on consumption patterns, and barriers and levers to change.

Up to 40% of food crops are lost due to plant pests and diseases each year, causing major economic, social, and environmental impacts. Decision-makers require spatially explicit information on the spread of diseases and pests in order to select appropriate interventions.

Our speakers will focus on how intellectual property protections relate to procurement contracts for crisis relief by focusing on a specific ready-to-use peanut product, followed by a discussion with the audience.

Knowing what influences individuals' decisions to adopt sustainable land-use practices can guide strategies to encourage these. However, such individuals' decisions are complex, and interdisciplinary social sciences are needed to understand drivers of sustainable land-use adoption and the appropriate socio-economic incentives.

An interdisciplinary exchange between Dr Alexander Weide and Dr Nadia Radzman, who discussed how knowledge of neglected crops can be leveraged to benefit modern food systems. 

A short presentation by Dr Leonie Luginbuehl, Head of Plant Physiology and Symbiosis Group, Department of Plant Sciences on Carbon assimilation and allocation: From single cells to plant microbial systems followed by a Q&A and discussion with t

This webinar, part of our Food for Thought series, took place on Thursday 21 November 2024.

A short presentation by Thomas Addoah, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, Cambridge Conservation Initiative, University of Cambridge, entitled Is the implementation of cocoa companies’ forest policies on track to effectively and equitably address deforestation