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Self Help Africa Self Help Africa Professor Shane WardProfessor Shane Ward
HeadHeadUCD School of Agriculture, Food Science & UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science &
Veterinary MedicineVeterinary Medicine
[email protected]@ucd.ie
Mankind has high energy demandMankind has high energy demand
Ireland
7 single-bar electric fires
Equivalent to the output of ca. 20 single-bar electric fires on all the time
two 100 W light bulbs (3rd World)!!!
3 single-bar electric fires Brazil, China, Mexico, Egypt
This increase to
Western
norms cannot h
appen!
- 5 billi
on people – global warm
ing catastrophic!
- don’t h
ave the re
sources via C based energ
y!
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UCD School of Agriculture, Food UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary MedicineScience & Veterinary Medicine
Largest School in UCDLargest School in UCD The only university agri-food & veterinary The only university agri-food & veterinary
medicine programme in Ireland medicine programme in Ireland 120 academic staff; 100 postdocs; ca. 250 Phds; 120 academic staff; 100 postdocs; ca. 250 Phds;
ca. 2000 undergraduate studentsca. 2000 undergraduate students Annual expenditure on R&D ca. ½ that of TeagascAnnual expenditure on R&D ca. ½ that of Teagasc Address the complete agri-food continuumAddress the complete agri-food continuum
– rural development (national & international), crop and rural development (national & international), crop and animal production, food v. fuel, climate change, food animal production, food v. fuel, climate change, food and nutrition, forestry, horticulture, agri-business, agri-and nutrition, forestry, horticulture, agri-business, agri-environment, engineering applied to the agri-food environment, engineering applied to the agri-food sector, biomass-to-energy, veterinary epidemiology, sector, biomass-to-energy, veterinary epidemiology, zoonoses control, veterinary hospital, …zoonoses control, veterinary hospital, …
[email protected]@ucd.ie
Self Help Africa Self Help Africa Professor Shane WardProfessor Shane Ward
HeadHeadUCD School of Agriculture, Food Science & UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science &
Veterinary MedicineVeterinary Medicine