Ian Roberts

Innovations to Build Food Resiliency | Asia Summit 2022

Holly Freishtat, Beverley Postma, Ian Roberts, Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Sunny Verghese

Industry leaders from OLAM International, Dole, and Euler Group convened to address the deepening global food insecurity affecting 345 million people by outlining aggressive strategies to decarbonize agriculture and digitize smallholder supply chains. These executives detailed concrete commitments, including OLAM's accelerated net-zero timeline and AI-driven agronomy tools, Dole's direct sourcing shifts to bypass intermediaries, and Euler Group's push for rapid technology scaling in cellular agriculture. The panel concluded that overcoming the current crisis requires consolidated capital and mandatory transparency measures like carbon labeling to transform the sector from an extraction-based model to a resilient, inclusive ecosystem.