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2 INNOVATION 9 billion people must be fed by 2050. When Yara started producing fertilizers in 1905, the number was just 1.7 billion. Since then, crop nutrition has successfully supported population growth. We are committed to developing innovative products, concepts and tools – helping the agricul tural sector to meet future food demand. Driving innovation, closing gaps Mind the gaps! Global challenges ahead: Produce more food, despite stagnating yield growth; supply higher output, in spite of resource scarcity. To deliver, agriculture will depend on innovative solutions. Yara grows on knowledge. Food grows through knowledge. Since 1905, innovation has driven Yara, a pioneer in mineral fertilizer production. Closing global gaps depends on innovation. By combining science and commerce, Yara finds better solutions. This approach is profitable for the company, valuable for our customers and beneficial to society. Unique to the industry Yara’s innovation structure produces world-leading expertise in crop nutrition and fertilizer production. Our Research Centers are central to our agronomic knowledge: The Research Center Hanninghof in Dülmen, Germany investigates and develops plant nutrition con cepts and tools, and provides extensive market support. Yara's research farm in Kotkaniemi, Finland contains 4,000 trial plots. The annual research results give an essential knowledge base to develop better quality and higher yields with less environmental impact. #02 USD 209 billion Necessary investment level THERE IS A WIDE GAP between actual and required agricultural investment levels in developing countries. Reaching the necessary food production levels by 2050 will require a 50% increase in investments in these regions compared to 2009/2010. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REQUIRE MORE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT (Source: FAO/WB) USD 142 billion Actual annual investment level 2009 Global gaps require innovation x in the text refers to notes found at yara.com/global gaps Challenge with a capital C: Close the gap between rising food demand and declining yield growth. Improve productivity, increase output. Agricultural productivity is grow ing too slowly to match rising demand. Cropland productivity is especially important to cope with a strong demand for cereals. To satisfy future needs for food, fiber and fuel, the present yield gap must be closed. Global population doubled between 1960 and 2000. So did food production, while utilizing just 10% more land. That feat must now be repeated: Without notable land increases, by 2050, agricultural output must be almost doubled. The land logic: Expanding farmland " causing land use change " driving global warming " aggravating climate change " affecting agriculture adversely. INNOVATION: Technology advances, including mineral fertilizers and high-yielding plant varieties, drove the significant yield increases that occurred from the 1960s on wards. Decreasing yield growth rates in recent years are partly due to the decline in investments in agricultural R&D. 1 In addition, the share of development aid allocated to agriculture declined between 1980 and 2005. 2 “The technological challenges facing agriculture in the 21st century are probably even more daunting than those in recent decades”, 3 the World Bank confirms. “Agronomic innovation is the key to increasing food production”
VISIONARY, DECENNIAL GOALS: 43% INVESTMENTS: Developing countries will experience the highest population growth. Most of them suffer from low agricultural productivity. To deliver the necessary production increases, the FAO estimates that an annual gross agricultural investment of USD 209 billion will be needed in developing countries. This would be a 50% increase on the annual average investment of 142 billion over the past decade. 5 Farming in developing countries is dominated by smallholders. Their potential 20% increase in agricultural production 20% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions 20% decrease in rural poverty RETURN ON INVESTMENT in agricultural R&D is on average 43% in developing countries (Source: WB) is proven by Vietnam’s food s e l f - s u ffi c 6 i e n c y . IFAD emphasizes that for a sustainable intensification agenda to take hold, smallholders must be involved in research and advisory services. 7 INVALUABLE: Investing in agricultural R&D creates value. With annual rates of return ranging between 30% and 75%, the FAO argues this is one of the most productive investment opportunities available. 9 “The payoff from investments in agricultural research, development, extension 20/20/20 agricultural vision Ambitions run high in the World Economic Forum (WEF) ‘New Vision for Agriculture’, which aims to transform the sector. It is a roadmap for urgent and coordinated action by the public and private sectors, to unlock the bottlenecks that hinder agricultural progress. This sets the stage for taking on global challenges and closing global gaps: unleashing the power of agriculture to drive food security, environmental sustainability and economic opportunity. Technology development and knowledge-transfer are critical ingredients for the vision. Supportive policies and adequate investment are also crucial, particularly for infrastructure and market systems. With this assistance, farmers, particularly smallholders in developing countries, can become productive and profitable entre preneurs. The vision was launched at the 2011 World Economic Forum by Yara and 16 other global companies that are committed to acting as partners and drivers of sustainable agricultural solutions. Over 350 leaders across the world in business, government, society, international organizations and academia were engaged in the process of shaping it. “TOO MANY FARMERS are unable to access or effectively use proven technologies and practices” (Source: WEF) and education comes in the form of sustained increase in agricultural produc tivity”, the OECD adds, highlighting Brazil and China as countries with a high degree of public assistance for agricultural innovation and investment. 10 Brazil, China and India collectively make up almost half of the total agricultural research expenditure in the developing world. 11 Incidentally, these countries are achieving some of the highest growth rates – and rapid declines in poverty. Public sector Private sector Civil society 3 The farmer THE G20 8 “There is still an urgency to accelerate research and development to close agricultural productivity gaps”
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