What Next for Agriculture After Durban?

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What Next for Agriculture After Durban?

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Press Materials

• J. Beddington et al. 2012. What Next for Agriculture After Durban? Science VOL 335, 20 January 2012. DOI: 10.1126/science.1217941 (subscription required)
• To receive a copy of the Science article, please email scipak [at] aaas [dot] org.

Press Release

• Researchers Outline Food Security-Climate Change Road Map in Science (EN)
• Investigadores definen la hoja de ruta Seguridad Alimentaria - Cambio Climático en Science (ES)
• Pesquisadores traçam roteiro para a segurança alimentar em tempos de mudanças climáticas na revista Science (PT)
• Quelles priorités pour l'agriculture de demain? (FR)
• 研究员在《科学》上发表文章 描绘粮食安全与气候变化蓝图 (CN)

Author Profiles

Download biographical details of authors (PDF). High-resolution photos available upon request.

Video:

Keynote address by Prof Bob Scholes at Forest Day V in Durban, South Africa on December 4, 2011.

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Further Reading:

Select citations from the Science article.

J. Beddington et al., Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change, Summary for policy makers from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change [Consortium of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2011].

Foresight, The Future of Food and Farming: Final Project Report: Futures (UKGovernment Office for Science, London, 2011).

INRA and Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), Agrimonde: Scenarios and Challenges for Feeding the World in 2050 (Editions Quae, Versailles, France, 2011).

B. D. McIntyre, H. R. Herren, J. Wakhungu, R. T. Watson, Eds.,

Agriculture at a Crossroads: A Synthesis of the Global and Sub-global IAASTD Reports [International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), Island Press, Washington, DC, 2009).

The Johannesburg Communiqué—Africa, A Call to Action, African Ministerial Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture, Johannesburg, South Africa, 13 to 14 September 2011.

Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture, Wageningen Statement. October 2011.

Agriculture and Rural Development Day. December 2011.

UN Climate Change Conference, Durban, November–December 2011.

Climate-Smart Agriculture: Managing Ecosystems for Sustainable Development, FAO.