World Food Research and Innovation Forum

Food R-Evolution Made in Italy: Making the best better, has opened the latest edition of CIBUS, the International Food Show that was held in Parma from 8 to 10 May.

The conference, introduced by Paolo Bonaretti, General Manager of ASTER, the Consortium Company for innovation and technological transfer of the Emilia-Romagna Region, focused on the challenges for food safety and quality nutrition, in a global context in which production and consumption policies will inevitably become more and more connected with criteria of sustainability and response to food security requirements that are going to affect the evolution of the food supply chain.

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Conference FOOD R-EVOLUTION MADE IN ITALY:
"MAKING THE BEST BETTER"
May 7, 2018 - Cibus Parma

Interview with Sanjaya Rajaram
President Resource Seeds International and 2014 World Food Prize Laureate

Interview with Robert Jan Hamer
Vice-President R&D Discover Foods and Director Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, President FoodNexus Consortium

Interview with Hugo De Vries
Director, UMR IATE-Unité Mixte de Recherches Ingénierie des Agro-polymères et Technologies Émergentes, INRA & CIRAD

A unique Platform gathering worldwide policy makers and experts from research and business communities representing the entire food stakeholder community, an opportunity for an exchange of strategic views and dialogue on food security, safety and sustainability issues.

Academics, researchers, entrepreneurs, CEOs, executive and managing directors, policy makers, certification and accreditation bodies, regulatory and government officials, public authorities and international organizations.

The World Food Research & Innovation Forum delivers a fresh format that will inspire strategic visions for the next global challenges on food and nutrition.
It is a unique venue to discover the latest scientific and technology trends, learn about new policy approaches and interact with world leaders.

WFR&IF - FOOD R-EVOLUTION MADE IN ITALY: “MAKING THE BEST BETTER”

Key people

Andrea Olivero

Cristóbal Uauy

Gian Domenico Auricchio

Luigi Scordamaglia

Michele Morgante

Paolo Bonaretti

Paolo De Castro

Patrizia Brigidi

Reinhilde Schoonjans

Roberto Moncalvo

Stefano Bonaccini

In a nutshell

Food security: Kyrgyzstan and World Food Programme launch skill training

The Social Fridge: the Argentine answer to the interconnected problems of hunger and food waste

Food security: FAO supports South Sudan households with tools and seeds to resume food production

Food safety: Nepal is working to update its law dating back to 1967

France improves food security in Haitian schools

Food security: new report says bioenergy crops are not a risk to food production and sustainable development

Food safety: Usa and Canada sign a new partnership

﻿Responsible land use and tenure are key to promoting peace in Colombia

Myanmar, mango farmers apply for GAP food-safety certificate

Asia’s dropping rice output threatens food security

South Africa: challenges facing bees could threaten food security

FAO and Government of Philippines using aerial drones to ensure food security

The American roadmap to reduce food waste by 20% within a decade

Great Britain: supermarkets pledge to cut food waste 20% by 2025

Innovation in agriculture and in every step of the agri-food chain: that’s what we need to feed the planet

In Africa 70% of the crop is wasted because of inadequate cold-chain: better packaging can reduce substantially food waste

What do we need to feed the world? We need strong policy leaders

To feed the planet we have first to improve technology and knowledge, and second to deal with prices fluctuation

Thanks to Expo and to the Forum, food production and agriculture are back as primary sectors

Step one. Let’s start identifying five to seven concrete measures and working to implement them

How can we feed the planet? The Forum links nutrition, food security and food safety, which is the only way to come to an integrated solution

The Forum? It is an amazing opportunity to share different experiences and to establish a positive agenda for the world

How can we feed people? Enabling Countries where agriculture is the bedrock of society to have that also as the bedrock of economic development

The Forum will help answering to the crucial question of how to feed the planet and not missing the extraordinary opportunity created by EXPO Milano 2015

Foodborne and waterborne diarrhoeal diseases kill an estimated 2 million people annually, including many children

The Forum will create a new process of information exchange and learning among all actors involved in the challenge of nourishing the world’s growing population

The need to store, conserve and transform food products to lengthen their durability and maximise surpluses is inherent in all societies and cultures

Global population could reach 9 billions in 2050. Population is growing? Agricultural production must grow by 60%

In 2050, over 80% of the world’s population will live in cities. That means they will increase in size at the cost of agricultural land

Every year we lose 27.000 species of vegetables and animals, 3 species every hour, 1 species every 20 minutes

Over the past 40 years, agriculture has been characterized by a significant increase in yield per hectare

One third of the food produced on Earth never gets eaten. 1.300.000.000.000 kgs of food are wasted every year

“Finding instruments to enhance processes and boost competitiveness: that’s what Research can do for our companies”

“Food industry’s objective is defining priorities which will be met through Research”

“The real challenge will be being cohesive e being able to define common objectives”

“What do we expect from the Forum? Incentives for new production systems and innovation opportunities for enterprises, even small and medium-sized ones”

“Thanks to the contribution of Research, we can find different solutions for different contexts”

“The future of food? Nobody can deal with the challenges related to it on his own”

“The Forum? It has a huge but right ambition, because that’s the only way to have an impact on the future of our world”

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Responsible land use and tenure are key to promoting peace in Colombia