Increase productivity, employment and value addition in food systems
By modifying current practices much can be done in terms of improving the productivity of many food and agricultural production systems.
Productivity will need to continue to increase in the future to ensure sufficient supply of food and other agricultural products. However, this must be done while limiting the expansion of agricultural land as well as safeguarding and enhancing the environment. This is the core of the transformation necessary for sustainability in food and agriculture systems. Efficiency in productivity has, in the past, been mostly expressed in terms of yield (kg per hectare of production) but future productivity increase should consider more dimensions. Water and energy-smart production systems will become increasingly important as water scarcity increases and as agriculture will need to seek ways to reduce emission of greenhouse gas. This will also have an effect on the use of fertilizers and other agricultural inputs.
