Presenter: Thomas Bøhn, GenØk – Centre for Biosafety Thomas Bøhn will provide a birds-eye-view on how agriculture and food production is developing globally. In general, we build on the industrial model that adapts nature to our technologies with two main aims: quantity and low costs. This implies (i) large machines, (ii) high external input (fossil fuels, pesticides), (iii) homogenization and mono-cropping. What we are losing is (i) genetic diversity (at several levels), (ii) environmental integrity, (iii) contact with farmers, farms, soils, cultural traditions, and a diverse diet. Are we able to improve a system we have lost contact with? We need to embrace and enhance the diversity/complexity of natural systems, and work more with local solutions. Agroecology is an inspiring scientific approach to use ecological knowledge for sustainable and healthy food production, with a specific aim to increase the resilience (a systems ability to return to a dynamic equilibrium after shock) of our total food system. The food system is at a cross-road. Where do we go from here?

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