http://www.catchtalk.tv/events/gfia2014/videos/chair-in-biosecurity-and-food-securitymurdoch-university

1. DR
SHASHI
SHARMA
CHAIR
IN
BIOSECURITY
AND
FOOD
SECURITY
MURDOCH
UNIVERSITY

2. 3Ps for Global Food Security
Professor Shashi Sharma
Chair, Biosecurity and Food Security
Murdoch University, WA 6150 Australia
Tel : +6189360 6815; +61428935741

3. Australia

4. Transformation
• Short-term vision to
Long-term vision
• Agriculture to Ecoagriculture

5. Asia
• Economic boom
• ‘Food needs’ fast changing to ‘Food wants’

6. Biosecurity risk in
a globalized world
A). Air B). Cargo
Sources:
a)
Forecast
and
control
of
epidemics
in
a
globalized
world.
Hufnagel
et
al,
2004,
PNAS
b)The
complex
network
of
global
cargo
ship
movements.
Kaluza
et
al.
2010,
Journal
of
Royal
Soc.
Interface

7. 3Ps for Food Security
• Produce food sustainably
• Protect food from loss in the value chain
• Provide bio-secure, safe and nutritious food

8. Produce food sustainably
Food production must not compromise the long-term
productive capacity of water and land based ecosystems
• Improve agriculture technologies
• Diversify the portfolio of food sources
• Develop better understanding of soil biodiversity and health
• Invest in bio-saline agriculture

9. Protect food from loss in the
value chain
• Secure the food value chain from
loss or waste
• Develop supply chain infrastructure
and post harvest treatments
• Zero tolerance to food waste

10. Provide bio-secure, safe and
nutritious food
• Safeguard food trade and distribution
• Food safety
• Glocalisation
• Community connect

11. Centre for Biosecurity
and Food Security
Perspective: Global
Approach: Build global alliances
Scope: Entire food value chain
Focus: 3Ps - Produce; Protect; Provide
Core role in education and capacity building to meet the
growing demand for knowledge and future expertise in
biosecurity and food security

12. Centre for Biosecurity
and Food Security
Global alliances – transform competition into
complementarity
Access to a broader intellectual resource pool and
knowledge capital to:
• plan, guide, facilitate and engage in joint strategic
research programs
• develop and recommend long-term strategies, options
and initiatives for safeguarding and enhancing the
efficiency of food value chain (policy, research,
technology)

13. Concluding
Remark
A long term vision with clear mission and plan is
fundamental to reaching our destination of food security
Thank you
for all, forever -
adoption of 3Ps
Centre
for
Biosecurity
and
Food
Security