MODERN AGRICULTURE FEEDS THE WORLD AND HELPS PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT We have great pleasure in delivering you the European Fertilizer Manufacturers Association (EFMA) Annual Report 2008. The 2008 Annual Report outlines the challenges EFMA face in the coming years. Climate change, food security and energy security are top of the agenda. EFMA is pivotal to each of these global challenges. Meeting the challenge of feeding an increasing world population, while maintaining natural resources and mitigating climate change, requires an integrated approach as far as the European agricultural and fertilizer industries are concerned. This report illustrates our strong commitment to delivering optimum value in a sustainable manner. I trust that this publication makes for interesting reading. We would be delighted to discuss further any issues raised in the report, or to provide you with any supplementary information. Please feel free to contact us by telephone or e-mail (see details at the foot of this page), or visit our website: www.efma.org
Yours sincerely,
Renso Zwiers President “A majority of EFMA’s activities described in this year’s Annual Report deal with climate change. Mitigating climate change has become an important driver of the EU’s environmental, industrial and energy policies.”
Renso Zwiers, EFMA President.
Esa Härmälä Director General “Agriculture and the world food situation received considerable attention from the general public, politicians and media in 2008 with the “international food crisis” never far from the headlines.”
Esa Härmälä, EFMA Director General
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