cooperative banking cajamar to advance and lead together foretics commissioning A new sectoral platform to contribute to the sustainable transformation of food systemsActing as an inspiration and impetus to create solutions that make the industry’s challenges and opportunities visible in Spain and accelerate this transition.
new venture Sustainable Food Systems, Holding the leadership of Grupo Calvo, Grupo Lactalis, HEINEKEN and Nestlé, as well as fourteen companies and organizations, in its first edition, it will focus on identifying key points to achieve sustainable transformation of the food system, valuing business action, starting with balancing and assessing the current context in our country and as a catalyst for this transition.
One of the conversion paths suggested byto the roadmap ‘Vision 2050’Launched at a global level by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), it focuses fully on food and a regenerative and equitable food system that produces healthy, safe and nutritious food to 2050 with business participation.
The sectoral platform in this area, Food Sustainability Strategy of the European Union “From Farm to Table”, It is one of the initiatives integrated within the framework of European Green Deal. These key issues are summarized in five areas: nutritious and sustainable food and products, nature and climate change, sustainable production models, the value chain and good governance and cooperation.
food waste
The food system is of great socioeconomic importance and also has a major impact on the environment, health and food security, from production to consumption and waste. According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), 931 million tons of food is wasted every year in the world (17% of the total food offered to consumers), with the major environmental and social consequences of this loss.
Roberto Garcia Torrente, director sustainable development From Cajamar Group insists on the need to focus on business actions in this area: “Feeding 9,000 million people around the world in the medium term is a huge challenge. The Spanish agri-food sector, which carries out relevant work in economic and social development, should also take part and have a say in global conversations about the necessary transformations to ensure its sustainability with the cooperation of all actors in the value chain. . ”.
on his behalf Teresa Knoerr, director of the Sustainable Food Systems initiative, foretics, highlights: “While there are aspects that need to be addressed in depth to make the necessary changes that we will observe and encourage from the initiative, We want to make industry visible benchmarking initiatives in Spain to inspire and motivate these good practices to become the industry standard.”.
This first year, the initiative is supported and led by Cajamar. Calvo Group, Lactalis Group, HEINEKEN and Nestlé will have the opportunity to work with companies and organizations belonging to the food systems value chain on key issues, challenges and opportunities to achieve sustainable transformation of the industry. In addition to those previously mentioned, companies and organizations such as Alltech, Bayer, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Dia, Ebro, Fairtrade Ibérica, Gullón, Iberostar, IBM, Suntory, Smurfit Kappa, Tetra Pak and World Vision International.
Digital Field Book
“We are making it available on Cajamar to give farmers and ranchers access to a digital warranty book that requires no prior computer knowledge. CX World, a new tool that will facilitate both the management of information regarding their products and the fulfillment of their reporting obligations before regulatory agencies.”Explains Manuel Nieto, Cajamar’s regional manager in Alicante.
The new app is available at: World Platform website, Digital Community of Agri-Food Information powered by Cajamar. It is fully integrated with SIEX (Agricultural Exploitation Information System) and can be used on both desktop computers and any mobile device. And also allows you to work offline by saving the recorded data for later updating. Agriculture and agri-food business experts from Cajamar have been involved in its design, with over 50 years of experience providing personalized advice to industry professionals and companies. a technological basis that has been successfully proven in the market and has been widely accepted by companies, cooperatives and individual farmers for over five years.
“One of the most debated and questionable issues among professionals in the agro-food sector at the moment is, obligation to use the digital farm ledger (CUE) to record your farm data, your cultivation activities and phytosanitary treatments applied”, explains Manuel Nieto.
On behalf of the Cajamar regional manager, “This is comprehensive information that must be timely communicated to the Administration in order, among other things, to be able to access any public assistance and avoid sanctions. However, in the context of intense digitalization that food production is experiencing, it is also It can be very useful for more efficient day-to-day management of farm and farming business, aid decision making and cost savings through appropriate analysis of the data obtained. All this in order to increase the profitability of crops.”.