International Food Security Symposium at Illinois 2024: Food Systems for Humans and Wildlife; International Focus Part 1

The following sessions were recorded on Thursday, October 17, 2024:

1. Overview of Symposium Program and Summary of Global Challenges Facing Wildlife and Food Security
-Michelle Wander, Emeritus Professor and Director of the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2. Food Security and Opportunity Crops – New Sciences Needed to Succeed
-Sieglinde Snapp, Sustainable Agrifood Systems Program Director CIMMYT

3. The Vision for Adapted Crops and Coils (VACS) – A Roadmap for Sustaining Humans and Wildlife
-Jeff Herrick, Research Scientist at USDA-ARS and Senior Advisor to the US Special Envoy for Global Food Security