题 目：Challenges to Feeding the World in the 21st Century
报告人：Richard J. Sexton 教授 （美国加州大学戴维斯分校）
时 间：2026年3月23日 星期一 15:30-17:00
报告地点：北京大学王克桢楼107会议室
报告人简介：
Richard J. Sexton教授是美国加州大学戴维斯分校（UCDavis）农业与资源经济系资深杰出教授（现为Distinguished Professor Emeritus）、前任系主任，美国农业与应用经济学会（AAEA）会士、前任主席，曾担任美国农业经济学杂志（AJAE）Co-Editor（1998-2020）。Sexton教授的主要研究领域为应用微观经济学、产业组织和农产品市场营销，研究成果发表在American Economic Review, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Industrial Economics等国际权威期刊。
报告内容：
Adequately feeding its population may be society’s most basic obligation, yet it is one that remains unmet based on UN statistics that show 673 million people faced hunger in 2024 and 2.6 billion could not afford a healthy diet. Feeding a growing and wealthier world population is likely to become more difficult in the face of climate change, pest resistance to traditional treatments, a slowdown in agricultural productivity growth, increased use of agricultural products to produce biofuels, and support for production methods known to reduce yields, such as organic and non-GMO. The presentation will document challenges to feeding the world in this century and chronicle the ways contemporary food policies enacted in much of the world imperil food security and exacerbate environmental challenges associated with food production. The presentation concludes by identifying “win-win” strategies that will forestall future hunger and environmental degradation.