PPT-Food and Agriculture: A Vision for Illinois

Robert A Easter PhD President University of Illinois Dean Emeritus College of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences Illinois Agriculture circa 1915 wwwncfhorg pid4amppage2. Food Security Network Technical Workshop. Maputo, Mozambique Sept 21, 2011. . . . . . . . Health. Nutrition. Agriculture. Income. Employment. Food security. SB 46. Senator Scott Jenkins. Why Should Utah Citizens be Concerned?. Self Reliance -Concerns about foreign food supplies. Desire to “Fresh” local production. Agriculture is a Utah Heritage - Core Values. Write this somewhere on your sheet. Socioeconomic—. Social or economic factors that affect the lives of average, working people in a country. (I think this gave a lot of you trouble on your FRQ’s). Structure of Agriculture. Since 2004: . less than . 1%. of the USA population were farmers; . 1920. : 30%; in . 1787. : 90. %. 17%. of the total labor force work in food-related industries. 23 million. Presented by Lynsey Such. Agriculture Historically . Hunting . and gathering . was the only mode of subsistence for 99% of human history. .. 200 years ago . 90 percent of the U.S. population lived on farms and produced their own food to . Agriculture. . is . deliberate modification of Earth’s surface through . cultivation of plants. and . rearing of animals. to obtain . sustenance. or . economic gain. .. Origins of agriculture cannot be documented with certainty, because it . Economic issues of commercial farmers. Access to markets. Overproduction. Sustainable agriculture. Economic issues of subsistence farmers. Population growth. International trade. Increasing food supply. 20/20. ?. Pillars of . Vision . 20/20?. How Can You Get . Involved?. Brent Clark, Ph.D. . Executive Director of IASA. Michael A. Jacoby, Ed.D. . Executive Director of IASBO. Jason Leahy . Executive Director of IPA . 12 Soil and Agriculture CHAPTER Possible Transgenic Maize in Oaxaca, Mexico In 2001, genetically modified (GM) transgenes were found in native Oaxacan maize. Anti-GM activists worry that transgene “contamination BC Investment Agriculture Foundation: 20 Years of Impact. GROWING FORWARD 2:. BC AGRIFOOD & SEAFOOD. EXPORT PROGRAM. Assisting BC’s agriculture,. food and seafood sectors to. increase export sales and expand. (CASP Phase 2). GMS Working Group on Agriculture. Dr. . Thamana. . Lekprichakul. Program Coordinator/Deputy WGA Manager. ASEAN Feed & Rice Symposium, Bangkok, . 9 April 2014. Outline of the Presentatio. Olanrewaju Smith. International Trypanotolerance Centre, Banjul The Gambia. Natural resource management, food security, biofuels and sustainable agriculture. Raise some questions & discussion points . Prof. . . Amarendra. N. . Misra. Centre . for Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, . India. 2. . The . higher education in agriculture and the inquiries of private sectors. G. . Cornelis. van Kooten. Professor and Canada Research Chair. Department of Economics. University of Victoria. and. Senior Research Fellow. Agricultural Economics Institute (LEI). The Hague, The Netherlands.