Greater than 300 delegates representing each section of the feed-to-food worth chain convened within the Netherlands from 26-28 June at AgriVision to debate pathways for future-proofing proteins.
Leaders on the forefront of business, analysis and growth, agri-tech, coverage, and client behaviour shared rising insights, moderated panel conversations, and challenged attendees to take motion to satisfy a projected 70% improve in protein demand by 2050.
Nutreco COO, David Blakemore, opened AgriVision: “As gamers within the feed-to-food worth chain, immediately’s threats will drive us to be higher, and what we do over the approaching years could have a big influence on the way forward for the planet.”
“Being much less unhealthy isn’t adequate anymore”
Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, and an lively local weather analyst, creator, and contributor to the UN Sustainable Improvement Objectives, delivered keynote remarks, inspiring delegates to use a net-positive perspective to rethinking the way forward for protein away from a linear manufacturing mannequin towards a collaborative strategy.
“We are actually enjoying with the way forward for humanity. The world has been extremely versatile and elevated its capability to soak up our CO 2 emissions, nevertheless it’s run out, and we’re very near a damaging tipping level.”
Polman urged delegates, noting that the price of appearing has turn into considerably greater than that of not appearing, and “being much less unhealthy isn’t adequate anymore”.
Developments in synthetic intelligence
Throughout a panel dialog, contributors thought of how a surge in climate-focused meals labels raises regulators’ and shoppers’ issues about greenwashing. As developments in synthetic intelligence speed up, panel contributors checked out how that is influencing the feed-to-food sector and debated how synthetic intelligence will have an effect on choices throughout the worth chain sooner or later.
A retailer’s perspective
In the present day’s shoppers more and more affect how the meals they buy is produced and marketed. Acknowledging this pattern, Imke van Gasselt, VP well being & sustainable diets at Ahold Delhaize, shared a retailer’s perspective on efforts to enhance transparency within the provide chain.
Different proteins, information and analysis
Different areas of the programme delved into Nutreco’s analysis and growth efforts to find novel protein sources that may cut back environmental strain on the planet. From a provide chain perspective, Abhay Hanjura, co-founder of Licious, delivered a Bollywood-inspired presentation, The Nice Indian Meat Story, to explain how India is deploying on-demand meat supply channels.
Brett Stuart, president of International AgriTrends, provided a deep dive into information, sharing findings from analysis that may affect protein manufacturing, retail, consumption, and round fashions shifting ahead.
Zoonotic illnesses
Dr Keith Sumption, chief veterinary officer of the Meals and Agriculture Group of the United Nations, delivered cautionary remarks about dangers posed by zoonotic illness spill-over. Collectively, almost 20 audio system remarked on concepts, innovation, and techniques for leveraging coverage, technological innovation and social tailwinds to satisfy projected protein demand within the subsequent half-century.