Food production has to be doubled in 30 years!

At present, we are 6 billion people on earth, but estimates show that in 2050 we shall be 9 billion people. Today and in 2050, the people shall share the food produced.

A balanced diet rich in fruit and vegetables is important for health, but today a fifth of the worlds population is living with malnutrition and hunger. As more people around the globe shall eat meat from domestic animals, the need to produce feed for livestock shall further increase. Therefore, the food and feed production has to double in as little as thirty years.

The total agricultural land available for the production of food and feed is less than 1.5 billion hectares and this number is not likely to increase. Therefore, the only answer is to double yields in the food and feed production.

Increasing yields is possible through the implementation of better practices in agriculture, seed breeding, improved plant nutrition, biotechnology, and plant protection chemicals, as well as better protection of harvested crops. By providing a number of plant protection products proven to be effective and affordable for farmers globally, Cheminova is participating in reaching the objective of doubling of food production.