Governments around the world are facing increasing and often conflicting pressures to slow climate change, conserve soil and water, and protect natural life, all while feeding their citizens. Experts debate whether conservation programs achieve climate and environmental goals or simply pressure agricultural production to move to other countries. Meanwhile, US public investments in agri-food research and development have dwindled in recent decades, despite a track record of producing technologies that enabled farmers to greatly increase yields and feed a growing population.
Join AEI as experts and practitioners discuss conservation programs, research and development policy, and climate change in the wake of the historic Inflation Reduction Act and the shadow of the upcoming farm bill.
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AEI Farm Bill Event Series
Agenda
- 2:00 p.m.
Introduction and Welcome:
Vincent H. Smith, Director of Agricultural Policy Studies, AEI
- 2:05 p.m.
Presentations:
Eric Lichtenberg, Professor in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Maryland
Philip G. Pardey, Professor in the Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota
- 2:35 p.m.
Panel Discussion:
Eric Lichtenberg, Professor in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Maryland
Philip G. Pardey, Professor in the Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota
Kenneth Parker, Executive Director, Florida Strawberry Growers Association
Allison Thomson, AgMission Program Director, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
Moderator:
Vincent H. Smith, Director of Agricultural Policy Studies, AEI
- 3:00 p.m.
Q&A
- 3:30 p.m.
Adjournment