Science Bar: “How Can We Feed 10 Billion People on Earth?”

Brasserie Le Dôme, 2 Avenue Georges Clémenceau in Montpellier.
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Our planet is home to some 7.9 billion people, and according to projections, that number is expected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050. Feeding a constantly growing global population is therefore a major challenge.

Population growth, urbanization, rising standards of living, changing dietary habits, climate change… These various factors are placing extreme pressure on resources.

Will we be able to feed the 10 billion people who will inhabit our planet in the coming decades? What solutions exist to meet this challenge in a sustainable way? These issues require immediate change, and the answers call for us to rethink our food and agricultural practices.

To discuss this science-and-society topic, a diverse group of multidisciplinary experts from the Planet@aliment project will answer questions from the audience live:

• Ève Fouilleux, a political scientist at the CNRS, a member of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Science, Innovation, and Society (LISIS), and a research associate at the MOISA Joint Research Unit ( Research ) in Montpellier;
• Éric Verger, nutritionist at the IRD (MOISA Joint Research Unit ( Research ));
• Yves Vigouroux, a plant geneticist at IRD and director of the DIADE Joint Research Unit ( Research ).

In collaboration with the Planet@aliment project to raise awareness about sustainable food, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

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