FEEDING THE FUTURE

Feeding the Future is the essence of Nutreco. It aligns and inspires our people and directs the activities of today, giving purpose to our efforts beyond earning a fair profit.

The name Nutreco reflects our activities and our concerns: nutrition, ecology and economy. Our ambition is to contribute to meeting the rising food needs in a sustainable manner. We operate at the critical junction between the raw materials used in animal nutrition and fish feeds and farmers who produce meat, fish, dairy products and eggs. In Nutreco we possess a pioneering heritage of more than a century of progress. By applying our knowledge of feed ingredients and the nutrition of animals and fish, we gain optimum value from limited natural resources. Our ability is to convert those raw materials into advanced feed solutions that meet the needs of farmed animals and fish and contribute in delivering high-quality products for human nutrition: providing more from less.

DOUBLING FOOD PRODUCTION WHILE HALVING THE FOOTPRINT

Since 1996 Nutreco has organised the biennial AquaVision and Agri Vision conferences to provide a neutral forum for all aqua- and agribusiness stakeholders to meet and to discuss strategic issues confronting them and give input for new scenarios. Feeding and fuelling the future worldsustainably was the topic in Agri Vision 2009. Leaders in business and science collectively communicated confidence that we can.

To share that optimism about the potential to feed nine billion people in 2050 in a sustainable way and to generate greater awareness of the sense of urgency for action, Nutreco published the booklet ‘Feeding the Future’. This booklet brings together the views of key speakers and many other top business leaders and scientists from all stages of our value chains. They explain the challenges and how the knowledge, skills and technology we have today and will have tomorrow will enable us to feed the world of 2050. They also show it can be done without overexploiting our planet and while maintaining the richness of our biodiversity – doubling food production while halving the footprint.

The challenge is clear. We must produce more food more sustainably – more from less. And we can. Efficiency is key; delivering more from limited resources and simultaneously reducing the footprint on land, air and water. The potential to sustainably increase efficiency and productivity is there.