Developing Global Leaders for Research, Regulation, and Stewardship of Crop Protection Chemistry in the 21st Century

To provide sufficient food and fiber to the increasing global population, the technologies associated with crop protection are growing ever more sophisticated but, at the same time, societal expectations for the safe use of crop protection chemistry tools are also increasing. The goal of this perspective is to highlight the key issues that face future leaders in crop protection, based on presentations made during a symposium titled “Developing Global Leaders for Research, Regulation and Stewardship of Crop Protection Chemistry in the 21st Century”, held in conjunction with the IUPAC 13th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry in San Francisco, CA, USA, during August 2014. The presentations highlighted the fact that leaders in crop protection must have a good basic scientific training and understand new and evolving technologies, are aware of the needs of both developed and developing countries, and have good communication skills. Concern is expressed over the apparent lack of resources to meet these needs, and ideas are put forward to remedy these deficiencies.Keywords: sustainable agriculture, developing regions, training leaders, smart systems, stewardship, women in agriculture, crop protection, universities, nanopesticides, communications, GM crop

Developing Global Leaders for Research, Regulation, and Stewardship of Crop Protection Chemistry in the 21st Century

To provide sufficient food and fiber to the increasing global population, the technologies associated with crop protection are growing ever more sophisticated but, at the same time, societal expectations for the safe use of crop protection chemistry tools are also increasing. The goal of this perspective is to highlight the key issues that face future leaders in crop protection, based on presentations made during a symposium titled "Developing Global Leaders for Research, Regulation and Stewardship of Crop Protection Chemistry in the 21st Century", held in conjunction with the IUPAC 13th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry in San Francisco, CA, USA, during August 2014. The presentations highlighted the fact that leaders in crop protection must have a good basic scientific training and understand new and evolving technologies, are aware of the needs of both developed and developing countries, and have good communication skills. Concern is expressed over the apparent lack of resources to meet these needs, and ideas are put forward to remedy these deficiencies.Fil: Unsworth, John B.. No especifíca;Fil: Corsi, Camila. Syngenta Crop Protection; SuizaFil: Van Emon, Jeanette. United States Environmental Protection Agency; Estados UnidosFil: Farenhorst, Annemieke. University of Manitoba; CanadáFil: Hamilton, Denis. Queensland Department of Primary Industries; AustraliaFil: Howard, Cody. California Air Resources Board; Estados UnidosFil: Hunter, Robert. CropLife International; BélgicaFil: Jenkins, Jeffrey. State University of Oregon; Estados UnidosFil: Kleter, Gijs. RIKILT Wageningen UR; Países BajosFil: Kookana, Rai S. CSIRO Environmental Contaminant Mitigation and Technologies; AustraliaFil: Lalah, Joseph. Technical University of Kenya; KeniaFil: Leggett, Michael. CropLife America; Estados UnidosFil: Miglioranza, Karina Silvia Beatriz. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias Marinas. Laboratorio de Ecotoxicología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Miyagawa, Hisashi. Kyoto University; JapónFil: Peranginangin, Natalia. Syngenta Crop Protection; Estados UnidosFil: Rubin, Baruch. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; IsraelFil: Saha, Bipul. Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited; IndiaFil: Shakil, Najam. Indian Agricultural Research Institute; Indi