presentation - Indoor Ag-Con
Meiny Prins, Priva @Meiny_Prins What is the status of the indoor agriculture industry? And what about the future? About Priva … About Priva … Climate for Growth Better living and working environments Safe and available food for everyone Today … More greenhouse developments all over the world … More urban farming and new developments to feed the world … More training and education all over the world … Economic figures: investment versus revenue 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Depreciation [yuan/m2/year] Production cost [yuan/m2/year] Revenu [yuan/m2/year] Sustainability: production, water use and crop protection 1.2 100 90 1 80 70 0.8 60 0.6 50 40 0.4 30 20 0.2 10 0 0 Tomato production [kg/m2] Water use [L/kg] Crop protection [mg/kg] _________________ With all this developments today it looks like we will have no problems feeding the world in 2040! With our current production we can feed 12 billion people today! And with eating less meat even more!! _________________ So … What is the problem? Source: http://coolgeography.co.uk/ Farmers have to produce more and more for less … A farmer with 30 acres … One generation later the son needs 180 acres to have the same income as his dad! And what happens if a ‘schnitzel’ may only cost 2 dollar’s … How many pigs do you need in one farm to reach that price? Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com The market of ‘Fresh Produce’ does not behave like a free market … On African markets you can buy tomatoes from Spain for one third of the price of local products … So African people immigrate to the north, while food is exported to Africa … Source: www.theguardian.com The waste is enormous … The unsold bread of Vienna is enough to feed Graz, the 2nd city of Austria 4/5 of all wheat comes from India, where 200 million people are hungry. Source: http://www.we-feed-the-world.at Farmland in Europe is subsidized to grow corn for biofuel, while destroying the rainforests in Brazil to export soy for cattle feed ... Source: https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation _________________ If this is the status of our food production today, we have a serious problem! Continue like this we can not feed the world in a sustainable way! _________________ _________________ 40 % of the total budget of the European Union ($960 billion) is for Agricultural subsidy, that is $384 billion per year Agricultural subsidy of the USA: $20 billion per year Waste per year in this world: $600 billion per year Development Aid: $280 billion per year Source: Wikipedia 2008 _________________ _________________ Conclusion? So it looks like that we spend at least $1.000 billion to keep this system alive, to optimize the profit of maybe 500 Mega Company’s who are today also the decision makers in the world. _________________ So what about the future … Where does this food come from ... Shanghai, the city … The City! It is all about energy, mobility and food! Sustainability and collaborative consumption are key to the urban society. The shared economy starts in the city: Vandebron, Uber, Snappcar, Airbnb Plaatje zonnepanelen Plaatje electrisch rijden The City! We can not solve the World Food Problem with only High Tech Solutions! There is more to the World of Food … It is about local economic development, employment, value creation, develop knowledge, social communities, shared economy, joy! Plaatje zonnepanelen Plaatje electrisch rijden New technological breakthroughs (www.techcast.org): 2015: Breakthrough telemedicine (in 2005: $31 billion turnover in the USA) 2017: Market breakthrough Nanotechnology (NANO Supermarket) 2020: Breakthrough Smart Robots (impact in 10 years equal to www) Solar-energy will grow within 10 years to a 50 billion market = 2025! Bron: De wereld breekt open – Wim de Ridder Boek pagina 88 Show your treasures … THE NETHERLANDS: a Metropolitan City in a Delta ‘Hoogeland’ Optimal use of energy (source: DWA) ECOFUTURA Sustainable food production DELFT BLUE WATER reuse of waste water for food production FLOATING MILK FACTORY Rotterdam (source: SHAU) GREENHOUSE COWS photo: Roel van Buuren NOVA LIGNUM From plant to shelf “Urban Farmers” Feeding the city Urban Farmers.com Feeding the city BrightBox Grow chambers SAEMANGEUM South Korea The Future … The 19th century was the century of empires. The 20th century was the century of nation states. The 21st century will be the century of cities, of the consumer … And today’s consumers want transparency and traceability of food. Everything that does not add value anymore will disappear … So where do you put your money … Creating a Climate for Growth Thank You!
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