Plenary Papers

Crop science for a diverse planet

Stocktake on cropping and crop science for a diverse planet.
M.S. Swaminathan

Science and technology: the essential way to keep sustainable development of world agriculture and trade
Yanhua Liu

Crop science, poverty and the family farm in a globalising world
Michael Lipton

Crop science for addressing water scarcity 

Water Scarcity: Fact or Fiction?
Frank R. Rijsberman

Increasing Crop Productivity When Water is Scarce – From Breeding to Field Management
John Passioura

Crop science for a sustainable future

Farming systems in a rational world.
Pedro A. Sanchez

Nitrogen Over-use, Under-use, and Efficiency
 J.L. Hatfield and J.H. Prueger

Crop science for harnessing genetics

GMOs and Society
John H Skerritt

Challenges of integrating conventional breeding and biotechnology: a personal view!
John W Snape

Crop science for effecting change

Scaling-up: how to reach a billion resource-poor farmers in developing countrie
Raj Paroda

Crop scientists as change agents
Peter S. Carberry