Hammond Lecture
Tracks
Assembly Hall
Ground Floor Conference Room
Board Room
WPSA - Minor Hall
| Wednesday, April 10, 2024 |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
| Assembly Room |
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Sponsored By:
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Overview
Sponsored by UK Agri-Tech Centre
Details
The Hammond Lecture represents a key session within the annual conference and this year Associate Professor Hannah van Zanten, from Wageningen University, will present on ‘Livestock in a circular economy’. Hannah’s work has focused extensively on both modelling and trialling agricultural within wider circular systems and in particular linking agri outputs and inputs to transport and energy as well as ecosystems. Hannah is a world leading scientist on this topic. Her lecture is sure to be thought provoking, challenging and highly informative, and will contribute significantly to the debate on ‘The role of livestock in our ecosystems and economy’.
Session Sponsor & Speakers
Session Sponsored by UK Agri-Tech Centre
Professor Hannah van Zanten
Associate Professor
Wageningen University
Livestock in a Circular Economy
12:05 PM - 12:45 PM
Dr. Hannah van Zanten Interim Chair Holder and Associate Professor at the Wageningen University Farming Systems Ecology group and visiting professor in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University. Hannah graduated cum laude from Wageningen University in 2009 with a master’s degree in Animal Sciences. Her PhD project focused on the environmental benefits of using human-inedible-sources as livestock feed. Since graduating, cum laude, for her PhD, she continued to work in this research-area. With her team, she developed the circular food systems (CiFoS) model where stakeholders can co-design and evaluate innovative yet attainable food systems that secure human and planetary health. She received several personal grants and prices such as the NWO Talent Scheme grant and the Global FoodShot price in 2021.
Chair
Elizabeth Magowan
AFBINI
