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Five years on: Syngenta’s Africa ambition bearing fruit, but access to technology by small farmers remains limited

Smallholder development projects, run in partnership with industry, academia, farmer organisations, civil society and enabled by national governments and international organizations, are crucial to achieving impact at scale

African market leader in agritech initiates stock-taking exercise with African partners African Green Revolution Forum a “springboard” for forging more collaborations to reach more smallholders            In 2012, following the G8 in Camp David, USA, Syngenta (www.Syngenta.com) announced an ambitious ten-year growth plan for our African business. This year marks…

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    • (L-R) Paul Kapapula - Head of Sales Syngenta Zambia; Ernest Myburgh - Head of Syngenta Zambia; Anafrida Bwenge - Feed the Future Division Chief USAID Zambia; Ndekazi Olive Kaluwa - Private Sector Development Specialist USAID Zambia
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Syngenta and USAID/ Feed the Future Invest $1.8 million to help Smallholder Farmers in Zambia

In 20 districts across Zambia, Syngenta will establish 20 seedling production sites, each owned and operated by an Entrepreneurial Young Plant Raiser (YPR)

Syngenta (www.Syngenta.com) in Zambia, through its subsidiary MRI Seed, has partnered with the Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation, a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programme implemented by Fintrac Inc. (www.Fintrac.com), to help smallholder farmers gain access to high-quality, disease-free horticultural seedlings, giving them the opportunity to become…

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Farmers in Senegal Achieve Strong Yield Increases with Syngenta APRON®Star Programme

Syngenta Showcases the Seed Treatment Partnership supported by the USAID-funded Scaling Seeds and Technologies Partnership (SSTP) being implemented by AGRA at AFSTA Congress 2017

Syngenta (www.Syngenta.com)’s Seedcare program for smallholder farmers in Senegal has led to impressive yield increases for pearl millet (1.2 t/ha, +40%), sorghum (1.1 t/ha, +86%), maize (2.7 t/ha, +101%), irrigated rice (9.4 t/ha, +11%) and rain-fed rice (2.0 t/ha, +33%). The achievements from year one of the APRON®Star project in…