Celebrating the FAO International Year of Plant Health: A forward looking perspective on tackling the grand challenges in plant health to transform agriculture sustainably.

CambPlants Hub presents the first virtual seminar of its annual series for everyone interested in how plant research can tackle global challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and food security.

Join our distinguished panel on 3 December to look at how research and industry can work together to develop improved crop management strategies driven by biological solutions and Green growth.

Chair:

Dr Richard Harrison - Director of Cambridge Crop Research, NIAB.

Speakers:

Dr Martin Clough - Head of Technology & Digital Integration at Syngenta Crop Protection.

Cathryn Lambourne - Research co-ordinator for Horticulture, Plant Pathologist.

Professor Uta Paszkowski - Professor of Cereal Symbiosis, Department of Plant Sciences, Crop Science Centre, University of Cambridge.

Time: 4 - 5.30pm GMT (includes a 30 minute networking session with the speakers).

Webinar details will be sent after registration.

Please find more information on the events in this series HERE.

Event supported by Cambplants Hub, Cambridge Global Food Security Interdisciplinary Research Centre, EIT Food #AnnualFoodAgenda, and the Crop Science Centre.