A range of agricultural commodities have been linked to climate change. What’s more, many of these same commodities are also vulnerable to its effects.
How is the food and beverage industry responding to both environmental regulation on the one hand, and climate pressures on the other? And how are major players cutting emissions and making their supply chains more sustainable?
Discover how food supply chains are changing in Climate Smart Food 2024.
The event will feature brands and businesses including Nestlé, Südzucker, Tony’s Chocolonely, Ferrero, Danone and ofi, as well as organisations including the RSPO, Rainforest Alliance, the Earthworm Foundation and the FAO.
Day one of Climate Smart Food is centred around the impact of climate change on key crops, the use of regenerative agriculture to make farming more sustainable, the influence of the upcoming EUDR on supply chains, the use of forgotten crops to mitigate food insecurity, and much more.
Key takeaways delegates joining Day One of Climate Smart Food can expect:
How to cut methane emissions using regenerative agriculture
More and more major players are embracing regenerative agriculture. We chat to Sarah Lockwood, global regenerative agriculture director for dairy major Danone, about how the company is cutting its methane emissions using regenerative agricultural methods.
How different sectors are preparing for the EUDR
In our first panel of the day, we explore how different commodities are preparing for the European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). How prepared are coffee, cocoa and palm oil for the legislation? What are the barriers to full compliance? Is full traceability possible? Perhaps most importantly, we ask if there could be any unintended consequences to the legislation.
Sustainable ways for farming hazelnuts
As a ‘niche’ crop, hazelnuts are still developing in terms of large-scale crop cultivation. We talk to Ferrero Hazelnut Company’s, Dr. Marco Botta, about its use of pilot plants, its partnerships, and its utilisation of regenerative agriculture in the cultivation of hazelnuts, the key ingredient of its famed brand Nutella.
Which ‘forgotten’ foods can feed Africa
Africa is full of ‘forgotten’ foods. Also known as ‘orphan crops’, these foods, which include pigeon peas, baobab fruit, taro and Bambara groundnuts, have been underutilised or neglected, sometimes in favour of less sustainable and less nutritious crops. On a continent, with significant malnutrition, these crops should not go to waste. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO), Mphumuzi Sukati, will speak about what forgotten foods can do to feed Africa.
The benefits of an outcome-oriented approach to regenerative agriculture
A range of major players have used regenerative agriculture to make farming more sustainable. Südzucker’s, Geert van Aelst, will talk about how both regenerative agriculture and collective responsibility can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase biodiversity in the cultivation of sugar beet.
The impact of climate change on key commodities
In the second and final panel of the day, we will discuss how the impact of climate change can affect the yields of key commodities, including sugar beet, coffee, and cocoa.
What agricultural methods can mitigate this? What support can farmers get to deal with these uncertainties? Do any of these crops have drought-resistant varieties? Find out all this and more.