Barren to Bountiful – How engineered crop growth is reducing hunger in the world

Speake: Dr Keith Dawson, President of the Scottish Society of Crop Research

This lecture will take an optimistic view of developments in the provision of food. Despite growing global population, the proportion of people who are undernourished is significantly declining. Keith Dawson will describe how the use of science and an engineered approach to food production is achieving this. Keith is a soil scientist who does work in developing countries to greatly improve their agricultural yield.