 Hello, everybody. My name is Jada McKenna and I'm thrilled to moderate this session this morning. Welcome, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen to this interactive panel of Unlocking Innovation to Transform Food Systems. For our viewers, I want to set the stage for this conversation before we go to our distinguished panelists. To feed almost 9.7 billion people by 2050 while meeting the sustainable development goals for a healthy and thriving planet and population, food systems will have to meet four aspirations. They will have to be sustainable to minimize negative environmental impacts. Nutritious and healthy to access the promotion of diverse, nutritious spaces. They will have to be efficient to minimize loss and waste. And finally, but most importantly, inclusive to ensure economic and social inclusion for all food systems actors, including the more than 500 million smallholder farmers around the world, which also includes indigenous people, women and youth. Fundamentally, we need to change the relationships between food and climate change, biodiversity loss, high health costs and poor nutrition to being a positive driver towards inclusive, sustainable, resilient, healthy and nutritious food systems around the world. As we look to drive this global transformation of how food is produced and consumed, we at Mercy Corps and all of us here today believe that we can work together as government, agribusinesses, small farmers and consumers of food to address these challenges together to have an impact at scale. Scientific and technological innovations, including the use of digital and data or new farming technologies will help. But we need to move beyond specific technologies or initiatives to take an ecosystem view that encourages new consumption habits, gender inclusivity, prioritizes local systems and creates a grassroots human centered network to drive sustainable change. So today we will hear from leaders working in the public and private sectors on their vision and how they inspire others to create this multi-sector innovation ecosystem and collective action that will support these key transitions towards healthier diets and more sustainable practices. It is my pleasure to introduce our distinguished panel. We have, we have the Honorable Achim Steiner, the administrator of the United Nations Development Program. We have Honorable Minister Tolmar, the Minister of Agriculture, Farmers' Welfare, Rural Development and Pancreati Raj of India. We have Honorable Minister Teresa Cristina, the Minister of Agriculture of Brazil. And last but not least, we have Mr. Sven Tor-Hollsethers, the President and Chief Executive Officer of YARA International. Because we are talking about this in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, I'm going to start with you Achim Steiner. The UN Secretary General will host the Food Systems Summit in 2021 to be a People's and Solutions Summit. How can public, private, social sector and other partners foster innovation to enable food systems to be equitable, build trust and collaborate across silos to support this pivotal milestone towards achieving a 2030 agenda? Thank you very much and it's a pleasure to join you and congratulations also to the World Economic Forum for still having managed to bring us together. And the Davos Agenda 2021 in so many respects speaks to the moment in time as much of our desire to get beyond this moment. And I think when we talk about food systems and I'm delighted to join this session with such a distinguished group of panelists, it's perhaps emblematic for how much of what we often are currently exploring with that notion of not going back to where we were before. What does building forward better mean and how do we understand where the levers are for positive change? Now, food systems obviously are a very complex web. We've just described a few of the participants and from time to time the United Nations also tries to bring the world together to reflect on the overall nature of our food system in terms of both that economy, which produces that which keeps us alive but also the implications of an agricultural economy that transcends very much the farming community. It really reaches into the well-being of citizens. It has to do with land use. It has to do with climate change and poverty reduction. So I think the first thing is to embrace this notion that food systems is much more than just looking at the food that is put on the table of people. It is that full cycle from the inputs that we require for our agricultural sector to produce the food we need. With all the consequences that arise from land use, from the use of chemicals, but also the need to continuously increase and enhance the efficiency. Now, very briefly perhaps to unpick a little bit this notion of systems because when we talk about systems it sometimes becomes a very expert conversation and becomes difficult sometimes to unpack. And I would like to once and say yes, it is a complex challenge to try and produce food for seven, eight, nine billion people and at the same time move on to a different platform of production, a different paradigm also involves the agricultural economy because the balance sheet of agriculture's extraordinary expansion and its ability to feed seven billion people today has come at a price. It has come at a price first of all in ecological terms. We have a net loss of arable land happening in the world today so as we need to grow more food we are actually losing the amount of land on which to grow that food. So clearly some significant decoupling needed here. Water consumption, chemical pollution, carbon emissions, these are all variables that will shape the future of the agricultural sector and here again a big plea to recognize that it's not just the large companies that shape this agricultural sector, this food sector. It is actually the millions and millions of small medium scale farmers, enterprises that are very much at the core roles of a future food system. The consumption preferences, the social dimension, the awareness, the consciousness, how markets will evolve, what they will be willing to pay for which takes us really into that other domain which is how sectoral policies and macro policies also create distorted markets. On the one hand we want to preserve the ability of farmers to be livelihood generating opportunities. On the other hand some of the subsidy policies we have in place for agriculture today are highly disruptive, highly distorting the markets and therefore end up not producing an optimal agricultural economy but actually often a very inefficient and ineffective one. Let