There are serious reasons to be worried about the future of food. The ongoing evolution, largely under influence of private interests does not follow a direction towards greater sustainability, despite the narratives produced by governments and multinationals.
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26 May 2024 – The World Bank presents its recipe to achieve zero net GHG emissions by food – Willl technology and innovation save the cold and mechanical world described by the Bank? [read]
December 2021 – Climate is changing,… food and agriculture too – Global climate trends, how food and agriculture contribute to climate change and are affected by it, and suggestions on what could be done to avoid future climatic and food disasters, are the points dealt with in this updated document. [read]
27 June 2021 – In France, the debate on the future of food and agriculture just scratches the surface – A faulty law illustrates the blindess of stakeholders, incapable to go beyond the signals of the market and agree on crucial decisions.[read]
May 2021 – Opinions: Struggle for the Future of Food by Jomo Kwame Sundaram - Producers and consumers seem helpless as food comes under fast growing corporate control. If trends continue, food will be increasingly controlled by ‘hi-tech’, data processing, asset management and agribusiness corporations, at the expense of billions of farmers and consumers. [read]
13 August 2019 – Ensuring world food security in a changing climate will require us to modify our diet, develop appropriate technologies and implement conducive policies [read]
8 May 2019 – Life plagued by human madness: we must change our paradigms, objectives and values – The decrease of the number of species is accelerating and number of living organisms is regressing even for those species who are not at risk of extinction. These are the consequences of human activities and of the vision humankind has of the world and of the position it believes to hold in it. [read]
4 May 2019 – The United Nations warn us: we must stop plundering natural resources – To double the gross domestic product since 1970 and get billions of people out of poverty, humankind has adopted a devastating and unsustainable development model that is diametrically opposed to the sustainable development path it has committed to follow. [read]
18 May 2017 – US Food and Agriculture: present and (perhaps) future situation – For the first time, in 2014, US consumers paid more money for prepared foods than for foods to be prepared at home. This evolution may anticipate on the evolution of food consumption in the rest of the world. [read]
10 March 2017 – What are the challenges to be met in order to secure a sustainable future for our food system? Technology, dynamics of food and agricultural value chains and governance deficit are the main factors explaining the crisis of our food system. They determine the challenges to meet in order to secure a sustainable future. [read]
30 May 2016 – How do rich countries see the future of food and agriculture? The OECD gives its vision of the future of food and agriculture while leaving the lion’s share to multinational corporations and the financial system, while not bothering about world hunger! [read]
26 February 2014 – Trends in food and agricultural policies: short term decisions likely to jeopardise transition to sustainable agriculture and hunger eradication – In a recent publication FAO presents the results of the work conducted through its Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis (FAPDA) project since 2007. Trends in policy decisions taken in more than 70 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are analysed over the 2007-2012 period. [read]
26 November 2013 – France: another agriculture is possible – The Afterres2050 report, result of work initiated by Solagro in 2010 shows that it is possible in 2050 France to have a productive and environment-friendly agriculture that can provide a more healthy and sustainable diet to the French. [read]