Tammsalen, Ecology Centre, SLU Ultuna, Uppsala. The seminar will be streamed. Link below!
Dr. Segenet Kelemu, icipe Director General visits SLU on 29 January.
In conjunction to the visit, Dr. Kelemu will participate in a seminar about Insect research for food security where she will talk about research and innovation activities at icipe. SLU researchers will also present relevant contributions, followed by discussions on the importance of insect research for food security and poverty reduction to achieve zero hunger.
Programme
13:00 Welcome - Introduction. Ylva Hillbur, Pro Vice-Chancellor for International relations, SLU and Sara Gräslund, Head of SLU Global
13:10 R&I activities at icipe. Segenet Kelemu – icipe Director General
14:00 Plant protection in a food web and landscape context. Mattias Jonsson, Dept. of Ecology, SLU
14:10 AgriFoSe2030. About Agriculture for Food Security - Translating science into policy and practice. Sofia Boqvist, Programme Director
14:20 Crickets as sustainable food. Anna Jansson, Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, SLU
14:30 Plant-plant chemical interaction, and applications in sustainable pest management. Sokha Kheam/Velemir Ninkovic, Dept. of Ecology, SLU
14:40 Discussion: the importance of insect research for food security
15:00 End of the seminar
Welcome!
About icipe (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology).
To join the seminar from distance:
Ioannis Dimitriou
Senior Research Advisor, SLU Global
Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Crop Production Ecology
ioannis.dimitriou@slu.se +46 (0)18 672553, +46 (0)702474583
SLU Global supports SLU's work for global development to contribute to Agenda 2030.
SLU Global
Vice-Chancellor's Office
Agricultural Sciences for Global Development
PO Box 7005, SE-750 07 Uppsala
Visiting address: Almas Allé 7
global@slu.se www.slu.se/slu-global
Subscribe to our newsletter and follow us in social media.