Why Care About Crop Loss? Impacts on Science, Production, and Society

Sunday, August 7, 2011: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM
318AB
1:00 PM
Why do we care about crop losses?
Serge Savary, IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines

1:30 PM
How do we assess crop loss?
Paul Esker, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

2:45 PM
Crop losses in highly populated areas: A global perspective
Laetitia Willocquet, IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines

3:15 PM
Impact of crop loss in the United States
Clayton Hollier, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A.