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Panel Discussion
11:00 - 12:30 GMT
Thursday, 4 January 2024

Agrobiodiversity for the Survival of our Food System

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11:00 - 12:30 GMT
Thursday, 4 January 2024

Agrobiodiversity for the Survival of our Food System

After almost a century of industrialised agriculture, we’ve found ourselves in a precarious position. We’ve ended up with a food and farming system based on just a few varieties of specialised crops and animals; but with this specialisation comes great risk. Now, in the face of intersecting environmental crises – from global warming to soil degradation and biodiversity loss – we need to (re)build diversity to build resilience. This session will hear from landworkers, food-makers and seed savers who are working to revive agrobiodiversity from the grassroots – in our fields and orchards, on our plates and in our guts, and in the soils, ecosystems and communities that sustain us.