The world’s small-scale farmers and livestock keepers can be a large part of the solution to feeding the world sustainably to 2050. This was the message yesterday (16 Sep 2013) of Jimmy Smith, who opened the International Grasslands Congress in Sydney this week. Australia’s ABC News interviewed Smith earlier today about his presentation. Sample tweets are below.
See ILRI’s news story about the presentation: Keynote address at Int Grasslands Congress, Part 1: Why the world’s small-scale livestock farms matter so much, 16 Sep 2013. View the slide presentation itself here: Feeding the World in 2050: Trade-offs, synergies and tough choices for the livestock sector, 16 Sep 2013.
Keynote address at #IGC2013. Part 1: Why the world’s small-scale livestock farms matter so much. http://t.co/DT0lCUJoAU @ILRI
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 16, 2013
Only 10% of global animal food products are traded- Dr Jimmy Smith #igc2013
— Ian McConnel (@IanMcConnel) September 15, 2013
SmallScale farmers & #livestock keepers are large part of solution 2 feeding the world sustainably 2050 http://t.co/2YJSAHfoC1 #foodsecurity
— Diana Brandes (@DianaBrandes) September 16, 2013
870 million go 2 bed hungry; 2 billion are vulnerable 2 food insecurity; 1 billion suffer effects of over-consumption http://t.co/2YJSAHfoC1
— Diana Brandes (@DianaBrandes) September 16, 2013
.@ILRI JimmySmith: It’s a shocking indictment of the #food system that most world’s population have sub-optimal diets http://t.co/2YJSAHfoC1
— Diana Brandes (@DianaBrandes) September 16, 2013
There’s no moral equivalence b/t those who make poor choices of food and those who have no food choices. @ILRI http://t.co/DT0lCUJoAU
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 16, 2013
Feeding the world in 2050: Trade-offs, synergies and tough choices for the livestock sector, by Jimmy Smith. @ILRI http://t.co/DT0lCUJoAU
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 16, 2013
Jimmy Smith, @ILRI DG and keynote speaker at #IGC2013 in Sydney this week, is interviewed on @ABCaustralia TV: http://t.co/BXMN0E52Uf
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
Partnerships b/t #Australia and @CGIAR are very important to global food security. @ILRI #IGC2013 @ABC http://t.co/BXMN0E52Uf
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
15 @CGIAR agricultural research centres worldwide are working on the challenge to feed the world. @ILRI #IGC2013 @ABC http://t.co/BXMN0E52Uf
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
@AusAID & @CSIROnews work closely w @CGIAR to find ways to increase food production sustainably. @ILRI #IGC2013 @ABC http://t.co/BXMN0E52Uf
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
The future of food (and #foodsecurity) is local, argues @ILRI‘s Jimmy Smith in Sydney today at #IGC2013. @ABC http://t.co/BXMN0E52Uf
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
Small-scale farmers in developing countries grow more than 50% of the world’s food-Jimmy Smith @ILRI #IGC2013 @ABC http://t.co/BXMN0E52Uf
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
By the time world population stablizes in 2050, we’ll have 2.5bn more people to feed-Jimmy Smith @ILRI #IGC2013 @ABC http://t.co/BXMN0E52Uf
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
We need to increase our food production by about 60% from what we produce today-Jimmy Smith @ILRI #IGC2013 @ABC http://t.co/BXMN0E52Uf
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
Jimmy Smith of @ILRI interviewed on @ABC Breakfast Program this morning on feeding a hungry world. http://t.co/Y86zT2Nz1G #IGC2013
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
We have to increase the productivity of current land growing food and livestock-Jimmy Smith of @ILRI http://t.co/Y86zT2Nz1G #IGC2013 @ABC
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
Milk meat, eggs are essential for the nourishment of the world’s poor.-Jimmy Smith of @ILRI http://t.co/Y86zT2Nz1G #IGC2013 @ABC
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
Most livestock are not raised on lands that can produce crops.-Jimmy Smith of @ILRI http://t.co/Y86zT2Nz1G #IGC2013 @ABC
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
We can use grasslands more sustainably to grow food, store carbon, conserve biodiversity-Jimmy Smith @ILRI http://t.co/Y86zT2Nz1G #IGC2013
— Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 17, 2013
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