Looking beyond boundaries to find food for the future
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Addressing the challenge of feeding 9 billion people sustainably: deadline 2050
The global population is growing in number and income; many more people expect
to eat more and animal proteins rank high on their list of preferences. Numbers
are predicted to stabilise at around 9 billion by 2050. Can the world produce
enough food and keep on producing that food year after year? Agri Vision 2011
will look beyond perceived boundaries to explore how actions and attitudes today
can contribute to delivering food for the future.
Delegates will hear fresh information, ideas and insights focused on the future
food challenge and delivered by presenters from the agriculture industry and
research, environmental and regulatory organisations, financiers and
communicators. Organised by global leader in animal nutrition Nutreco and
Rabobank, the international food & agribank, Agri Vision 2011 'Beyond
Boundaries' will take place 21-23 June at Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin, the
Netherlands.
Wout Dekker, Nutreco CEO: "At Agri Vision 2009 we asked: Can we close the gap
between the surging demand and struggling supplies? We optimistically, but we
believe realistically, concluded: "Yes we can!" There is potential to be gained
in plant and animal breeding, nutrition and husbandry and in unravelling the
production potential of current and new arable land. We believe this can be
achieved sustainably and without irrevocably damaging biodiversity or our
environment. But it needs the cooperation of all stakeholders, willingness to
open our minds to innovative concepts and the imagination to develop them into
practical realities. We captured that optimism and the facts and opinions behind
it in a Nutreco booklet; Feeding the Future, published in March 2010. Earlier
this year we published an equivalent aquaculture Feeding the Future booklet,
following from AquaVision 2010. It focuses on the potential for aquaculture to
bridge the widening gap between sustainable fisheries, which cannot be
increased, and the demand for fish.
"During Agri Vision 2011 we will look at the reality of today, constraints and
opportunities for tomorrow and hear from companies and industry sectors already
making significant progress; encouraging us to think and act Beyond Boundaries."
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Agri Vision
Agri Vision 2011 is the sixth biennial international food and agribusiness
conference organised by Nutreco in cooperation with Rabobank. The Agri Vision
conferences provide a platform for discussion at a strategic level on current
and future concerns in the animal feed-to-food chain. Agri Vision 2011 will
provide approximately 400 delegates from around 40 countries with an unrivalled
opportunity to hear industry leaders and influential stakeholders debate the
issues affecting the industry and to extend their contact networks.
www.agrivision.com
Nutreco
Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed. Our advanced feed
solutions are at the origin of food for millions of consumers worldwide.
Quality, innovation and sustainability are guiding principles, embedded in the
Nutreco culture from research and raw material procurement to products and
services for agriculture and aquaculture. Experience across 100 years brings
Nutreco a rich heritage of knowledge and experience for building its future.
Nutreco employs about 10,000 people in 30 countries, with sales in 80 countries.
Nutreco is listed on the NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam with annual
revenues of EUR 4.9 billion in 2010.
www.nutreco.com
Rabobank
Rabobank Group is an international full-range financial services provider
founded on cooperative principles serving approximately 10 million clients
worldwide. We are a global leader in Food and Agri financing and in
sustainability-oriented banking. Next to 143 independent local banks and a
central organisation in the Netherlands, the Group comprises a large number of
specialised international offices and subsidiaries in 48 countries. The Rabobank
Group has the highest credit rating (AAA), awarded by the well-known
international rating agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's. In terms of Tier 1
Capital, the organisation is among the world's fifteen largest financial
institutions. Food & Agribusiness is the international prime focus of the
Rabobank Group.
www.rabobank.com
For more information:
Jurgen Pullens, Director Investor Relations and Corporate Communications,
Nutreco
Telephone: +31 (0)33 422 6134
E-mail: jurgen.pullens(at)nutreco.com
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