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Africa, Blog, Case Studies, Principle 2: Share knowledge, Principle 3: Build local access and capacity, Principle 4: Protect harvests, Regions, Research, Subjects

Syngenta and CIMMYT Partner to Help Farmers Combat Crop Losses

June 7, 2010 No comments yet

As part of GCARD 2010, Farming First hosted a session entitled ‘Better Benefiting the Poor through Public-Private Partnerships for Innovation and Action.’ Within the discussions, our panel of experts addressed several case studies that present different ways that partnerships have helped to empower smallholder farmers around the world.
Marco Ferroni – Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable

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Blog, Case Studies, Education & Training, Europe, Principle 1: Safeguard natural resources, Principle 6: Prioritise research imperatives, Regions, Subjects

Operation Pollinator: Helping Farmers Preserve Biodiversity and Secure Food Supply in Europe

May 23, 2010 No comments yet

Pollinating insects are crucial for many natural habitats and the production of the majority of food crops. However, the number of pollinating insects has declined significantly across Europe, and the rest of the world, which exacerbates an already insecure food supply. According to a EU-funded research project, pollination services provided by insects are worth EUR

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News, Principle 3: Build local access and capacity

Kenyan Smallholder Farmers to be Offered Crop Insurance

October 30, 2009 2 comments

Following a successful pilot phase for the new insurance scheme developed by UAP in conjunction with the Syngenta Foundation, Kenyan farmers will be able to purchase insurance against the effects of drought and excessive rain.
The program is the first of its kind. Here are more details:
Under the novel system, farmers register their purchases by sending

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Case Studies, North America, Principle 6: Prioritise research imperatives, Regions, Research, Subjects

Improving Biofuels: Sugar Beets that Produce as Much as Sugar Cane in Half the Time

April 3, 2009 No comments yet

To reduce competition between food and fuel and improve the lives of current and future generations, the production of biofuels needs to be made more efficient and sustainable.
Syngenta has developed tropical sugar beet (TSB) varieties that can yield the same quantity of sugar (or alcohol or ethanol) per land unit as sugar cane in half

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