Syngenta Group and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) extend collaboration
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Syngenta Group and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) extend
collaboration
23.05.2024 / 08:00 CET/CEST
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* Strengthening of a unique NGO-corporation collaboration model
that links conservation goals with economic potential and
addresses societal issues like deforestation and land
degradation.
* Extension of multi-year agreement that started in 2018,
focusing on five strategic projects across the globe.
* By 2026, ambitious target to recover over 300 thousand
hectares of degraded land in Cerrado Brazil and regenerate
agricultural soils in China with a focus to impact the
agricultural sector for the adaption of sustainable farming
practices. In the US the focus lies in enhancing climate
resilience of crop land
* Collaboration and innovation drive the transformation of
agriculture into a climate solution that regenerates soil and
nature.
23 May 2024, Basel, Switzerland / Arlington, Virginia, USA
Syngenta Group, the leading global agriculture technology
company, and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a world-wide
conservation organization with the mission to conserve the lands
and waters on which all life depends, today renewed their
successful collaboration that links conservation goals with
economic potential and addresses societal issues like
deforestation and land degradation. The two partners have been
collaborating since 2009 and entered into a global collaboration
in 2018.
The new three-year collaboration builds on successful projects
and focuses on further advancing business practices with the
goals to scale up regenerative agriculture, improve resource
efficiency to minimize impact of agriculture on climate, improve
soil health, and promote habitat protection in major agricultural
regions worldwide including the Cerrado region of Brazil, China,
and the United States.
The collaboration embodies Syngenta's commitment to regenerate
soil and nature, core to its new Group-wide sustainability
priorities announced in April 2024.
Petra Laux, Chief Sustainability Officer of Syngenta Group: "We
are very proud to continue our collaboration with TNC and our
partnership for impact. We want to further leverage our efforts
towards a climate solution-oriented agriculture fueled by
innovation and partnerships that regenerate soil and protect
nature. Agriculture must not only feed a growing global
population over the coming decades, but it also needs to fight
climate change and safeguard natural resources."
Restoring millions of hectares of degraded land in Brazil, China
and the US
Syngenta has set an ambitious target to recover 1 million
hectares of degraded land throughout Brazil, with a significant
portion focused on the Cerrado where the TNC collaborates with
the company.
The goal of the initiative is to make the restoration of degraded
land the profitable option sought by farmers in Brazil when
expanding their production, instead of clearing native
vegetation. The REVERTE® program, originally designed by Syngenta
and TNC for the Cerrado due to its significant potential,
includes Itaú BBA bank as the organization offering a line of
credit for the growers following socio-environmental criteria.
Michael Doane, Global Managing Director Food & Freshwater
Systems, TNC: "REVERTE® aims to demonstrate, through an
integrated solution involving good agricultural practices,
financial tools, policy, and business models, the economic
viability of restoring degraded pastures instead of opening new
cultivation areas and avoiding deforestation. Restoring land in
the Cerrado delivers soil and water conservation benefits,
increases carbon sequestration, and can increase the resilience
of the production systems to extreme climate events. The program
aims to support the transformation of agribusiness in the
Cerrado, generating social, economic, and environmental benefits
today and in the future."
As of March 2024, REVERTE® has garnered commitments from over 263
farms, encompassing a total of 202 thousand hectares of degraded
land, with 137 thousand in the Cerrado biome.
China: The Run Tian project has already regenerated 2400 hectares
of agricultural soils in the North China Plain, the largest wheat
producing area in China. It has also trained more than 17
thousand farmers on regenerative agricultural practices, leading
to increases in yields by 4%, soil moisture storage 300m^3 per
hectare and net benefit USD 360 per hectare. Moving forward, Run
Tian will develop new business strategies to further improve soil
health to empower and support frontline producers to protect the
soil ecosystem. It will also leverage Syngenta Group's
fast-growing network of Modern Agriculture Platform (MAP) centers
that promote sustainable farming practices. The MAP offering
helps farmers modernize their farms sustainably, while boosting
crop quality, yield and farm profitability. As part of Syngenta
Group's recently published Sustainability Priorities, the company
has a target to expand the number of farmer service centers to
1000 by 2028.
United States: In the US, the collaboration will develop and
launch two new projects. The first will focus on enhancing
cropland's climate resilience and reducing farming pressure on
water resources by unlocking diverse crop rotations with
regenerative sorghum production. In a parallel effort, the
collaboration will also look to scale regenerative agriculture
practices with seeds producers in the US, as part of the broader
global Syngenta Seeds effort to implement regenerative
agriculture in seed production. The collaboration with TNC will
bring new business value to farmers, while reducing the
environmental footprint of the seeds supply chain and preserving
the quality of seeds delivered to Syngenta Group customers.
Syngenta Group supports a broad range of sustainability projects
and partners with academia and industry around the world -
demonstrating its commitment to a collaborative approach.
Syngenta Group and TNC will hold a LinkedIn Live event on the
partnership progress. Tzutzuy Ramirez and Roberto Castro,
Syngenta, and Michael Wironen and Rodrigo Spuri, TNC, will
discuss how the partners will continue to develop their unique
NGO-corporation collaboration model and what the plans are for
the future. The event will be hosted on the Syngenta LinkedIn
page on Wednesday, May 29 at 14.30 CET
About Syngenta Group
Syngenta Group is one of the world's biggest agricultural
technology companies, with roots going back more than 250 years.
With around 60,000 employees, operating in more than 100
countries, the company strives to transform agriculture with
science-driven, technological innovations to deliver high
productivity and high-quality food while fighting climate change
and restore nature. Syngenta Group works with farmers and
partners to deliver four Sustainability Priorities: Higher
Yields, Lower Impact; Regenerate Soil and Nature; Improve Rural
Prosperity; and Sustainable Operations. The priorities are
underpinned by regenerative agriculture practices to nurture and
restore soil health, protect the climate and biodiversity, and
enhance farm productivity and profitability. Syngenta Group,
which is registered in Shanghai, China, and has its management
headquarters in Switzerland, draws strength from its four
business units: Syngenta Crop Protection, headquartered in
Switzerland; Syngenta Seeds, headquartered in the United States;
ADAMA®, headquartered in Israel; and Syngenta Group China.
Together, these businesses provide industry-leading ways to serve
customers around the world.
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About The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization
dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life
depends. Guided by science, we create innovative, on-the-ground
solutions to our world's toughest challenges so that nature and
people can thrive together. We are tackling climate change,
conserving lands, waters and oceans at an unprecedented scale,
providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more
sustainable. Working in 72 countries, we use a collaborative
approach that engages local communities, governments, the private
sector, and other partners. To learn more, visit www.nature.org
or follow @nature_press on Twitter.
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