Event
Mansholt lecture 2025 - Amidst a global race: how the EU’s food system can be competitive and sustainable
This year's lecture will address the urgent question: Can Europe strengthen the sustainability of its food system while remaining globally competitive? Through a multidisciplinary lens, Wageningen University & Research assesses the EU agrifood system competitiveness and sustainability in the context of recent developments and challenges in the new geo-political era. The Mansholt lecture explores how different dimensions of innovations can help reconcile environmental and social sustainability with productivity and food security.
Watch the Mansholt lecture 2025 on monday 17 November on this page via a livestream
| 14:30-15:00 | Walk in with coffee and tea |
| 15:00-15:10 | Opening by Sjoukje Heimovaara, President of the Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research |
| 15:10-16:00 | Mansholt Lecture 'Amidst a global race: how EU's food system can be competitive and sustainable' |
| by Eveline van Leeuwen (Urban Economics Group) & and Roel Jongeneel (Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group & Wageningen Social & Economic Research) | |
| 16:00-16:20 | Political reflection by Members of the European Parliament |
| by Esther Herranz García (Spain/EPP) & Jeannette Baljeu (Netherlands/Renew) | |
| 16:20-16:30 | Wrap-up by Sjoukje Heimovaara |
| 16:30-17:30 | Reception |