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Curbing post-harvest losses could help agriculture meet growing food needs, ADM's Woertz tells Davos audience

Rolle, Switzerland (ots)

ADM chairman, CEO serves as co-chair of
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, highlighting the role of 
agricultural investment in global economic recovery
Investment in agriculture and infrastructure can play a vital role
in the general economic recovery and in the broader, long term issues
of serving growing, global needs for food and energy, Archer Daniels 
Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) Chairman, CEO and President Patricia 
Woertz told an audience of business leaders at the opening of the 
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, today.
The value of agriculture in economic recovery
Woertz, a co-chairman of this year's Annual Meeting, urged those 
in attendance to help ensure that agriculture's development remains a
focus for the world community as the global economic recovery gains 
momentum. "My perspective comes from the agricultural sector - where 
we are keenly aware of the link between agriculture...and economic 
recovery - particularly since agricultural growth is especially 
effective in reducing poverty," she said. "In fact, it is twice as 
effective in benefitting the poorest half of a country's population 
as growth generated in nonagricultural sectors.
"Agriculture plays such a fundamental role in the state of the 
world", she said, "yet in other recoveries, agriculture has often 
been left behind.  We've got to include agriculture this time."
A four-pillar framework for agricultural growth
Woertz is scheduled to speak several times during the Annual 
Meeting and will be discussing a framework that will help ensure 
agriculture grows to meet future needs.
Noting that 10 to 20 percent of the global grain harvest is lost 
each year to improper or inefficient storage and handling, Woertz 
says, "Clearly, agriculture must do better. Preserving what is 
already grown is critical to reaching those who need crops most, and 
to making the most of the land, water, energy and other inputs 
already used to grow crops."
Woertz says ADM is exploring collaborations with the Postharvest 
Technology Research & Information Center at the University of 
California, Davis, to help expand knowledge of proper post-harvest 
handling methods among growers worldwide. Last year, UC-Davis 
reported that fully 95 percent of research dollars directed at 
agriculture were focused on production, while just five percent was 
dedicated to the study of postharvest handling and infrastructure.  
"We think this is an area ripe for public/private partnerships," 
Woertz notes.
Mitigating post-harvest losses, she adds, part of a four-part 
approach needed to ensure agriculture's ability to fulfill the 
world's increasing food and energy needs. The other three parts are: 
making more efficient use of today's crops, improving productivity on
existing farmland, and sustainably bringing some additional arable 
land into production.
Woertz noted that ADM is working with others in the World Economic
Forum to help create a ?"New Vision for Agriculture" that aligns 
public and private efforts to address food security, to increase 
agricultural production in an environmentally sustainable manner, and
to generate economic growth and prosperity. She said that the World 
Economic Forum is a "particularly effective forum for fostering the 
collaborative, multi-stakeholder, holistic approach to critical 
issues that is most needed now - and will be the approach that leads 
to practical, lasting improvements."
About ADM
Every day, the 28,000 people of Archer Daniels Midland Company 
(NYSE: ADM) turn crops into renewable products that meet the demands 
of a growing world. At more than 230 processing plants, we convert 
corn, oilseeds, wheat and cocoa into products for food, animal feed, 
chemical and energy uses. We operate the world's premier crop 
origination and transportation network, connecting crops and markets 
in more than 60 countries. Our global headquarters is in Decatur, 
Illinois, and our net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, 
were $69 billion. For more information about our Company and our 
products, visit www.adm.com

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