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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.
Seen AgPartnerXChange yet? |
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are vital for the development of agriculture. But we all still have a lot to learn about them. That's why the Syngenta Foundation and GATD set up AgPartnerXChange. This innovative platform aims to improve capacity for PPPs that engage smallholders, worldwide. Come and see for yourself. |
SFSA Anniversary Review |
Read about Foundation topics and activities in 2010-11 – and review our first decade. |
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Features
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How IP helps farming innovate
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Many people believe that Intellectual Property (e.g. a patent) stops innovations reaching smallholders. In fact, IP helps stimulate and share innovations. Our Foundation encourages creative and progressive approaches. Find out more in our extensive guidance on Public-Private Partnerships. On World IP Day (26.4.), CropLife International listed its " top five facts" about IP's importance for agricultural innovation. |
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Ag R&D prize welcomes entries
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The Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research ( SFIAR) offers an annual award. Our Foundation is on the jury. To enter, teams must work for a Swiss institution in "agricultural research for development". The 2013 prize is worth CHF 10,000. SFIAR will also award CHF 1000 for the best Master's project. Entries are open until July 5th. Here are the Guidelines. |
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New mobile platform gives smallholders real force
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| We recently launched Farmforce, the first mobile business solution for smallholder outgrower schemes. Our Director Marco Ferroni says: "Buyers and producers often leave smallholders behind. Farmforce helps more farmers earn decent incomes. It will spread fast from Kenya to other countries." Read the media release. |
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Tef researcher wins Maag Prize
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Zerihun Tadele has won the 2013 Dr. Rudolf Maag Prize. The Ethiopian researcher leads our Tef Improvement Project in Switzerland and his home country. The prize honors Tadele's breeding of more robust tef, a vital cereal for Ethiopia. Here is the media release (in German). |
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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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