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Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services: Defining the Challenges of the 21 st Century Brent M. Simpson Michigan State University MEAS Global Learning Exchange on Best Fit Approaches in Extension and Advisory Services Washington, D.C., June 6, 2012
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Transcript of The Agriculture, Climate, and Energy Challenge and EAS
Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services:
Defining the Challenges of the 21st Century
Brent M. SimpsonMichigan State University
MEAS Global Learning Exchange on Best Fit Approaches inExtension and Advisory Services
Washington, D.C., June 6, 2012
World Population Growth
World Bank: 100 percent increase in cereal production by 2050;
FAO: 70 percent increase in cereal production by 2050.
The World We Live In
Agriculture
Climate Energy
The World We Live In -- Energy
Agriculture
Climate Energy
Energy – Demand
Agriculture uses approximately 12 percent of total energy
Energy – Production
Past “peak oil”
Energy – Prices
The World We Live In -- Energy
Agriculture
Climate Energy
Climate – Trends (temperature)
Climate – Trends (preciptitation)
Climate – Disruption
The World We Live In -- Energy
Agriculture
Climate Energy
Agriculture – Big Picture
Agriculture – Land
Agriculture – Water
Agriculture uses 70 – 80 percent of fresh water.
Agriculture – Inputs
Agriculture – Productivity Gains
Agriculture – Food Prices
Our Common Future: Agriculture-Energy
Agriculture
Climate Energy
Our Common Future: Agriculture-Energy
Our Common Future: Energy - Climate
Agriculture
Climate Energy
Our Common Future: Energy - Climate
Our Common Future: Climate - Agriculture
Agriculture
Climate Energy
Our Common Future: Climate - Agriculture
Our Common Future: Climate - Agriculture
Adapted from Easterling and Apps, 2005, in Holdren, 2008
Our Common Future: Climate - Agriculture
What does this mean for AES?
• Better educated field staff and managers• Improved access to different types of information• Greater inter-sectorial coordination• Higher levels of collaboration between EAS actors• Contextualized reliance on markets• Recognition of and increased reliance on farmer
agency
This presentation was given by:
Dr. Brent Simpson
Michigan State University
on behalf of MEAS
at the Global Learning Exchange on Best Fit Approaches in Extension and Advisory Services
Washington, D.C.
on June 6, 2012
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Disclaimer:Disclaimer:
This presentation was made possible by the generous support of
the American people through the United States Agency for
International Development, USAID. The contents are the
responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the
views of USAID or the United States Government.
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