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Presentation by Krijn Poppe
1. Raw Materials and (food) security: a need for
information and analysis (intelligence) ?
The Hague, January 2015Krijn J. Poppe
with thanks to Thom Achterbosch and Koen Boone
2. Wageningen UR - For the quality of life
Plant
Sciences
Group
Animal
Sciences
Group
Agro-
technology
and Food
Sciences
Group
Environ-
mental
Sciences
Group
Social
Sciences
Group
Wageningen University Department of Social Sciences
Research Institutes (DLO) LEI
Experimental Research and consultancy CDI
5. Lessons from political science
European thinking is based on multilateralism with global
governance systems to facilitate trade, access to
resources and spread western values (soft power).
“Emerging markets view access to raw materials as an
object of power politics. Europe sees it as trade policy”
“Europe and Japan are in a transition from nation state
to market state: in response to globalisation they make
the citizen responsible for prosperity (by privatizing)”
“Geo-economics becomes more important as emerging
markets see that their prosperity is linked to unhindered
access to scarce resources”.
“Mechanisms for conflict resolution should be taken
seriously” >> should we develop something on food in The Hague ??
Quotes: Rob de Wijk – Machtspolitiek, 2014
8. 12,5% NL exports outside EU are inputs:
support local production to reduce tension
Export seeds: € 1,1 billion
intra EU extra EU
Export means of production (machinery etc.): € 3,1 bln.
intra EU extra EU
Glasshouses built outside the EU from Dutch origin
80 %
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50
%
50
%
55
%
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9. Imports
Phosphate (and potassium)
● Dependent on a few sources, mainly Morocco
Protein-rich animal feed (soy beans)
● EU uncompetitive in cost price (but home-grown
would not be not a big effect on consumer price ?)
● Meat consumption slows down – a good thing
● In supply disruption the stock is a big buffer
Tropical products, including palm oil and fats
Fish: EU aquaculture is not competitive compared to Asia
Rare metals etc for machinery and ICT: who knows?
If needed, NL could feed itself (autarky), EU too ?
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10. Where to go from here
Monitoring
● Agriculture and Food have good world trade data
(less true for rare metals etc.)
● Life cycle analysis and other methodologies of the
Sustainability Consortium could be used for
monitoring, finding alternatives, promote
recirculation
Cooperation and reciprocity in trade
● Support with know how, but keep the lead (with
ICT?)
Develop a conflict resolution mechanism in the city of
justice - The Hague
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The Sustainability Consortium
SOURCE: TSC member interviews
• Providing multi-stakeholder input
to ensure industry alignment
• Identifying issues beyond LCAs
• Committing to scientific rigor
• Early access to a vast multi-
stakeholder network
• Collaboration on innovative
sustainability solutions and
consumer engagement
Member testimonials
“By looking at sustainability as a
business opportunity, we are
innovating products now that we
wouldn’t have been otherwise”
“TSC is bringing stakeholders
together in a collaborative fashion
to develop sustainability solutions
for common themes across
product sustainability”
“TSC provides common language
and a uniform approach to
measure sustainability across the
supply chain”
Products
Approach
Network
• Defining clear standards for
environmental and social metrics
• Creating implementable tools
• Reducing cost and complexity of
reporting
12. Reciprocity as a principle in risk mitigation
Match normative with strategic foreign policy in agrofood
Beyond largest supply at lowest cost (anticipate risk)
Cooperative solutions, mutual long term benefits
Implications
● Sustain NL knowledge & innovation base
● Explore new sourcing opportunities
● Multilateral efforts yet also strategic partnerships
● Dialogue with the agro-food sector on supply risk
13. A central role for ICT as a tool in a
cooperative solution and reciprocity ?
App store
Services
sensors
actuators
data sources
(‘Internet of Things’)
Local Information systems
Spraying Advisory
Services
Meteorological
Service
State and Policy
Information Service
Consumer Food
safety service
E-agriculturist Service
for spraying potatoes
Machine Breakdown
Service
User’s devices
Other sources
Cloud
Information
systems
14. In conclusion
Food exports are diverse, some big import streams
Monitoring
● Agriculture and Food have good world trade data
(less true for rare metals etc.)
● Life cycle analysis and other methodologies of the
Sustainability Consortium could be used for
monitoring, finding alternatives, promote
recirculation
Cooperation and reciprocity in trade
● Support with know how, but keep the lead (ICT?)
Develop a conflict resolution mechanism in the city of
justice - The Hague
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