農業生物技術講座系列（九）可持續糧食生產、消費和貿易的協同效益，以減輕空氣污染、氣候變化和糧食不安全

Description: Modernized farming has led to a cascade of severe environmental threats. Excessive application of chemical fertilizer has led to large releases of reactive nitrogen compounds into the atmosphere, where they contribute to climate change and become major components of air pollutants.
In this talk, we will demonstrate how more sustainable farming methods (e.g., intercropping, drip irrigation) may bring environmental benefits beyond the farm scale to help mitigate regional air pollution and climate change, while sustaining food security, in China and beyond. We will also examine how rising food demands in different countries as well as a worldwide shift toward a meat-intensive diet have worsened air quality globally, and how international food trade could be responsible for “exporting” air pollution from one country to another. We will finally explore the multifaceted benefits of reducing meat consumption from an environmental health perspective.
The target audience includes international scholars, researchers, agricultural industry as well as the general public.

Date: 20 July, 2021 (Tuesday)

Time:
18:00-19:30 (Hong Kong / Mainland China)
(1 hour talk and 30 mins Q&A)

Venue:
– Room 297, Science Centre South, CUHK (Seat capacity: max 20, by first-come, first-served)
– Online via Zoom (Zoom link will be sent to registered participants by email on 19 July)

Speaker: Prof Amos P. K. Tai, Associate Professor, Earth System Science Programme, CUHK
Host: Prof Hon Ming Lam, Professor, School of Life Sciences, and Director of SKLA, AoE and SeedTEC, CUHK

Registration deadline: 18 July

Free admission, all are welcome.

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