Frank Terhorst A Grain of Hope for Our Future Most of us have an enduring faith in our food production system to ensure we will be on the right side of the supply and demand curve. And while we carry this faith in the future, we should also recognize that there are many challenges that lie ahead of us.
Bob Reiter Building Better Blueprints, One Gene at a Time Ever since its introduction to the world over five years ago, a gene-editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9 has been the scientific breakthrough that everyone is talking about.
Jeffrey Khoo Let’s Protect Those Who Secure Our Food Insurances for millions of smallholder farmers in Asia: Farmer security as a key topic.
Jenny Maloney The Evolution of Organic Farming in the 21st Century Organic growers face challenges to get a crop to market without various synthetic tools to address pests. It’s important to innovate and provide solutions to them and choices to consumers.
Srinivasa Kumar Karavadi Farming Against the Backdrop of Climate Change in Bangladesh Arize AZ 7006: Defying weather conditions in Bangladesh with smart rice.
Silvia Dumitrescu Securing the Future of Food Security Did you know? In 2013, producing the first lab-grown burger cost $325,000. By 2015, around $11. What innovations will determine the future?
Apoorva Valli Shankar Agvocating for a World Without Hunger at the FAO Millions of people lack easy access to food. Attending Youth Ag Summit 2017, each day reminded me of the need to channel awareness into action on hunger.
Sofia Guendel A Diverse Group of Women, One Goal: Bringing Food to the Table A bachelor thesis that makes a difference: Sofia reflects strategies of empowerment of rural women in Latin America.
Letícia Marques What I’ve Done to Feed a Hungry Planet So Far Letícia Marques, a former delegate at the Youth Ag Summit, shares how applying for the Summit gave her a blueprint for starting a career in food security.
Christine Brunel-Ligneau Fighting Weeds for Better Meals Farmers face many challenges when ensuring productivity of their farms. And weed are one of the biggest contributing factors.
Santiago Klee Alliances Are Strengthening the Farm Industry In the Dominican Republic, farmers have a deeply rooted tradition of cooperation and applying integrated solutions, an approach that has helped their success.
Liam Condon A New Day for Agriculture! Today is an exciting day for Bayer and for the future of agriculture, as we officially welcome our new colleagues and begin advancing together to tackle one of the biggest challenges of our time: How to feed a growing population while using fewer resources.
Adrian Percy Foodies & Farmies: Let’s Celebrate Both! “Looking back, some might think my food choices were less than exciting. I love the fact that a new generation has taken such a keen interest in food, but must admit, I’m even more excited about their growing interest in producing the foods we enjoy.”
Cassandra Hayward To Learn from Youth, We Must Listen By 2030, our planet will need to feed nine billion people. This challenge can’t be managed without equipping the next generation with support to succeed.
Beth Roden Championing the Next Generation of Change-Makers The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to eradicate poverty by the end of the next decade. To achieve this ambition, we must invest in the next generation of ag leaders.
Manuel Otero Agriculture Is Key to the Development of The Americas “I like to say that this is agriculture’s time to shine; we must transmit an optimistic vision for agriculture.”
Katelyn Mann Time for a “Fika” Break Katelyn Mann, a Youth Ag-Summit alumna, recently spent a week at the EAT Stockholm Food Forum. Since coming back, she has become a big fan of the concept of “Fika” breaks …
José Manuel Domínguez Alvarado May It Be Eternal While It Lasts Experts say that relationships last when there is commitment and a high degree of confidence between the parties. Farmer Americo Rodriguez and Bayer seemed to have found the perfect recipe.
Liam Condon An Important Day for the Future of Agriculture Farmers are hungry for innovation. Consumers and our planet will benefit from supporting them!
Beth Roden Three Important Lessons on Collaborating for a Healthy Future of Food What happens when key voices from farming, industry and the NGO community connect? Beth Roden shares her experience.
Baerbel Hundt A Clear Vision around a Common Goal Shaping the future of food security and agriculture: More than 100 countries came together on the World Economic Forum to focus on finding ways to reaffirm international cooperation on crucial topics and to drive positive change around them.
Ronald Guendel Building Capacities, One Farmer at a Time Global food security is teamwork and commitment along the entire food value chain. And it begins by providing farmers with the capacity to tackle the challenges related to that task.