me just highlight here a topic that has often been also discussed in our meetings in Davos which is food loss and food waste. It is simply impossible to rationalize an agriculture economy, a global food system that currently loses between 30 to 40% of everything we produce either because we don't have a proper storage connection to markets and it is lost between farmer and market or we simply waste it and throw it away. This is an economic insanity, it is an ecological tragedy and above all it is something that should upset us all when we look at the fact that there is still close to billion people who do not have enough food to eat on the planet. So these are some of the dysfunctionalities in the future of the way we move forward. It has to do with systems, it has to do with innovation, with digital technology but also with the way that people understand where food comes from and how their consumption footprint matters in the way that markets will evolve and I think we have very exciting times happening around us including through COVID-19 connecting farmers and producers to urban consumers through digital platforms who otherwise would not have been able to trade at this moment just to mention one example. So I hope that lays out both the challenges but also the enormous dynamism in this food system that we have in the world in which nutrition, production, the relationship to land and the environment as much as to eradicating hunger are integral to the discussions that will also be at the center of the world of the food summit that the United Nations will be hosting later this year in September and as you know our food and agriculture organization, our what we call Rome-based agencies are very much at the core of helping bring the world together on these topics. Jada, back to you. Thank you. Yes, thank you for laying that out and as you mentioned in partnerships and looking at all aspects of critical. Minister Tomar, we know that breaking down silos and forging new partnerships is essential as was just laid out that we have to look across finance, energy, agriculture, water, environment. Can you talk about what actions you were taking in India to build connections across agencies and mandates and departments to catalyze innovation and seek fresh solutions? Minister Tomar? Can you talk about some of the efforts that you're taking in India to work across silos and departments to forge partnerships? We are taking care of the security of the country and the environment. We are making a lot of efforts to make the country a reality. As far as the system is concerned, we are taking care of the development goals of the country. The Indian government is trying to implement all kinds of measures in its own country. We have come with the Food Security Act and we are trying to ensure that 80 crore people are safe in the country. As far as the rural areas are concerned, people need food. Food is being provided for them. We are also getting the benefits of the food security act in our country. We are also getting the benefits of the food security act in our country. We are also getting the benefits of the food security act in our country. We are also getting the benefits of the food security act in our country. We are also getting the benefits of the food security act in our country. We are also getting the benefits of the food security act in our country. We are also getting the benefits of the food security act in our country. We are also trying to accept the soil health system. According to the soil health recommendations, we should use water, fertilizer and pesticide. As there is no such situation after the fall of the crops, due to which the human being could be damaged. We are also concerned about the situation of the Jalvayu family. We are also trying to ensure that those who are seeing the signs of the future, take care of those who are seeing the signs of the future. We should make a plan from the beginning and work on it. In the time that the future comes, we should be able to get rid of this problem. As far as the question of the area of agriculture is concerned, in the area of agriculture, we are giving strength to the R&D. We are also trying to make sure that after the fall of the crops, it can be done in a proper manner. Because today, you all are concerned about the signs of the future. India is the most important country. Even from the signs of the future, we are doing our best. It is difficult for us to say that many times, because of the lack of agriculture, there is a loss of crops. It is also affected by agriculture. To be able to deal with this, we have invested Rs. 1 lakh crore in the labor-based package of India. Through this, we have been able to make old-storage, old-storage, and after the fall of the crops, we have been able to process the crop. We are very happy to join the group here today. As we are all aware, India is a very happy-based economy. There is a lot of environmental concerns, a lot of initiatives are being taken care of. And keeping the sustainable development goals in mind, the government is taking all necessary steps. The Food Security Act, which has been formulated in India, is ensuring that over 800 million people are getting adequate food. In the rural areas, the people need nutrition. And for that, we have a nationwide large-scale program called the National Nutrition Mission. And simultaneously, we have the water-runneries, which are kind of precious for the infants and for prenatal and postnatal mothers. And then also, this nutrition is a big focus and strengthening these systems is a priority for the country. On the other hand, the wide research, actually the research network, the Indian Council for Agricultural Search, they are constantly producing new varieties both from the nutrition part of the bio-45 varieties as well as the climate-resilient varieties, which can reach good healthy and nutritious diets to everyone. Then concern is also primarily on a mind of the soil health. And also, the Prime Minister has launched the program in 2016 and they've had two cycles of giving oil parts to about 120 million farmers in each cycle of bio-year cycles. And we are now emphasizing on the adoption of these prescriptions by the farmers so that they use balanced fertilizer, specifications and water in a more efficient manner. And hence, with increased productivity, environmental concerns are a primary focus for us. And also spoke about climate change and future indicators are being kept in mind to plan and implement and deal with possible exigences. Agriculture production and productivity is being backed up by strong research and development