Focus on improving climate resilience and increasing yield stability
A 10-year commitment was announced by Corteva Agriscience to advance its sustainability in the global food system by including a wide range of initiatives for farmers, the land, communities and a community where employees and customers live and work closely.
Improvements in soil health, on-farm productivity, climate action, water stewardship, biodiversity, supply chain transparency and worker safety, among others where other goals included.
With the mission to lead the entire agriculture industry toward better and more sustainable outcomes, Corteva’s 10-year commitments will provide tools and training to help increase yield stability, optimize inputs, and improve climate resilience, said Corteva Agriscience Chief Executive Officer James C. Collins, JrCorteva will report progress toward these goals through an annual sustainability report starting in 2021.
The company announced a total of 14 specific and measurable goals to be achieved by 2030 and which addressed four categories: Goals to benefit farmers, land, communities and operation. Some of the key goals mentioned were to help a total of 500 million smallholder farmers cumulatively, improve soil health on 30 million hectares of global agricultural land, ensure every new product meets the sustainability criteria and only use recyclable or reusable packaging by 2030.
