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SUMMARY:Farm management and policy approaches to support the journey to net-zero farming without compromising food security and quality
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nThe 36th Annual Edith Mary Gayton Memorial Lecture titled “Farm management and policy approaches to support the journey to net-zero farming without compromising food security and quality” will be held on Tuesday 7th March 2023.\n\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome National Farmers Union (NFU) President Minette Batters\, who runs a tenanted family farm in Wiltshire and campaigns on behalf of NFU members about the importance of British food and farming\, to give the lecture. Minette Batters\, NFU\, will present her views on management and policy approaches required to support the journey to net-zero farming.\n\n\n\n\nVenue: Madejski Lecture Theatre\, Agriculture Building\, University of Reading\n\n\n\n\nTime: 18:00\, with nibbles and drinks offered at 17:30\n\n\n\n\nTo register for the in-person event please email Teresa Hicks at t.m.hicks@reading.ac.uk.\n\n\n\n\nTo attend online please register via Eventbrite.\n\n\n\n\nAll are welcome!\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/farm-management-and-policy-approaches-to-support-the-journey-to-net-zero-farming-without-compromising-food-security-and-quality/
LOCATION:Agriculture Building\, Madejski Lecture Theatre\, RG6 7BE
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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SUMMARY:Farm management and policy approaches to support the journey to net-zero
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Minette Batters\, NFU’s president\, is invited to deliver the 2023 Annual Edit Mary Gayton lecture and present her views on the farm management and policy approaches that are needed to support the journey to net-zero farming without compromising food security and quality. \nThe NFU has set the ambitious goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the whole of agriculture in England and Wales by 2040. This NFU’s contribution to the UK’s ambition of net zero by 2050. Agriculture is uniquely placed to be part of the solution\, as both an emissions source and a sink. The NFU’s assessment is that we can only deliver net zero if we act across a range of internationally recognised inventories. \nThere is no single answer to this problem. To achieve this goal a range of measures are needed that fall under three broad headings: \n\nImproving farming’s productive efficiency;\nImproving land management and changing land use to capture more carbon;\nBoosting renewable energy and the wider bioeconomy\n\nThis is a hybrid event. The in person session will be held in the School of Agriculture\, Policy and Development\, University of Reading. To book a place for the in-person event please email Teresa Hicks at t.m.hicks@reading.ac.uk. \nTo book a place on the virtual event\, register via Eventbrite. \nFor joining us online please use the following link: \nhttps://tinyurl.com/2wmnnx5s – The virtual room will be open at 18:55[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/farm-management-and-policy-approaches-to-support-the-journey-to-net-zero/
LOCATION:School of Agriculture\, Policy and Development
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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SUMMARY:The Fairbrother Lecture - Behind Electric Eyes: Facial Recognition Surveillance in Public Spaces
DESCRIPTION:Automatic facial recognition technology is increasingly used by both public and private sector organisations to manage and police public spaces. The operation of facial recognition in public spaces – and our access to the right to privacy – shifts depending on whether it is a public or a private sector organisation that is watching us. But does it make a difference who is watching and why? And what does it mean for our right to privacy? \nFacial recognition surveillance is used to identify and verify people in real time but without any obligation to gain their consent. While public sector surveillance must be justified by the public interest\, the private sector is able to use facial recognition in pursuit of a range of commercial interests. These interests extend beyond criminal acts and could include activities that might result in an individual being banned from private property\, such as smoking\, walking a dog or taking photos. To complicate matters\, we are often unaware of crossing thresholds into spaces where surveillance is privately controlled. Does the introduction of facial recognition provide us with increased protections\, or hold hidden pitfalls? \nJoin socio-legal researcher William Page to be guided through the growing use of this technology\, what it means for human rights\, the relevance of recent political developments surrounding the potential withdrawal of the Human Rights Act 1998\, and the changing nature of contemporary public spaces. This free public lecture will provide an introduction to the issue\, look at recent research and consider important future questions. Do we understand our rights when under the gaze of electronic eyes? \nThe Fairbrother Lecture is a University public lecture named after Jack Fairbrother who in 1929 became one of the first students to be awarded a PhD from the University. The lecture is an annual event at which a Reading doctoral researcher presents their research to a wider audience. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/the-fairbrother-lecture-behind-electric-eyes-facial-recognition-surveillance-in-public-spaces/
LOCATION:Meadow Suite\, Park House\, Meadow Suite\, Park House\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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