Session 4 |
Vision Agriculture: Plant, Animals
10.30 - 12.00 hrs
To what extend do scientific and technological developments in agro-life sciences contribute to a sustainable production, hence,
a sustainable society in 2020? Do innovations – as we know them today and expect them to have developed in 2020 – provide a license to produce for the agro-food industry? These questions will be explored in this session, organised by the Immuno Valley Consortium, the Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, and the Plant Sciences Group (both Wageningen UR), and the Centre for Society and Genomics.
The session brings together developments in both animal and plant sciences. We will focus
in particular on two developments. Pierre
de Wit will discuss the state of the art of resistance of plants and animals
to microbial infection and how, through genetic selection and modification, plants can acquire better resistance to pathogens. Mari Smits will talk about the future production of animals and the role
of genetic markers hereby. Frank Brom will reflect on both developments and explore question in what sense and to what extend these can be called 'sustainable' developments.
Agro life sciences:
a licence to produce? |
Chair & Introduction
Arno Vermeulen, General Manager, Immuno Valley
Co-chair
Huub Löffler, ad-hoc coordinator of Towards BioSolar Cells
Resistance of plants and animals to microbial pathogens; the future of sustainable plant production Pierre de Wit , Academy Professor and head of the Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University
2020: A challenge for life science technology to meet sustainable production
Mari Smits, Professor at the Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Wageningen University Research
Developments in agro and food: sustainable science, sustainable society?
Frans Brom, Head of the department of Technology Assessment, Rathenau Institute
Discussions moderator
Annemiek Nelis, General Director, Centre for Society and Genomics
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