It is suggested to focus on the following: Which technological innovations/approaches can help the agri-food chain – from farm to fork – best increase productivity in order to produce more food/feed, more efficiently with better targeting of inputs.
Many academia and governments (example: UK government report “Future of food and farming”) and international organisations (including the FAO), have already come to this analysis. Large and small scale farmers are showing on a daily basis that technological innovation boosts productivity. New technologies, and better application of existing technologies, are increasingly accepted as the most reliable ways to meet the dual needs of efficient production and sustainability.
This unifying theme can be widely applied to: farming practices, animal production and plant production, water usage, public and private investment and other areas. It is appropriate that this is a central theme for the FAO.
Sr. Carel du Marchie Sarvaas