Robert HOSTE is senior pig production economist at Wageningen Economic Research in the Netherlands. He has 30+ years’ experience in economic issues on farm and sector level, as well as in supply chain cooperation and international studies. In the institute he is acquiring, leading and performing numerous projects related to pig production, and informally heading the Sector team on pig production as the institutes’ pig sector ambassador. He is advising companies, farmers, and governments, and frequently presenting about his work. Robert Hoste has a wide network in the industry in the Netherlands and worldwide. He is chairman of InterPIG, member of agribenchmark Pigs, associated member of European Pig Producers, and member of Dutch Council of Experts for sustainable husbandry systems. Wageningen Economic Research is part of Wageningen University & Research, a combination of the Wageningen University and a group of Research institutes.