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Soya in the context of sustainability
Despite broad scepticism and a contrasting duality of cultural perception, why is soya important when it comes to sustainability?
From farm to fork – sustainability in the supply chain of Soya
1. Usage
2. History and present situation
3. Cultivation
Largest source of emission related to agriculture:
- Land Use Change
- Use of nitrogen fertiliser
- Methane from ruminant livestock
Sustainability in the supply chain
Seeds
Farmers Processors
Products
Consumer
GMO
organic
pesticides
fertiliser
Brazil, Argent,
USA
China
Tradition &
modern
feed
food
oil
diet
transport
Trade awarness
Soya cultivation
Soyabean
Soyabean
Processor
Chemical
Industry
Soya Oil Soya meal
Ink Color
Grease Oils
Bio ethanol etc.
Soyabean Soyaban Soyabean Soyabean Margarine Cooking fat Mayonnaise
Biscuits Coffee cream
etc.
Soap Cleaning
agent Cosmetic
etc.
Plastic Cosmetic
Color Ink etc.
Animal food Meat Meat
products etc.
Pasta Soya sauce Baby food
Meal Cereal Meat
substitute etc.
Food
Industry
Food
Industry
Chemical
Industry
Cosmetic
Usage of Soya
Soy Products
Food
Drinks Yoghurt
Tofu Soya flour chocolate
Animal Food
Industry
Source: Based on a figure of WWF, own work
Usage of Soya
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• A wide range of valuable raw materials
• Healthy sustainable diets (soya is the most important
source of plant protein)
• Reduced use of water and fossil resources compared to
other protein rich food
• Adaptation to climate change
Usage of Soya
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Conversion of plant protein
Usage of Soya
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Quelle: www.solae.com USDA; FAO/WHO/UNICEF Protein Advisory Group (2004)
Quelle: www.solae.com, Virtual water trade to Japan and in the world, T.Oki, M.Sato, A. Kawamura, M. Miyake, S. Kanae, and K. Musiake,
Land and water use
History of Soya
Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere
From 17 Million tonnes (1960) to 264,18 million tonnes (2012)
102.76 million hectares (approximate yield of 2,57 t/ha)
Social and ecological discrepancies
8 Source: Foreign Agricultural Service/USDA, Office of Global Analysis, 2012, own work
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Present situation: Europe’s protein supply
Imports from
20 mn hectare soya only for Europe EU 27 import approx. 23 mn mt soya bean meal
EU 27 import approx. 12,5 mn mt soya bean (equivalent to approx. 10 mn mt. soya bean meal)
Source: FAO, own work
Present situation: Demand of Soya is increasing
Cultivation of Soya Benchmark
Small-scale and large scale production
Organic soya, mainly for food production
Conventional and GMO-free soya
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Cultivation of Soya Benefits
• Essential contribution to the sustainable development of farming and food sector
• Protein-rich crops improve soil fertility
• Enhance agricultural biodiversity and improves pollination
• Crop rotation benefits (residues of legumes crops makes nitorgen available to subsequent crops)
• Supply of reactive nitrogen through the fixation of nitrogen in nodules on the roots of legumes
• Less use of fertilizer for the crop itself and the following crop
• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions (less production of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser)
• Enhance disease resistance of plants, controls weeds
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Cultivation of Soya negative example
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Example: Relation between introduction of GMO seeds and the use of pesticides in Brasil
Danube Soya
Danube Soya
1. Regional: Danube region (European)
2. GMO free
3. Sustainable criteria
1. Pesticide regulation
2. No negative land use change
3. Labour and social rights regulation
