Global Agro-industry Working Together to Drive the World Towards Sustainable Food and Water Production
Global Agro-industry Working Together to Drive the World Towards Sustainable Food and Water Production
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AMSTERDAM, April 24 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ -
Committee's far reaching conclusions will be used to direct industry and
international bodies on achieving a sustainable global supply chain
"As we consider the rapidly expanding world population and the ever
increasing demand for an abundant, healthy, and affordable food supply; it will
be essential for industry, government, and other stakeholders to find new
innovative ways of working together to yield sustainable agricultural solutions
for the future. CropWorld Global is a much needed catalyst for making this
collaboration a reality." Dr. Maximilian Safarpour - Director,
Global Regulatory & Government Affairs, BASF Corporation
- CropWorld Global Steering & Advisory Committee - including FERA, Bayer
CropScience, Lindsay Irrigation, BASF and Coca-Cola - to collectively
exchange initiatives towards meeting sustainable challenges in local and global
food security
- Greater private sector research into biopesticides and synthetic
chemistries that protect crops identified as one key theme for future
development
CropWorld Global 2013 [http://www.cropworld-global.com ], the annual
agricultural industry event run by UBM Live, has announced the formation of its
Steering & Advisory Committee which will seek to meet the challenges of working
towards a sustainable agricultural production cycle - with initiatives across
supply chain, crop protection, water and irrigation and other concerns that are
seen as crucial to reducing waste and increasing productivity.
Members of the high level panel will be set the ambitious goals of
identifying new ways to sustainably feed the world's growing population.
Featuring a mixture of prominent government and agency representatives, the
Committee includes European MP Robert Sturdy; the British Crop Protection
Council's Dr. Colin Roscoe and Dr. Julian Smith, the Food and Environment
Research Agency's (FERA) sector leader in international development and food
and supply chain.
The panel's raison d'etre will see it harness the combined powers of
industry and international agencies for a collaborative approach to the world's
pressing agricultural supply chain issues. "The forum it provides for the
exchange of ideas greatly contributes to all of our efforts in finding
solutions to the challenges facing global agriculture and food production"
Committee member Pam Marrone (Founder and CEO of Marrone Bio Innovations)
Last month, CropWorld Global announced the launch of its 'planting the
seeds of innovation' campaign designed to champion decreased wastage in the
supply chain and increased production yields. In support of this, the
internationally recognised Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International
(CABI) has sent their expert to join the steering committee - Dr. Philippa
David, Food supply chain and Senior Business Development
Consultant.
"With the drivers of climate adaptation, increasing population and personal
food choice, we increasingly need to value food as a one-world resource. For
instance, the UK, although a developed country, is increasingly dependent on
overseas food sources, notably of developing nations and we must address how we
meet this challenge, notwithstanding the imperative to address food insecurity
and poverty within developing nations," commented committee member Dr. Julian
Smith of FERA.
The Committee is represented by some of the world's biggest agricultural
companies who will lend their weight to increasing innovation across the globe.
Together with the European MP, FERA, Marrone Bio Innovations and the BCPC,
other members include:
- Dr David Nicolson, Head of Global R&D and Member of the Executive
Committee, Bayer CropScience
- Dr Maximilian Safarpour, Director Global Regulatory and Government
Affairs, BASF
- David McPherson, Head of Chemistry and Field Trials, Charles River (CRO)
- Graham Redman, Partner, The Anderson Centre
- Sam Haider, VP of international Sales, Lindsay Irrigation
- Dr Ernesto Brovelli, Senior Manager, Sustainable Agriculture Environment
and Water Resources, Coca-Cola
Dr. Smith added "FERA's attendance on the CropWorld Global steering
committee is core to our aspiration to contribute to our fullest role in these
UK and global challenges through positioning FERA's research and knowhow at the
centre of the debate, together with industry and government. For example, in
the development of a next generation of technologies, alongside, and in support
of, policies that provide clear incentives to food chain stakeholders to work
collectively towards evermore sustainable practices. To this end, the steering
committee, through the participation of the major global agro-industry
partners, provides a unique space to identify new ways of thinking and working
towards collective and concerted change.To pull out just one thread of the
debate, would be to identify the need to bring investment from the private
sector back into research in the areas of biotechnology. This not only relates
to the use of genetic engineering, but also with respect to bio-pesticides and
synthetic chemistries that may serve as a next generation of crop protectants -
crucial to increasing prospective yields."
