Topics on Agriculture



Securing food for the world - now and tomorrow

At the moment, about six billion people live on Earth. By 2050, this figure will have risen to over 9 billion.

All these people have a right to a healthy diet and enough to eat. But how are we to feed so many?

It is no longer possible to expand crop-growing area by any appreciable amount. In order to give the world population in 20 years' time enough to eat, today's food production will have to be doubled, and this will be impossible without the efficient application of plant protection, fertilizer use and crops improved by the use of biotechnology.


Cereals play the key role in world nutrition. Through advances in cropping techniques, cereal harvests increase by a good 1.5% per year. But the annual rate of improvement required to keep up with the rapid increase in population must be 2.3%. Only when international agricultural research succeeds in closing this gap can we say that we are winning the race against hunger.

As one of the worldwide leaders offering products for agriculture, BASF has accepted the challenge of playing an important role in finding innovative solutions.


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