From Crops to Consumers: A Look into

the Future
Dr. Robert T. Fraley

@RobbFraley

Executive Vice President and Chief

Technology Officer
World Food Prize Laureate

Mark Young

@mobilizedlife

Chief Technology Officer,

The Climate Corporation

A journey
through
science and
agriculture.

Agriculture is at the Center of Global Trends

Population Growth
1960-2050

Rise in Middle Class

Mid Class
7.7

6.9

1.8

3.2

Total Pop

355

9.6

8.4
4.9

in
1965

5.6

Total Pop

World Population
(billions)

2010

2020

Mid Class
2030

Changing
Economies & Diets
507
in
2014

43% increase in calories

from animal protein

2050

= 2X Food Demand By 2050 to feed over 9.5 billion people

Changing Climate &
Declining Arable Land

1990

2013

Decreasing global
food waste

Decreasing
Water Availability

Public Discourse
& Policies

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, June 2010 Update. And UN FOA
Source: Ray DK, Mueller ND, West PC, Foley JA (2013) Yield Trends Are Insufficient to Double Global Crop Production by 2050. PLoS ONE 8(6): e66428.

Monsantos World-Class R&D

Investment Portfolio Utilizes Best
Ideas for Farmers
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

AG INNOVATION PRIORITIES
Nucleic Acid
Delivery
Technologies

Crop
Protection

Digital Ag/
Climate
Corporation

R&D PIPELINE
PLATFORMS

Insect & Disease

Control

Biotechnology,
Breeding, New
Breeding Tech

Protein
Sciences
Ag Biologicals
BioAg Alliance

Plant
Biotechnology

Information
Technology
Solutions
Phenotyping

Plant
Breeding

Water & Soil

Management

Robotics &
Automation

Crop Protection &

Chemistry Discovery

Software, Remote
Sensing &
Measurements

Sustainable Intensification: Creating a

Food Secure World While Preserving
Natural Resources
20

4000

World Population

18

3500

3000

Total Food Production

(tonnes)

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Land Use (Millions of Ha)

Population (Billions)
Food Production (Billion Tonnes)

16

2500

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Global Land Use in

Agriculture (Ha)

10

2000

1500

1000
4
500

2
0

1900

1920

1940

1960

1980

2000

2020

Source: National Geographic ,Feeding the World, 2014

Source: UN FAO, 2014, Monsanto internal calculations; Ausubel, et al., Peak Farmland and the Prospect for Land Sparing Population and
Development Review Volume, , 38: 221242

2040

2060

2080

2100

Convergence of Biology & Data Science Drives

Innovation for Growers, Digital Ag Revolution
Seeds

Traits

Crop Protection
& Microbials

Applications

Placeholder for Young family farm

photo

A journey
through
technology and
agriculture.

The Promise of Digital Ag

Technology for Real World

Decision Making

Supporting Smallholder Farmers

Around the World

Q&A

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