Food futures: what does “sustainable” look like?

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• Prof Tim Benton, University of Leeds
• Thursday 24 March 2016, 12:30-14:00
• Lecture Room 6, Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

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Can we produce enough food to allow 10-11bn people to live as we do, and in a sustainable way? The answer to this is partly determined by what is meant by “sustainable”. I’ll examine different notions of sustainability – from an agricultural and agri-food systems perspective – and ask whether they are sufficient to ensure that we maintain planetary and local ecosystem functioning; or whether intervening on the demand side is a necessary precursor to maintaining the system within “safe operating spaces”.

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