Join us for the next event in: Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University Excellence Series. This series has been designed to showcase leadership in various disciplines including the opportunity to promote the University’s distinctive and impactful applied research. This series celebrates research excellence and promotes a public forum to a broader community, highlighting Lincoln University’s specialist land-based contribution to driving New Zealand’s prosperity and intergenerational wellbeing.
Variety not only is the spice of life, it is life’s very essence, manifested in a myriad of ways in the natural world. Biodiversity is the key factor in ecosystem resilience. Understanding and utilising biological diversity therefore is a powerful tool to bolster the resilience of our changing world. By drawing inspiration from nature's playbook, we can utilise genetic variation within and between plant species to tackle the dual challenge of meeting food security under increasingly stressful environmental conditions.
This presentation will showcase several plant-based approaches from NZ and overseas that are part of climate-smart, sustainable intensification practices in agriculture. A case in point is the Pacific region, where such approaches are now becoming the norm, after decades of degradation of fragile agroecosystems. Sustainable innovation that synthesises plant diversity and new technologies with optimal resource use is key to strengthen these systems against the mounting challenges posed by climate change.
Join us as Professor Rainer Hofmann talks about how sustainable plant innovation can change the world.
Please note: this event is being held in a new venue on campus - Waimarie Building