Productivity Growth For Sustainable Diets and More - GAP Report Launch and Lunch
Virginia Tech, the new home of the Global Agricultural Productivity Report (GAP Report), welcomes you to discussion of the role of agricultural productivity in achieving sustainable diets, and more. The 2019 GAP Report demonstrates that through agricultural productivity growth, attention to ecosystem services, and reducing waste and loss, we can reach our global nutritional and environmental goals, without eliminating nutrient-dense foods that consumers need and want. Yet according to the 2019 GAP Index™, global agricultural productivity growth is not rising fast enough to achieve sustainable nutritious food and agricultural systems. Join our global panel of experts for a lively discussion, followed by a buffet lunch.
Featured Speaker:
Tim Sands
President
Virginia Tech
Panel:
Ann Steensland
Lead
Global Agricultural Productivity Initiative, Virginia Tech
Moderator
The Honorable Victor Villalobos
Secretary of Agriculture
Mexico
Rose Mwonya
Vice Chancellor
Egerton University, Kenya
Robin White
Assistant Professor
Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech
Megan Seibel
Farmer of Virginia livestock and wine grape farming and Director
Virginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results (VALOR) Program, Virginia Tech
Mark Edge
Director
Collaborations for Developing Countries, Bayer Crop Science
Report Presenter:
Jason Grant
Associate Professor, Director
Agricultural and Applied Economics, The Center for Agricultural Trade, Virginia Tech
Reflections from the Private Sector on the Power of Partnerships for Sustainable Growth:
Panel:
Jennifer Billings
Agricultural Development Lead
Corteva Agriscience™
Stewart Leeth
Regulatory Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer
Smithfield Foods
Ben Pratt
Vice President Corporate Public Affairs
The Mosaic Company
Aaron Wetzel
Senior Vice President Global Sales and Marketing
John Deere Financial
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