A perspective from Syngenta's Head of Environmental Policy Romano DeVivo on the importance of soil health and fertility. Improving farming practices on the ground is not only key to making progress towards the environmental targets embedded in the SDGs but also to addressing multiple social and economic targets that depend on the benefits that ecosystems provide to people.
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Technological developments and strategies to prevent soil depletion
1. Technological developments and strategies
to prevent soil depletion
A perspective
Romano DeVivo
Head Environmental Policy
romano.devivo@syngenta.com
Public, 11th Sept, 2017
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A leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling
millions of farmers to make better use of available resources
8M
large-scale
farms
>100 Ha
450M
smallholder
farms
~2.0 Ha
Helping small and large farms
meet the challenges of global
food security
Supporting key crops with
Crop Protection, Seeds and
know-how
Passionate people, world-class
science, and a comprehensive
capability
27,810
employees
107
production and
supply sites
119
research and
development sites
90
countries
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Demand for food is driven by population growth and rising calorie consumption
World population
> 80% of growth
in emerging markets
1950
2.5 billion
2011
7 billion
2050
9 billionEmerging
Developed
Source: FAO, Syngenta analysis * Cereals, rice and corn
World demand for grains*
bn tonnes
0
1
2
3
4
1970 1990 2010 2030 2050
+50%
Food
Feed
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We know of 7,000 plant species in the world that are edible…
… but over 50% of our plant-derived calories
come from only 3 species
Corn Wheat Rice
… and productivity levels are steadily increasing
but yield improvement is slowing down
Rolling 10 year average growth in crop yield
Precision Ag
Genotyping
GM
Single hybrids
Fertilization
Crop Protection
Mechanization
Double hybrids
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Within the 13 billion hectares of total land, only 1.6 billion is under farmland
production (12% of land surface)
Sources: FAO, WORLD Bank; WWF; Syngenta analysis
1.6 billion
hectares
Global land use and agricultural land
billion hectares
Overgrazing
Agricultural activities
Deforestation
Overexploitation of
land to produce…
Industrialization
Every year we lose
12 million hectares of soil
due to
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Guaranteeing productive and profitable farming by acting at ecosystem, agronomic
and genetic level, today and tomorrow.
Minimum
Soil
Disturbance
Crop
Rotation
Permanent
Soil Cover
wbcsd
Conservation agriculture
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Soil health and fertility: addressing poor farming practices on the ground
International
context and
commitments
Demographic
pressures
Environmental
vulnerability
Social
and political
instability
Economic
dependence on
land
Improving farming practices on
the ground is not only key to
making progress towards the
environmental targets
embedded in the SDGs
but also to addressing multiple
social and economic targets that
depend on the benefits that
ecosystems provide to people
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How can Syngenta meaniningfull contribute?
Since 2013, we’ve been working towards
our commitments to improve agriculture.
Our Plan considers the resource efficiency
that must underpin current productivity, the
ecosystem resilience necessary to sustain
future productivity, and the knowledge
transfer needed to support and strengthen
rural communities
We’ve benefited a total of 4.3 million
hectares of farmland through soil
conservation practices and a total of 4.9
million hectares of farmland through
biodiversity-enhancing practices
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The Good Growth Plan
More health
Less poverty
More biodiversity
Less degradation
More food
Less waste
One planet. Six commitments.
Make crops
more efficient
Increase average productivity
of the world’s major crops by
20% without using more land,
water or inputs
Rescue
more
farmland
Improve the
fertility of 10
million hectares
of farmland on
the brink of
degradation
Look after
every worker
Strive for fair
labor conditions
throughout our
entire supply
chain network
Empower
smallholders
Reach 20 million
smallholders
and enable them
to increase
productivity
by 50%
Help
biodiversity
flourish
Enhance
biodiversity on
5 million
hectares of
farmland
Help people
stay safe
Train 20 million
farm workers on
labor safety,
especially in
developing
countries
We’ve made six commitments to help grow more food using fewer
resources, while protecting nature, and at the same time helping people in
rural communities live better lives
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