Overall global demographic developments have a big impact on economics and therefore on trade and transport flows. This will bring opportunities mainly for emerging economies and challenges for mature economies, especially for Europe, where the population is aging.  DEMOGRAPHICS Food sustainability By 2050 there will be more than 9 billion people on this planet. Taken into account the current and future economic shift where emerging economies will mature and therefore global wealth will inc...

We did it! Last month – November 2011 – planet Earth’s population increased to over 7 billion people. A stunning figure, considering – in a historic time span - the “short” time it has taken to get from 1 million to that 7 billion.

The overall conclusion of this report by Dutch Rabobank is that the current global food system is on an unsustainable track, which poses a threat to long-term global food security. The global food system needs to be transformed in order to secure the long-term food supply.  The pathway is variable, might be radical and coordinated action at many levels by multiple partners is needed in order to establish the conditions required to move global growth of food supply towards a more sustainable...

Because of lack of cold chain infrastructure and also a food processing industry about 20 per cent of all foods produced in India (Rs. 500 b) are wasted.  India can become the food supplier of the world. It has the cultivable land, all the seasons for production of all varieties of fruits and vegetables, an agribusiness system that works although it needs to be vastly improved.

Imagine arriving at an airport to board a flight. You approach the check-in desk. You are asked the normal questions about your baggage.

An interesting study conducted for the International Congress on Global food losses and food waste.

Verbraucherzentralen "nachhaltige Ernährung" Dr. Markus Keller, IFANE

Chris Bishop, Writtle College, 2009

Ambient Systems, Eelco de Jong, 2009

Lundqvist, J.C. de Fraiture and D.Molden-SIWI, 2008

Ahmad Kalbasi-Ashtari, Food Technology Department College of Agriculture, Tehran Uni, Iran

Robert E. Paull, Department of Horticulture and Human Resources, Uni Hawaii, 1998