Pam Marrone echoed his thoughts, commenting "serving on the CropWorld
Global committee is tremendously valuable to Marrone Bio Innovations. It
provides a unique opportunity to share and discuss research and product
development advances with the truly forward-thinking companies and leaders in
our industry."
CropWorld Global's Steering & Advisory Committee is now finalising the
event's key themes and has identified 'decreasing the yield gap', 'increasing
supply', 'developing sustainable crops', 'reducing water and waste issues', and
implementing a 'responsible supply chain' as the areas it wishes to address.
Terri D'Elia, Exhibition Director at CropWorld Global, added: "We are
delighted that the world's biggest thought leaders in agricultural and water
have joined the CropWorld Steering & Advisory Committee. We now have a
tremendous opportunity to help work towards providing safe, sustainable and
adequate amounts of food globally. Over the next 10-years, food is forecast to
become 30% more expensive, with the worldwide demand requiring production to
rise 50% by 2030 - it is one of the greatest challenges to international food
producers, scientists and governments today and I strongly believe we can help
work towards meeting these increasing international pressures."
About CropWorld Global 2013:
The exhibition-led event is taking place in the Netherlands (the world's
second largest agricultural exporter) between the 29th and 30th of October at
the Amsterdam RAI. Over two days, four vertical-specific, modular conferences
will take place alongside the exhibition, examining the regulatory and industry
implications across 'water and irrigation', 'crop science', 'supply chain', and
'R&D' - later in the year full conference topics and plenary sessions will be
announced.
For further information on how to help spread industry innovation, details
on speaking at the event, exhibiting, attending or sponsorship packages, please
contact CropWorld Global 2013: Terri D'Elia, Exhibition Director, at
enquiries@cropworld.com, +44 (0) 207 560 4364 or visit
http://www.cropworld-global.com
- Over 2000 global industry professionals, 90 exhibitors and 115 paid
delegates
- Exhibitors from the world's leading companies in their respective areas:
Crop Production and Protection; Water and Irrigation; Supply Chain; R&D -
Innovation; Seeds; Soil Management; Packaging and Storage; Education &
Training, Regulatory & Academia; Crop Waste management & Storage; Precision
Agriculture and Machinery
- 4 exhibitor zones: Crop science, Water (irrigation, drainage and
management), Supply Chain, and General (companies that supply products and
services to the sector)
Notes to editors
CropWorld Global 2013 is being organised by UBM Live in association with
the British Crop Production Council (BCPC). UBM uses its experience in overseas
markets to complement and build on the annual CropWorld conferences and
exhibitions by running regional events in the key crop producing geographic
regions of the world.
About UBM Live
UBM Live is a division of UBM Plc. (LSE: UBM) a leading provider of
business information services to the maritime, travel, fashion, technology,
healthcare, media, and property industries. UBM offers services in trade shows,
conferences, online, news distribution, and publishing to customers across the
globe. Its brands are represented in more than 30 countries and are organised
into specialist teams that serve their business communities helping them excel
in their market by working effectively and efficiently. For more information,
go to http://www.ubmlive.com
About BCPC
British Crop Production Council (BCPC) promotes the use of science and
technology in the understanding and application of effective and sustainable
crop production.
Further details are available at http://www.bcpc.org
Further details are available from Terri D'Elia, Exhibition Director, UBM
Live, call +44(0)20-7560-4364, email terri.delia@ubm.com or visit
http://www.cropworld-global.com
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