With the global population racing upwards to reach almost 10 billion people by 2050, global food demand could double between now and then – and there is a parallel need for quality diets and sustainability. Moving that food from where it is produced to where it is needed will require a massive investment to revolutionize traditional food supply systems and to leverage innovation.
Jonathan Kingsman from Commodity Conversations spoke with our CEO, Ian McIntosh, about these changes, their implications and LDC’s ambition to transform the challenges into opportunities.
“We at LDC see our role as managers of the value-chain; we are mandatory value-chain participants. To succeed today a trade house needs to be integrated along the value-chain, and to become less of a trader in the conventional sense.”
Read the interview in two parts: