Moderator: Dominic Woolf, Senior Research Associate, School of Integrative Plant Science Soil and Crop Sciences Section, Cornell University
Guest Speakers: Emma Fuller, Corteva, Carbon and Ecosystem Services Global Portfolio Leader; Matthew Wallenstein, Chief Soil Scientist at Syngenta Group; Stefan Jirka, Senior Manager, Agriculture Innovation at Verra; Peter Woodbury, Senior Research Associate, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
Food systems are responsible for one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, with agriculture being the largest component. At the same time, agriculture has the potential to aid the transition towards net-zero by actually removing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Achieving this will require a coordinated effort including farmers, agritech, researchers, engineers, policy makers, carbon markets, finance and more. In this session, leading experts from the private, academic, and non-profit sectors will explore the most pressing bottlenecks and barriers to effective scaling up of agricultural climate solutions, and how digital agriculture can help to unleash this potential. We will touch on questions including how do we fund these practices, ensure that they deliver net GHG benefits, verify they are happening, and validate impacts.
Thought for food...
Our global agriculture and food systems require a radical transformation relying on expertise in multiple areas and research collaborations across disciplines that include agriculture, food safety, engineering, information and computer science, biology, business and the social sciences.
More than 100 faculty from across Cornell’s colleges – Agriculture and Life Sciences, Engineering, Computing and Information Science, Arts and Sciences, Veterinary Medicine and Business – have come together to develop a robust research agenda for CIDA, weaving unmatched excellence into holistic solutions for food and agriculture. CIDA’s mission is to inspire learning, catalyze innovation, and integrate fundamental discoveries to achieve new levels of sustainability in agri-food systems and new food for thought.