Another 200,000 farmers were projected to be reached by the end of 2018.Īlongside AMSAP, the company has rolled out and replicated its maize adoption programs in Zambia (ZAMSAP). The company reports that by 2016, 250,000 smallholders had realized average yield gains of 300%. The company partners with the Government of Ethiopia and USAID on the Advanced Maize Seed Adoption Program (AMSAP), which aims to improve the productivity of smallholder farmers by providing training in the use of adapted hybrid maize varieties. The company has seed production locations in seven countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and is the only globally active company that involves smallholder farmers in all such activities. In its sustainability report, the company highlights the first use of the technology in a joint agreement with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) to combat maize lethal necrosis in sub-Saharan Africa. In comparison to its leading peers, the company lags in Research & Development, where it lacks local crops in its portfolio and systematic mechanisms for receiving smallholder feedback, and particularly Marketing & Sales, where the company does not report tailoring of its packaging for smallholder customers or initiatives to ensure the affordability of seed and inputs.Ĭorteva Agriscience has licensed proprietary transformation and CRISPR-Cas gene-editing technologies to a number of research organizations for the purpose of collaborating on improvements on food security crops. The company also performs strongly in Governance & Strategy, with a diverse use of resources and broad contributions to improving the enabling environment at both the national and regional level, and in Intellectual Property, where the company refrains from using mechanisms to prevent the use, exchange and sale of farm-saved seed as well as the application of its cutting-edge CRISPR-Cas technology to tackle regional diseases. The company leads the index in Capacity Building, where it demonstrates holistic agronomic training of smallholders in Ethiopia and Zambia, including key target groups of women and young farmers. FX Publications Inc is a subsidiary of IG US Holdings, Inc (a company registered in Delaware under number 4456365).? rank out of ? score ? Eastern and Southern Africa Summary of results:Ĭorteva Agriscience ranks fourth in the Eastern and Southern Africa Index, improving upon the score and position of DuPont Pioneer from the 2016 Index. Registered Address: 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808. FXP is not responsible for any trading decisions taken by persons not intended to view this material. Any examples given are provided for illustrative purposes only and no representation is being made that any person will, or is likely to, achieve profits or losses similar to those examples.

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