Danube Soya is food and feed
Danube Soya Map
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Danube Soya‘s action plan
Danube Soya
Mission
Quality controlled
Danube Soya
Standard
Notation on the
agricultural
exchanges
Investment in
Research and
Development
Projects
• Research and Development – network of breeders from the Danube region
• Publicity and awareness raising
• Information events in the Danube Region
• Farmers educational program for:
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Danube Soya for a sustainable food supply
• Usage of soya
– Creation of a GMO-free European region
– Link between farmers and producers (from field to fork)
– Information to consumers, raising awareness for sustainable food in the whole supply chain (feed matters)
– Leads to the improvement the reputation of soya
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Danube Soya for a sustainable food supply
• History of soya
– Competitiveness of the Danube region
– Strengthening of Europe‘s agricultural sector, especially small scale and organic farming (development policy)
– Investments in jobs in the Danube region
– Upgrade the value chain in CEE countries
– Reduction of oversea imports
– Reduction of LULUC in oversea countries
– Food security in Europe and overseas
– Less exposure for European farmers to market volatility and energy prices
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Danube Soya for a sustainable food supply
Reduce Imports
Europe is the biggest importer of Soyabean meal (upward trend)
Europe is the 2nd biggest importer of Soyabeans (decreasing)
- loss of added value in Europe caused by more imports of processed soya
Source: Foreign Agricultural Service /USDA, Office of Global Analysis, own work
Danube Soya for a sustainable food supply
• Cultivation of Soya
– Incentives for investment in R & D for non-GMO seeds, plant protection, other agronomical issues, processing, trade etc. and creation of a knowledge map in the Danube region
– Incentives for investments in machines, R & D in the supply chain
– Promotion of crop rotation
– Reduction of fertilizer and pesticides
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Danube Soya for a sustainable food supply
The switch to regionally produced soya would halve CO2 emissions to 1.8 kg CO2/ kg pork
Seri Study, source: Spar March 2011
This would result in a reduction of 1.1 mn t of CO2 in Austrian pork production alone
CO2 emission per kg pork (incl. LULUC)
Soya Manure Management and emission from a stall Other animal feed energy
Austria: 5,2 mn pigs, 600.000 mt Soya for beef, poultry and pork
Example: Reduce CO2 Emissions - Change in Land Use
Danube Soya for a sustainable food supply
• Weaknesses/challenges
– Make soya attractive for farmers, traders and processors
– Enhance competitiveness to oversea soya
• Condition for success
– Targeted support for soya cultivation from the CAP and from national policies
– Support from companies and chambers
– Spark farmers’ interests in soya cultivation
– Follow consumers demand
• Policy environment and expectation:
– Including protein crops in new policy measures and instruments to support farmers in improving crop rotation systems (e.g. as part of the greening, obligatory crop rotation)
– Incentives and new funds for R & D for legume
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Status: Consensus in Austria Board
Bauinger Rupert Fixkraft* Faber Florian ARGE Gentechnik-frei DI Gauhs Ernst RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG Mag. Hinrichs-Schramm Eugen BAG Ölmühle Güssing DI Hölzl Franz Spar Österreichische Warenhandels-AG Dir. Kapeller Johannes Likra* Krön Matthias Obmann Verein Soja aus AT/ Donau Soja
Niederschick Josef Hofer KG
Dr. Steidl Andreas REWE International AG
Dr. Schlederer Johann VÖS (Verband österreichische Schweinebauern)
