Today, most of the challenges we face are not for one person, or one entity, to create the solution in isolation. Many of the problems require a level of discussion, disentanglement, approach and focus from many different angles and perspectives. In this environment, we need opportunities to meet, to network. Situations that are people-centred, that open up the opportunity to listen, exchange and refine ideas in a constructive process.
Challenges
We need to involve the people who are experiencing the problems on a day-to-day basis in the processes, in order to create more inclusive and sustainable solutions. It sounds very obvious, but until now we haven’t found a place to do it. That’s what AZTInnova is all about: finding joint solutions to the challenges facing the food value chain. Are you in?
In order to find solutions to these major challenges, we will pose different types of challenges
STRATEGIC CHALLENGES
(MEDIUM-LONG TERM)
Derived from macro trends that are impacting the food system:
- production (purchase of land, new forms of production…),
- business (purchase of land for cultivation, investment in food-tech start-ups),
- political-economic strategies (protectionism, countries),
- climate change and others (fish production, microplastics…),
- technology-artificial intelligence…
OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES
(SHORT-MEDIUM TERM)
The impact of the pandemic on the agri-food sector and the new challenges that have been put on the table:
- transfer from horeca to retail,
- online shopping,
- delivery consolidation,
- supply chains,
- protectionist actions (boosting local economies)
SOCIAL CHALLENGES
Derived from changes in consumer trends and consumer behaviour with an impact on the sector:
- hygiene,
- local,
- confidence,
- home cooking…