Food and Water Sustainability in Mexico: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives
04/15 at 09:18 AM
April 16, 2010
Location: UC San Diego, Institute of the Americas Complex, Weaver Center
There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For additional information, http://usmex.ucsd.edu/events/event_20100315.htm
In recent years, the growing crises of drug trafficking, violent crime, rule of law, elections and public goods distribution have come to dominate headlines in Mexico and abroad. This conference instead focuses on the critical issues of food and water sustainability as central to the national security crises Mexico is currently facing from the multidisciplinary perspectives of history, anthropology, economy, and public policy. The conference objective is to link the macro contexts of policies at the state level with consequences and responses at the micro ground level over the historical trajectory of the last eighty years. The presenters argue that food production, water consumption and rural outmigration are as much matters of national security as, and integral to, these other headline-grabbing issues.
The Global ARC is participating in this event (Keith Pezzoli will be commenting on the papers in PANEL 2 on Friday, April 16, 2010, 11:00am: “GROUNDWATER PUMPING AND GREEN REVOLUTION MIGRANTS: THE DILEMMAS OF MEXICAN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE”
by Keith Pezzoli in Global ARC Making News • (1) Comments • Permalink
Thanks, Keith, for your participation in the event and for helping steer the discussion at the end of the day. We have big challenges to overcome just in the way the academy works—speaking across disciplines, applying research to promote action-oriented solutions, etc. I’m going to meet with Anjali Browning to write a synopsis of the conference and some of the conclusions and send it to all the participants to try to keep the network going.