Global food security under threat from crop and livestock diseases

Virologist and infectious diseases expert Professor John Fazakerley on getting to grips with the inevitable outbreaks

By Dr Andi Horvath

Published 25 November 2016

Episode 382

Sciences & Technology

The grand challenge of feeding 9 billion people

A conversation with virologist and infectious diseases expert Professor John Fazakerley on the myriad threats to the global food supply from pathogen infestations in crops and livestock, and how new genetic and surveillance technologies are lending hope to keeping them in check.

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Professor John Fazakerley

Professor of Virology, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity; Dean, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne; Former Director, UK Pirbright Institute, National Virology and Vaccinology Institute, and World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Presenter

Dr Andi Horvath

Writer and podcast presenter, University of Melbourne

Global food security under threat from crop and livestock diseases

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