A GLIMPSE of How Agribusiness can Feed the World

Aidan Connolly is the chief innovation officer and vice president of corporate accounts at Alltech.

As part of the agricultural community, veterinarians are frequently asked to speak at meetings, write papers or even in casual interactions, explain if farming and farmers are ready to feed the world. Not just the world today, but the world of 2050 or 2100. Many of us struggle to move beyond platitudes such as “we managed it before, and I’m sure we can manage it again.” But how do you actually answer the question and make it clear what is or might hold agriculture back? Agricultural productivity has improved by an average of two per cent per year over the past 50 years and, first suggested in 2012, the acronym GLIMPSE can be used to identify the factors, which if removed can allow it to maintain that progress. New research using big data analytics and reviewing 1.3 million websites has confirmed the GLIMPSE acronym as an effective way to communicate to governments, nongovernmental organisations, charities, United Nations and consumers of the seven factors to remove from the path of agriculture to reach the goal of producing 70 per cent more food by 2050.

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