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Welcome to our dedicated website for the CIAA & SAI Platform Conference on Sustainable Agriculture.

As global food demand is likely to rise significantly over the coming decades, sustainability has become a matter of necessity, whilst at the same time also offering a range of opportunities to act.  Let’s consider a few facts:

• The world’s population is projected to grow from 6 billion to 9 billion by 2050.
• Developed and developing countries which experience high levels of economic growth are likely to increase demand for diverse and nutritious food.
• Natural resources and rural communities throughout the globe are already highly impacted by agriculture, with adverse effects.
• Consumers increasingly care about the environmental and social conditions in which food or drink is being produced, demanding assurances from food  manufacturers over the quality of finished products, along with its environmental impact and the societal acceptability of labour practices involved.

With this in mind, the challenge for the next 20 years will not only be to satisfy demand for food but to do this in a sustainable manner.  We strongly believe that sustainable production practices at farm level in mainstream agriculture are the only way to get there. Sustainable agriculture is about ensuring a balance between the economic, environmental and social aspects of farming.

The CIAA & SAI Platform Conference on Sustainable Agriculture will gather leading industry players, high-level EU officials, various NGOs and academia to discuss and debate challenging issues the food and drink industry is facing today and in the future.

We look forward to meeting you on 22 & 23 November 2007 in Brussels.

Jean Martin CIAA President

Hans Jöhr SAI Platform President