Mauricio Esteban Arias Diaz The ABC of Grapes 140 thousand hectares, 870 million liters of wine export – big figures for a small country like Chile.
Kai Wirtz The Race is On – Mind Your Step! Bananas are popular superfruits: rich in minerals and vitamins. Now the Panama Disease has been detected in Asia and it is moving towards west – a fungus, that seriously challenges farmers.
Kai Wirtz Soil Health Matters! What has soil to do with our healthiness? It all begins with the soil: a healthy soil provides nutrients for plants to grow healthy and healthy plants yield healthy fruits.
Connor Kiselchuk Feeding the Future for Light-Years to Come When we talk about food security, we’re usually talking about Earth. But if humanity’s future lies beyond the stars, what does that mean for the future of food? Connor Kiselchuk has the answers.
Cameron Olson Activating Youth Voices in Agriculture Fresh from the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) , Youth Ag-Summit delegate Cameron Olson shares his belief in the power of youth in shaping farming’s future.
Adrian Percy Agriculture Is Always in Season “The centerpiece of any celebration almost always revolves around the meals we share with our family and friends. In a very real sense, agriculture is what binds us together, because agriculture is always in season.”
Joachim Schneider Fun at the Greenhouse “While cities might seem to separate consumers from where food is grown; greenhouses are helping bring freshness to many tables and bridging the journey from farm-to-fork.”
Yvonne Colomer Business-As-Usual Is Not an Option “The balance between food availability and preservation of the environment has become harder to achieve in recent decades. In the end, we could ask: Shall we save the planet or shall we save humanity?”
Youth Ag-Summit: The Power of Starting a Movement The Youth Ag-Summit showed that when young people are brought together, sustainable solutions to tackling food insecurity can come forward. How will you commit to addressing food insecurity?
Elias Tapia Ramos The Pepper Experts Over 2 billion tons of pepper are grown in Mexico, 20% are just chili to satisfy the demand of that burning sensation caused by Capsicin. Can you eat them without breaking a sweat?
Amit Trikha A Wonderful Harvest - World Food Day 2017 3.2 bn. people depend on rice for 20% plus of their daily calories, rice is one of the world’s most important crops. Therefore, on world food day we’re putting rice in the spotlight.
Hlamalani Ngwenya Broadening Young People’s Lens on Agriculture With the world’s population on the rise, there is no doubt that the future of food production lies in the hands of our youth, says Hlamalani Ngwenya from South Africa.
Liam Condon Shaping the Future of Farming Future of Farming Dialog 2017 brought together opinion leaders, stakeholders and media to discuss about the important issues facing food and agriculture.
Andreas Lenz On the Track of Food Waste Approximately 1/3 or 1.3 bn. tons of the food produced goes to waste. Consequently, the entire industry – from producers to consumers - must contribute in the prevention and reduction of food waste.
Sarah Hovinga Feeders Are Leaders: The Need for Constant Leadership in Modern Agriculture “With a gap as large as this between where food comes from, and the people consuming it, leadership is more crucial than ever.”
Arlene Cotie Telling the Story of Global Food Production “I’ve always wanted to be a farmer. And while I might not be driving the tractor or hand harvesting when I show up to work, I feel like I have the best of both worlds.”
Anthony Leddin Plant Breeders without Borders: Where Farmers and Plant Breeders Share Their Knowledge This year Bayer and PBWB join forces with Bogor University in Indonesia to empower 30 farmers and agricultural students to develop their own varieties of vegetables.
The Role of Cooperatives Better Together Dr. William Rolleston, acting president of the World Farmers’ Organisation, explains why farming cooperatives have become even more important for us all.
Dean Bushey Why Did the Organic Community Not Originally Adopt GMOs, and Now Gene Editing? Are emotions and opportunistic marketing getting in the way to understanding GMO’s? Transparency and open discussions, can help us make decisions based on science and embrace them with passion.
Alan Bojanic Soil, the Beginning of Everything “Have you ever considered the impact on food availability if there wasn't any soil? Despite its huge relevance, the conditions of the available land are worrisome.”
