Dr. Martin C. Th. Scholten is principal advisor for Wageningen University & Research, liaison for European affairs and networks. He was the General Director of Animal Sciences at Wageningen University & Research in the period 2008-2020. Martin Scholten is also consulting advisor for Aarhus University, Faculty of Technical Sciences. He is a valued advisor to the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature. As an ecologist by background and now active in the field of agro-sciences, he introduced the principles of “Feeding the World within the Carrying Capacity of Planet Earth”, “Livestock Farming with Care”, “Fishing with Care”; “A circular food production in a biobased society”, “Disruptive Technologies in responsible innovation in Agribusiness”, “Greening the Blue Growth” and “Zoonotic Emergency Preparedness & Intervention”.