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Global food security will require a holistic approach to address socio-political, natural, health, agricultural and food sciences to feed the 9 billion people. The food security challenge will must address the triple burden of malnutrition – undernutrition, obesity and micronutrient deficiencies. The Third International Conference on Global Food Security therefore aims to deliver critical analysis and innovative science that address the biggest threat ever faced by mankind.

Discussion sessions will contribute to a better understanding of behavioral, biophysical, economic, institutional, political, social and technological drivers and supply chain systems to contribute to global food security. The conference will address the food system activities of production (crops, livestock) or harvesting (freshwater and marine sources), processing, distribution systems and consumption behavior and the synergies and trade-offs between economic, environmental, health and social objectives and outcomes. The conference will provide a cross cutting view of multiple disciplines and spatiotemporal scales of analysis to span the drivers, activities and outcomes of food systems to reflect on the broad challenge of food security.

Join the organizers in this exciting event to ensure that the best science can be garnered to support the Sustainable Development Goals.

Call for Abstracts
Submit abstracts by 5 May 2017

Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are invited on the conference themes and should be submitted using the online abstract submission system.

Conference Themes:

• Culture and politics in food security
• Social protection for food security
• Sustainable intensification of food production systems
• Transitions, urbanization and food security
• The food-water-energy nexus
• Plant, animal and bio-engineering science for food security
• Reducing food losses and waste
• Reducing risks to food production and distribution from climate change
• Nutritional security
• Business-science-community cooperation to advance food security
• Public policy for food security
• Food sovereignty and democratization of food systems

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We welcome your participation and look forward to seeing you in Cape Town for the 3rd International Conference on Global Food Security.

Conference Chairs

Lise Korsten, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Julian May, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Frans Swanepoel, University of Pretoria, South Africa

For further information on the conference and to sign up for email updates, visit:
www.globalfoodsecurityconference.com