Martin Gruss How Are the Restrictions on Neonics Affecting Europe’s Farmers? “Farmers all over Europe are reporting more damage from pests and a result fall in yields and crop quality, since the Neonics have been restricted.”
Sarah Hovinga The Debate Over “GMOs”: Let’s Talk About Facts, Constructively “For me the discussion of GMOs is not about making a list of pros and cons; it’s about relating to one another and understanding each other’s interests and concerns.”
Interesting Facts About Wheat Did you know that world trade in wheat is larger than all other crops combined internationally? Find out more about this fascinating cereal.
Sarah Hovinga Human Health and Agriculture Aren’t So Different After All “I wanted to be a doctor, but I ended up in agriculture. It seems like a different direction, but in reality, they are related fields, scientifically.”
Ronald Guendel Secondary Standards Don’t Make Agriculture More Sustainable Regulations for food production in the EU are among the most stringent in the world. Some retailers have nevertheless developed secondary standards which disadvantage farmers.
Bernd Naaf and Remy Courbon Bayer ForwardFarming Expands to Italy The Azienda Agricola Moranda, located near Verona in Italy, demonstrates how sustainable agriculture innovation impacts the viticulture industry.
Louisa Burwood-Taylor The ROI of AgVocacy Louisa Burwood-Taylor discusses the necessity of continuing to invest in agriculture and the resources it will provide for our future.
Martin Gruss Spotlight on Seed-Applied Neonicotinoids “A recent assessment by the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency confirmed the safety for pollinators as well as the value of neonicotinoid insecticides.”
Harry Strek Nuggets of Weed Knowledge The issue of how weeds impact our food production system is dramatic. That’s why we have produced a series of video podcasts to explain how to best control them.
Adrian Percy Why Public Private Partnerships Benefit Us All “We recognize that innovation isn’t just one person in a lab creating a solution. Partnerships and collaborations are just some of the ways new innovations will come to our fast-paced world.”
Martin Gruss On the Importance of Seed Treatment Four areas of competence, four years of growing success – but what exactly is SeedGrowth? Here’s what we’ve achieved so far.
Isolde Haeuser-Hahn Academia and Industry, Fruitful Knowledge Exchange “Cooperation and partnerships between academia and industry are an ideal platform to drive innovation in research and development.”
Cláudia Coleoni CropWorld Global Congress & Exhibition “The aspect I enjoyed the most about the event was to see the combination of lectures, exhibits and educational programs to innovations in digital farming and crop production and protection.”
Robert Hardwick Perspective on International Research Collaboration “If we want to tackle socio-economic issues we must use a variety of measures, and modern bioscience research is one such tool with great potential to deliver.”
Adrian Percy Ag Innovation is Alive and Kicking! “I’ve never been more optimistic or excited about the future of farming!”
Suzanne Barratt Every Food Chain Starts with the Seed Insights from the EU FOOD2030 in Brussels bringing together important players in research, agriculture and nutrition on one combined discussion platform.
Liam Condon Innovation is Key for Food Security „As most of the suitable farmland is already under cultivation, growth can only come from innovative practices that glean more from each acre.“
Clemens Delatrée Smartening up Tomorrow’s Agriculture “Stakeholders should work together in a solution oriented fashion to provide an information platform that the farmer can adapt to his needs.”
Kris Kring Like 'Natural,' 'Non-GMO' Standing Alone Means Nothing “We are pressured so much today to be politically and socially correct, and marketers know and use it to their advantage.”
Birgitt Walz-Tylla Preserving Biodiversity in Agriculture “Without biological diversity we cannot survive.”
Dr. Kristian Möller Increasing Transparency “Farmers are looking for ways to make good on their promises to consumers. That is, for food to be produced safely and sustainably.”
Julie Borlaug The Value of Modern Agriculture “Access to modern agriculture has allowed farmers to build new homes and educate their children, as well as provide health care for their families and, most importantly, a better quality of life.”
Pekka Pesonen Meeting Challenges with Innovations “Europe must be able to fulfill its role as the world’s breadbasket well into the future.”
Roberto Rodrigues Between Preservation and Growth “We’ve increased the productivity so much, that we‘ve preserved 68 million hectares. This means that our technology is sustainable.”
