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DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioresource Engineering invites you to a spec
 ial seminar by Md Shamim Ahamed\, Ph.D.\, EIT\, Nortek Air Solutions\, Sas
 katoon\, SK\n\nFarmers need to produce about 70% more food for an addition
 al 1.7 billion people by 2050 while already using 80% of arable land. Curr
 ently\, we are facing a trilemma for agricultural production systems in wh
 ich there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives: (1) shortage 
 of food\, (2) shortage of resources\, and (3) degradation of the environme
 nt. The controlled environment engineering principles in collaboration wit
 h the multidisciplinary team have emerging opportunities for improvement o
 f yield and quality of food with less resource consumption and environment
 al degradation. This seminar will address the prospects of urban agricultu
 re for future food demand and the future research needs to address the cha
 llenges in urban agriculture and plant production systems. The presentatio
 n will be concluded by highlighting the research plans for sustainable/reg
 enerative urban agricultural systems.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nMd Shamim Ah
 amed is currently working as a Research Engineer at Nortek Air Solutions\,
  Saskatoon\; he is also affiliated as an Assistant Professor in the Depart
 ment of Farm Power and Machinery at Bangladesh Agricultural University. He
  also worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University and the City
  University of Hong Kong. Dr. Ahamed received his Ph.D. from the Universit
 y of Saskatchewan in Environmental Engineering\, Master of Science in Farm
  Power and Machinery\, and Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering from Bangl
 adesh Agricultural University. Dr. Ahamed’s research mainly focuses on ene
 rgy modeling and energy-efficient design for the next-generation agricultu
 ral built-environments. His research area also spans on automated fault-de
 tection and diagnosis of buildings HVAC systems using machine learning-bas
 ed algorithms.\n\nMd Shamim Ahamed is a candidate for the faculty position
  in Urban Agriculture & Plant Production Engineering.\n
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LOCATION:R2-046\, Raymond Building\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellevue\, H9X 3V
 9\, 21111 Lakeshore Road
SUMMARY:Urban Agriculture: Prospects and Challenges for Future Food Product
 ion in Controlled Environments 
URL:/macdonald/channels/event/urban-agriculture-prospe
 cts-and-challenges-future-food-production-controlled-environments-321085
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