The Importance of Chemistry in Agriculture
Event details
| Date | 05.09.2013 |
| Hour | 11:00 › 12:00 |
| Speaker |
Andrew Plant Global Head of Chemistry Syngenta Crop Protection Stein Switzerland |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract
The world’s population is predicted to exceed 9 billion people by 2050. How can farmers continue to provide plentiful, nutritious, and safe food, with diminishing natural resources in an increasingly unpredictable climate? What role does chemistry play in agriculture and what are the challenges and opportunities facing chemists today and in the future? This seminar will highlight the fundamental drivers for the crop protection industry, outline the invention process for a new agrochemical, touch on the paradox of the ideal product, and suggest how integrating technologies at the interfaces of science and engineering will provide innovative solutions for growers, helping them to meet the food security challenge.
References:
Crop Protection Chemistry: challenges and opportunities in the 21st century
Andrew Plant, AGROW Silver Jubilee Issue 2010, 600, XI.
Current Challenges and Trends in the Discovery of Agrochemicals
C. Lamberth, S. Jeanmart, T.Luksch, A. Plant, Science 2013, 341, 742
The world’s population is predicted to exceed 9 billion people by 2050. How can farmers continue to provide plentiful, nutritious, and safe food, with diminishing natural resources in an increasingly unpredictable climate? What role does chemistry play in agriculture and what are the challenges and opportunities facing chemists today and in the future? This seminar will highlight the fundamental drivers for the crop protection industry, outline the invention process for a new agrochemical, touch on the paradox of the ideal product, and suggest how integrating technologies at the interfaces of science and engineering will provide innovative solutions for growers, helping them to meet the food security challenge.
References:
Crop Protection Chemistry: challenges and opportunities in the 21st century
Andrew Plant, AGROW Silver Jubilee Issue 2010, 600, XI.
Current Challenges and Trends in the Discovery of Agrochemicals
C. Lamberth, S. Jeanmart, T.Luksch, A. Plant, Science 2013, 341, 742
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Jieping Zhu
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Contact
- Prof. Jieping Zhu
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