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Oct 16, 2017 14:00 JST
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CropLife Asia
FAO Focus on Food Security this World Food Day Supported by CropLife Asia
SINGAPORE, Oct 16, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - This World Food Day CropLife Asia commended the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for its efforts to bring greater awareness to the need for Food Security in combatting global hunger, and took the opportunity to herald the contributions farmers enabled by plant science technologies are making in Asia and around the world are making to feed a growing population.
According to data from the FAO, world hunger is on the rise with an estimated number of undernourished people increasing from 777 million in 2015 to 815 million in 2016. Meanwhile, the Food Security situation has also visibly worsened in parts of the world, including South Eastern and Western Asia.
"The number of people in Asia without adequate access to a safe and nutritious food supply is growing - and that's simply unacceptable," said Dr. Siang Hee Tan. "The responsibility to ensure everyone has enough healthy food to eat is a shared one. The plant science industry fully supports the FAO in the pursuit of wiping out world hunger, and is committed to ensuring farmers in Asia are empowered and enabled to produce more food for a growing population."
According to the UN, the world's population is projected to exceed nine billion inhabitants by the year 2050, and Asia alone is expected to have roughly one billion more people living within it(1).
Growers around the world will need to produce as much as 70% more food than today to meet the expected needs of our population by 2050 while facing a host of obstacles including climate change. The numerous innovations of plant biotechnology and crop protection will be key in driving sustainable production of a safe and nutritious food supply to feed our growing population.
"FAO numbers indicate that 85% of the world's 525 million smallholder farmers live and work within our continent," added Dr. Tan. "These farmers are crucial to combatting hunger in Asia; they deserve our support and access to the latest technological tools to grow more food with fewer natural resources."
Crop protection products prevent nearly 40% of global rice and maize harvests from being lost every year(2). Meanwhile, biotech crops helped slow the advance of climate change by reducing carbon emissions. For example, it is estimated biotech crop plantings in 2015 reduced carbon emissions by 26.7 billion kg which is equivalent to taking 11.9 million cars off the road for one year(3).
About CropLife Asia
CropLife Asia is a non-profit society and the regional organization of CropLife International, the voice of the global plant science industry. We advocate a safe, secure food supply, and our vision is food security enabled by innovative agriculture. CropLife Asia supports the work of 15 member associations across the continent and is led by eight member companies at the forefront of crop protection, seeds and/or biotechnology research and development. For more information, visit us at www.croplifeasia.org.
For more information please contact:
Duke Hipp
Director, Public Affairs
CropLife Asia
Tel: +65 6221 1615
duke.hipp@croplifeasia.org
(1) United Nations, Population Division, World Population Prospects
(2) Oerke, E.C., 2006, "Crop losses to pests" Journal of Agricultural Science, vol. 144
(3) International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) Brief 52 - 2016
Source: CropLife Asia
Sectors: Agritech, ASEAN
Copyright ©2024 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Asia Corporate News Network.
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