Green Hilary, Broun Pierre, Cakmak Ismail, Condon Liam, Fedoroff Nina, Gonzalez-Valero Juan, Graham Ian, Lewis Josette, Moloney Maurice, Oniang'o Ruth K, Sanginga Nteranya, Shewry Peter, Roulin Anne
Department of Nutrition, Health and Wellness and Sustainability, Nestec SA, Vevey, CH1800, Switzerland.
Nestlé Research and Development Centre, Tours, France.
J Sci Food Agric. 2016 Mar 30;96(5):1409-14. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.7554. Epub 2016 Jan 5.
The health and wellbeing of future generations will depend on humankind's ability to deliver sufficient nutritious food to a world population in excess of 9 billion. Feeding this many people by 2050 will require science-based solutions that address sustainable agricultural productivity and enable healthful dietary patterns in a more globally equitable way. This topic was the focus of a multi-disciplinary international conference hosted by Nestlé in June 2015, and provides the inspiration for the present article. The conference brought together a diverse range of expertise and organisations from the developing and industrialised world, all with a common interest in safeguarding the future of food. This article provides a snapshot of three of the recurring topics that were discussed during this conference: soil health, plant science and the future of farming practice. Crop plants and their cultivation are the fundamental building blocks for a food secure world. Whether these are grown for food or feed for livestock, they are the foundation of food and nutrient security. Many of the challenges for the future of food will be faced where the crops are grown: on the farm. Farmers need to plant the right crops and create the right conditions to maximise productivity (yield) and quality (e.g. nutritional content), whilst maintaining the environment, and earning a living. New advances in science and technology can provide the tools and know-how that will, together with a more entrepreneurial approach, help farmers to meet the inexorable demand for the sustainable production of nutritious foods for future generations.
子孙后代的健康与福祉将取决于人类能否为超过90亿的世界人口提供足够的营养食品。到2050年养活这么多人口需要基于科学的解决方案,以更全球公平的方式解决农业可持续生产力问题并促成健康的饮食模式。这一主题是雀巢公司于2015年6月主办的一次多学科国际会议的焦点,也是本文的灵感来源。该会议汇聚了来自发展中世界和工业化世界的各种专业知识和组织,它们都对保障食品的未来有着共同兴趣。本文简要介绍了此次会议期间讨论的三个反复出现的主题:土壤健康、植物科学和未来的耕作实践。农作物及其种植是粮食安全世界的基本要素。无论这些作物是用于人类食物还是牲畜饲料,它们都是粮食和营养安全的基础。未来食品面临的许多挑战将出现在作物种植的地方:农场。农民需要种植合适的作物并创造合适的条件,以最大限度地提高生产力(产量)和质量(如营养成分),同时维护环境并维持生计。科学技术的新进展可以提供工具和专门知识,与更具创业精神的方法一起,帮助农民满足子孙后代对可持续生产营养食品的迫切需求。