Evolution of Food The Importance of Plant Breeding Throughout the history of civilization, plant breeding has helped farmers solve complex challenges while also appeasing the appetites of consumers.
Some Places to Start Stopping Crop Losses It’s astonishing: One-third of all food produced in the world is lost or wasted before people consume it. Bayer is committed to its prevention. Here are some places to start.
Thriving for Change Championing Agriculture for a New Generation How do we feed a hungry world? With almost 10 billion mouths to feed by 2050 and production threatened by declining resources, global food security faces an immense challenge – but it can be addressed. This is exactly what delegates at the recent Youth Ag-Summit set out to do, ‘three little things’ at a time.
The Concept of Cooperatives Shoulder to Shoulder for Food Security Around the world, millions of farmers have strong allies who care about their livelihoods and business success: Agricultural cooperatives provide technical and financial support for their members to meet tomorrow’s food challenges.
Nutrition and Food Security Food Trends and Global Hunger Soursop fruit, seaweed and insects are increasingly popping up on menus in industrialized nations. While eating habits are changing across the world, there are still regions where there simply isn’t enough food to go around.
Ensuring Food Safety and Quality A Decade of Healthy Partnerships Food Chain Partnership, a business initiative of Bayer, turns ten this year. It has become a strong symbol of collaboration throughout the food value chain by sharing common goals: sustainable agriculture, food safety and food security.
Diversity of Roles One Profession, Many Facets Farmers guarantee tomorrow’s food security. Next to this essential function of food provision, they also fulfill a number of additional roles that benefit the environment, the economy and society.
Youth Ag-Summit at Canberra, Australia ‘3 Little Things’ to Make a Difference Food security is something that impacts us all, and young people are the key to finding solutions for the future. With this in mind, the 2015 Youth Ag-Summit was held in Australia.