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Produce more, conserve more
Helping farmers grow yield sustainably
For the past 18 months, Monsanto has been talking with a wide variety of stakeholders – employees, customers, investors, non-governmental organizations, policy makers and others – about how we might best contribute to global sustainability. What we heard overwhelmingly was to do what we do best – and that’s help farmers improve yield. But there was a second element to that answer, and that was to help farmers improve yield and simultaneously conserve more. Produce more, and conserve more. It’s not only about the “what” of agriculture – but also about the “how.” And both the “what” and the “how” are critically important.
This section of our corporate web site is about our commitment to help farmers produce more and conserve more. It highlights three commitments:
- Develop better seeds – We will work to double yield in our three core crops of corn, soybeans and cotton by 2030, compared to a base year of 2000. We are also establishing a $10 million grant designed to accelerate breakthrough public sector research in wheat and rice yield.
- Conserve resources – Monsanto will develop seeds that will reduce by one-third the amount of key resources required to grow crops by the year 2030. We will also join with others to address habitat loss and water quality in agriculturally important areas.
- Help improve farmers’ lives – Our company is committed to help improve the lives of farmers, including an additional five million people in resource-poor farm families by 2020.
This commitment comes from our Monsanto Pledge. It is at the heart of our business, and it’s about producing more and conserving more.
Homepage rainbow photo taken in Illinois by Monsanto employee David Alderks.
