There are now more than 7 billion people on Earth, a number that is expected to soar over the next dozen years to 8 billion. How will we feed so many people?
 
Already, more than a billion people go hungry every day. With population growth accelerating, the challenge of finding sustainable ways to feed the world is compounded by global climate change, shifting geo-politics, rising energy demands and limits on natural resources.
 
Feeding
Finding sustainable ways to feed a growing population will be a challenge.
"It's one of the big questions of our time: How do we sustainably feed 8 billion people?" said Barbara Allen-Diaz, vice president of the University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. "UC is uniquely positioned to bring people together across a wide range of disciplines in search of common ground and science-based solutions."
 
On Tuesday, April 9, ANR will convene some of the world's leading experts — farmers, researchers, policymakers, economists, environmentalists and geopolitical experts — at a daylong forum focused on addressing how to sustainably feed 8 billion people by 2025. Speakers will include UCLA professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology Bob Goldberg and keynote speakers Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, and Wes Jackson of the Land Institute.
 
To read more about the summit, see this story. To register for the live webcast, go here.