Adaptive systems for a changing world: FSD3 workshop contribution. Meinke
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Adaptive systems for a changing world: FSD3 workshop contribution. Meinke
- 1. Adaptive Systems for a Changing World FSD3 Workshop Contribution Holger Meinke TIAR – a joint venture of the Tasmanian Government and the University of Tasmania
- 2. Jacques Diouf, DG, FAO, UN ‘We not only need to grow an extra one billion tonnes of cereals a year by 2050 but we need to do so from a diminishing resource base of land and water in many of the world’s regions, and in an environment increasingly threatened by global warming and climate change’. This means • 1000 million of EXTRA tonnes of grain every year • expand grain production by at least 400 million ha • which is equivalent to 20 times the area currently under production in Australia
- 3. Characteristics of knowledge embedded technologies provide control over environment non-contextual in time and space derived from traditional, reductionist, disciplinary science with clear problem statements; rarely contested at that level single effects addressing technical problems mono-causal perspective silver bullets Examples mineral fertiliser hybrid seed irrigation technology farm machinery GM technology
- 4. Characteristics of knowledge intensive technologies improve understanding functions highly contextual in time and space based on interdisciplinary knowledge; account for norms & values that often lead to different problem definitions with the result that every answer can be contested interactions addressing societal problems multi-causal perspective co-innovations Examples IPM models that improve breeding programs water management in agricultural systems precision farming GM crops embedded in production systems that have gained public acceptance
- 5. Characteristics of knowledge Characteristics of knowledge embedded technologies intensive technologies provide control over environment improve understanding functions non-contextual in time and space highly contextual in time and space derived from traditional, reductionist, based on interdisciplinary knowledge; account for disciplinary science with clear problem norms & values that often lead to different statements; rarely contested at that problem definitions with the result that every level answer can be contested single effects interactions addressing technical problems addressing societal problems mono-causal perspective multi-causal perspective silver bullets co-innovations Examples Examples mineral fertiliser IPM hybrid seed models that improve breeding programs irrigation technology water management in agricultural systems farm machinery precision farming GM technology GM crops embedded in production systems that have gained public acceptance
- 6. Science for Society and Policy Understanding, creating and managing knowledge systems Farm and resource management Profitable & sustainable agriculture Integrated systems Well-informed policy science development
Editor's Notes
- Imagine this: we are talking about 1000 million of EXTRA tonnes of grain every year. If we assume a good Australian average grain yield of 2.5 t / ha this means that we need to expand grain production by at least 400 million ha. Australia is one of the world’s major exporters of grain and our current production area is just over 20 million ha. In order to grow these extra 1,000 million tonnes of grain at current levels of productivity we have to find additional land equivalent to 20 times the area currently under production in Australia. And I am only talking about grain here, not about any of the other sources of food, such as meat, vegetables, fruit etc. Can you imagine the scale of this challenge? Even more importantly, can you imagine what happens if we don’t measure up, if we don’t deliver this extra one billion tonnes of grain?
- The next agricultural revolution will be knowledge-based. Tasmania could be at the forefront of this revolution if it chooses to.
- The next agricultural revolution will be knowledge-based. Tasmania could be at the forefront of this revolution if it chooses to.
- The next agricultural revolution will be knowledge-based. Tasmania could be at the forefront of this revolution if it chooses to.