Sustainability: Working within the rules of nature

How does agriculture become sustainable and assume environmental responsibility while remaining profitable feeding and producing enough animals for consumption by a growing global population? “Something will turn up”, promised Charles Dickens’ Mr Micawber in the face of adversity. When faced with challenges that threaten its very existence, mankind’s ingenuity has throughout history come to the rescue of our species. Agribusiness faces its biggest challenge since the Green Revolution. A