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News Releases Global Food Challenges 12 August 2002 Controversial issues are often the focus of the Monday Symposium at the annual BCPC Conference and this year is no exception with a subject entitled 'The Global Challenge - Sustainable Food Production'. The BCPC Conference - Pests and Diseases 2002, will be held in Brighton, UK from 18 - 21 November and is expected to attract some 1,500 technical and research delegates from the world-wide crop protection industry. The Monday Symposium, chaired by Mike Calvert, Royal Agricultural Society of England, will consider the importance of sustainable food production, as well as the challenges imposed by legislation, population dynamics, climate change, international trade, diminishing resources and, of course, the ever-changing nature of pests and diseases. "For food production to be sustainable
it must deliver food products that satisfy the needs and aspirations
of the customer whilst coping with the diverse factors that effect
agricultural production practices," explains Dr Terry Clark,
Chairman of the BCPC Conference Programme Committee. "The nature
of market demands and impinging factors varies with time, and is often
specific to particular geographical regions. Furthermore, legislative
constraints are likely to have a major impact on available pest and
disease control agents and also affect international trade, which
will place greater demands on quality assurance schemes and protocols." The Monday Symposium complements the overall food theme which is running throughout the main conference programme and is also the focus of the Bawden memorial lecture, which this year is given by Dr Jørgen Schlundt of the World Health Organisation (WHO). By logging onto the conference website
at www.bcpc.org/BCPCConference2002/Index.htm,
delegates can register online, get details of the Monday Symposium
programme and keep well informed of all conference events. For further information contact: |
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