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The Story of Golden Rice

Maryanne wrote 5 months ago: The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture asked the two inventors of Golden Rice to talk a … more →

Tags: Sustainable Agriculture, Rice, Syngenta, Golden, Story

Millet - more than just a food item

Maryanne wrote 5 months ago: For small-scale farmers In the Sahel zone, millet and sorghum are virtually sacred basic foodstuffs. … more →

Tags: Plant genetic resources, Access to technology, Rural economic growth, Sustainable Development, Mali, Sahel, millet, Research, cinzana

"Technology transfer is extremely important to developing countries."

Maryanne wrote 5 months ago: By Annick de Framond In June 2001, I had the opportunity to travel to Mali with the Syngenta Foundat … more →

Tags: Access to technology, Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Research, Technolgy

Sustainable land management

Maryanne wrote 5 months ago: In Eritrea, maintenance of the natural resource base used for production - especially the land - is … more →

Tags: Semi-arid agriculture, land management, sustainable, syngenta foundation for sustainable development

World Malaria Day - SFSA1 comment

Maryanne wrote 5 months ago: The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture says, “improved livelihood of smallholder … more →

Tags: Rural economic growth, Sustainable Development, Farmers, Livelihood, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, World Malaria Day

As a Foundation we can get a great deal moving

Maryanne wrote 5 months ago: A view on the future direction of Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. Marco Ferroni, th … more →

Tags: Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Syngenta AG, Marco Ferroni

“Sufficient millet is crucial for our existence”

Maryanne wrote 7 months ago: An insight from a Malian farmer Bourema is a farmer - he cultivates a few hectares of land not far f … more →

Tags: Semi-arid agriculture, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Mali, millet, Malian farmer

What Would it Take to Foster Sustainable Access to Microfinance in Rural Areas

Maryanne wrote 7 months ago: The issue of interventions with the objective of building sustainable access to microfinance in rura … more →

Tags: Rural economic growth, Microfinance, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Areas, SFD, sustainable access

Gardens for life

Maryanne wrote 7 months ago: Through designing and managing gardens, children learn biology and maths while reading and writing a … more →

Tags: Access to technology, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, sfi, syngenta foundation india, Gardens for life, GFL, India

Syngenta Foundation and smallholder risk management

Maryanne wrote 7 months ago: To be a farmer in a developing country is to live with risk. Economic growth requires businesses to … more →

Tags: Rural economic growth, economic growth, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, farmers in developing countries, Risk Management, smallholder

Stories of the Sahel

Maryanne wrote 7 months ago: “Our ground never refuses to accept what we plant. Even if it is tired it still does its best to p … more →

Tags: Semi-arid agriculture, Agriculture, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Sahel

Biodiversity and development

Maryanne wrote 7 months ago: Biodiversity is the common factor that links agriculture, forests and fisheries and provides the raw … more →

Tags: Sustainable Development, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment, Biodiversity, development

Natural Resources Management

Maryanne wrote 7 months ago: Poverty reduction and natural resource management are core goals of the World Bank. Therefore, integ … more →

Tags: Sustainable Development, World Bank, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources Management, Rural Development

Enhancing the careers of East African women scientists

Maryanne wrote 7 months ago: “I previously thought that science was just me, my lab and my work…My dream is to make an impact … more →

Tags: Access to technology, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, african women, agricultural science, Science in Africa, Women scientists

Couple shows the way1 comment

Maryanne wrote 7 months ago:   Creating opportunities and promoting innovation Before coming in contact with SFI project initia … more →

Tags: Rural economic growth, rural economic development, Gangajalghati Block, Hanspahari village, project-story, sfi, syngenta foundation bankura project, syngenta foundation india


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