ALGAE: Food for the FUTURETechnology and Innovation for Food Security

SYED ISA SYED ALWI

Algaetech International, Malaysia

UN Report April 2011

Food needed between now and 2050 > the food needed for the last 8,000 years

Oil Peaked in 2008 with 6 Billion people

• Agriculture uses oil refined to diesel

• Depleting oil reserves to sustain 9 Billion people in 2050

3+ Billion people are hungry today

Global Hunger925 million people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union; (Source: FAO news release, 14 September 2010)

98 percent of the world's hungry live in developing countries;(Source: FAO news release, 2010)

Asia and the Pacific region is home to over half the world’s population and nearly 2/3 of the world’s hungry people;(Source: FAO news release, 2010)

Women make up a little over half of the world's population, but they account for over 60 percent of the world’s hungry.(Source:  Strengthening efforts to eradicate hunger, ECOSOC, 2007)

65 percent of the world's hungry live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia. (Source: FAO news release, 2010)

Our Food Supply is entirely dependent on an eroding foundation of fossil resources

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Our Food Supply is entirely dependent on an eroding foundation of fossil resources

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Our Food Supply is entirely dependent on an eroding foundation of fossil resources

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Our Food Supply is entirely dependent on an eroding foundation of fossil resources

5 Fatal Errors of Fossil Foods

1. Constantly rising prices with the price of oil

2. 80% of Fresh Water goes to Agriculture

3. Soil Erosion and Degradation

4. Environmental Damage

5. Eventual Crop Failure

Food prices rise with Oil

• More food production needs more fuel consumption, cropland, water, fertilizers and chemicals

•What happens when fuel becomes unaffordable?

Global annual consumption of grain is 682 million tons for 6 Billion people

1 ton of grain

1000 tons of waterconsumes

Fresh Water

We need Food that is Free of Fossil Resources….

We need Food for the Future!

Future Food Production1. Fossil Resource Free of:- Fertile Soil- Fresh Water-Fossil Fuel- Fertilizers and Chemicals- Fossil Agriculture Chemicals and Poisons

2. Free of Waste water3. Free of Greenhouse Gasses

4. Free of environmental and ecological damage

5. Sustainable and affordable production

Future Food

Source:

ALGAE

FUNCTIONAL FOODS

CHEMICALS

SUPPLEMENTS & NUTRACEUTICALS

ANIMAL FEED

BIODIESEL

Valu

eVolum

eLow

High

High

Low

Algae Supply Chain

Use of AlgaeFeeding Vessel

PBRHarvesting

pond

Recycled Water

Centrifuge

BiomassExtraction & Bio-refining Process

Algae Oil Spirulina, Other HVP’s

& Animal Feed

Water

Nutrients

Co2

Algae

•FOR FUEL•FOR FOOD•FOR CLEAN WATER

Algae for Food

Spirulina is a wholesome food supplement, richest source of protein (65-71% by dry weight), vitamins, amino acids, beta carotene, linolenic acid, minerals and other nutrients.

Spirulina is claimed as non toxic, nutritious food with corrective properties against viral attacks, anemia, cancer, heptotoxicity, cardiovascular diseases, hyperglycemia, hyperlipedemia, immunodeficiency, inflammatory processes and like.

26 times more calcium than milk 1kg of Spirulina = 1,000Kg of assorted vegetables

6 times more protein than eggs 20 times protein more than milk

Richest source of iron and beta carotene, as well as of vitamin B12 Has all the essential amino acids besides necessary enzymes and minerals.

Algae for FuelFeeding Vessel

PBRHarvesting

pond Centrifuge

Algae Oil

BiomassExtraction & Bio-refining Process

Water

Nutrients

Co2

Algae

•Oil extracted from Algae can be processed into Bio-Fuel

Algae for Clean Water

Water

Nutrients

Co2

Algae

Feeding Vessel

PBRHarvesting

pond

Clean Recycled

Water

Centrifuge

Biomass

Clean Water

•Algae can Clean Waste Water

From Fossil Food to Future Food

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Free of Waste WaterFree of Environmental DamageFree of Greenhouse Gasses and PollutionRenewable and Sustainable

Future Food Production using Algae

1. Fossil Resource Free of:- Fertile Soil- Fresh Water-Fossil Fuel- Fertilizers and Chemicals- Fossil Agriculture Chemicals and Poisons

2. Free of Waste water3. Free of Greenhouse Gasses

4. Free of environmental and ecological damage

5. Sustainable and affordable production

Healthier Food for:

PeopleHealthy, affordable food choices

High nutrient and vitamin density No empty calories No GMO material

No chemical or poison residueOrganic and naturally biodiversity

PlanetNo waste, no pollution

Cleans air and water Regenerates fields and ecosystems

Halts natural resource extinction

ProducersSustainable crops with affordable inputs

Grow fresh and local to consumersAvoid the need for fossil inputs

Grow 70 times faster than fossil cropsNo fertilizer or pesticide exposure

Diminishes physical and economic risk

AtmosphereModerate climate chaosEnd black soot pollution

Capture and recycle greenhouse gasses Remove 50% of the trucks from highways

Conclusion

• Algae and algae technology can be used in the process to sustain production of Food for the Future

• Future Food production will be environmentally friendly and efficient with algae technology