BARILLA CENTER FOR FOOD & NUTRITION BARILLA CENTER FOR FOOD & NUTRITION 

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHAPPROACHAPPROACHAPPROACHTO FOOD SECURITY TO FOOD SECURITY 

Luca VirginioDi C i i d E l R l iDirector Communication and External Relations 

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BCFN VISION

THE BURNING ISSUES FOR OUR PLANET

THE CURRENT PARADOXES ON FOOD AND NUTRITION THE CURRENT PARADOXES ON FOOD AND NUTRITION

WHAT THE BCFN IS AND HOW IT OPERATES

FOOD SECURITY: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ISSUE

FOOD PRICES AND MARKET VOLATILITY: FOOD PRICES AND MARKET VOLATILITY:

THE VARIABLES INVOLVED

4°INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON FOOD AND NUTRITION

THE BURNING ISSUES FOR OUR PLANET

• CLIMATE CHANGE • WATER MANAGEMENT

• 8 20% reduction in cultivated surface • less water/more needs• 8‐20% reduction in cultivated surface area by 2050

• 5‐25% reduction in production level by 2050

less water/more needs

• 70% of the world water consumption

• linked with agriculture 

• URBANIZATION

• Total population in urban (%) iareas (%) in 2030:

• Africa: 55%• Asia: 66%• South America: 74 %• AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY

• POPULATION GROWTH • DIETARY HABITS

• Productivity growth slowed

• POPULATION GROWTH DIETARY HABITS

• increase in meat consumption  pressure on grains production

• 7 billion in 2011

• 9 billion in 2050 

The BCFN Visione C s o

The BCFN is an independent center for multidisciplinary thinking and proposal with the aim of

providing multiple outputs and contributions with high scientific contents and become over time a valuable tool for Institutions, for

Scientific Community, for Media and for People, a privileged meeting point for anyone taking care of food, the environment,

the sustainable growth and the implications on people’s and society’s life, at national and international level.

THE CURRENT PARADOXES ON FOOD AND NUTRITION

THE 4 MACRO AREASC O S

The BCFN ADVISORY BOARDThe BCFN ADVISORY BOARD

Barbara Buchner Director of Climate Policy

Claude Fischler Director of Centre National de lay

Initiative on VeniceDirector of Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Director of Centre Edgar Morin de Paris

Mario Monti (*) John ReillyMario Monti ( )President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Italy; Minister of Economy and Finance; President of the Università

John Reilly Co-Director of the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change of Center for Environmental Policy Research t Sl S h l f M t f MITPresident of the Università

Bocconi of Milan at Sloan School of Management of MIT

Gabriele RiccardiProfessor of Endocrinology and

Camillo RicordiSurgeon and Scientific Director and Professor of Endocrinology and

Metabolic Pathologies at the Università degli Studi of Naples “Federico II”

gChief Academic Officer of the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami

Umberto VeronesiScientific Director of the European Institute of Oncology of Milan (IEO)

Ellen Gustafson Founder and Executive Director of the 30 Project; Co-Founder of FEED Projects and the FEED Foundation

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Projects and the FEED Foundation

(*) Sen. Prof. Mario Monti have been part of BCFN board until November 2011 when became President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Italy

INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTORSINTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTORS 

BCFN AS A PLATFORM FOR DEBATE 

THE BCFN FLAGSHIP CONCEPTGOOD FOR YOU, SUSTAINABLE FOR THE PLANET : 

THE NUTRITIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DOUBLE PYRAMID MODEL   

BCFN BOOK «EATING PLANET» & SOME RECENT  PUBLICATIONSC OO G & SO C U C O S

BCFN WEBINARSC S

WEBINAR OBESITY: THE IMPACTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIETY17.07.2012

WEBINAR FOOD WASTE: HOW TO REDUCE IT FROM THE FIELD TO THE TABLE  23.05.2012

FOOD SECURITY: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ISSUEFOOD SECURITY: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ISSUE 

SOURCE: BCFN PUBLICATION, “ FOOD SECURITY: CHALLENGES AND OUTLOOK” (2011) 

FOOD PRICES ANDMARKET VOLATILITY: THE VARIABLES INVOLVED (2011)FOOD PRICES AND MARKET VOLATILITY: THE VARIABLES INVOLVED (2011)   

SOURCE: BCFN PUBLICATION, “ FOOD PRICES AND MARKET VOLATILITY: THE VARIABLES INVOLVED” (2011) 

BCFN YES! YOUNG EARTH SOLUTIONS

GIVE VOICE TO NEW INNOVATIVE IDEAS ONFOOD AND SUSTAINABILITY  

Please visit www bcfnyes com

FOOD AND SUSTAINABILITY : HOW TO REDUCE OUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, WHILE SECURING HEALTH AND ACCESS TO FOOD FOR ALL. 

Please visit www.bcfnyes.com

Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition

Key issues and framework of the BCFN Forum 2012© 2012 The European House-Ambrosetti

November 28th, 2012

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WELCOMING REMARKS

BCFNYoung Earth Solutions

11:00 11:30

BCFNYoung Earth Solutions

FOOD WARSThe paradoxes of globalization: Access to food

11:30 1:00

Lunch & Networking

OBESITY IN A WORLD OF MALNUTRITIONThe paradox of the XXI century : Food excess

2:30 4:00

The paradox of the XXI century : Food excess

4:30 6:00

CHILDREN OBESITY: Best practices and results

THE RIGHT OF FOOD FOR ALL: THE ROLE OF FOOD PRICES

How does food prices volatility impact on food6:00 Best practices and results How does food prices volatility impact on food access?

= Plenary Session with high levelspeech and round table = Breakout Session & debate

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speech and round table

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