Syngenta Annual Review 2010 - CEO Water Mandate

Syngenta
Annual Review 2010
Grow more
from less
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Syngenta believes that farmers can produce enough
to meet the world’s needs for food, fuel and fiber
and safeguard the only planet we have for future
generations – if we take a system-wide approach
that links technology, land and people. These
three elements build the foundation for a
sustainable production system in which
technology enables better solutions for
farmers to increase productivity and
profitability, to increase resource
efficiency, and help reach food security.
Better solutions
Technology
Resource efficiency
People
Land
Rural economies
Better solutions
Choices on the farm
To ensure that farms meet their productivity
potential, we need enabling and transparent
regulations, to make safe technologies
available to farmers.
Accelerating innovation
We need mechanisms to share innovation;
protecting intellectual property helps
stimulate research and development.
Sharing knowledge
Agriculture is based on knowledge supported
by science; we need new partnerships to
raise agronomy skills and share expertise.
Resource efficiency
Preserving the land
We need to increase productivity
on existing farmland.
High stakes for water
Forty percent of water used for agriculture is
wasted; we need solutions that increase
water efficiency.
Vitality of biodiversity
Biodiversity and agriculture depend on
each other; we need to protect the diversity
of nature to secure our food supply and
quality of life.
Rural economies
Building markets
Growing is not enough; farmers need
supporting infrastructure and access to
markets, finance and information.
Valuing farm work
Rural economies carry the weight of feeding
the world; farming needs to be worthwhile
and profitable.
Community development
We need agriculture to spur socio-economic
development of rural communities.