The National Algae Association is the first non-profit algae education and production trade association in the world established over 10 years ago. We are made up of commercially-minded algae researchers, algae producers and equipment companies. We started the algae production industry from scratch after $2.5 billion spent on algae research at universities over the past 70 years. Your questions do not address food security or the existing published information on nutrition.
We have been writing the FAO about totally ending malnutrition in the world growing high protein sprirulina farms for food. We are also using algae for various feed supplements. Algae farms could be built on non-arable land recycling over 85% of all water used. We train algae farmers through our education programs how to grow algae and become self-sustainable.
Algae farms could have been built ten years ago using all existing technologies but the FAO has chosen to continue asking for more information and writing more reports without looking for permanent solutions.
For the last 10 years we have watched the FAO call for information and generating new reports but not fixing the malnutrition problem. As mentioned for the last 10 years when FAO wants to fix the malnutrition problem and create new jobs in third world countries we stand ready to assist. But providing more information and more information for FAO to write more reports is not a good use of FAO's time.
Just our opinion.
Barry Cohen