The session hosted by the Global Burden of Crop Loss initiative brings together a diverse group of scientists and stakeholders to explore causes and impacts of crop loss and the need for an evidence-based information system to tackle it. Reducing crop losses is critical to meeting the increasing demand for food without increasing the environmental impact of agriculture.

Despite the severe impacts of crop losses on food security, nutrition, livelihoods, and national economies, our scientific understanding of the problem is limited.

We propose a global scientific collaboration to close this evidence gap and underpin evidence-based policy to tackle the challenge.

Agenda

16:00-16:10: Welcome and Introduction (Dr. Ulrich Kuhlmann, CABI)

16:10-17:00: Speakers

Dr. Osama El-Lissy

Secretary, International Plant Protection Convention

Dr.Felicitas Schneider

Coordinator of Collaboration Initiative Food Loss and Waste launched at Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists of G20 countries.

Thünen Institute of Market Analysis

Dr. Prasanna Boddupalli

OneCGIAR Plant Health Initiative Lead, and Director, Global Maize Programme, CIMMYT

Dr. Bryony Taylor

Global Burden of Crop Loss Lead and Coordinator, Modelling & Data Science, CABI

Prof Dan Bebber

Associate Professor of Ecology, University of Exeter, Co-Chair of Global Burden of Crop Loss

Technical Working Group

17:00-17:20: Panel Discussion

17:20-17:30: Closing Remarks (Dr. Ulrich Kuhlmann, CABI)

Websites

Global Burden of Crop Loss: Evidence-based systems to tackle food security