The Déméter 2025

As we enter a new quarter century, the range of possibilities between now and 2050 is as imprecise as it is limitless. Should we therefore declare it to be unreadable? It would be easy to say yes, especially as the geopolitical and climatic and climate change can lead us to pessimism and immediacy. pessimism and immediacy. When everything seems to be wavering and moving faster, our eyes turn away from what’s essential. But we need to see into the distance, and to do that, we need to look ahead.

2050 is already tomorrow, and food and agricultural issues will continue to play a central role: more people to feed, more appetites and different profiles among the players who will set the pace on the world stage, more production challenges to solve and more ingenuity to deploy. In these strategic arenas, determinations, competitions and tensions are bound to increase. 

In order to move forward and prepare for the future without inevitably becoming disillusioned, it is essential to take a step back. Feeding 2050 will not just be a question of agricultural and food systems, which will have to be up to the task. It will also be about the ability to think differently, to combine analyses, ideas and experiences, to understand that complexity demands modesty and motivation, and to think in order to progress.