Presented by Elisabeth Hidén, President of the Federation of Young Swedish Farmers

1. WORLD FOOD DAY 2020
2020-10-23

2. Todays agenda:
• Short about me and Federation of Young Swedish Farmers
• Swedish agriculture historically
• Swedish agriculture today
• Opportunities and challenges
• Questions

3. About me & Federation
of Young Swedish
Farmers
• Elisabeth Hidén
• 16,000 members
• Vision ”Federation of Young
Swedish Farmers are the ones
who create the conditions for
young people to grow in the
green industries. We are at the
forefront and solution-oriented
to meet today's and
tomorrow's challenges. The
future is green! "

4. LRF Ungdomen |
The journey
• From starvation to
export opportunities
• What has made this
possible?

5. LRF Ungdomen |
1750-1830: Great Partition reform
1791-1850:
Hushållningssällskapet
1850: Cheap oil
1867-69: Nitrogen-fixing legumes
1800-1900: More than doubling
arable land
1930-1940: Oil began to be used
on a large scale, nitrogen
fertilizers could be produced
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6. LRF Ungdomen |
What has this
resulted in?
1850: 700 kilos of grain per hectare.
Takes 150 working hours to produce.
About 90% worked with agriculture.
2020: 7,000 kilos of grain per hectare
(conventional cultivation). Takes about
4-5 working hours to produce. Less
than 5% work with agriculture.
1850: A cow milked an average of
about 800 kg per year
2020: 9000 kg per year
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7. LRF Ungdomen |
What has made it
possible?
• Structural
transformations
• Political actions
• Knowledge and
education
• Research and
development
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8. LRF Ungdomen |
• Breeding
• Feed optimization
• Good conditions
• Proper use of
medication
• Mineral fertilizer
• Technology
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9. LRF Ungdomen |
Challenges ahead
- Get young people to
become farmers
- Lack of consumer
knowledge
- Food waste
- Buildings of arable land
- Climate
- Soil compaction
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10. LRF Ungdomen |
Opportunities
• Increase production,
and make it more
sustainable
• Export food and
knowledge
• Educate consumers
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11. From a global perspective
- Share knowledge and experience globally
- Be humble and understand that we all have different
conditions and challenges
- Always work for improvement
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12. elisabeth.hiden@lrf.se
+46730407805
Questions?