Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
The Foundation aims to improve livelihoods and food security in rural communities through innovations related to inputs, technology, crop management, and marketing in the context of emerging value chains.
Thus, in Mali, the Foundation and its partners worked
with communities in 2008 to improve crop
productivity and linkages to markets. In India,
ongoing projects helped raise rice yields
for local consumption in three states and
the production of vegetables for the market.
For the participating farmers and their families,
the market-bound produce represented the
difference between living at subsistence levels
and generating cash to meet essential
expenditure needs.
The Foundation stepped up its contribution to the public debate regarding the global food situation and the role of the small-farm sector in sustainable solutions. A highlight was a conference on global food availability and access, held at ETH in Zurich in December 2008 and organized jointly with ETH's North-South Centre.
The Foundation reorganized itself in 2008 for greater impact and growth.
More information about the Syngenta Foundation and its work can be found at www.syngentafoundation.org.
