UNITED

PLANTATIONS
BERHAD

Global Perspectives- food security

5th March
United Plantations

2018 2050
Population 7.78 Bn 10 Bn

Middle class 3 Bn 5 Bn

“ 150-160million people join the middle class every year. This is the
engine that will drive demand” …..and Why?

Low income : 2,400kcal/day

25-30% more
Middle class : 3,000kcal/day calories

Source: Oil World 2019; UN 2015; Financial Times 2014

 Can we produce enough food ?

• 795 million people suffer from

chronic undernutrition

FAO & OXFAM: “ global food production

must increase by 70 % within the next 30
years to ensure adequate food supplies by
2050”

…But where is this going to come from ….?

Source: Financial Times 20th February 2017; www.foodaidfoundation.org/world-hunger-statistics.htm 2017l

The Big Picture

Global Agriculture Area

Pasture
5 Billion Ha = 37% 3.45 Billion
Ha = 69%

Arable Land for Crops

Global Land Area 1.55 Billion Ha = 31%
13.4 Billion Ha =
100%

• 20 mill Ha

• 0.4 % of world Agricultural Land

• 35% of the total Oils & Fats

• 55 % of global exported Oils & Fats

Source: Oil World 2019; UN 2017, The Economist 2017

 The Big Picture

Global Agriculture Area

Pasture
5 Billion Ha = 37% 3.45 Billion
Ha = 69%

Arable Land for Crops

Global Land Area 1.55 Billion Ha = 31%
13.4 Billion Ha =
100%

U.N’s min. calorific daily intake

of 2,200kcal/caput/day

…global palm oil production 72mill MT would theoretically be able to

cover the calorific requirement of 35% of the worlds population

Source: Oil World 2019; UN 2017, The Economist 2017

The Big Picture

Global Agriculture Area

Pasture
5 Billion Ha = 37% 3.45 Billion
Ha = 69%

Arable Land for Crops

Global Land Area 1.55 Billion Ha = 31%
13.4 Billion Ha =
100%

• Occupies…. 0.4% of world agricultural land……

• < 5% of global deforestation from 1995-2015….
• > 35% of the world population’s calorific
requirement can be met by this crop……

Source: Oil World 2019; UN 2017, The Economist 2017

 • Commodities linked to
deforestation

1st Æ Cattle/Beef
2nd Æ Soy
3rd Æ Pork & Poultry
4th Æ Maize
5th Æ Palm (1/10th of Beef)

…Who is next in the firing line ?

…..Is a boycott of palm the answer ?

• ….well…. if you wish to clear 9 - 10 times more land for other oil crops…..

Source: International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 2018