A Lecture in Environment and Resources: Agroecology--A Review from a Global-Change Perspective

Dr. Thomas P. Tomich, Director and W.K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at the University of California, Davis, and Committee Member of the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, talks about his article "Agroecology: A Review from a Global-Change Perspective," which he co-wrote with another 15 authors from a variety of disciplines. In this lecture, Dr. Tomich discusses the agricultural challenges brought on by a world population that could surpass nine billion individuals by 2050, as well as water scarcity, climate change, pests, nitrogen prices, and geopolitical factors. An important question will be how to feed nine billion people and do it in a sustainable way. He stresses the importance of approaching agroecology from an scientific perspective, integrated across disciplines, from economic and social sciences to entomology and genomics.