# Seeds of the Future

- Institution: CERN
- Department: CERN Colloquium
- Speaker: Salvatore Dr. Ceccarelli
- Year: 2015
- Language: English
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3002506)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Five of the global issues most frequently debated today are the decline of biodiversity in general and of agrobiodiversity in particular, climate change, hunger and malnutrition, poverty and water. These issues are connected with each other, and should be dealt with as such. Most of our food comes from seeds (even when we eat meat, we indirectly eat plants, which come from seeds) and food affects our health. The evolution of plant breeding, the science which is responsible for the type and the diversity of seed that farmers plant, and hence for the diversity of food that we eat, helps us understand how agrobiodiversity has decreased. An agro-ecological model of agriculture could be solution to the most important problems affecting the planet, but is often criticized for not being able to produce enough food for a growing population casting doubts on whether food security and food safety can be compatible objectives. Participatory and evolutionary plant breeding, while benefiting from advances in molecular genetics, reconcile increased production of more readily available and accessible food, with increased agrobiodiversity while maintaining the evolutionary potential of our crops needed to cope with climate change. Being based on selection for specific adaptation, participatory and evolutionary plant breeding are able to produce varieties specifically adapted to an agro ecological agricultural model..

0:00:00 Slide 1

0:01:41 Slide 2

0:01:52 Slide 3

0:02:10 Slide 4

0:02:18 Slide 5

0:02:45 Slide 6

0:02:53 Slide 7

0:03:11 Slide 8

0:03:24 Slide 9

0:03:30 Slide 10

0:03:56 Slide 11

0:04:06 Slide 12

0:04:19 Slide 13

0:04:23 Slide 14

0:04:39 Slide 15

0:04:47 Slide 16

0:04:55 Slide 17

0:05:04 Slide 18

0:05:19 Slide 19

0:05:24 Slide 20

0:05:40 Slide 21

0:05:46 Slide 22

0:05:52 Slide 23

0:06:08 Slide 24

0:06:17 Slide 25

0:06:27 Slide 26

0:06:36 Slide 27

0:06:48 Slide 28

0:07:04 Slide 29

0:07:17 Slide 30

0:07:34 Slide 31

0:07:38 Slide 32…

## Lectures

1. [Seeds of the Future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3002506/7c86fe106740), 1 h 22 min (CERN's player)