420 Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Vs. Value Chain Efficiency: Issues and Challenges

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil & Water Management & Conservation
Sustainable agricultural intensification demands equal attention to both sustainability and intensification. Development and use of ecologically, economically and socially efficient technologies is critical to optimize the supply and demand sides of the food value chain that involves many actors and activities from production in the field to consumption at home. This session will address the various issues and challenges that influence the efficiency of agricultural value chain: on the supply side with agricultural intensification consistent with enhanced resource base and ecosystem services and improved environment; and on the demand side with population growth, food consumption patterns, food wastage.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014: 7:55 AM-10:40 AM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 201A

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Organizers:
Vethaiya T. Balasubramanian and Jagdish K. Ladha
Presider:
Vethaiya T. Balasubramanian
7:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:40 AM
Assessing Agro-Ecological Intensification Paradigms in Irrigated Rice Systems for Energy, Environmental and Economic Security in South Asia.
Jagdish K. Ladha, IRRI-India; Narayana A Rao, IRRI-India; Anitha Raman, IRRI-India; Agnes Tirol Padre, IRRI-India; Sheetal Sharma, IRRI-India; Mahesh Gathala, CIMMYT-Bangladesh; Virender Kumar, CIMMYT-India; M Alam, IRRI-Bangladesh; Yashpal Saharawat, IARI; Ranjan Liak, RAU
9:00 AM
Soil Security: A Framework to Account for People's Demand of Soil to Provide Food Security.
Damien Field, The University of Sydney; Alexander Broadfoot McBratney III, University of Sydney
9:20 AM
Break
9:35 AM
A Soil Health Partnership to Catalyze Sustainable Agricultural Production.
Nicholas J. Goeser, National Corn Growers Association; David I Gustafson, ILSI Research Foundation; Sean McMahon, The Nature Conservancy; Emilio S. Oyarzabal, Monsanto Company; Joe Fargione, The Nature Conservancy
9:55 AM
10:15 AM
Mehlich III-P and a New Approach to Farmers' Training.
Darlene C. Florence, Emery Oleochemicals, LLC; Melissa Herman, The Reckoning International; Robert W. Mullen, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan
10:35 AM
Discussion
10:40 AM
Adjourn