Growing uncertainty over the future status of water, energy and food resources in light of the devastating scenario of global warming has led the world to strive to seek solutions for the perennial development of humankind. Recent developments in biomass technology have raised the unexpected issue of the crop resource trade-off between energy crops, feed crops and food crops. CIGR has been dedicated to developing world water resources, to modernizing world food production and to conserving our environment with the commitment of agricultural engineers and scientists from CIGR member nations. The challenge currently faced by us for the coexistence of humankind throughout the world is to find a method to balance our resource utilization and energy development; this task might well be termed as a CIGR mission.

In 2011, all engineers, scientists and affiliates from 7 technical sections of CIGR will meet in Tokyo to discuss the updated controversial issues on water, energy and food along with the latest technological development that the world would seek.