Sir Charles Godfray on parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people

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Sir Charles Godfray on parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people

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Mar 19, 2024

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Professor Charles Godfray, Director of the the Oxford Martin School tells Jim Al-Kahlili about the intricate world of population dynamics, and how a healthy obsession with parasitic wasps might help us solve some of humanity's biggest problems, from the fight against Malaria to sustainably feeding a global community of 9 billion people.

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Mar 19, 2024

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Sir Charles Godfray on parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people

Sir Charles Godfray on parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people

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