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Improving the livelihood of smallholder farmers
Field stories
Syngenta Foundation programmes impact people on the ground, in all areas from high-tech seeds to markets.
Executive Director´s Corner
The Foundation Going Forward
Our mission is to make a difference for smallholders in developing countries by enabling them to become more professional growers.
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Media & Events
Harvard PAPSAC Conference Nov. 22-23rd, 2009
Dr. Ferroni speaks on the topic of R&D reach to small farmers.
Syngenta Foundation sponsors conference on food security at McGill University, Oct. 5-7, 2009
BecA-ILRI Hub - Syngenta Foundation Conference, Kenya
“From technology to product development for the African farmer”
April 29, 2009, ILRI Campus, Nairobi
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Features
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“Hope in a Changing Climate” film release
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Syngenta Foundation sponsors documentary with new approach for Climate Stability, Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Agriculture. The film was aired by BBC World on Nov 27, and screened at the COP 15 climate change summit Dec 7 – 18.
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Crawford Fund Annual Conference, Australia, October 29
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Dr. Marco Ferroni was keynote speaker at the Crawford Fund's Annual International Conference, which focused on the topic: “World Food Security: Can Private Sector R&D Feed the Poor?”
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Syngenta Foundation launches Syngenta and CIMMYT research partnership
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Syngenta Foundation announced a two-year public-private partnership on wheat rust reseach.
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Projects
Bioscience eastern and central Africa (Beca)
Syngenta Foundation supports the BecA Hub, a bioscience platform based in Kenya having state of the art laboratory and research facilities. Its mission is to host African research projectsto achieve food security for resource poor farmers in Africa by improving African orphan crops and livestock with the help of innovative modern bioscience technologies.
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Smallholder Project in Mali
PRECAD project was developed to support farmers become more professional and generate higher yields and income. Read more |
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Topics
Understanding smallholders
Smallholders dominate the agricultural landscape in the developing world. Many of them remain poor and susceptible to hunger. Worldwide, there are about 450 million smallholder farms of two hectares or less, supporting over 2 billion people. Read more
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Food security
Three key components of food security are food availability, food access and food utilization.
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Publications
Syngenta Foundation India Annual Report 2007-2008.
Syngenta Foundation India Annual Report 2007-2008. Read more
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