Launch of the Foundation,
October 12, 2001
One
in every eight people in the world is hungry or suffering from malnutrition.
Particularly in Africa and South-East Asia, tens of thousands of
infants and mothers die every year due to iron or vitamin deficiency.
In addition the world's population is set to increase
by 50% to 9 billion people during the next 50 years, while
during the same period the availability of fertile soil
and clean water will decline substantially.
There is an urgent need to ensure that there are adequate
quantities of food of acceptable quality from local production.
The aim of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
is to help meet this global challenge by channeling resources
to promote ecologically and economically sustainable agriculture
throughout the world.
Our work focuses on agricultural research and development
for small-scale farmers.
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