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Syngenta Annual Review 2010 06 Contributing to food security
Syngenta Annual Review 2010 Scarcity of water, energy and land is expected to define food production in the coming decades. This will increase the existing pressure on farmers, who are working to meet the world’s needs for food, fuel and fiber. Demand for food has long exceeded supply in some regions. Every day, almost 1 billion people go to bed hungry. With the global population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, this figure could rise if action is not taken. 07 A global challenge “People used the equivalent of 1.5 planets in 2007 to support their activities.” The Living Planet Report 2010 World Wildlife Fund (WWF) The World Food Summit of 1996 defined that food security exists “when all people, at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious and affordable food to maintain a healthy and active life.” To make this happen, farmers will need to achieve at least a 70 percent increase in food production by 2050 1 . The journey to food security won’t be easy. Drivers of food insecurity range from environmental stress and natural disasters to political and trade issues. The megatrends of growing population, greater affluence and urbanization mean that more people want greater amounts of better quality food. Yet while demand for food is growing, farmers’ ability to increase productivity is challenged as never before. In the coming years, they will have to deal with a climate that is changing more rapidly; in many areas, this will mean higher temperatures and erratic weather patterns. They will have to contend with limited availability of land and water – already agriculture uses 40 percent of the world’s land surface and 70 percent of all available fresh water 2 . And their agricultural practices will need to protect biodiversity through increasing productivity without further expanding into natural ecosystems. While great strides have been made, many regions fall short of producing their full potential of local crops, and this agricultural yield gap must be closed to achieve food security. Worldwide, this represents nearly 500 million farms of 2 hectares or less, supporting over 2 billion people. Increasing productivity in these areas is vital to reaching food security. Although the challenges ahead are daunting, they are by no means insurmountable. Agriculture has a major role to play in opening the way for food security while protecting precious natural resources and contributing to rural economic growth. 1 FAO, “How to feed the world in 2050” 2 UNESCO
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