network. But as also was mentioned, post harvest management, strengthening of the post harvest management is a major concern for us. And as we all know, now India is a great surplus country and we've been having an upward trend in horticulture production as well. And to deal with this, the state reliance India's slogan, which has been given by an honorable Prime Minister, under that we've got a hybrid income fund of 13 billion US dollars. And this is primarily for strengthening infrastructure, and hence reduce post harvest losses. Thank you. Thank you, Honorable Minister. Now we'll turn to hear a perspective from Brazil. And Honorable Minister Teresa Cristina, today the world is going through a new revolution, which is the revolution based on digital transformation. Can you talk to us about how Brazil has acted on the theme of digital agriculture? What we can expect from that in the coming years and how it will position itself further in the future scenario. I would like to congratulate today everyone and our moderator that is with us, my colleague, the Ministry of Agriculture from India. And now the international customers that we have here. The digital transformation had been carried around very rapidly in the agribusiness and in the context in which we are inserted. The Ministry of Agriculture has guidelines very clear based on five-axis sustainability open innovation, bioeconomy, added value and digital agriculture. And now this system of agro farmers, we have one of the main systems, they are linked with the agro, they're developing technologies in all the supply chains of our business, of agro business. We have institutions for research, institutions, companies, private investors with all sorts of services that are all over our country, Brazil. In the latest years, all the investments that we have have been scaling up. It went to $4 million to more than $200 million in 2019. So for the moment we have more than agatex that we're working in the moment. For example, the certification protocol, the traceability, the blockchain and all technologies that we will deliver a product that is more sustainable and safe for all the final consumers. For the next decade, it will be marked by the convergence of the biological and the digital, mainly in the agro livestock market. All technologies of what we have, there are very clear examples of this process. And we also have the connectivity in our space with the focus on the inclusion that we are including the small farmer. We have more than 4 million, 4.5 million of small farmers and this integration will make that young people will stay in the farm and they will not let the people to grow old in all the rural environment. And we are also helping women that work in the farms. In this context, we have these programs that we call women farmers and women with a new view and we're trying to give visibility for the women that work as farmers, the afro descendants, the indigenous so we can give value for their contribution. Women nowadays, they have 20% of the rural properties and they should have the access to technology and it's essential for all the activities related to the national agriculture and livestock production. And we reinforce that innovation is essential to adapt the agro livestock market for the reality is the only vector that will be able to put together the preservation, the environment preservation with our needs. Thank you. I'll turn to Sven. We've heard from the ministers about all the work we're doing with smallholder farmers, with research institutions, with private sector companies. Jara has long been really bold in reaching out and forging these partnerships but I know it can also be intimidating. Can you talk to us about how your advice for other businesses and your faith about how they can reconcile their business imperatives with climate concerns and how tips that you've learned on how to effectively partner and some of the benefits and rewards of that? We're... Jara, you're right. We're really busy here. We want to be very, very, very ready at the very beginning. I want to do this. We have to work across the whole field to be regulators, private sector, and NGOs, and we all have to work with the farmer and against the farm. I see that you smell something in this sector now and some years ago he told me something that has become no more for me when he comes to this village. What he says was when you make agriculture, do that to solve the needs of the farmers and not to create additional knowledge. The good news is that the practices and the technologies are already out there in order to make farming more sustainable. We don't need to break through or make new rules. For me, it's about reaching all of our farmers and to our corporations. Technology is about knowledge more specifically, the use of knowledge. And we must be able to be available to everyone in order to create even greater knowledge. And when we manage to make enough measures to help, then we can maybe have it happen. Basically, we also talk about how it all comes down to soil health. Technology can agree with the health and the health of the soil delivery. It needs a better quality to increase the farmer. And we will use the opportunity to capture from the atmosphere here as well. And India is a great school, the potential of farming. We already have a success sector and great, great school activity. And in addition, we have our larger agriculture sector and it's quite by urging the elements of connectivity and farming that really can benefit each farmer and the society as well. And it's exactly what we have invested heavily in India. We already see a great success in our activity. 100 years from 50,000 to 5 million and 3 million farmers are in India. And I should also say that we're stepping up our efforts in Brazil as well as with the government and also with farmers and we have established a tech company in Sao Paulo and we combine that with the willingness of the Brazilian farmers to try new technologies. This can be really impactful. So I can only encourage people to reach 100 million farmers by year 2030 supporting them to make this transition to regenerative agriculture practices. Back to you, Jen. Thank you so much and I appreciate all the panelists. What we've heard today is ambition is possible. All of you are quite ambitious and I know in the next segment we will hear from farmers and local entrepreneurs to further bolster how they are feeding into this ambitious agenda and working together. So really excited about that. So thank you all for your participation in this first half. 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