DR  SHASHI  SHARMA  CHAIR  IN  BIOSECURITY  AND  FOOD  SECURITY  

MURDOCH  UNIVERSITY  

3Ps for Global Food Security

Professor Shashi Sharma Chair, Biosecurity and Food Security Murdoch University, WA 6150 Australia Tel : +6189360 6815; +61428935741

Australia

•  Short-term vision to Long-term vision

Transformation

•  Agriculture to Ecoagriculture

•  Economic boom •  ‘Food needs’ fast changing to ‘Food wants’

Asia

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  

Biosecurity risk in a globalized world

A). Air B). Cargo

•  Produce food sustainably •  Protect food from loss in the value chain •  Provide bio-secure, safe and nutritious food

3Ps for Food Security

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

Produce food sustainably

• Secure the food value chain from loss or waste

•  Develop supply chain infrastructure

and post harvest treatments •  Zero tolerance to food waste

Protect food from loss in the value chain

•  Safeguard food trade and distribution •  Food safety •  Glocalisation •  Community connect

Provide bio-secure, safe and nutritious food

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

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)

Centre for Biosecurity and Food Security

Thank you

A long term vision with clear mission and plan is fundamental to reaching our destination of food security

for all, forever - adoption of 3Ps

Centre  for    Biosecurity  and  Food  Security  

Concluding  Remark