[Enviro-lunch] This Thursday 2/8

[Nate Bogie]

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Hello Everyone,

Please join us for a talk this *Thursday 2/8* by Jeff Mitchell, 12-1pm in
Room SE2-302.

*Food production systems for the future: Beyond the jargon*


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Despite positive trajectories in global production during the past century,
projected food demand and the goal of minimizing expansion of cropland now
dictate an increase in food production by roughly 70% during the first half
of the 21st century.  Because future gains in production are unlikely to be
reached by further increases in yield potential as have been achieved in
the past, a new process of discovery and adoption of improved practices is
going to be needed.  Traditional conventional systems of agriculture are
will need to be transformed and improved if they are not to jeopardize food
security for future generations.  This seminar explores these challenges
and the attributes of production systems that may best provide global food
security in coming centuries and argues that what have been developed as
the core concepts and framework of conservation agriculture, flexibly and
creatively applied across very long-term time scales, offers in large
measure our best hope.


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Jeff Mitchell is a Cooperative Extension Cropping Systems Specialist in the
Department of Plant Sciences Science at the University of California, Davis.
He came through UC Davis for both his Master’s and PhD degrees. He tells me
that he has the good fortune to work with California’s Conservation
Agriculture Systems Innovation Center which currently has over 2,200
university, farmer, Natural Resource Conservation Service, public agency,
and private industry members and affiliates.  Before beginning his graduate
studies, he was a teacher and served as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in
Botswana, in Southern Africa.  He also teaches courses on agronomic and
vegetable crop systems at the University of California, Davis.



When: Feb. 8, Thursday, 12pm – 1pm



Where: SE2-302



Coffee will be provided, please bring your own mugs.



We look forward to seeing you,



Nate & Jing



Organizers for Spring 2018: Nate Bogie and Jing Yan

Faculty coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
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