Expert meeting ‘Who will Feed the World?’: Background information
The following speeches and presentations were part of the expert meeting Who will feed the world? on 31 August 2011.
The following speeches and presentations were part of the expert meeting Who will feed the world? on 31 August 2011.
Whereas Prof. Rabbinge thought the ‘Who will feed the World?’ report of Oxfam Novib was outdated, Prof. Van der Ploeg considered it a good step in giving increased attention to small ‘peasant’ farmers. Both Jan Kees Vis of Unilever and Jos van Campen of Royal Cosun argued for better political and institutional support and regulations in order to facilitate companies’ work for a more sustainable sourcing future.