Climate change

Agriculture’s role in climate change is just starting to be recognized. Clearing trees for fields and pastures, transforming soil into cultivated land, flooding areas for rice and sugarcane production, burning crop residues, raising ruminant animals, and using nitrogen fertilizers all release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Climate change and agriculture	Syngenta Foundation joins the BioCarbonFund
Carbon dioxide is the leading heat-trapping greenhouse gas. Human activities result in some 7 billion tons of carbon in the form of carbon dioxide annually, with fossil fuel use the largest single source. read more	Participation in the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund will open up new channels for carbon finance to flow into developing countries. read more
Syngenta Foundation to develop an adaptation window
Poor farmers in semi-arid areas of the developing world are the first victims of climate change. Their crop yields are diminishing, the incidence of pests increases, while water scarcity is further affecting their livelihoods. read more