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WATT POULTRY USA ❙ 11 people if the percentage of food that moves across borcontrols? Could food be linked by international proders went from 15 percent to 50 percent," Borel prompttocol? For example, the Geneva Convention explicitly ed listeners. "That's not a prediction. But I would ask recognizes the right to water. I suggest that food be you to give it some serious thought to what would need granted some kind of similar status." to be in place to be able to move food across borders at that magnitude. What supporting policies would have to Increase food's shelf life and reduce waste be in place? What implicaOver a third of the food tions would we face in this in the world goes to waste. realignment of the global "We have to find ways to food system? What would protect food and increase it take to create a globally its safety and extend its integrated food system that shelf life. It is going to is efficient, transparent and require longer shelf life of barrier free? And could we foods that need to go farmore sustainably feed the ther to reach their markets," world if there were no barhe said. riers in those trade arenas? "Even after accelerating Remove trade-related productivity and increasbarriers to innovation ing production, the greater Borel continued: "We amounts of food still need look to farmers to feed the to move affordably and world. And farmers must sustainably to consumers have access to technology, in large population centers James C. Borel, executive vice president, DuPont, keynoted innovative science, and caacross borders," he said. pacity to grow and meet the the Oilseed & Grain Summit 2014 in New Orleans. "Food needs to be challenge, no matter what grown locally where pospart of the world they live sible," he continued, "but keep in mind that we don't in. Supporting local production means supporting local live in a perfectly ordered world. We have some spots farmers, especially small, local farmers. on the planet - like Iowa where I came from - that are "At a time when advances in biotechnology are agriculturally productive and sparsely populated. There opening up new vistas of improved crops and greater are other areas of very high population where the soil is not as rich. As the world becomes richer and more urbanized, greater amounts of food must move affordably and sustainably to consumers in the large population centers." Borel asked, "Should food by international agreement be - JAMES C. BOREL exempted from import and export » » » "THE WORLD LACKS A COHESIVE FOOD SYSTEM THAT ADDRESSES BOTH IMMEDIATE FOOD AID AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE FOOD SUPPLIES INCLUDING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT." December 2014 ❙ www.WATTAgNet.com
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