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2001
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
registered in October as Swiss Charity, with Heinz Imhof,
Chairman of the Board and Klaus Leisinger as Interim Executive
Director. Foundation starts with three agricultural field
programs in Mali, Eritrea
and Kenya, inherited
from the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development.
Foundation continues memberships in Swiss organizations:
Swisscontact, Intercooperation, the Swiss Business and Mission
Council (Third World Solidarity), Swiss Forum for International
Agricultural Research, and Center for International Agriculture.
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