Nina Fedoroff, science and technology advisor to the US Secretary of State, says that unless global agriculture achieves much greater efficiencies, famine may result as global conditions continue to worsen.
Read more...MARS Africa sponsored a number of SA Food Science and Technology students to attend IUFoST. Roxanne Rolando caught up with a few after their experience and these were their impressions of this world class food congress.
Read more...Food scientists have a duty to confront and come up with innovative ways of dealing with the challenges of feeding the world, according to South African deputy minister of science and technology Derek Hanekom.
Read more...David Schmidt, president and CEO of the International Food Information Council (IFIC) presented his talk, Issues new and Retro: What is Driving Global Food and Health Trends, in a plenary lecture on Monday morning at IUFoST 2010.
Read more...Managing the world’s resources to cater for a growing population is one of the biggest challenges being faced by the food scientific community, according to a leading expert.
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