Aquaculture’s Role in Fisheries, Food Security and the Environment



Wednesday, 15. October 2014 | 16:00 Uhr

Speaker

Rosamond L. Naylor

Organisation

Stanford University

Reporting

In her presentation, Rosamond Naylor, Professor at Stanford University, showed the advantages of aquacultures. The demand for seafood has risen significantly in recent years. In the past 20 years, the volume of fish from aquacultures has quintupled. Approximately 50% of all the fish eaten stems from aquaculture. Most fish farms are located in China. Naylor also ventured a look into the future: „In the year 2030, major progress will be made primarily on the feed side. Especially in regards to the recycling of fish waste.“

At the 13th Dialogue on Science, Naylor also discussed her ongoing research on aquaculture and her team’s research at the „Center on Food Security and the Environment“ in different regions of the world. Answers to key issues are sought: whether the rapid expansion of aquaculture improves the global food system’s potential in order to meet future food needs. And whether the development of aquaculture improves food security in low-income, resource-poor regions.

Learn about some initial results from her research in the video of her presentation.

Please find here a Science paper by Rosamond Naylor with further informations about the Topic.

Rosamond L. Naylor

Rosamond Naylor is professor of environmental Earth system science at Stanford, at the William Wrigley Senior Fellow at the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Stanford Woods Institute of the Environment. And she is director of Stanford’s Center on Food Security and the Environment.

Her research focuses on the environmental and equity dimensions of intensive food production. She is engaged in policy issues associated with food and agricultural systems in the U.S. and abroad. Naylor has been involved in numerous field-level research projects throughout the world concerning issues of aquaculture and livestock production, high-input agricultural development, biotechnology, climate-induced yield variability and food security.

Donators and Partners

The ETH Board is responsible for the strategic leadership of the ETH domain and assumes the supervision of its institutions. Its close relationship with the ETH Council has contributed to the successful continuation of Academia Engelberg Foundation since 2000.

The Foundation promotes research into the connecting human fundamentals of science. Academia Engelberg Foundation and the Foundation for Basic Research in Human Sciences have entered into a cooperation agreement for the period 2011 to 2015.

Helvetia is a quality-oriented comprehensive insurance company with over 150 years of experience. Academia Engelberg Foundation is convinced it will be able to use important synergies from the partnership starting in 2015.

A partnership with the University of Lucerne has existed since summer 2013. Since 2016 we have also a parthership with the Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Lucerne. Through these partnerships, synergies are used and joint projects are tested and realized. The University of Lucerne currently consists of three faculties: the faculties for Theology, Culture and Social Sciences, and Law.