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| Food Security and the Futures of Farms: 2020 and toward 2050 Falkenberg 29–31 August, 2010 The 7th Bertebos prize, last year given to professor Joachim von Braun, Director of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), was as usual followed by a Conference the year after, quite planned with the laureate. So, 30–31 August 2010 sixty scientists, policymakers and practitioners met and discussed "Food Security and the Futures of Farms; 2020 and toward 2050" in Falkenberg. A special sounding board this time was a lecture given on agro history and mega crises, to which past and coming trends in agriculture were echoed. Download the given speeches here: • Joachim von Braun – Food security and the futures of farms • Janken Myrdal – The next fifty years • Zhu Ling – Grain production and food security in China’s urbanization • Assefa Admassie – African agriculture and change in the small farm sector • Mahendra Dev – Small farmers and food security in India • Elisio Contini – Brazilian agriculture, its productivity and change • Eugenia Serova – Russian agriculture and its structural change • Robert Thompson – Food security and the futures of farms – An attempt at Synthesis • Sara von Arnold – Welcome address The Conference will be documented in the Royal Academy's Journal. Download the invitation to the conference here. Bertebos Prize was initiated in 1996 by Brita and Olof Stenström in order to promote research, development and education within the food industry. The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry has been entrusted by the Bertebos Foundation to elect the prize winner. The Prize consists of a diploma and 300 000 SEK (approx. 28 000 EUR). Bertebos Prize was made possible through a gift of the Bertebos Foundation. The prize is awarded by the Academy every second year at the annual Commemorative Meeting to a person who may be found in any country and the winner is requested to have carried out research of distinguished quality and expected practical use within Food, Agriculture, Ecology or Animal Health. More information: Åke Barklund, tel. +46 (0)8 54 54 77 02, e-mail: aake.barklund@ksla.se |
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| 2009 Bertebos Prize winner Joachim von Braun | ||
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| Bertebos Prize 2009 was awarded to Dr. Joachim von Braun, Washington DC, USA with the following motivation: "Dr. Joachim von Braun has been awarded the Bertebos Prize for 2009 for his outstanding work in development economics and as effective head of several development research institutions focusing on food, agriculture and rural poverty. He is currently director of the International Food Policy Research Institute, which has formulated successful new policy initiatives relating to trade and aid, famine and health and nutrition. Dr. von Braun is active as a member of many scientific advisory boards dealing with agriculture in developing countries". More about Dr. von Braun. Joachim von Braun received the prize at the Academy Commemorative Meeting in Stockholm on 28 January 2009. On 29 January 2009 he delivered a lecture at the Academy on "Food policy trends in a turbulent time". Download the programme here. *********************************** |
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| Previous Bertebos prize winners | ||
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| 2007 Professor Ingo Potrykus, Magden, Switzerland. ”Professor Potrykus has been a leading scientist in the development of methods for DNA transformation in plants. Through the new techniques, important hereditary characters, for instance disease resistance and improved quality, have been added to crops such as wheat, rice and cassava. In the particular case of "Golden Rice" Prof. Potrykus and his team has engineered a rice variety to produce b-caroten. b-caroten is a precursor to vitamin A - an important ingredient to prevent blindness. Lack of vitamin A causes today blindness to numerous children in developing countries. Professor Potrykus has been working tirelessly to resolve all the patent and legal obstacles that for several years has prevented the free use of "Golden Rice" by many rice breeding institutes and small-scale farmers”. Bertebos Conference 2008 was held in Falkenberg, Sweden, on 8-9 September, 2008. The theme was "Golden Rice and other Biofortified food Crops for Developing Countries". Read more about the Bertebos Conference 2008 to the right! More about Ingo Potrykus on the web. 2005 Professor Piotr Kowalik, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland ”for outstanding multidisciplinary research in water dynamics in agriculture and forestry and for pioneering development and implementation of waste water treatment methods in constructed wetlands and in energy crops production systems”. Bertebos Conference 2006 was held in Falkenberg, Sweden, on 14-16 May, 2006. The theme was "Water and Agriculture". Read more about the Bertebos Conference 2006 to the right! More about Piotr Kowalik on the web. 2003 Professor Erik Steen Jensen, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark “for pioneering research in organic agriculture focused on plant production and soil biology by development of stable isotope methodology for analysing nitrogen and carbon dynamics” and Professor John R. Porter, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark “for internationally well known multidisciplinary research of complex agroecosystems by biological modelling of responses to their environment, especially the impact of climate change on arable and energy crops”. Bertebos Conference 2003 was held in Falkenberg, Sweden, on 14-16 September 2003. The theme was "Ecosystem services in European agriculture – theory and practice". Read more about the Bertebos Conference 2003 to the right! More about Erik Steen Jensen on the web. More about John R. Porter on the web. 2001 Professor Donald Grierson, University of Nottingham, UK “for his pioneering research in understanding of ripening and senescence in plants. He has played a major role in developing different gene technologies, such as sense and antisense methods, for identifications of the genes acting in the synthesis of ethylene. His research has been of major importance to clarify the role of ethylene in fundamental life processes in plants, especially fruit ripening”. Bertebos Conference 2001 was held in Falkenberg, Sweden, on 17-19 September 2001. The theme was "Crop and Forest Biotechnology for the Future". Read more about the Bertebos Conference 2001 to the right! More about Donald Grierson on the web. 1999 Professor Wolfgang Witte, Robert- Koch-Institut, Wernigerode, Germany ”for pioneering, scientific tracing of risks for animal and human health as well as for the environment associated with the use of antibiotic feed additives.” More about Wolfgang Witte on the web. 1997 Professor Christopher Polge, Cambridge, UK “for his exceptional scientific contribution to the methods within animal reproduction especially for the bull semen preservation and its use in genetic selection”. More about Christopher Polge on the web. To the top of the page! |
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