Gerard Klein Essink, Bridge2Food05.01.14
The world needs to increase its food production by 70% by 2050 in order to serve a global population of 9 billion people, according to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Animal feed and pet food production is increasingly competing for resources (land, water and fertilizer) with human food and fuel production, urbanization and nature. Seventy percent of the world’s agricultural land is already directly or indirectly dedicated to meat production. With a growing world population and increasingly demanding consumers, can we still produce sufficient animal protein in the future?
This is not a new question; back in the 1950s and 1960s the “World Protein Gap” was considered the major cause of infant mortality in lower income countries. One approach then was to look for new sources of high-value protein.
The clearest example of research-driven innovation was the start of large-scale mycoprotein production by Marlow Foods, which launched its Quorn brand. While there seem to be enough protein sources and ideas to feed the world, entrepreneurship, cooperation and critical mass are es
Animal feed and pet food production is increasingly competing for resources (land, water and fertilizer) with human food and fuel production, urbanization and nature. Seventy percent of the world’s agricultural land is already directly or indirectly dedicated to meat production. With a growing world population and increasingly demanding consumers, can we still produce sufficient animal protein in the future?
This is not a new question; back in the 1950s and 1960s the “World Protein Gap” was considered the major cause of infant mortality in lower income countries. One approach then was to look for new sources of high-value protein.
The clearest example of research-driven innovation was the start of large-scale mycoprotein production by Marlow Foods, which launched its Quorn brand. While there seem to be enough protein sources and ideas to feed the world, entrepreneurship, cooperation and critical mass are es
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