These issues dictate the future – maybe clearest when it comes to food production: we need to make more with less. This means that we need to do things differently. We need to change business as usual and provide the best possible feeding ground for budding industries and new technologies. For instance by grabbing the opportunities in biosolutions. Solutions that allow societies access to nature’s own toolbox and spur society-wide innovation.

Danish businesses are cutting-edge when it comes to biosolutions. As a well-established research-based industry with a strong international engagement, the Danish biosolutions cluster provides a breadth of ways to initiate and accelerate the green transition across industries. Not least, when it comes to more sustainable food production, biorefining and precision agriculture. As a small country with around 60 percent of our land area dedicated to agriculture, the impact on our society is large. Denmark is determined to speed up initiatives, to transform food production and balance its impact on the surrounding environment.

Danish startups, universities, and established businesses within the food cluster are among the best in the world and recognized for an innovative mindset and data-driven approach. This gives Denmark an advantageous position to push the needle for one of the world’s most emission-heavy sectors. To push the needle for a more sustainable world, where we make more with less.

Danish companies and authorities are already making a global impact through research, innovation and technology development that builds upon the notion of public-private climate action. Trustful collaboration across sectors and industries has long  been a key ingredient in the Danish way of innovating and doing business. One such example is Denmark’s 14 industry-specific Climate Partnerships. These partnerships have been instrumental in showing a way forward on everything from energy and finance to agriculture and food. A way forward that leads to a more sustainable world, but one that also finds value, export possibilities, job creation and growth opportunities for Danish businesses. A way forward that can actually have a real and lasting impact on how we do things. For agrifood, the model underscores the value of cooperating across public and private, across sectors and companies to ensure that farmers and food companies have the best possible foundation to meet the challenges of the future.

This white paper presents insights, visions, and tangible solutions. I hope you will look to Denmark for inspiration on the new solutions addressing the global challenges to optimize productivity and deliver sustainable food production. Enjoy reading.