A COLOURFUL DISPLAY, Negros Occidental, Philippines, by Amber Heckelman
Join us for the opening reception for the latest Lobby Gallery photography exhibition “Nature & Nourishment: The Agrobiodiversity and Food Security Nexus” now on display at the Liu Institute for Global Issues. Enjoy a presentation by Dr. Barbara Gemmill-Herren and audience Q&A. An informal reception with complimentary refreshments will follow. No RSVP is required.
The keynote will be livestreamed at the following website.
As agroecology – in its multiple dimensions – has received considerable attention in the last five years on global and regional levels, and multiple requests have been made on the part of governments for a better evidence base on the performance of Agroecology vis a vis other “sustainable agriculture” systems. There is an increasing recognition that we leave off a vast scope of knowledge by ignoring or not validating diverse sources of information: the knowledge and experience of farmers, local communities, and many community-level initiatives with a depth of knowledge far beyond the bounds of experimental stations and controlled environments. In the context of providing a rapid review of such realms of knowledge to support the ongoing Committee on World Food Security High Level Panel of Experts project report on Agroecology, we have explored methods to facilitate better capturing of local experiences and impacts that ultimately reflect larger patterns, seeking to expand observations and inferences from individual case studies beyond their spatial and temporal boundaries.
Dr. Barbara Gemmill-Herren – Senior Associate, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) & World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Bio: Barbara Gemmill-Herren served as Delivery Manager for the Major Area of Work on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). She coordinated the International Pollinator Initiative, building a global project on Pollination Services. She was responsible for FAO’s work on Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Production and was engaged in FAO’s new focus on Agroecology. She presently works as a senior associate to the World Agroforestry Centre, supporting the United Nations’ work on agroecology and true-cost accounting in agriculture. In April 2018 she was appointed to the UN Committee on Food Security’s High Level Panel of Experts project team on ‘Agroecological approaches and other innovations for sustainable agrifood systems that enhance food security and nutrition’.
Co-hosted by: The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm, the Diversified Agroecosystems Research Excellence Cluster, the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, and the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.
