Global Food Security Association for Young Scientists

2025 Global Food Security Forum for Young Scientists

The 2025 Global Food Security Forum for Young Scientists is organized by Huazhong Agricultural University, the Global Food Security Association for Young Scientists, and the Innovation and Talent Introduction Base for Health Economics and Agricultural Green Development, and co-organized by the Laboratory for Intelligent Food Security Governance and the Digital Agricultural Research Institute, Huazhong Agricultural University.

Event Timeline

Date: October 19-25, 2025 (All times are UTC+8)

LJZ Supreme Tower Hotel, Lujiazui, Shanghai, China

Shanghai Expo Center, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China

Date	Time	Content	Venue
Oct. 19	08:00 - 20:00	Registration	Lobby, LJZ Supreme Tower Hotel
Oct. 20	09:00 - 18:00	Field Trip Dongtan Wetland Park Wanhe Smart Sheep Farm Taihe Good Season Smart Farm	Chongming District, Shanghai
Oct. 21	09:30 - 10:30	Opening Ceremony The 23rd Conference on International Exchange of Professionals	Silver Hall, 1^st Floor, Shanghai Expo Center
	11:00 - 11:10	Opening Ceremony The 2025 Global Food Security Forum for Young Scientists Chair: Hongxia Zeng (HZAU) • Opening Remarks	Room 513, 5^th Floor, Shanghai Expo Center
	11:10 - 12:00	Achievements Release Global Food Security Governance - Data Intelligence Chair: Hongxia Zeng (HZAU) • Intelligent support system for agricultural policies Hang Xiong (HZAU) • System for grain market prediction and early warning Jian Li (HZAU)
	12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Break
	13:30 - 15:00	Focused Topic Global Food Security Governance - Challenges and Solutions Chair: Chuan Tang (HZAU) • Youth, jobs and the agricultural development: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa Jordan Chamberlin (CIMMYT) • Agricultural growth, rural transformation and policies in China: implications for other developing countries Jikun Huang (Peking University) • The role of tropical agriculture in enhancing global food security Hope Webber (IITA)
	15:00 - 15:15	Coffee Break
	15:15 - 16:15	Junior-Senior Dialogue on Global Food Security Chair: Hermann Waibel (University of Hannover) Participants: • Abu Hayat Md Saiful Islam (Bangladesh Agricultural University) • Alirah Emmanuel Weyori (WFP) • Juliana Andrade Hay (FAO) • Lisa Höschle (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) • Xiaohua Yu (University of Gottingen) • MãLįK Waseem (Hunan University)
Oct. 22	08:30 - 09:30	Focused Topic Global Food Security Governance - Multidisciplinary Perspective Chair: Zhuang Hao (HZAU) • Systematic risk of multiple breadbasket failures: a historic trend Liangzhi You (IFPRI) • Multifunctional role of rhizobiabacteria in cropping systems Felix Dapare Dakora (African Academy of Sciences)	Room 513, 5^th Floor, Shanghai Expo Center
	09:30 - 10:30	Lighting Talk Chair: Zhuang Hao (HZAU) • Translational genomics for wheat nutritional security Awais Rasheed (CIMMYT) • Geopolitical conflict and global food security Trung Thanh Nguyen (University of Hannover) • Food security challenges in Pakistan: opportunities through agricultural cooperation under CPEC Khalid Khan (Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences) • Increasing training and space for urban agriculture: implications for food and nutritional security in South Africa and Uganda Enoch Owusu Sekyere (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) • Towards sustainable pest management and food security: the role of the global Plantwise+programme Justice Tambo (CABI) • Understanding food security from a transdisciplinary Perspective Sharon Lucock (Lincoln University) • Empowering Young Scientists to Shape Agrifood Systems Leticia Tanchella Niehues (FAO)
	10:30 - 10:45	Coffee Break
	10:45 - 12:00	Industry-University-Research (IUR) Roundtable: African Calotropis Gigantea Fiber Industry Chain Chair: Zhuang Hao (HZAU) Participants: • Esther Wanjiku Kamau (CIFOR-ICRAF) • Aizhong Liu (Southwest Forestry University) • Jie Yan (SUPIELD) • Zhiyuan Chen (SUPIELD) • Xiaozhou Qiao (Sinomach Hainan) • Shenglong Xu (Sinomach Hainan)
	12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Break
	13:30 - 14:30	Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Global Food Security Chair: José Ivan Ortiz Monasterio Rosas (CIMMYT) Participants: • Ravi Singh (HZAU) • Alex Barimah Owusu (University of Ghana) • Jude William Genilo (University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh) • Ivan Duric (IAMO) • Andy S.Jin (University of Portsmouth) • Anne G.Timu (IFPRI)	Room 513, 5^th Floor, Shanghai Expo Center
	14:30 - 15:20	Project Roadshow Global Food Security Governance - Technological Innovation Chair: Chuan Tang (HZAU) • Dedicating nutritious, delicious black rice to human health Hao Chen (HZAU) • Technical breakthrough and industrialization of multi-functional cotton with low-gossypol and high-oleic acid by gene editing Shuangxia Jin, Ruoyu Jia (HZAU) • High-yield, high-protein, machine-harvestable maize: technology breakthroughs and commercialization Shuangxia Jin, Ruoyu Jia (HZAU) • Research and development as well as integrated demonstration of large-scale high-yield, high-efficiency and simplified cultivation techniques for citrus Yin Zhou, Jia Huang, Yuxuan Han (HZAU) • Research and development as well as integrated demonstration of large-scale high-yield, high-efficiency and simplified cultivation techniques for citrus Yongzhong Liu, Haiqiang Liu (HZAU)	5^th Floor Shanghai Expo Center
	15:20 - 15:30	Closing Ceremony Chair: Chuan Tang (HZAU)	Room 513, 5^th Floor, Shanghai Expo Center
	15:30 - 23:00	Itinerary: Shanghai – Guiyang, Guizhou Province Guizhou Qingyan Holiday Hotel
Oct. 23	09:00 - 18:00	Laboratory Tour Academic exchange activities	Guizhou University
Oct. 24	09:00 - 18:00	Huajiang Canyon Bridge Green Prevention and Control Base for Tea Trees Symposium with Relevant Enterprises	Ziyun County
Oct. 25	All Day	Departure