The latest report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that the world faces serious threats to its food supply. Reaching the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)'s goal to eradicate hunger and ensuring food security is only possible if we work together in partnership. Only through effective collaboration with governments, civil society, private sector, academia, research centres and cooperatives, and making use of each other’s knowledge and comparative advantages, can our goal of “nourishing people while nurturing the planet” be achieved. There could hardly be a less efficient use of resources than to invest in land, water, fertilizer, seeds, labour, and energy to produce agricultural commodities, only to have these investments partially or totally destroyed by insects and other pests. Pre-harvest losses in developing countries are currently estimated at more than one third of attainable crop production, while post-harvest losses add at least another 10‒20%. Insects, followed by pathogens and weeds, cause the largest portion of these losses.