{"id":7193,"date":"2023-04-05T13:22:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=7193"},"modified":"2023-05-04T13:04:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T17:04:24","slug":"when-it-comes-to-food-security-the-world-is-one-big-village-speaker-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-monthly-digest\/april-2023\/when-it-comes-to-food-security-the-world-is-one-big-village-speaker-says\/","title":{"rendered":"When it comes to food security, the world is \u201cone big village\u201d speaker says<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThere is very little difference between national and global problems\u201d was the message Dr. Jimmy W. Smith<\/strong>, an expert in international agriculture, delivered to some 50 lecture guests April 5 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore\u2019s School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences Seminar Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He continued, saying, \u201cFood shortages in any place drive up poverty (rates) and prices everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith, who recently assumed his post as director of international programs in agriculture and natural resources at the University of Maryland, College Park, oversees the college\u2019s international extension and development efforts.  He said that by 2050 there will be a population increase of 10 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need 56% more food produced than we are now,\u201d Smith said, who prior to his post with UMCP, served as director general of the International Livestock Research Institute charged with working toward a \u201cfood secure world.\u201d  The market for U.S. farmers, he suggested, is in the developing world where demand is growing. Global food should be treated as \u201ca core business, not an add-on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn order to protect U.S. agriculture and U.S. health, we need collective action,\u201d Smith said referring to the costs to society of zoonotic diseases (those that can be transmitted to humans from animals), pandemics and climate change. Problems need to be mitigated before they cross borders that can\u2019t \u201cjust be shut down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGlobal health depends on global action. Individual countries cannot handle it alone,\u201d the Guyanese and Canadian dual citizen said. \u201cThe world is one big village. The students here (at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore) will become citizens of the world. This is an open opportunity for us to be global citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith\u2019s presentation was titled, \u201cOpportunities and Challenges in International Agriculture Development\u201d with a focus on \u201cThe Case for a Stronger Role for 1862 and 1890 Universities.\u201d He earned master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in animal sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences Seminar Series is free and open to the campus and the community. For future lectures, visit www.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-seminar-series\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Sileo and Gail Stephens, agricultural communications, UMES Extension, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, 410-621-3850, lcsileo@umes.edu<\/a>, gcstephens@umes.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by Todd Dudek, agricultural communications, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, tdudek@umes.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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