*Kooptiertes Mitglied ohne Stimmrecht
Status: Consensus in Austria Steering Committee
DI Fischer Karl Crop Control Agrarproduktions- und –Handels GmbH Glatz Jakob Glatz GmbH & Co KG
Dr. Gohn Michael Fritz Mauthner Handelsges.m.b.H. & Co. KG Dr. Goldenitsch Wolfgang Mona Naturprodukte GmbH
Ing. Rogl Rudolf Österreichische Rinderbörse DI Wurzer Michael Zentrale Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Österreichischen Geflügelwirtschaft (ZAG)
Status: Consensus in Austria Advisory Committee
DI Dr. Gaugitsch Helmut Umweltbundesamt GmbH DI Gressl Martin Agrarmarkt Austria Marketing GmbH DI Krumphuber Christian Vertreter der Österreichischen Sojaanbauländer (Niederösterreich, Oberösterreich und Burgenland) DI Marksteiner Adolf Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich Mag.a. Porstner Heidemarie Global 2000 Stockinger Christian Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Institut für
ländliche Strukturentwicklung, Betriebswirtschaft und Agrarinformatik
Urban Dagmar Greenpeace Ing. Votzi Rudolf BIO Austria - Verein zur Förderung des biologischen Landbau
Status: Consensus in Austria Members (November 2012)
Firma Ansprechpartner
1 Adolf Cordes Samenzucht und Samenhandel Michaela Schlathölter
2 Agent Green Association Gabriel Paun
3 Agrarmarkt Austria Marketing Ges.m.b.H. DI Martin Gressl,
Mag. Andreas Herrmann
4 AgroTrace S.A Jochen Koester
5 Aquacena Handels GmbH Nikolaus Sacken
6 Austrian Agricultural Cluster Mag. Hermann Wieser, MSc
7 ARGE Gentechnik-frei Florian Faber
8 BAG Ölmühle Güssing Mag. Hinrichs Schramm Eugen
9 Bäuerliche Erzeugergemeinschaft Schwäbisch Hall Rudolf Bühler
10 Bayrische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft institut für Agrarökonomie Christian Stockinger
11 BayWa AG Dr. Volker Schäfer
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Bundesinnung der Lebensmittelgewerbe- Bundesverband d.Müller u Mischfutterzeuger
Mag. Irene Glaninger; Rupert Bauinger
13 Euregio Analytic BioChem GmbH Dr. Christoph Wambach
14 Ferencmajor Kft Andrej Vipotnik
15 Fritz Mauthner Handels GesmbH und Co AG Dr. Gohn Michael
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Gafeias-Global Assotiation For Environmental Investments and Sustainability of Economic, Social and Environmental Spheres Mag.Andreas G. Andiel
17 Glatz GmbH & Co AG Jakob Glatz
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Status: Consensus in Austria Members (November 2012)
18 Global 2000 Mag. Heidemarie Porstner
19 Greenpeace Dagmar Urban
20 Hirschhofer GmbH & Co KG Manfred Hirschhofer
21 Hofer KG Josef Niederschick
22 LACON GmbH
Ing. Erwin Huber/ DI Magdalena Kraml
23 Landgarten Herbert Stava KEG Herbert Stava
24 Land Oberösterreich Max Hiegelsberger
25 Landesvereinigung für den ökologischen Landbau in Bayern e.V. Harald Ulmer
26 Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich DI Adolf Marksteiner
27 Mona Naturprodukte GmbH Dr. Wolfgang Goldenitsch
28 Oberndorfer Fleisch GmbH Franz Oberndorfer
29 Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG DI Ernst Gauhs
30 REWE International AG Dr. Andreas Steidl
31 Saatbau Linz DI Karl Fischer
32 Saatzucht Donau DI Johann Birschitzky
33 Sojarei Vollwertkost GesmbH Ernst Ternon, MBA MSc,
34 Spar Österreichische Warenhandels-AG DI Franz Hölzl
35 Steirerfleisch GmbH Mag. Alois Strohmeier
36 Toni's Handel GmbH Ing. Anton Hubmann
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Status: Consensus in Austria Members (November 2012)
37 Umweltbundesamt GmbH Dr Helmut Gaugitsch
38 Verband österreichische Schweinebauern (VÖS) Dr. Schlederer Johann
39 Verein Soja aus Österreich Mag. Ursula Bittner
40 WWF Thomas Kaissl
41 ZAG DI Michael Wurzer
42 Österreichische Rinderbörse GmbH Ing. Rudolf Rogl
Thank you for your attention!
Maga Ursula Bittner [email protected]
Danube Soya Association Wiesingerstrasse 6/9
1030 Vienna +43 1 512 17 44 11