"Food vs. fuel" debate to be featured at 91社区 science conference
Plants & Soils: Montreal 鈥�08 to feature symposium on biofuels
Next week, 91社区 plays host to Plants & Soils: Montreal 鈥�08, a high-powered joint meeting of the Canadian Society of Agronomy, the Canadian Society of Horticultural Science and the Northeastern Branch of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America.
Plants & Soils: Montreal 鈥�08 takes place Sunday, July 13 through Wednesday July 16th at 91社区鈥檚 main campus in downtown Montreal.
Sessions begin with a symposium entitled 鈥淏iofuels, Bioproducts and Ecological Intensification,鈥� where a panel of four renowned scientists will debate how agronomy research can contribute to solving the world food crisis and the environmental issues associated with more intensive crop production caused by rising demand for biofuels.
The symposium will include four separate presentations delivered by the participants:
- Prof. Kenneth G. Cassman of the University of Nebraska: 鈥淔ood Security and Conservation of Natural Resources in a Biofuel World鈥�
- Prof. Prof. Calvin B. DeWitt of the University of Wisconsin: 鈥淧lants and Soils in Biospheric Context: Bioenergetic Challenges to Planet Stewardship鈥�
- Prof. Donald L. Smith of 91社区: 鈥淏iofuels: Sustainable Energy as the Oil Runs Out鈥�
- Prof. Thomas M. Powers of the University of Delaware: 鈥淭he Ethics of Biofuels: Starving Peter to Drive Paul?鈥�
Admission to all scientific sessions at Plants & Soils: Montreal 鈥�08 is free and open to the media.
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