More than 2.5 billion people around the world depend on agriculture for their livelihood. We can only grow more food from less land by providing farmers with the innovation and the knowledge to use land and water more efficiently and to conserve biodiversity. The breeding of high value seeds enhances plant characteristics that increase vigor and provide protection to increase yields.

The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture works with partners in developing countries and emerging markets. The aim is to help small farmers become more professional growers. We do this by extending science-based know-how, facilitating access to quality inputs, and linking smallholder farmers to markets in profitable ways. This adds value for rural communities, and sustainably improves food security. www.syngentafoundation.org

Syngenta is included on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index and is listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SYNN) and in New York (SYT).

Syngenta Canada partners on environmental projects that focus on biodiversity, soil and water quality in the agricultural industry:

Partnership with Fondation de la Faune du Québec to develop biodiversity in the province’s farming community waterways.

Program with Ducks Unlimited Canada to restore the productive capacity of wetlands within agricultural areas of the Maritimes that will improve water quality and develop wildlife habitat.

Program with Ducks Unlimited Canada and Saskatchewan farmers to adopt sustainable management practices within environmentally sensitive areas.

More than 20 Canadian university students receive Syngenta Scholarships in Sustainable Agriculture each year.